Quick Temper and Its Hidden Meanings in Nineteenth Century Thought
A New York Sun excerpt argues that the quick temper is misnamed and misunderstood. It contrasts social self praise with true generosity and shows how heated outbursts reveal a limited mind and self centeredness, dismissing righteous anger as distinct. The piece then shifts to a lavish description of baby cradles and gifts, illustrating opulent parental display in New York society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
New York
New York Sun
Cure for drunkenness by injections proposed by Dr Portugslow
A historical article discusses a controversial idea that alcohol craving could be treated with subcutaneous injections of strychnine, claiming quick appetite and sleep after a few doses. It notes earlier uses, advocates like Dujardin Boimetz, and suggests testing this method in police stations, reflecting 19th century moral reform debates. The piece also shifts to a lifestyle column praising private heroism in family life and spousal duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugslow
Dujardin Boimetz
Russia
Neiarhk Advertiser
Hoad
Head
Hood
Junkermans
Music of Public Schools
Cincinnati
Ohio
N.B
OUD & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Healthful Onion Uses and Early Electric Execution Debate
A mixed health column extols onions for coughs and immune support with recommendations for raw onions in children and seasonal use to combat diphtheria. The piece abruptly shifts to a debate on New York adopting electricity for executions, outlining proposed methods and safety concerns, including dangerous setups and Edison’s suggested 2000 volt approach. It concludes with vintage kitchen recipes for potato chowder and chill sauce and tips on cleaning brass with ashes, soap, and vinegar.
Rest as a Nation's Hidden Power for Women
The Chicago Herald argues many women never truly rest and define real rest as lying flat on a hard surface with arms at sides and no pillow. It claims this practice reduces facial wrinkles and temper, improves posture, and restores energy, urging Americans to adopt short rests two to three times daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Wisdom Nuggets on Health and Temperance
A collection of maxims urging peace and cheer, moderation, rest, and honest living. It stresses a light heart, steady work without excess, avoiding despair, and associating with healthy people. It warns against passion, overeating, and overexertion while praising fresh air and balanced habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail
Their Only Medicine Chest
A Montana homeowner testifies in 1835 about BRANDRETH'S PILLS, claiming thirteen years of use with no doctor, except during scarlet fever outbreaks. She cites cures for liver trouble, dyspepsia, constipation, diarrhoea, cramps, colic, rheumatism, colds, catarrh, biliousness, and impure blood, noting one or two pills fix children quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eerlodge
Montana
Brandreth
Willliam W. Bb. Minnen
A Word to Husbands and Ocean Travel Tales
A column extols loving husbands as dew to a flower, granting strength and courage at home. Advertisements urge Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for seasickness and travel remedies. A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a girl’s eager, humorous reaction to the ocean’s grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Pronerr
Dim Light the Best as Mother Finds Daughter Reading
A Boston mother gently rebukes her daughter Penelope for low gas light, fearing eye strain. The girl whispers she is reading Amelie Rives, reflecting a quiet domestic moment reported by Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penelope
Boston
Mamma
Amelie Rives
Hard Times and a Young Collector's Wait
A Texas Siftings line recalls a young debt collector facing hard times. He notes repeated calls to nearly every place, saved only by visiting his girlfriend, illustrating strained finances and personal stakes in a poignant frontier moment.
Old-Time Remedies and Quotations From Daily Life
A column compiles varied quips and social notes. It highlights a boy’s bravado about darkness, mentions thrifty sewing by farmers’ wives, long toil hours for low pay, a remark on rail gauge, Warner’s old fashioned remedies, and a light joke about a woman canning fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
New York
Log Cabin Remedies Promote Health Amid Wealth Warners
An essay extols log cabin virtue and warns that great fortunes from humble origins often yield ruined minds. It credits H. H. Warner with Warner's Log Cabin remedies, claiming they restore health and vigor to rival the stresses of immense wealth and complex finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
H. A. Warner & Co
Warner’s
Robert Garrett
George Law
H. H. Warner
Safe Care Fame
Sargaparilla
Tippeennee
Sarsaparilla
Ely
Baptists Visit Sunday School Exchange
A New York Sun excerpt features an elderly lady asking a boy if his Christian parents attend Sunday-school. The boy replies he goes to Baptist Sunday-school and clarifies his parents are Baptists, just the same as Tam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
New York Sun
Kemp's Balsam Free Trial Offer For Throat Lungs
The notice invites all, including the homeliest and handsomest, to call a druggist for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. It claims relief and cure for chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption, with large bottle prices listed at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmurr Proprietary Co
Chicago
SCOTT
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Zenobia
Grace Grennieood
Edison
Hostatter
Wiewise
Ucus
Holly
N. J
James
Detroit
Ree Press
Bennie
United States
Christian
Warne
Fo. Pond
Aurora
Aurora, Oh
Lyon
Texas
Jonley & Porter
Dallas
Tex
Mae A
Barclay St
Tion
Nead
USA
Northwestern Military Academy
Highland Park
L. B. Fiske
Albion
Mich
Osgood
U. S
Osgood & Thompson
Binghamton, N. C
Worthern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Washington
Oregon
Chas
B. Lamborn
Boston Post
St. Jacobs Oi
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Balto
Baltimore
Sele
Olsrabo
Dr. Banrueri
Boulder
Cole
J. H. Johnston Gun Co
Pittsburg
Aves
Augusta
Mai
Bryant
Busineas College
Buffalo
N.Y
Glek Co
Halsted St
Ticheriestown
Oldiers
WeCormick & Bon
Washington, D.C
Clacknmati
Isos
Worey Mfg.co
Waynesha
Wis
Dederick
Arin Belt
Rinaircle and
Amaascam
P. K. Dederick
Colbany, N
Webster
G. & C. Merriam & CO
Springfield
Avery County
Secret Service
Particulose Trem
Grannan Detective Bureau
Co-14
Arcade
Cincinmai A
Eilert
Chicagod Newspaper Union
Franklin St
Chemisal Co
Oinsinnett , Ohio
Druggiatz
Hibbard
Nature
Howe
Epward Bakken
Jackson Street
Jackson, Mich
A. Knarr
Grand Rapids, Mich
Farmer
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson
Mick
Bright
Oley & O
Lasalle St
Racine
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