The Saladeros Cure for Consumption in Argentina
A New York Times and Express report details a belief in Argentina that living in saladeros where cattle are slaughtered heals consumption. It cites gradual lung healing after long residence, with Donna Florentina de Cibels said to recover after four years, though relapse risk exists if leaving early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Globe
Argentine Republic
Saladeros
Donna Florentina de Cibels
Jaime Cibels
Cibels Hermanos
Buenos Ayres
Saladeros, and Mrs. Cibela
Cibers
Republic
New York
Ail and Express
Unraveling Trouser Threads and Moral Discipline
The text recounts two anecdotes from John B. Gough and Charles G. Leland. A man pulls an endless silk thread from a punch bowl and cries for his wife Betsy, while a Providence youth, admiring his new trousers, tugs a hidden thread that unravels the seam, prompting reflection on constructive skills and moral discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gough
Providence
The Minor Arts and Their Value to the Poor
The author defends minor arts as worthy for any poor person to pursue for livelihood or recreation. Hand-work cultivates patience, industry, and self-control, shaping thinking as people have historically created books while working. The piece argues against discouraging such crafts as wasteful or unsuited to business habits.
Collins line era and the race with Cunard steamboats
The Collins line challenged Cunard dominance in transatlantic steamship travel, with ships designed by Steers that offered greater size and speed. Financial strain, extravagant construction, and the loss of the Pacific and Arctic led to the line’s end in 1858, reshaping European competition thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Line
Cunard Company
Atlantic
America
Niagara
Europa
Columbia
Liverpool
New York
Collins
Steers
Cunard Line
Asia
Africa
Baltic
Arctic
Vesta
Cape Race
Philadelphia
Arrivner’s Magazine
Seats for Women Too Low in Public Places
A Sanitary Era critique argues that public seating favors men by sizing benches to average male height. Women sit with feet dangling or on edge, causing discomfort and urging supporters of women’s rights to address this practical grievance.
Mud-color carpet asked after house fire and reporters
A Detroit Free Press excerpt has a woman evaluating a carpet while imagining its fate after a woodshed fire, water from firemen, and twenty reporters grilling her about insurance, concluding she may need a mud color.
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Detroit Free Press
When a Gentleman and Lady Walk Side by Side
A society journal notes etiquette that a lady should walk inside the gentleman on the street. A Baltimore American quote signals fashion advice about propriety in public. The text mentions Sir Samuel Morland as the inventor of ships anchors, noting his death in 1695.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Americn
Samuel Morland
Tennysons Locks at Commencement Day Oxford
On Oxford commemoration day undergraduates tease visiting dignitaries. A tale recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson entering the theater with disheveled hair when a student quips about being called early by his mother, echoing the Queen of the May opening line.
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Simmons
Jack
Oxford
Tennyson
D.C. L
Alfred
Seeds That Germinate Quickly and Catholic Growth
A health advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, praising its broad use by mariners and workers in adverse regions. It then reports Sadlier's Catholic Directory estimates of church growth in the United States, noting population, clergy, and institutions, with Brooklyn as a leading diocese. It ends by recommending Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya as a tonic for dyspepsia and fever prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadlier
Republic
United States
Brooklyn
Calinaya
Hazard, Hazard & Co
New York
All Druggis
Rapwar
Radway
Wwen
U. S
Fitzgerald & Powells
Indianapolis
Ind
Brewater
Holly, Mich
IGN
Sleeping Cars On A 200 Mile Buenos Ayres Tramway
A proposed long street tramway near Buenos Ayres will span 200 miles linking several towns. It will feature sleeping cars for passenger comfort and will use horse power instead of steam to cut costs. A Philadelphia company is supplying the line equipment. The note also mentions Dr Hooke born 1635 died 1703.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
South America
Consumption Cure and Remedies Promote Health for Women
The piece touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as an effective treatment for pulmonary disease and liver and blood derangements. It also endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for debiliated women. A light mockery about Shakespeare closes the item.
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Pierce
Mary A. McClure
Columbus
Kans
Parmelia Brundage
Lock Street
Lockport, N
James L. Corgy, Esq
Yucatan
Houston
Minn
Torresa A. Cass
Springfield
H. E. Mostry
Montmorenci
S. C
F. Aspery Howe
M. H. Church
Silverton
N.J
Golden Medical Discovery
En Sk
Downs
Fall School Opens at Gem City Business College
The fall session begins September 5 at Gem City Business College with a grand reunion in the Opera House on Friday evening September 9. Courses include business, normal training, penmanship, shorthand, and typewriting taught by efficient teachers. Catalogue and full particulars mailed free to D J Mussenuman A 31, Principal, Gem City Business College, Quincy, IL.
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Gem City Business College
D. J. Mussenuman
Quincy
Reduced Mileage Rates by Monon Nauty Hallway
The Monon Nauty route from Louisville to Chicago and New Albany sells mileage books at 2 cents per mile usable by firms or individuals with families. Each coupon allows 150 pounds baggage, valid for one year from issue. issued by hk. W. Tansill & Co Chicago. Also note Lansill's Punch cigars booming and Lyon's Heel Stiffeners advertised. Piso's Cure for Consumption claimed to cure brown iris with small doses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon Nauty
Louisville
New Albany
Chicago
Primcpal
Hk. W. Tansill & Co
Lansill’s
P& A L Miluary
Libtsburg
Mark Twain
Richard Proctor
Hans. W. W. Astor
Judah P. Benjamin
Dr. Miner
Columbia Law
Yale
University of Penn
Wellesley College
Prospectus Post Free
PROM
Loiselts
Fifth Ave
New York
Wren Whiting
Frazer Axle
Frazer Lubricator Co
N. Y
St. Louis
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Charles G. Leland
Nicholas
the Minor Arts
Florida
Fla
Tocoi
Palatka
Vertrees
Tennyson’s
Dr. Hooke
New Haven News
Shaespeare
Bill
Tor
Shees
Lyon
Hood
G. J. Hood & CO
Lowell, Maas
Washington
Breab Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Wsfa R
A.P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Queen City
Cincinnati
Jones Esther Freicht
Jones
Binghamton Binghamton, N
Williams
Witt.iams Mfg. CO
Cleveland
Grannan Detective Bureau
Arcade
Mies Sleventy Ts, Pensions. “Careaco. Me
Spencer
J. A. Spencer
Dwight
Wizard Oil’ Company
I. V. Wesner
Yorkshire
Cattaraugus Co
D. Lazarne
Asq
Decatur Street
New Orleans
Ida M. Strona
Ainsworth
Democrat and News
Cambridge
Maryland
Eliza Ann Poole
Leonard Poole
Wiliamsburg
Dorchester Co
Epward Myron
Harrowsmuth Ont
Cox
Drugezists
Cal Discovery
Tighs
Mr. Downs
Lunes
Josrpa F. McFaRlann
Enq
Athens
Igal Association, Proprietors
Main Street
Buffalo, N. We
Procter & Gamble
Kidder
Caention
Warnne
Eurranes
Tressel
Un.u
Wars Athen
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