Proprietary Remedies Versus Physicians Prescriptions
The Propriety Remedies versus Physicians Prescriptions report surveys patent medicine deaths over two years ending June 3, 1897. It cites 4,295 poisoning cases with 1,753 fatalities, mainly from non proprietary medicines and accidental exposure. The committee asserts no proven injuries from patent medicines when used as prescribed.
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Promistary Association of America
Devh
Chicago
Ervin F. Kemp
la Salle Street
Yppurt
Pub
Contilues
New York
Would Run No Risk Insurance Proposal in Comic Style
The dialogue features a jaunty young man proposing a life insurance scheme and joking about dying for a lover for ten thousand dollars. A maid responds with sly wit, questioning the practicality of such a scheme as the scene shifts to a Berlin exposition where quiet air power is seen as a potential rival to slow electricity.
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Wolk
Berlin
Brains Behind the Great Fleet for the Pacific
New York reports on the commanders of the forthcoming Pacific Fleet. Rear Admiral Evans leads the senior officers, with Emory, Wainwright, Winslow, Comly, Mallard and others shaping the naval command. The piece recalls Evans’s long service and cites vivid anecdotes of fleet diplomacy and battle readiness as the fleet readies to sail west.
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New York
Pacific
Charaeter
Nelson
Brest
West Indies
Trafalgar
Savas
New York Times
Evans
Robley DD. Evans
Oficer
Dewey
Kipling
Zoghum
William W. Emory
District of Columbia
Naval Academy
Greely
London
Brooklyn
Board of Inspection and
Herbert Winslow
Spain
Winslow
St. Louis
Howce
Fern
Samuel BP. Comly
Alitatia
Minnesota
John Mallard
Yankee
Ciliven
Santifigo Cmmpaign
Not War but Massacre
Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham describes future naval combat as a cultured massacre on a first class battleship. He imagines rapid range reductions, ammunition hoists failing, crews exhausted, and the ram as the final weapon, with destruction looming for any vessel unable to retreat.
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Warner
Via Dolorosa
Belog
Peruna lauded in letters on kidney relief and cures
A set of letters from Mt. Sterling Kentucky and Grant Ontario praise Peruna for kidney trouble relief. One writer details long years of pain followed by three months on Peruna with no pain since, another credits Peruna and Manalin for dramatic health boost. The note underscores kidney function as cleansing blood and supporting health, hailing Peruna as a lifesaver when burdens mount.
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Camwell
Mrs. Gee
TL. Simser
Grant
Ontario
Can
Youd
Manalin
Value of an oath echoed in Darrow remarks
Clarence Darrow commented on the Haywood trial noting some evidence was clearly false. He compared it with an Alabama case where a witness, clearly ignorant, claimed the judge asked about the value of an oath. The man quipped that a lawyer paid him six dollars to lie for the other side. Separate note discusses wart transmission via inoculation of healthy skin with wart blood.
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Clarence
Darrow
Haywood
Alabama
Kim Bald
Ginger Endurance Boost From Grape-Nuts Food
A former college athlete recalls losing endurance until two meals daily on Grape-Nuts restored energy. After two weeks he trained for the mile and half mile, then daily jogs became easy. He reports weight gain, sharper mind, and faster study, attributing it to wheat and barley elements rebuilding brain and nerves. Read "The Food to Wellville" for more.
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Wellville
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The
America
Lowa
Morro
Kile
Vann
Washington
Havana
Firad
Santiago
Ace Winslow
Euclid
Sir Albert Hastings Markham
Royal Navy
Canada
Metropolitan Club
Markhan
C.B. Fizer
B. Fizer
Mt. Sterling, Ky
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