Weight of Children Varies Daily Says Copenhagen Director
The Royal Deaf and Dumb Asylum director Pastor Malling Hansen reports daily child weights fluctuate greatly, with May to July showing losses and August to October strong gains. Warmth and lunar phase influence weight, and feeding aligns with dental health. officials fund ongoing trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor Malling-Hansen
Royal Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Copenhagen
Perial
Malling-Hansen
Vansh
Carlsberg
Ond
Littering Wealth and the Porter’s Paradox
A Chicago Ledger excerpt depicts a Pullman sleeping car porter who, earning twelve dollars monthly with eleven seventy-five board, accumulates vast luxuries including mansions, railroads, and Congressional ties. The piece ends with a call to seek jobs with the Pullman Company in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Congress
Chicago
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Chicago Ledger
The Care of Children's Teeth and Early Dental Health
An article urges mothers to care for children's teeth from infancy, warning that neglect damages the six year molar and overall dental health. It cites a dentist’s tip using myrrh to cleaner baby teeth and stresses removing decay before the second set appears.
Immigrants Lure Westward Expansion and Railroads
The 1885 immigration wave to the West accelerates as railroads push settlers into Dakota Nebraska and beyond. Government lands shrink with rising entry by homesteaders, while northern districts and Black Hills valleys attract thousands seeking fertile, new homes. A Pittsburgh scene closes with a bizarre street encounter and a meteor ending the night.
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West
Great West
Great American Desert
Dakota
Campbell
McPherson
Walworth
Potter
Crow Creek Reservation
Nebraska
Sioux City
No separation between dog and man in a storm
In a study a man and his dog share a gaze that reveals a single flame within both. Death approaches with a cold wing, erasing the boundary between human and animal in a moment of equal gaze and mutual humility.
Richest Mica Mine Found Near Tallulah Georgia
A newly discovered mica deposit near Tallulah Georgia is described as the richest mine seen by an expert mica miner. The vein reportedly yields blocks up to a square foot and is deemed inexhaustible, promising immense value and economic relief as mica grows scarcer and pricier for stove makers and dealers. Source cites Chicago Herald praising mica as an essential American commodity.
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Rocky Mountains
Tallulah
Chicago Herald
Agreeable endorsement for Red Star Cough Cure by Col. King
Col Robert G King of Baltimore Maryland former Deputy Collector Internal Revenue for ten years endorses Red Star Cough Cure. He praises its effectiveness for violent coughs and throat and lung troubles noting it causes no depressing effects and is easy to take. He adds a sobering line about self restraint in desperation.
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Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg
HK. A
Robert G. King
Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Madaris
Allen
Beecher Brothers Mention Rheumatism Cure Claim
The article notes Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and his brothers, especially Rev. William Henry Beecher in Chicago, discussing his rheumatism and praise for Athlophoros. It also covers testimonials from C L Wetmore of Chicago and others about relief from rheumatic pain, plus a legal will dispute in Maine and a weather-related health note referencing Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventative remedy.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Charles Beecher
Edward Beecher
Brooklyn
William Henry Beecher
Honore Street
Chicago
Beecher
Mr. Beecher
C. L. Wetmore
Mess
Atalophoxros Co
Mt Wall Street
New York
Australians discard horse bit for nose carrage substitute
An Australian note claims a carrage made of a nose band replaces the bit for horse control without discomfort. A separate observation notes Germany lacks horse-drawn carriers as bricks move hand to hand. crews scale with front men and many on the ground to the top, totaling sixteen workers passing each brick.
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Germany
Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription praised for relief of female ailments
A reader thanks a friend for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming it cured long standing backaches bearing down sensations and general weakness. The note includes a testimonial of renewed health and a lighthearted quip about an expedition to the frozen north.
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Melville
Quaker Testimony Praises Mrs Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs A M Dauphin of Philadelphia testifies to the benefits of Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women. She cites a young woman who survived an ovarian tumor after using the remedy and says many other cases show relief in childbirth and general female ailments.
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A. M. Dauphin
Philadelphia
Sond Ge
T.G. Farnham
Westth St. N
The Parrot's Rebuke On Shipboard
A South American parrot aboard a ship adopted profanity. The mate punished the bird with water for each offense, and during a gale the bird shifted to scolding the drenched hens and roosters, asking if they had sworn again.
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Polly
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blood Purification
A reader panel touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for fatigue weight loss sleep loss and general malaise claiming it purifies the blood tones the system and fortifies against disease. The note also references sage’s Catarrh Remedy and a humorous aside about scissors.
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Rick
Dr. Pierce
Grand Union Hotel Adverts and Tonics Featured in Notice Lot
A mixed advertisement column highlights the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central with 600 rooms and low daily rates, plus transportation access. Also promoted are tonics and remedies from Dr. Starkey Palen, Athlophoros, Brows’s Browine, and Carboline with claims of cures and benefits across headaches rheumatism and hair renewal.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Red Star Cough Care Endorsed by Baltimore Officials
A broad endorsement of Red Star Cough Care from Baltimore officials and physicians, led by Charles A. Vogensen, praising its safety and absence of opiates or poisons. The notice cites support from the Attorney General, mayor, senator, postmaster, and health authorities, with widespread physician backing. Sold nationwide at a given price through druggists.
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Baltimore
United States
Tain Charles A. Vogensr
Maryland
Allen's Lung Balsam Endorsed By Medical Figures
A 19th century advertisement extols Allen's Lung Balsam as a pure effective remedy for throat and lung ailments. Letters from physicians editors and users across Pennsylvania Delaware and Illinois praise its lack of opium and curative results for colds bronchitis and general lung issues.
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Astonia
Allen
H.C. Mooxey
Drugeist
la Faveris
Ed. I
Burrill H. Davis
For Sale by Harris Co Medicine Dealers Cincinnati Ohio
Ad promotes Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a health remedy claiming heart strength improved blood circulation and overall bodily vigor. It touts use for functional derangements impure blood weak kidneys digestion and other ailments with testimonials and urging readers to ask their pharmacist to obtain it and avoid substitutes.
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J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
All Medicine
Guysett
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A. P. Gorman
Harrison Adreon
James HR. Horner
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J. EH. Sellman
U. 38. Internal Revenue
Hart B. Holton
H. Clay Dallam
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Samo A. Clagett
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James SS. Morrow
Appeal Tax Court
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Vodeler Company
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