One Woman's Work and Indian Healers in History
A historical account highlights Indian women as healers whose disease knowledge and remedies astonish white contemporaries. It discusses Kickapoo and Judian traditions, Prairie Plant cures, and aims to promote a pamphlet on the Kickapoo Indian Doctor with promises of authentic medicine information. Authorities from Revere, Massachusetts, are cited as endorsers and readers are invited to request the pamphlet via Judiva Medicine Company.
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Kiduy
Aick
Weumo
Ciiea
Vegas
auIoplamas
Wisenses
Judiva Medicine Company
Laven
Conny
Mirror of Fashion Double Breasted Jacket and Cape
A detailed 19th century fashion guide covers construction of a double breasted jacket with faced fronts, silk or velvet collar, canvas interlining, and machine stitching. includes capes with interlined edges and neck felled seams. Also describes a neat street toilette with a five gore skirt, passementerie trims, and silk frills for cashemire and woolen fabrics.
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Cashemire
Evansville Death and Bright's Disease Case
A fragmentary Evansville report notes Alfred Jones died of Bright's disease. Jones, born in Ohio on August 4, 1825, had moved to Wisconsin, arriving in 1813. The text also mentions dubious health claims for a stomach remedy, lacking clear context.
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Evansville
Alfred Jones
Bright
Ohio
Wisconsin
Married Couple Charles Woodworth and Florence MUMs
A fragment reports the marriage of Charles L. Woodworth and Florence MUMs in Wan Kesha, noting softening pain and curing aspects, framed as a casual historical snippet with limited readable details.
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Charles L. Woodworth
Mir
Florence Mums
Wan Kesha
Rolla Preston Dies Aged 57 In River Falls Soldier
Rolla Preston of 2 River Falls and a veteran of 1 war has died at age 57. The obituary notes his residence and military service.
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Rolla Preston
River Falls
Time for tree planting in early fall says Meehan
Early fall is ideal for planting trees says Thomas Meehan in the Ladies' Home Journal. He explains timing after wood is ripe, leaves are stripped by hand, and planting can continue through October November or December in milder climates. Late planting in cold areas risks failure due to moisture loss and slow fiber formation.
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Thomas Meehan
Ladies' Home Journal
Jack Frost
Pennsylvania
Economy in Corsets in a Home Companion hint
A note from Woman's Home Companion advises women to revive corset shape by steaming and pressing over a flat iron when bones loosen. It suggests this method works with whalebone corsets, restoring rigidity and fit.
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Companior
Quoted quirk snippet on lodging life and travel wear
A trimmed excerpt notes boarding house life has advantages and jokes about husbands and canned vegetables. It mentions Alpava used for holiday traveling costumes with detachable rever and collars, reflecting period fashion and humor.
Clars of Feapte and Sea Serpent Sightings Reported
A dubious beverage claim touts a grain based drink rivaling coffee in taste and effect, with children able to drink it safely at 15c and 25c per package. The Times of India notes a 60 foot sea serpent seen off Bassein, described as yellowish blue with two hornlike projections, pursuing porpoises as passengers aboard the Hazaya allegedly observed.
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Times of India
Bassein
Hazaya
Quack Remedies and Local Notices in a Patchwork Record
An assortment of patent medicine ads tout cures for foot pain corns and sweating with trial mail offers from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York and others alongside brief civic news notes from Sparta Wisconsin and Plainfield Mississippi including a marriage report and a city fireworks ordinance with a mention of a new well being dug.
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Allen
Aljec
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Dainty Work for Dainty Hands
Eti za R Parker offers home guidance for washing embroidered linens. Boil no, use half-filled tub of warm water with Ivory soap, wash each piece gently in blue water with a touch of thin starch, dry in shade, and iron on the wrong side to press and restore their original beauty.
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Etiza R. Parker
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