Remarkable Patents and Quack Health Claims From an Old Page
A reader from England extols Resino Ointment and Hesmel Salve for skin diseases and digestive woes, praising cures and urging every household to keep a jar. The item also references Revino Ointment, Garfield Tea, and products touting healing, hair, and beauty benefits with sensational claims and questionable medical backing.
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England
Lee Carter
Butland Hall
Kewind Chemical Co
Baltimore
Obscure Tribute Quotation Attributed To President Seburtman
A misspelled quotation praises a life well lived with laughter, love, and service. It lauds kindness, art, and rescuing souls, claiming the subject left the world better and endured as an inspiration through an appreciation of beauty.
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Rhikdren
Seburtman
German War Medal for American Lit by Missouri News
In Springfield Missouri a German war medal was awarded to August Lohmeyer, a businessman, for bravery in the Franco Prussian War as the first medal given to a German soldier who later became a citizen of another country. Joseph Glen Harber, a man from Taiteville, Missouri, entered state hospital after a hypnotic show led to mental decline. his father was committed after a psychiatric evaluation. Lamenting weather notes: cold and snow delayed sap in fruit trees, but Ozark growers expect a bumper crop. warm spells eased fears of premature budding.
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Springfeld
Pifiy
August Lohmeyer
Bi Joseph Glen Harber
Taiteville
Auehens
Pettijoho
Richmond Phyeletana
Richmond
Springfield
Ozark
Missouri News Roundup Across Cities and Events
Columbia college receives the late Dr John Mo Allen’s medical library of 282 volumes for the University of Missouri’s medical school. Joplin promises a Frisco railway station and office building costing 104 thousand dollars. Jefferson City lawmakers push funds for Confederate memorial printing. Missouri National Guard drill planned for Co Lebanon. Springfield honors veteran of Franco Prussian War. Columbia census planned. yellow extra published by University of Missouri journalists. Jefferson City jeweler dies in accidental revolver incident. Fayette high school building and assembly hall destroyed by fire. Fulton chosen for state poultry show in Northeastern Missouri. Sedalia plans largest central Missouri hotel costing about 100 thousand dollars.
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Columbia
John Mo Allen
Liberty
Mohia
Schod of Medicine
University of Missourt
Allen
University of
Free 3.50 recipe claims to cure weak kidneys and pain
A promotional plea offers a free home remedy recipe for kidney and bladder pain. The letter promises rapid recovery from scalding and dribbling, backaches, and weakness, with instructions to request the recipe by mail from Dr. A B Robinson in Detroit Michigan.
Out of a Job in a Local Exchange
A fragmentary note describes a person losing work and a friend consoling them. The dialogue hints at a boss firing or warning about future unemployment and suggests hesitation or doubt about the value of time spent working at a local shop or job. No clear names or dates are readable.
Cure for skin eruption through Cuticura remedies touted
A 1910 testimonial from New York City praises Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Cure for curing a lengthy itchy scalp and facial eruption. The letter claims relief in two months and promotes Cuticura products with an address for free samples. Also includes a brief, unrelated quip about wireless telecommunication and a lightning bug reference.
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Mactarland
West 116Th St
New York City
Pettit's Eye Salve and Prevce's Pellets Advertised
If it's Your Eye Use Pettit's Eye Salve for inflammation sree itching Inde eye aches defecta of views and sensitivity to strong light All druggiete or Howard Brow Hudalo X It is possible to have too much of a good thing The dog with the shortest tail rows the least danger of having tin canated tot Prevce'e Pieawent Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach Weer and bowels Sugarcasted tiny granular easy to take Do not gripe
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Howard Brow
Hudalo
Inconsistency and Deeds Shared Across Failing Minds
A brief note reflects on how inconsistency leads to deeds passed to others who only rough understandings their meaning. The piece hints at miscommunication and unintended consequences within shared responsibilities.
Dwellers in glass houses should keep out of politics
A short maxim admonishes that those with exposed vulnerabilities or fragile reputations should refrain from engaging in political matters to avoid entanglement or harm. The saying warns against hypocrisy and risky public involvement by powerful or scrutinized figures.
Just Like Em College Exchange Mystery
Two college students banter about questions and identity. One asks if the other is a bank, a playful line reflecting generational and social curiosity. The dialogue hints at confusion and humor without a clear event or outcome.
Woman's Kidney Trouble Prompts Public Appeal
An advertisement from Milwaukee seeks a cure for kidney ailments. Mrs August Wittenberg of Hopkine At Milwaukee details painful symptoms including constant urination, burping, headaches, and weakness. The missive promotes a patent remedy and urges readers to buy through local retailers.
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August Wittenberg
Hopkine
Milwaukee
Wismiye
Almont
Fife
Bos
Milburson
Hutely
N.Y
Arctic employer quotes and scrambled protests emerge
Fragmentary OCR yields odd phrases about an arctic employer and advantages, with people not always worrying. The readable bits hint at a dispute or protest dynamic but lack clear names, dates, places, or outcomes.
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Arctic
Incoherent OCR Note Reflects Fragmented Text
The readable fragment shows garbled phrases and unclear references. No identifiable persons or entities are extractable to form a coherent news item or summary.
Fragmentary historical quip on wealth and wisdom
Fragmentary OCR style text contrasts health wealth and quick riches. It mentions a doctor and shrewdness, notes folly and restraint, with references to a gentle nature and a note of warlike declaration. The readable content is sparse and ambiguous.
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Renham
Spring Medicine Promises Blood Purity and Renewal
An advertisement touts a spring remedy, claiming it purifies and enriches the blood, with 40,366 testimonials in two years. It promotes Hood's Pills or tablets named Sarsatabs, and claims to relieve impure blood, fatigue, eruptions, and spring humors by using roots, barks, and herbs in a tonic form.
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Poole
Family health guidance for common child ailments
The text discusses home care for a healthy family with young children, stressing the head of the household should know how to handle emergencies and common intestinal discomfort. It warns against improper use of strong medicines and suggests mild laxatives like a gentle preparation to relieve constipation.
Quotations and Tips From A Fragmented Page
A garbled OCR fragment presents assorted lines: a Dobson quote on love and worth, a note on ten as a remedy for constipation urging a dose before bed, and a claim that peace with God without peace with men is an inequitable thing. The text lacks cohesive context or identifiable news items.
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God
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