What fools we mortals be in medical folly
A tale of a dying man urged to take Psychine by relatives and a doctor claiming an alternative remedy. The patient dies while his siblings recover, sparking the rebuke What fools we mortals be. The piece includes testimonials and advertisements for Psychine and other health quackery.
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Iuertior
Lyman
Rush Medical College
Chicago
la Grippe
India
Old East India Company
Modern Surgery A Glimpse of Sterile Hospital Rituals
The article describes an operating room scene where all staff wear white caps and gowns, nurses as priestesses, and a strict ritual of sterilization. It praises the antiseptic era and contrasts with earlier hospital methods, noting gloves and meticulous cleanliness as essential to preventing microbes.
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Solomon's Temple
Everybody's Magazine
Cambridge Yard Butter Brings Local Craft to Market
In Cambridge England butter is sold by the yard with each roll weighing a pound. Butter women wrap the product in white cloth and pack it in long baskets. University buyers prize this pure sweet yard butter for student meals, served with bread at breakfast and tea.
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Cambridge
England
Cambridgeshire
Thought He Knew Him Laborer at asylum ignores doctor
A laborer digging in asylum grounds ignores instructions and refuses to acknowledge the governor, a doctor, until finally he laments the doctor’s identity and continues his task with calm resolve.
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London Express
Florida Springs: Silver Spring a Noted Giant of Ocala Region
Florida hosts the nation’s largest number of springs with many forming sizable streams and some navigable. Silver Spring near Ocala, source of the Okalawa River, spans several acres with water 25 to 30 feet deep and strikingly clear, entering the St Johns via steamboats.
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The
Union
Florida
United States
Silver Spring
Ocala
Oklawha
St Johns
Triplets Sailors Born to Catherine Sherwood In 50s
Mrs. Catherine Sherwood bore triplets Franklin Francis and Frederick in the mid century. All became sea captains and lived past seventy. In Charleston they visited a barber shop at different times and the barber noted exceptionally rapid beard growth.
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Catherine Sherwood
Franklin
Francis
Frederick
Charleston
D. C
Best Time to Take It Overcomes Rheumatism With Simple Recipe
A Montreal daily reports a simple home remedy for rheumatism using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. The author claims regular use for a few days reduces pain and swelling without stomach harm. Drugstores confirm ingredients are harmless and can be bought separately or pre-mixed on request.
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Montreal
New Foreign Postage Rates Take Effect October 1
The Rome universal postal convention reduces foreign postage to 5 cents for the first half ounce and 3 cents for each additional half ounce, replacing 10 cents per ounce. Canada Mexico and Cuba remain at 2 cents per half ounce domestic rate. The sole major change is the half ounce rate adjustment.
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Rome
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Verdigris Critique Delays Unveiling of Morceau-Vau thier Statue
At Chalon on the Saone the municipal council debated finishing touches on a bronze monument by Morceau Vauthier and Berard. The mayor complained of verdigris and hollow bronze while the sculptor explained the hair detail and cost of real hair accents.
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Chalon-on-the-Saone
Morceau-Vauthier
Berard
National Defense
Monsieur
Chalon
Paris
Adventures and Hardships on Lake Chad Exploration
Lieutenant Boyd Alexander recounts peril and hunger on Lake Chad in Africa. He describes mud wading for food, roasting birds in a boat fire, dwindling cartridges, and living six days on rats. Mosquito swarms forced nights in boats, while reeds and shallow waters hampered progress. He recalls a Budume fishing fleet clash, boats burning, Budumas and Tubas trafficking slave children hidden under straw mats.
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Boyd Alexander
Lake
Chad
Africa
Lake Chad
Budumas
Tubas
Crown Prince Olaf’s tyrannical school tantrum report
A Norwegian journal recounts Prince Olaf’s anger at a boy who sat on a chair claiming it was his father’s, then his mother’s, while King Haakon offered consolation. Other notes mention Worm Exterminator claims and Lavator Minard's Linimen cures.
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Norway
Olaf
Haakon
Prince Olaf
Manchester Guardian
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A. Wells
Milwaukee
Hans
Sabin
Eglinton
Holloway
Philadelphia Record
Wo!ford
Dodds
Adeut Yi ‘Screte
Www
N. U- No
Edinburgh Castle
Windsor
France
St. George’s Baking Powder
National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited
Atchison Globe
Minard
Pittsburg
Shiloh
Shiloh’s
Elmira
Eddy’s
Tees & Peasse Limited
Calgary
Winnipeg
Edmonton
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