Doctors Object to Advertising Yet Accept Free Puffs
A Chicago medical society expelled a member for placing his business card in a newspaper claiming it unprofessional to advertise while noting doctors regularly publish in the press. The author mocks medical ethics and contrasts with other professions, calling out hypocrisy in fees and ego. The piece ends by contrasting with leisure pages about fruit picking and cheap oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Medical Society
Medical Society
Medical Association
Chicago
Sculapius
Teras Siptings
Ages of Chinese Porcelains Reveals Caution in Dating
The article explains difficulty in precisely dating Chinese porcelain past the present century, noting rose colors unlikely before 1690 and blue and white pieces from the era of Emperor King-te. It discusses tailors of fashions, copies versus originals, and how collectors assess styles rather than emperors, ending with a note on the oldest porcelains likely being white with engraved paste or wood-like arches.
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King Te
Riordan
The Orange Groves of St Michael s Azores
Describes St Michael island in the Azores 1200 miles from Land s End 600 miles west of Lisbon. Highlights its mountain lake and valley scenery mild climate and thermal springs. Markets center on oranges with traditional picking packing. Ponta Delgada is famed for orange gardens and inviting hosts offering camellias and fruit to visitors in February.
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Atlantic
Land’s End
Lisbon
St. Michael’ S
Azores
St. Michael’s
Ponta Delgada
Errors in Printing and the Edinburgh Typographical Challenge
Printers and readers debate accuracy in typography. A century ago Edinburgh University published a book with strict proofs and a £50 reward for errors. Despite six proof-readers posting pages for two weeks, errors appeared, including one in the first line of the first page.
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Edinburgh University
High Jinks at the Bohemian Club Scene
A playful scene shows Mrs George dining with Mr George and Cousin Charlie as they misidentify a club waiter among wealthy members. Charlie claims skill in judging character while a faux waiter seats beside a rich society lady. Exit Charlie.
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Mrs. George
Charlie
Mr. George
Cousin Charlie
Afghan nomenclature explained with Persian and Turkic roots
A Presbyterian doctor of divinity discusses how Afghan place names encode water, mountains, colors, and numbers. Examples include Abr for water, Koh for mountain, Abad for city, and panj for five, illustrating how terms like Panjdeh reveal geographic and demographic meaning.
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Punjab
Hindostan
Hurrijab
Hurris
Surkhab
Koh
Safeydkoh
White Mountain
Koh-i-Baba
Babab
Baber
Hindoo Koosh
Abad
Allah
Ahmedabad
Ahmed
Safeyd
Kotul
Gen
Roberts
Afghanistan
Vaiwar Kotul
Paiwar
The Man with a Hose And a Mustache Misfortune
The item jests at a careless man with a hose causing sidewalk damage and damp gutters while noting a cartoonish comparison of rainfall. It then pivots to a light anecdote about a man shaping a mustache and a lady receiving a love declaration on her eightieth birthday with a hopeful closing line.
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New York
Persian bread and breakfast in Afghanistan journal
A correspondent describes Afghan bread as large and tough like a blacksmith’s apron, then praises a breakfast with bread and butter at Meshed, noting a welcome change from Persian bread and recalling a comical mis-sentence about Dover.
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Afghanistan
Persia
Rind
Khorassan
Meshed
Ali Mardan
Dover
England
London Daily News
The Preventive of a Terrible Disease
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Hitters as a preventive for deadly kidney disease and related illnesses. It claims early use strengthens urination, liver, stomach, and bowels, and removes impurities from blood reducing rheumatism neuralgia gout dropsy and other maladies by boosting kidney activity.
The Grade of Crimes and Peculation Classifications
An 1840s oratory lists crimes by amount or item, naming categories from 81,000,000 down to one ham. It maps large-scale theft to genius and minor theft to war on society, using escalating labels such as shortage insolvency irregularity defalcation corruption embezzlement dishonesty thievery and total depravity.
Etruscan False Teeth Revelations From Antiquities
Italian archaeologists report ancient Etruscan skulls with false teeth built from animal teeth set in gold plates. Found in a Corneto cemetery, dating to the fifth or sixth century BC, the discovery is stored at the Museum of Antiquities in Corneto, Tuscany. The teeth illustrate early dental art and trade in early civilizations. Another note mentions a humorous anecdote about a lawyer in heaven and a crowd at the rink.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Museum of Antiquities
Corneto
Tuscany
Felicity
Public interest in curing disease and premium bids
A New Orleans Picayune snippet questions the need to persuade men to pay a premium to a seller who promises cures for incurable diseases. It notes Dro Sage and his Catarrh Remedy as dubious, claiming thousands cured only because of the offer, and asks who will bid next for cure or cash.
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Dro Sage
MaxiMan
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Grand Union Hotel Promises Luxury at One Dollar Rooms
The Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot offers 600 rooms at a million dollar investment, now renting from $1 per day on a European plan with elevators and an on site restaurant. Horse cabs elevated rail service to all depots, claiming better value than any first class hotel in the city.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Health, responsibility, and personal power in living
A Dr Foote Health Monthly excerpt argues that health and happy living depend on individual control and responsibility. It contrasts easy reliance on Providence with scientific findings that laws govern health. The piece urges discovering health laws and adapting life to them, rather than blaming fate or circumstance.
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Providence
Dr. Foote
A Wonderful Freak of Nature Exhibited and Promises Cure
A Buffalo doctor promotes his Golden Medical Discovery for blood taints and humors, listing scrofula pimples eruptions and ulcers as targets. The ad mocks other quacks with a whimsical tone and urges readers to request the Book of particulars for two stamps.
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R. W. Pierce
Buffalo
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Gault House Chicago Offers First Class Beds At Low Rates
An advertisement describes the Gault House in Chicago at Clinton and Madison offering first class accommodations for two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents per day. Proprieties by Hoyt and Gates, the hotel is near Union Depot with elevator and full amenities.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Hoyt & Gates
Marriage and Health Benefits Reported by Patient
Pittsburgh woman Mrs Lydia E Pinkham states after years of suffering from married life related ailments she found relief through the medicine she used as an experiment. She reports using four bottles and describes her health as fully restored highlighting the treatment's perceived effectiveness.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Peers Ny
Allen's Lung Balm Ad Endsorsements from Readers
An 19th century advertisement touts Allen's Lung Balm as a pure, opium free remedy for throat and lung diseases. Letters from customers in Astonia Illinois and La Faverty Rhode Island praise its effectiveness, noting long-term use and physician recommendations.
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Astonia
Ill
Allen
H.C. Mooney
Drugzgiat
la Faverty
R.I
Burrill H, Davis
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Egypt
New Orleans Picayune
Bulwer
Faterlov Ghaerver
Farm, Field and Stockman
Tippecanoe
JH. H. Warner & CO
Rochester, N.Y
H. H. Warner & CO
R. ¢. Battelle
Waterloo, N
Warner
Rochester, N. Y
J. Pike Powers
Owenton, Ky
Hops & Malt Bitters Company
Detroit, Mich
Kanaas
C. Exare
Beatrice
Neb
Girexcorite
Electollein
Deyevor
Donough
Brewoter St
Addieon
A.J. Heleman
Anpison
A. J. Colbom
The
Somerset Herald
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
Porter
Ottawa
Centerbrook
Conn
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Loewe Prices
Weaver Organ & Piano Coy
York, Pa
Henry G. Thompson & Sons
New Haven
Washington, D.C
Queen City
Cincinnati Suspender Co
Guysott
Rochester
J. J. Beck
C.D. Warner
Golden Seal Bitters CO
Holland City
Mich
R. U
Lorillard
Climax
Rose
Lorillards
Navy
H. H. Green
Casey Niane
H. H W. Green
Jones Avenue
Atlanta
DE Foote
Ciciagmone
E. B. Foote
C.N. AS
N.Y
Pease
Sherman Hall & CO
Michigan St
Chicago, Ill
ITO
Daly
Ilven
Cacets
Treenb
Eane Ana
Cus
U.S
Savy
Guy Gem
Agence
Field
Field and Stockman, Reindolpht
U.S.A
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