Fragmented dialogue and iceberg note amid a clipped drama
A garbled scene shows Margery and Mariel debating motives while others react with tension and humor. Interjections from Dick and Peter punctuate a strained conversation. A separate Irish step into a maritime note recounts an iceberg sighting near latitude 50S and 51W, with an East Coast club setting and cost concerns for members.
Microbes and the body cells in disease theory debate
The article argues microbes are not the sole cause of infectious disease and toxins from cells can cause illness. It highlights sanitation and vaccination, warns against overreliance on microbe theory, and notes that poisons from cells and microbes share similarities requiring careful treatment. It also discusses dietary advice for children and butter consumption.
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Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Pastor Kneipp Lectures on Water Cures in Berlin
Berlin reports that Pastor Kneipp, famed water doctor from Bavaria, spoke to about two thousand followers on hydropathy. He pitched water as a panacea, urged simple living, and claimed cures without medical training, praising home and hospital use with minimal equipment.
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Diet and hygiene guard against cholera and disease
A. S. Arkinson argues warmer weather will bring cholera and other illnesses and urges strong diet, sponging, baths, and sanitary measures as the best defense. He notes vaccines and hygiene as key to controlling smallpox and puerperal fever, stressing nourishment to resist disease.
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Russia
Asepis
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Tomatoes and Cancer: Debunking a Widely Held Delusion
The text argues that tomatoes do not cause cancer and may benefit stomach and kidney health. It cites a London Cancer Hospital statement by Dr Mardden denying any link between tomatoes and cancer and endorsing cooked tomatoes as a wholesome diet, urging readers to abandon the myth.
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London Cancer Hospital
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Liberal Use of Butter Advocated for Children's Health
An exchange argues that liberal butter consumption would improve child health and help prevent tuberculosis. It criticizes social norms condemning butter as a luxury and notes restrictive eating practices in households, schools, and boarding establishments.
Fixing Her Style in Toronto Hat Sale Fantasy
In a Toronto military establishment a woman plans to outdo her friend Flora with hats. Dora, nearly penniless, pretends to buy while secretly trimming her headwear to match trends. They chase bargains on King Street as a new floral sale beckons.
The British Columbia Trouble and Premier Davies
Premier Theodore Davies of British Columbia plans to defend his government's policy at centers of excitement to quell secession talk. He urges prompt fair dealing with all interests to avert division and insists Parliament buildings await a representative House's verdict to preserve provincial unity.
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Theodore Davies
British Columbia
His Last Will Irish Joke
An Irishman ill for a long time tells his wife he will leave money. She asks what to do with it. He advises bury him clean and decent and to spend the rest at leisure. She asks when to spend it and he says spend it when they are going since he will not be with her.
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New England
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Radley
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Curious Global Facts From The Age Of Encyclopedias
A sweep of odds and ends notes remarkable claims on health longevity noble titles and inventions. It cites Verdi as an inn keeper’s son a cobra venom myth a 500 yard seaweed claim and vast unclaimed Scottish bank deposits while tracing Chinese walls anesthetics and papal dining habits.
Campaign of Campania Decor by Queen’s Decorator Miss Robinson
Miss Charlotte Robinson, decorator to the Queen, planned and supervised the interior of the Cunard liner Campania. Her bold designs and persistent rise from Manchester shopkeeper to royal appointment illustrate a turning point in English decorative taste.
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Campania
England
America
New York
Charlotte Robinson
Manchester
London
20 Brook Street
Miss Robinson
Monarchs and Misfortune Weigh Heavy on Thrones
A historical note surveys European rulers, detailing counts of ousters, executions, suicides, restraints for insanity, warfare deaths, torture, and assassinations. It cautions that royalty bears grave risks and notes a trend of many monarchs not escaping grave fates.
Hesitant Guest Advises on Dinner Etiquette
A guest speaks in a low tone and, with the waiter assisting him, requests his hat after offering a tip. He suggests breaking the habit of fingering his mustache while giving dinner orders, and the exchange ends with thanks.
Naronic Prison Escapees Among NarS Sinking Victims
Report reveals that several criminals, including the famed James M. Bradley and companions, fled Massachusetts prison via sewer before vanishing on the ill fated ship Naronic. Bradley reportedly died when the Naronic sank after leaving Liverpool.
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Liverpool
New York
the Law
Nortonic
Massachusetts State
Charlestown
James M.bradley
Walter Maitland
Williams
Bradley
Charleston
Iceland and Its People in a Harsh Land
Iceland is a desert like landscape where transport hinges on horse backs and small boats. The population of about 70 009 is concentrated on a narrow coastal strip while interior wastes are barren and unfit for farming. Trade is barter driven with little money circulation and imports flow from seaports to supply basic needs.
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Philadelphia
France
Andrew Lang
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Guthrie
Orloff
England
Suez Canal
Henry
Scotland
Iceland
Ireland
Reykjavik
His First Experience
A Scottish country boy travels with his father to a village near a railway branch line. The boy watches a train pass and exclaims to his father with astonishment about a smiddy running off with a raw o’ horses.
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