Quinine The Universal Drug From Cinchona Bark Origins
A historical piece extols quinine as a universal drug used for colds fevers and as a tonic. It traces the drug’s fame from cinchona bark and various origin stories linked to Peru Spain and Europe. It notes quinas origins, names, and early cures.
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Louia XIV
France
Italy
Robert Talbot
Dauphin
Louis le Grand
Peru
Jegult
Cardinal de Lugo
Chinchon
Madrid
T—Chincona
Ecuador
Colombia
Mixed Metaphor and Wireless Telephony Report
A note on a mixed metaphor from the Egyptian Standard about wind as guiding light if Ireland’s home-rule enters cabinet. Also a report from Charlottenburg on a wireless telephony lecture in which the emperor and empress attended and a wireless link was demonstrated between a high school and a telephone building.
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Moustapha F Komel Pasha
London Spectator
Foreign Office
Ireland
Egypt
Slaby
Technical High School
Charlottenburg
Kuiser
New York Law Opens Field for Life Insurance Agents
The new New York life insurance law standardizes policies and bans rebates. It pushes out older agents and welcomes energetic teachers and professionals, with commissions now paid directly to the agent. Paul Morton of Equitable Life leads a vigorous recruitment for qualified applicants nationwide.
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State of New York
Slfe
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton
Sahara Growing Dryer Says French Explorer
F Gautier asserts the Sahara is steadily drying with oases shrinking and will vanish soon. He cites historic records and signs showing once-larger vegetation zones 60 to 100 years ago and argues mechanical causes, notably advancing northern sand masses blocking watersheds from the Atlas mountains.
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F. Gautier
Saharas
Atlas Mountains
Y, Bun
His Favorite Descent
A humorous exchange unfolds as a lady asks about renting a flat and a janitor complains about children. The boy supposedly won’t use the elevator and won’t come down the stairs, instead sliding down the banisters, provoking the janitor’s grumbles.
Misfortune Never Comes Singly Dialect Joke
Farmer Korntop muses on misfortunes with a boy. He explains that a wet spell spoils the tomatoes and a dry spell spoils everything else, illustrating the old saying with a rural, humorous exchange between Father and child.
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Farmer Korntop
Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts as a Sound Food
The physician argues that disease stems from poor food choices and shares his personal recovery from overwork and malnutrition after using Grape-Nuts with cow’s milk. He asserts the product’s role in a rational feeding system and urges readers to trust the principle behind its manufacture.
Return of the Prodigal Umbrella Tale
A witty anecdote features a hungry but penniless girl who regrets tough luck and recalls a rain drenched reunion. She recounts friends stealing her umbrella, then celebrates improved starch products and a new Defiance formula praised for strength and smoothness.
Squaring Accounts and Garfield Tea Ad Pastiche
A clipped ad and quote mix satire with a moral about the debt of nature and paying up. A garbled health remedy pitch promotes Garfield Tea with vague claims of blood purification and disease cure, credited to Garfield Tea Co. of Brooklyn.
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Nature
Kansas City Times
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Do You Guarantee No Broken Hearts in Matrimonial Bureau
A brisk exchange on matrimonial services and guarantees, urging a Defiance Starch trial case. The ad copy promises hot and cold starching faster and cheaper, with a money-back offer if not satisfied. A humorous exchange about buying a talking machine for the home underscores household priorities.
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A.reau
Great Nerve Restorer and Odd Notices
A noisy collage of 19th century ads and quack remedies. It lists Dr R H Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer with a Philadelphia address, and various claims about cures for fits and St Vitus Dance. Also includes wedding day superstition note, tobacco ad from Lewis’, and dental teething advice. The tone mirrors a busy front page with scattered product pitches and moral aphorisms.
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St. Vitus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pat Morton
Sahara
Board of Health
N. Y. Herald
Lewis
Peoria, al
Mrs. Neane
Bamination
China
Chicago
U. S
Vermont Farm Machine Company
Bellows Palls
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren St
N.T
Thompson
Aoa
Great Northern Mfg. & Supply Co
Clipper Galiteee Steel
Catalog and Prive Ties
Atchiron, Kansas
Defiance Starch
Denman
Pontege
A. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Depertmiet mM
Winsten-Selem
W C
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