Dental anesthesia and the progress of dentistry through pain relief
A historical overview notes Horace Wells’s 1844 discovery of ether and nitrous oxide anesthesia and its impact on dentistry and surgery. It highlights nitrous oxide safety, nerve blocking techniques, and the link between dental care and overall health, while criticizing political opposition to anesthetic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Wells
Hartford
Conn
Doctor Wells
Boston
Medical College
Teeth and Tonsils: Focal Infection and Treatment Emphasis
A Western Newspaper Union article explains how oral bacteria travel from gum margins to tonsils via lymphatic vessels. It argues for treating dental sources before tonsil surgery and notes that cleaning tonsillar crypts can save tonsils when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Lantern design crochet potholders by Grandmother Clark
Crocheted potholders shaped like Jap lanterns in red green and yellow use heavy string crochet cotton. Each holder finishes at 6 inches with no padding required. pattern No 732 available by mail for 10 cents or with materials for 40 cents from Home Craft Co. Dept. B St Louis Mo. Include a stamped addressed envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Address Home Craft Co
Dept. B
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Not Retroactive Hotel Towel Law Clash
A heated exchange in Capper's Weekly notes a traveler's claim that hotel roller towels are banned in the state for three years, while the hotelkeeper argues the towel existed before the law. The brief humorous exchange highlights compliance and timing.
The Real Test Pants Make Horace a Man Among Men
Little Horace wears real pants and feels grown. He struts about then asks his mother if he can call on Bill, signaling a rite of passage in a domestic scene from Pathfinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Horace
Muryer
Bill
Pathfinder
Demagogue Defined By Boy In Brief Exchange
A small boy asks what a demagogue is and the elder replies that a demagogue persuades people to listen to arguments they disagree with. The exchange captures a concise lay understanding of political rhetoric in simple terms.
Better Choice Judge Ruling Turns on Ten Day Option
In a courtroom exchange the judge offers the defendant a choice between $10 fine or ten days in jail. The prisoner selects the money, prompting the judge to proceed with the fine option.
Dont Guess But Know Dont Guess But Know
Advice urges consulting a family doctor for safe headache relief and to use Genuine Bayer Aspirin. It notes Bayer Aspirin as fast relief for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia and cites physician caution before its discovery. Consumers are urged to ask for Bayer Aspirin by its full name at any drug store.
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Snow Man
Hun & Snow
William
Li Wwant
T, Willyum
By C. M. Payne
Smatte
L. Huntley
Newt
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Westere Mevamper Uetow
Wilbert
Raues
Ys Quan
Adamson’s Adventures
BY O. Jacobsson
Wrigley’s
Ben Burneo
Hoss
Fred Harman
Rand Breanne
M.G. Kettner
Man
Santa Claus
OL Tor
Clark
Bayer Aspirin
Houston
Galveston
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