Overwork and paresis dominate alarm in era of fast life
The piece warns that overwork and rapid, restless American life fuel a rising case load of paresis, a deadly brain disease. It cites Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, outlines symptoms from mood changes to grandiose delusions, and notes the disease often progresses over about three years though alcohol can extend the course. It warns of widespread risk among prominent men and the danger to families and estates.
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Perecete
Merchante
Fanclers
New York
United States
Allan McLane Hamilton
Vico
Sellers
Rey
New York and Express
Representative Cannon
Mlinois
Congress
Austria
Sidney Bartlett
Boston
Gladstone
Cleveland
White House
Queen Victoria
Edgar Baltus
Saul
Witch of
Endor
Inventions and natural science notes from the era
A collage of scientific curiosities and industrial notes, including Harrington on cloud heights, a Perpignan fossil tortoise, France’s railway horse traces, land-subsidence observations, Galileo and the microscope, sparrow digestion studies, cedar paper uses, a new electrical fire engine, and fashion notices. Local ads note dentists, fruits, cigars, and dry goods promotions.
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Mark D. Harrington
Michigan University Observatory
Perpignan
Pyrenees
Eastern Railway
France
Cornelius Drebbel
M. Govi
Galileo
Oddities and Anecdotes From a Distant Era
A collage of curious facts and anecdotes from a bygone era. Tales range from a Baltimore tailor fathering twenty s children to a Pekin weekly finishing a 2040 chapter serial. Other notes cover meteor showers, eccentric wagers, and peculiar local lore across cities and nations.
Chloro dyne touted as miracle cure in 19th century ad
An advertisement extols Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne as a universal remedy for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma and diarrhea claims it cures epilepsy hysteria and other ailments while warning of piracy and imitations and noting government stamp authenticity sold in London bottles with various prices and cautions.
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de. J. Collis Browne
Symes & Co
Pharmaceutical Chemists Medical Hall
Simla
Sth
J. T. Davenport
Hsg
Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury
London
Collis Growne
Hindostan
Collis Browne
Pharm, Society of Great Britain
Viceroy’s
W. Page Wood
J. Collis Browne
Freeman
Times
Ts. Bid
Creation's Lower Orders and Odd Natural Feats
A sweeping, tabloid style roundup notes mass monkey killings in Brazil with pelts shipped to London for furs, a trained African gorilla that trails a trader for long treks, and a farmer in Kentucky accused of skinning a dying ox. Also covered is a Charleston harbor episode with a blackbird catching a live crab, a London greyhound price record, a freak mammoth four-winged cochin rooster, and a railway ban on riding in East Wellington.
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Brazil
London
Hin
Russellville
Charleston Harbor
Fullerton
Brown
Duluth
Minn
Chicago
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Alexander Pope
George Sale
Degli Alighieri
Dante
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Philip Massinger
Saladin
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Helvethis
Henry I
Plantagenet Line
Charles Kingsley
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the Elder
Pliny
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Rome
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St. Helena
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Earl of Leicester
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Frederick I
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MacClellan
Trenton
N. J
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Hartington
Reform Club
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Royal Academy
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Domingo
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Spain
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San Francisco
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Ohio
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Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co., Limited
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New York, Jr
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Cairo
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Key West
Boxem Brown
New Mexico
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Washington
New Orleans
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Princeton College
Oregon
University of the Pacific
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Cal
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Bt. Louis
Brussels
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Bank of North America
Robert Morris
State of
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Philadelphia
Interior Department
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Newtisford St
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Wells, Fargo & Co
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Dickson & CO
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Astings Street
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Hive
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Allsop & Mason
Naurante Sapere
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Chlorodyne
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Bloomsbury London
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Smith's
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Comox
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Nanaiamo
Nee Pase
Aly
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Naaimo
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Nanaino
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Victori
Alo
Ward
Wellington
Postal Service
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Sam
East Wellington Coal CO
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Atwood
R. Aaronson & CO
Clothiers and Outfitters
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