Lightning Fear Debunked By Hall Study Findings
Dr G Stanley Hall of Clark University surveyed 1707 people admitting 298 fear objects and found thunder and lightning top the list but deaths from lightning are far lower than other risks. City dwellers stay safer due to metal roofs pipes and overhead wires, while many fear persists as a psychological reaction.
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G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Hall
United States Weather Bureau
H. F. Kretzer
St. Louis
United States
New York City
New York
Deafness Cure Claim by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement argues deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the solution, offering one hundred dollars for incurable cases, and notes the product is sold by druggists at 75 cents with Hall's Family Pills as a recommended supplement.
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Hall
F. J. Caenty & Co
Toledo
Flall
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Pills
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers advertised as famous small pills. Ridged labeling suggests a patent medicine claim popular in old newspapers. The item implies a medicinal product marketed for quick relief or daily use with no clinical claims.
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DeWitt
Paris Riots and a Revolt Reflected in Quiet Streets
The scene along the boulevard shows isolated acts of destruction as sentry boxes topple and trees fall in a silent lead up to barricade building. The observer declares, this is no riot but a revolution in progress. Separate notes mention the Margaret Louise home in New York, Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard and Vanderbilts endowments, California and Australian mine outputs, James Hogg as Ettrick Shepherd, rising Spanish bicycle interest, and Martha Washington on U S currency.
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Sanguinais
de Tocqueville
Margaret Louise
New York City
Elliot F. Shepard
Vanderbilts
Electric Bitters touted as a season tonic and cure
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a versatile medicine for tired feelings liver sluggishness and bilious fevers. It claims rapid relief from headache indigestion constipation and craziness, priced at 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle at drug stores.
Cure by Dr Fenner's Medicines Promises Relief
Local notice recounts a woman with a long lasting skin ailment diagnosed as erysipelas and salt rheum. After taking Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic she reports major improvement within three months. Sale and details advertised by Dr J W Crum.
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Wis
Fenner
Care
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Dulollars
Tin
the New Shoe Store
Jackson
W. J. Wood
Jackson,Ga
Paris
California
Australia
James Hogg
Ettrick
Spain
Martha Washington
Electric Bitters
J. W. Crum
Mas
Pee Manu
Vineland, Wis
Geo. S. Hanes
East Third Street
The
Jackson Banking Company
Georgia Bankes Association
Etheridge
L. D. Watson
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