Dr William Hammond on Turkish baths insights and cautions
Dr William A Hammond offers cautious views on Turkish baths noting general benefit for healthy individuals but potential harm for those with heart disease. He advises heart exams before first hot-bath exposure and prefers tepid baths for most people. He criticizes excessive soap and water use and comments on regional longevity myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
William A. Hammond
Esquimanx
New York Tribune
Pay Bridge Disaster at Dundee over River Tay
The Dundee Pay Bridge over the River Tay began in June 1871 and opened May 381, 187%. It spanned 10 612 feet on 20 spans and cost £350000. Twenty lives were lost during construction. The disaster occurred Dec 28 1870 when part of the supports failed during a gale, plunging a North British mail train into the river. Engineer Sir Thomas Bouch died in October 14680 after the inquiry blamed poor design and construction. A new substantial bridge is under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay
Dundee
Scotland
H. C. Rothery
Thomas Bouch
Ocean
Roast Pig Tale Echoes Across Distant Lands
The senator from Kansas reads a fabled Lamb description about a Chinese and Tartar man discovering roast pig flavor. The tale unfolds with a bamboo house, a fire, a pig perishing, ashes removed, and a family called to share the feast as stock grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinaman
George G. Vest
U. S. Senate
Kansas
Tartary
China
Bambo
The Hat Business and Its American Origins
A historical overview traces hat making in the United States from colonial incentives to premium pigments, noting Virginia rewards, the Felt-makers’ Company ban, Danbury’s 19th century production, beaver decline, later use of fur and rabbit, and the silk hat influence from China via a Parisian thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
America
Felt-makers’ Company
London
American
New England
Danbury
Connecticut
Paris
Wossyth
United States
Gath
New York Tribune
Fortune in Beeswax and a Miner’s Misfortune Told
A tale from Tombstone recalls the original discoverer of the Toughnut Mine failed after a spark of greed, mistaking chlorite of silver for beeswax and selling his share. The rock was valued at 315 000 per ton, a cautionary legend from the era. A note from Australia adds a health anecdote about St Jacobs Oil aiding a runner after a stitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
St Lewis
Globe-Democrat
Jerisard Menphy
Australia
Melbourne
Ormes
Sydney
St. Jacobs
Are There Straight Lines In Nature And Other Varying Bets
A fragmented text questions the existence of straight lines in nature from crystals to shorelines and floral structures. It then criticizes a Kansas editor over whisky pricing, and promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for ague and various stomach liver and bowel disorders with urged early use for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Guylous Yellow Dock
Causes of Desertion Among British Soldiers at Millbank Prison
The article lists reasons for desertion among 616 British soldiers confined for desertion at Millbank Prison. Causes include 114 from drink, 161 dislike of the army, 100 to better themselves, 48 due to annoyances from comrades and harsh NCO treatment, 72 from persuasion by bad company, 51 through going on a spree, 41 absent but not intending to desert, 16 ran away over debt, and others from marriage without leave, leaving 12 for refusal of leave.
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Millbank Prison
Letter of Thanks for Vegetavie Compound Cure
Geo W Green of Campti La writes to Mrs Lydia E Pinkham thanking her for Vegetavie Compound. He says his wife Anne A Green suffered a displacement with unknown pains until relief after using two bottles. He states the medicine cured her and brought peace and happiness to their home.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Anne A.green
Geo. W. Green
Campti
Gruesome Thirteen Club Dinner Menu in San Francisco
The Thirteen Club of San Francisco showcases a macabre front page design with an owl and thirteen skulls and a back featuring a skull on cross-bones. The event lists thirteen superstitions to defy, each member passing under a ladder, wearing opals, and toasting figures like Jonah Friday and the magpie. Funeral tones fill the program with Beethoven Funeral March and other deathly selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteen Club
San Francisco
Jonah
Beethoven
Saul
Chopin
Brindisi
San Francisco Chronicle
Throw Physic to the Dogs and Pellets Sell Modern Laxative
A Pittsburgh Chronicle notice praises Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a modern blue mass substitute. It claims gentle yet thorough cathartic effects, restoring stomach and bowel health with no violent action and touts anti-bilious benefits. The ad urges readers to send two letter stamps for details to the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, NY.
Physicians Endorse Rep Star Dough Cure as Safe
Maryland doctors endorse the Rep Star DOUGH CURE based on health authorities in Baltimore and Washington. They stress it is free from opiates and narcotics, with prompt efficacy shown in practical tests, per a February 12 1885 statement from J153 Gross Fiske Morse Filler and others.
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Maryland
Commissioner of Health
Baltimore
Samuel K. Cox
Washington
McLane
Roberts
Latrobe
Adreon
United States
Charles A. Vogeler
Sore Proprietors
Daltimore
Reo Star
Trice
Renerhie
TE Cilarles A
Vogaler Company
Grand Union Hotel Ad Highlights New York Stopover
The notice promotes the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot in New York City. It boasts 600 rooms and a million dollar setup, offering European plan rooms with elevator and restaurant access. It claims lower daily rates than first class city hotels and notes improved transit options via Haguaze Expressage and Carriage Hire. The line ends with a satire about landlady hash.
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New York City
Haguaze
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Overworked females urged to try tonic and pay debts ad
A jumble of advertisements and testimonials promotes Dr. Cowan's tonic for overworked women and urges joining the American Protective Association with a $25 annual fee to cover debts up to $5,000. Includes claims about oxygen therapy by Starkey & Palen and endorsements for Ely's Cream Balm and Carboline hair renewer.
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Ely
Thad
J. A. Wood
N. High Street
Columbus
Ohio
Allen's Lung Balsam Promotes Health Claims
A dated advertisement extols ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM as a trusted remedy for throat and lung diseases. It highlights its opium-free formula and praises its efficacy through testimonials from A J Hileman Appison Pennsylvania and H C Mooney La Fayette Rhode Island, among others.
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Allen
Hop Bitters Restores Beauty In County Wife
A farmer credits Hop Bitters with curing his wife of dull skin and pallor caused by malarial vapors. He notes she regained her former beauty and urges other farmers to try the remedy, praising the white label greens and warning against impostors.
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Pay Bridgee
Pierce
Pittsburgh Chronicle
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Philadelphia
Gross, M. D
St. Vincent’s Hospital
J.D. Fiske, M. D
Ss.r.morse
M.D
Marine Hospital
C.w.filler
Caldwell
New York
Brooklyn
Mark Star
Horsford’s
J. P. Cowan
Ashland, Q
Seimerride Journal
American Protective Association of
Chicago
Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Brown
Christian World
Long
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
M. N. Lasley
West Chestnut Street
Louisville, Ky
Atamp Crown Mra. Co
Vine St
Cin
Missouri
Tdeamsare Maid 7
Worth
Ill
Troy
James Andrews
Marshall St
Pa Hill
Andrews
Paved Kennedy
Rondont
Kennedy
Oneroad
Lewistown
Cannes Pwayer
Valentine Bros
Janesville
Wis
T.G. Farnham
West Hos
Apteo Co
Binghamton, N
Wayrson
Maiden Lane
N.Y
Queen City
Cincinnati Suspender Co
Cincinnati, O
DE LA Balze
Frankelin Atroet
P.O
A.reed & Sons
Reed's Temple. OF Music
State Street
R. A
Lorillard
Navy
Jaddison
A.J. Hileman
Appison
A. J.colbom
The
Somerset Herald
Lean
Astoria
H.C. Mooney
la Fayette
R. J
Burrill H. Davis
J. N. Harris & CO. (Limited
Props
Cincinnati, Ohio
Golden Seal Bitters
Golden Seal Bittens CO
Holland
City
Mich
Woodbridge St
Detroit
Sinilar
American Protective Association
Tinos
Canada
Barrar
Bank
Awindor
Trenia Rhidire
Gamiphier Givites
Ryan & Co
Adaios St
Chicago Ledger
Franklin St
Brickmae Brick Tile & Metal Review
Geo. EK. Williams & Co
Pittsburgh
Acme Maufacturing CO
Ivoryton
Conn
T. A. Slovum
Pear St
Beltsville, Prince George Co
LVERY
Mo Blanks
Prem’s
Oman
Sare Ee Bae
Farming World
Hain Portfolio
Holy Angels Guard
LaSalle
E Ars
U. S. Card CO
Centerbrook
GNU
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