Old Well Abandoned Over Sewage Contamination Claim
A historic health spring near 5th Street Northwest was filled in by order of city commissioners after water analysis showed billions of sewage bacteria. The public protested as reports flagged the private spring water nearby as suspicious sewage bacteria.
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Northern Liberty
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Toiling Lobster Trades Shell for New Suit
A writer recounts observing a lobster molt in a seaside aquarium. The creature shed its old armor after hours of wriggling, leaving a bright, tender body and a new rudimentary left claw forming behind the shield. The process ended with the two shells side by side.
Physicians in the United States by medical census
A statistical feature from Polk's Medical and Surgical Register and the 1890 census estimates the physician population at 106000 regular practitioners plus 26000 from eclectic and irregular sects, totaling about one per 613 people in a sixty five million population.
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Polk
Medical and Surgical Register
Reason to Be Thankful for Bloomer Fashion Change
A Chicago Post item notes a man returning from the ball field and expressing relief that bloomers have fallen out of fashion. He jokes that a sister no longer needs to lock up his baseball suit, implying fewer worries over attire and propriety.
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