Treating wrong diseases with patent medicines misleads patients
A lengthy critique of quack medical practice argues that many ailments are misdiagnosed as nerv ous disorders. It condemns doctors who prescribe pills for the cause and touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as cure-all solutions with testimonials and guidance on purchasing the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Satan
Patton
Rox
Ln Arbor
Mass
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Gentle Remedies and Odd Bits of Everyday Life
An assortment of product pitches and light anecdotes. Promotions for Simmons Sarsaparilla Hunt's cure Defiance Starch and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets mixed with a humorous note about a man returning home late and a dairyman's proverb.
Abbreviation P G Stand For Llanfair Village Name
Mr Justice Lawrence asked what P G stands for in Llanfair P G. M P J Bryn Roberts explained it is the shortened village name. The judge sought the full name, which is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwili llantisiliogogogoch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G
Justice Lawrence
Anglesey Assizes
Llanfair P.G
J. Bryn Roberts
M. P
Llanfairpwilgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwilandysillogogogoch
Liverpool
Eng
Mercury
Mosquitoes and disease tied to ancient texts
At a late Asiatic Society meeting in Ceylon Governor Sir Henry A Blake noted that sixth century Cingalese medical books describe sixty seven varieties of mosquitoes and four hundred twenty four kinds of malaria caused by mosquitoes, showing the long history of the link between mosquitoes and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asiatic Society
Ceylon
Henry A. Blake
Good Little Girl Speaks Truth About Hotels
A child, promised a trip to a hotel with her parents if she behaved, is quizzed by elderly ladies who test her memory of moral destinations. She responds that good little girls go to hotels, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
Likeness of the Devil and Household Starch Promotion
The article notes Col Blumen thal’s hobby of collecting devil likenesses and mentions about 150 representations in various media. It also advertises Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use, praising its 16 oz packaging and chemical-free formula while warning against 12 oz counterfeits. It closes with a proverb about admitting error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Blumenthal
Devil
Defiance
Cherokee Remedy touted for croup and cough relief
A late 19th century ad column promotes Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein as essential against night croup and colds for children. It lists prices at druggists and notes its availability in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Restored Hair Using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A reader reports curing a severe scalp humor and hair loss after trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The testimonial from Fred’k Busche of New York City claims hair restoration and ongoing use for scalp care. The European birth data notes 106 boys per 100 girls on average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred’k Busche
East 57Th St
New York City
Europe
Prominent Cincinnati Woman Praises Pinkham's Remedy
A Cincinnati woman reports complete cure from womb trouble after nine months and five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits relief from pain, nervousness, and menstrual issues and endorses the remedy for female weakness and uterine derangements. Musk comes from the musk deer and the musk trade is in Chinese hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Lydia HW. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
America
Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Wilson
East 8T Street
Lydia E. Pinkham
One Dose a Day Cure Claims and Miscellany
An odd mix promotes Vernal Palmet tona as a universal remedy for constipation headaches and organ ailments with free trial bottles from Vernal Remedy Co Le Roy New York. Also notes aging speech limits and a hopeful Henry Wade Rogers quote beside a Mexico smoking claim and marital finance quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Cemedy Company
le Roy
N. Y
Miss Gertrude Bull Recovers After Severe Pneumonia
A remarkable recovery follows a serious pneumonia and prolonged illness. Miss Gertrude L. Bull credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring strength after doctors and treatments failed. She details prior debility and says improvement began within a week and full health in three months. She lives in Union Grove Illinois. The pills purify and enrich the blood and are sold worldwide with a free disease blood booklet offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude L. Bull
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Childish Notions of Life and Death Among Young Minds
A Harper's Weekly passage recalls children’s vivid, naive questions about death and heaven. A baby mistakes a Madonna for immortality talk. a six year old ponders heaven, angels, and judgment, ending with a cheerful, eerie bath-time chant about being dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Heaven
Harper's Weekly
Tale of a Borrower and His Unwise Economy
A homespun moral tale recounts a man who never buys a paper and borrows neighbors for reading. His frugal plan leads to a chain of mishaps from a beehive sting to ruined clothing, a dead cow, spilled cream, and a kitten loss, ending with a marriage elopement. The note urges subscribing to a home paper.
Veterans Endure After War Work Weather Harsh
Hundreds of veterans suffer kidney and bladder trouble from impure water exposure and sleeping on the ground in cold wet conditions. Catarrh of the kidneys and bladder linked to postwar hardships is noted.
Glasgow City Owns Vast Public Utilities and Services
The city of Glasgow, Scotland owns a public library with 160000 volumes and is building district libraries. It operates seven model lodging houses sheltering 2430 nightly, 27 blocks with 200 shops and 1362 buildings housing 9000 people, public banks and wash houses, gas and electric works employing 3000, a street railway system with 8500 workers and 170 million riders yearly, nine public markets, a telephone system yielding 15 percent return, a labor bureau and a home for inebriates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
In Our Boat Poem Excerpt by Dinah Craik
A lyrical meditation as stars tremble and sunset fades. The speaker floats down a dim river seeking peace and urging past sorrows to sleep. Moonlight blesses loved ones while tenderness keeps them safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah Maria Mulick Craik
American Heir to British Peerage
Rev. C. Bruce of Portland Oregon is next in line to the Scottish title of Lord Thurlow as the second son after his elder brother was killed at Magersfontein. He is a grandson of the Earl of Elgin, and his family ties connect him to Lord Curzon, with the clergyman aged 25 to 30 and devoted to mission work while his father nears 70 and remains active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bruce
Seamen’s Church and Institute of
Foremost English Surgeon Treves on Perityphlitis
Sir Frederick Treves, famed for performing the king’s niece Princess Victoria’s appendicitis operation, is hailed as a specialist with over 1,000 consecutive operations and no deaths. Yet he insists the condition is perityphlitis, not appendicitis, in defiance of current fashion.
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Frederick Treves
King Edward
Princess Victoria
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Prinei
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ANG Prize
Terraproof
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Boston
Chicago
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Toronto
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Washington, U. S
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Lady Juliet
Kansas City Journal
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Hunt
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Russia
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London
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Great City
Korea
Henry Wade Rogers
Mexico
Miss Bull
TALE
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Clarinda
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Hartman Sanitarium
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Texas
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Sears, Roebuck & CO
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Grant Ave
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la Crosse
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