Prussian Premier Dr Miguel reforms taxes and surpluses
The article lauds Dr Miguel as Prussia’s premier whose late reforms included a progressive income tax, abolition of taxation immunity for nobles, and a property tax targeting those above 6000 marks. These measures boosted revenue, yielding a 60 million mark surplus with an 80 million forecast, earning the emperor’s praise and the Black Eagle order.
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Miguel
Europe
Landiag
Prussia
Remarkable Recovery From a West Africa Snake Bite
A steamer report details F. T. Summers bitten by a two horned viper on his ankle while elephant hunting near Opobo. He blew off the snake head, was treated at the consulate with iodine or bromide of potassium as the leg swelled to triple size, and after nine hours expected dead, recovered in eleven days. A brief hometown anecdote from East Taunton follows.
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Benny
West Africa
F. T. Summers
Opobo
Summers
A Tree Wind Flower in South America
A fragment describes a plant about three feet high with a crooked top, found in South America. It notes a flower that opens only when the wind blows, with blossoms appearing as the wind moves. The shrub is linked to a cactus jam and grows among small lumps on the Ik.
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South America
Cure Cold In One Day And Other Quack Ads
A collage of vintage medical and lifestyle quackery lines selling patent medicines and cures. Claims include curing colds in a day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Cascarets, with money back guarantees, plus unrelated jokes about letters, language, and tobacco. Also features Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, and Ne-To-HaTe tobacco habit cure.
Women Truthful Yet Quiet About Painful Disorders
An eminent physician says women may not tell the whole truth to male doctors about feminine ailments. Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham offers guidance and a vegetable compound, aided by letters from grateful patients like Grack B. Stansbury of Pratt, Kansas, who credits relief after six bottles.
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Weite
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Boston, M
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Lem, N.J
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M.K. Green
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Washington
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Manchester
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Louisville
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