Testimony On Cu ticurura For Severe Skin Disease
An 1905 Philadelphia reader claims Cu ticurura cured a lingering skin condition first appearing around 1900. He describes bleeding hairs, itching, and eruptions on scalp hands and limbs, a lack of relief from salt baths borax washes and doctors, then relief after six bottles of Cu ticurura Resolvent Pills and baths. He praises the remedies and urges others to try them.
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Hades
Erie
I. H.C. Mue
Mt. Vernon St
Philadelphia
Pas
Borton
A Lucky Escape From the Russian Revolutionaries
Narodny recounts a daring escape by simulating a czarist soldier. He leaped from a window, swiped a guard’s coat and cap with a fake secret police card, and strode through thousands of soldiers to freedom while comrades were captured.
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Narodny
Secret Police
Tam
Barbers and Surgeons Unite in Edinburgh Trade History
A centuries old account traces the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh from its 1505 charter uniting surgeons and barbers, through royal charters and early education control, to the 1772 separation and long tradition of its deacons serving in city governance.
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Royal College of Surgeons
Edinburgh
Barber Surgeons
James TV
Incorporation
Scotland
The
Incorporation of Surgeons
February Legends Explain Why February Has Twenty-Eight Days
A collection of legends accounts for February’s length through a late Roman calendar quirk and fables. Tales describe an old woman mocked the month, a leap year punishment, a Norman gambler, and an Egyptian god forfeiting days. A civil service exam anecdote humorously questions Punic Wars knowledge.
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Egypt
Uses of electricity in homes and industries
The article surveys the rising role of electricity across industries and households. It notes new labor saving devices, the spread of electric light, fans, sewing machine motors, and increasingly common electrical heating and water heating devices in nurseries and sickrooms.
Electric heating devices transform everyday utilities
The article lists electrically heated items gaining traction from heated pads to hair drying machines. It notes electric flatirons in kitchens and sewing rooms, their use by travelers and professionals, and describes a hair drying machine that blends electric heat and power with a fan to deliver heated air.
Iron growth medal claim sparks speculative wonder
The Franklin Institute reportedly awarded a gold medal for a process said to make iron grow by repeated heating and cooling to a critical temperature. Two identical castings were tested with one treated. post treatment, both weighed the same but the altered piece showed marked size increase and similar grain. The claim, sourced to Chambers Magazine, invites cautious confirmation.
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Franklin Institute
Chambera’ Magazine
Summersville tea farm grows world class black tea
The Summerville tea farm in Summersville West Virginia has expanded under U S government aid to ship 12 000 pounds of choice tea this year. The farm claims it can compete with top grades from China India Formosa and Java, proving that the finest tea can be grown at home despite earlier difficulties.
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Inbor
Technical World Magazine
Aluminium Solder Invention Shown by Roubaix Mechanic
A solder for aluminium has been invented by Fernand Hecht, a Roubaix mechanic, says Consul Atwell of Roubaix. The device uses a simple soldering tool to join aluminium to copper brass or iron without acids or salts.
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Consul Atwell
Roubaix
Fernand Hecht
Not a Chemistry Lesson Just a Business Insight
In a dialogue about science versus business practice, Figg notes precipitation means settling in chemistry but not in business. He and Tommy-Paw discuss how many men in settling reveal no precipitation, while everyone aware of laws and ethics recognizes better conduct.
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Tommy
Paw
Mr. Figg
Health Insurance and Guarding Health Advice
A health note urges wise protection of health through preventive care. It links early disease onset to the liver and underscores guarding health as essential for both the individual and family.
Easy Matrimony Parlor Tale of Summer Seaside Romance
A cynic jokes that marriage is common sense only as convenience. Robbins and Miss Spicer join a seaside party of six men and six girls, play a frisky game of romance, and scheme to best each other. Robbins fakes danger to win her heart, is rescued, and both return to the hotel amid gossip and lingering affection.
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Robbins
Nick
Paul
Spicer
Guppose
Miss Spicer
Misa Splicer
Misa Spicer
Ike
Austin A. Kingsley
Women hotel clerks and the price of included comforts
Eleanor Franklin argues in Leslie's Weekly that women hotel clerks use charm to upsell extras, turning a quoted rate of 20 francs into higher totals with tea, coffee, rolls, and service charges. She notes the shift from male clerks to female staff affects expectations and protests.
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Indy
Eleanor Franklin
Shellac: From Insects of India to Resin and Dye
Source describes shellac production in India from Coccus lacca, detailing female insects puncturing twigs of various trees, forming stick-lac and seed-lac, processing rosin by warming feed-lac in cloth bags, yielding pure shellac as a hard, alcohol-soluble resin.
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India
Bihar
Fighting Fish and Public Hangings in Historic Vignettes
A collage describes Siamese fighting fish prized for sport in bowls and the crowd’s betting culture. It notes their carnivorous fins, blood, and survival to one or two fighters, alongside a London Graphic relic about public executions and a quirky 17th century dietary note on beer and hops amid English history.
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Siam
Tip Pearance
Model Farm Garden Practices Show Efficient Horticulture
This account describes a half acre garden on the University of Illinois horticultural grounds using labor saving methods. It outlines layout, seed bed preparation without tools, weed control through staged planting, and early use of horse cultivator and wheel hoe. It notes staking and pruning styles, yielding over half a bushel per plant, plus crop rotation guidance for cotton and corn from Georgia writers Redding and Starnes.
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University of Ilinois
Messia
Redding and Starnes
Georgia
Garden guides urge early lettuce and beans while fighting beetles
Gardeners are advised to sow lettuce for succession and begin bush beans and limas after May 15 when soil warms. Corn varieties recommended include Cory for earliest, Black Mexican for medium, and Stowell Evergreen for late. A beetle control recipe uses sulfur and oil dusted over plants weekly to deter yellow and black striped cucumber beetles.
Taylor’s Early Career and Military Rise Described
The piece notes Zachary Taylor entered the army at twenty two and served long in the regular forces. It claims he had little voting history due to constant military service and his rise came from his Mexican war exploits. It references Henry Clay and nomination debates in 1848.
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Zachary Taylor
Henry Clay
Taylor
Ohio river boundary described as west of state line
The Ohio River lies entirely outside Ohio and forms parts of West Virginia and Kentucky. The river marks the boundary and the Northwest Territory’s definition used by Ohio’s origin.
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Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Northwest Territory
Chameleon Nervous System Acts as Two Independent Halves
The chameleon displays partial double nervous control with each lateral half operating independently. Each side perceives separately, leading to two seemingly separate animals when agitated. It cannot swim, and fear can disrupt concentration causing erratic movement. One eye responds to light while the other stays torpid.
Diet Delusions Across History and Cannibal Rites
The article surveys ancient beliefs linking foods to their eater’s traits. It cites Nero's nightingale tongue banquet and tribal practices where consuming animal parts was thought to transfer strength or courage. It notes cannibalism as a common historical motif across cultures, referenced by McClure's Magazine.
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Nero
South Sea Islands
McClure
Irish Witness Grins Through Oath Question in Cincinnati Case
In Cincinnati a petty lawsuit opens with the first witness, an Irishman, whose competence is disputed. Before oath, he is asked if he knows the nature of an oath, and he grins, replying that "it is second nature with me."
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Cincinnati
Desians
C. Avrone
Soriothy
Ely
Mann & Co
Scientific American
Munn & Co
New York
F St. Washinton
D. C
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Old Bulley
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