Popular Science From The Calender Of A Curious Era
A compilation of scientific curiosities and practical notes from Popular Science. Topics include oxidation power of sunspawnous acid, indefinite electrical light, oyster egg sizes, long-range Bienes sighting, tuning fork experiments with Lieut bodies, spongy-iron filters, hailstone form, ripe cotton fibre composition, wood preservation with creosote, air requirements for fuel combustion, diamond definitions, fig juice preserving tissue, tin can poisoning, color contrast, rum water for pest prevention, crevice treatments, heat handling of Sreex tools, sugar crystallization, Bavaria arts expo plans, drying agents, and a telegraphic reading experiment with large silvered letters read at distance.
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Bischof
Bavaria
Malaria a la Mode in Washington Capital
A humorous Washington Capital column mockingly describes "Washington malaria" among Congress members. It satirizes health scare jokes about malaria, appetite, and the city’s supposed unhealthy atmosphere, noting the contrast between travelers and resident statesmen, with tall tales of feigned ailments.
Cities and Crime In Growth Of U S Population
A fragmented note traces forty years of U S population growth from 17 069 458 to 50 155 188, highlighting rapid urbanization and rising city vitality amid unclear phrasing and partial data.
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United States
City Life and Crime Critique Echoes in Gazette
The Cincinnati Gazette laments urban crime and misery concentrated in municipalities while noting youth seek city life and rural upbringings are ill suited to towns. It argues for reform and balance between urban and country living.
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Country Life
Cincinnati Gazette
Royal finances and ministers in buckled British budget
The article details the royal revenues under Victoria, noting fixed annual allowances for the Crown, Duchy of Lancaster income, and extensive royal household costs. It lists allocations for royal children, princes, and nobles, then reviews ministers salaries, House of Lords and Commons costs, and concludes with a per capita payment calculation for England. It also includes a brief digression on animal lifespans and a long note on various creatures.
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George I
Victoria
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treasury
Royal Parks
Duchy of Lancaster
SOMEBODY'S CHILD Dying and A Mother's Burden
A plea on child illness and hope urges neighbors to comfort mothers facing consumption. The ad claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures many cases once deemed incurable, surpassing cod liver oil and hypophosphites, and promotes its sale by druggists.
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Pierce
JeneMian Wright
Marion County
W. Va
Allen
Wm. C. Dicars
Boating Green
Frites
Meredith
Cincinnati
Raula
A.grabam & Co
Zansevilla
Ohio
Mathias Freeman
Kentuckys Statesmen Menu Remark From Frankfort Letter
A Frankfort letter in the Louisville Courier Journal recalls a mountain member's quip about the governor banquets menu. He says he saw nothing on the table and would not have eaten it anyway. A prominent New York restaurant keeper notes buying meats in Boston to save twenty percent.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Louisville Courier-Journal
New York
Boston
IT. S. Johnson & CQ
Lass
Bangor
Truth and cures touted in old advertisements
A compilation of medical claims from Dr. Pierce and others praising tonics and cures for women and coughs. It cites the Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as remedies, mentions a Mantson clergy card, Dr Sykes’ Cure for Catarrh, and a caution about explosive mishaps and lax bowels with Kidney-Wort. Various quotes reflect sensational patent medicine era promotion.
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Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
The Lower Classes and The Mechanic Debate Nobility of Labor
The piece argues that the true upper circle are the toiling and creative classes including farmers mechanics artisans inventors and producers not society’s labels. It contrasts productive living with those who dissipate wealth and inheritance urging self made striving as highest duty. It ends with a quip about a Richmond claim and a medicine ad note for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup.
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Earth
Fruits and Vegetables Promote Longevity and Health
A historical advertisement extols a vegetable-based tonic Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sareaparilla. It claims longevity benefits and strengthens the whole body, noting ingredients Yellow Dock Sareaparilla Juniper Iron Buchu Celery Calisaya Bark. It asserts rapid aid for exhaustion and dyspepsia without harsh laxative effects.
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Guysett
Five Figure Checks And Homely Claims In Society News
A collection of humorous vignettes and letters from Seymour Times and local noteables. A Loveland Ohio reader extols Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for kidney trouble and dyspepsia. Henry Ward Beecher laments dictionary shortage as a boy borrows Webster to settle a spelling dispute. A Faun River turkey is found with a gold thimble in its gizzard.
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Samoant Depron
Loveland
Ohio
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Turkey
Protecting Health and Remedies in an 1881 Trade Sheet
A dense advertisement page from August 6 1881 features testimonials for diabetes cure eczema and various patent medicines and health devices. It includes claims for the Voltaic Belt Cure and other electrical appliances on trial, Piso’s Cure for consumption and urinary troubles, Eilert’s Extract of Tar and Wild Cherry, ferro phosphorus elixir and Calisays tonic, Uncex Sam’s Condition Powder for livestock, and Carboline hair renewer plus Frazer Brand axle grease. The items target sick individuals farmers and households with a barrage of medical claims and promotional endorsements.
Boys and business integrity in money handling
Businessmen lament the difficulty of finding trustworthy boys to handle money. Temptations and economic pressures lead many young workers to petty theft. Parents and employers must teach core business principles, especially integrity, at home and in training, to prepare youths for mercantile life.
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Thorougly
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Express
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Jersey City
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Eilert
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Shouri
Ted
Moller Organ
Hagerstown, Md
H. Hatzxgrr & Co
Portland
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Bronson
Detroit
Mich
U.S
Congress of the Departments
W.C. Langan
F St
Washington, D.C
Aultman & Taylor CO
Mansfield
Jackson, Mich
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P.O
Chicago,al, US
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Mali
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Iowa
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Sammy Tubba
E. B. Foote
Mf'g.co
Frasere C. Willard
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Eton & Co
Chicago
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Lymm, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Western Avenue
Lynn
Main
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