Ailing Women Seek Kidney Health to Cure Back Aches
Mrs W G Davis of Groesbeck Texas shares a testimonial praising Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from back pain dizziness and irregular kidney action. After starting the pills she passed gravel stones and recovered with a stronger back and improved health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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W. G. Davis
Groesbeck
Texas
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Diet Kitchens Run by Woman in Washington
A Washington diet kitchen operates under a female director. Physicians send patients for specialized dishes or foods tailored to health needs, paralleling prescription use. Proper food is shown as essential as medicine, guiding patients away from ill judged family meals.
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Washington
Cure for Humour Links to Cuticura Remedies
A naval officer describes a three year battle with a severe skin humor and credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete cure in three weeks. He reports daily baths and six or seven boxes of ointment used and states no recurrence since. The testimonial is dated July 8 1905 from Newark New York.
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H. J. Myers
U. S
Newark
New York
Scientist Links Bee Sting Poison to Eggs in Inheritance
M. C. Phisalix, famed for poison research, finds specific poisons accumulate in ova of toads and vipers and may influence development and inheritance. His latest work on bee venom shows bee eggs contain tiny amounts of poison, with about 475 eggs needed to poison a sparrow. unfertilized eggs yield drones that lack poison.
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M. C. Phisalix
London Globe
Blind Harvard student masters tough courses
Edward Ray, a blind student from a North Carolina town, has earned a degree from the University of North Carolina and is pursuing an M A at Harvard. He undertakes difficult math and geology work and is now studying Gothic and Anglo-Saxon demanding courses.
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Harvard University
Edward Ray
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Harvard
Wine quality improved by San Francisco earthquake fire
The New York Tribune notes that much wine stored in San Francisco reportedly gained quality due to the earthquake and fire. It cautions against repeating such disasters for viticultural gains and mentions connoisseurs and scientists following the development.
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San Francisco
Charles Lamb
New York Tribune
Old Soldier Recovers Health After Quitting Coffee
A 72 year old man credits Postum with restoring his health after years of coffee use caused severe malaria relapses. He switched on medical advice, began working hard again, and now drives sixteen miles daily while praising Postum and recommending proper preparation. He notes others may grow to like it when made correctly. The Bean Company of Battle Creek, Michigan promotes the product and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Childhood Elasticity Tales of a Six Year Old
A mother recalls her six year old son’s feast of bananas sandwiches pickles cake fried chicken chips ice cream tea ham pink popcorn and lemonade. She watches his stomach grow round as he eats then sighs and sleeps, unsure how the child’s body processes the candy flood.
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Ile
Cat crosses rivers to reach Barkley home
A cat swept by floodwater rode the swift current across the island to a riverside area and survived on small game until it learned crossing the Missouri River on ice was possible. It then reached the mainland and found its way to the Barkley home.
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Bad River
Missouri River
Barkley
What a Boy Needs in Life’s Journey
The Presbyterian Record stresses two crucial life parts for a boy the motor and the brake power to go and power to stop. A clear strong will is the driving force and braking system, and maintaining them in first class condition is essential. If neglected the fault lies with the boy.
How Do You Do Across Languages
A list of phrases asks how different cultures say “How do you” in various languages. The quotations pair each greeting with its native tongue, highlighting cultural variants from Swedish to Persian and English. The text reads like a multilingual salutation compilation.
This Little Pig Went to Market Game Noted Across Cultures
The Washington Star describes a preschool game variation where Chinese mothers and American mothers similarly sing lines as they gently hold a child’s toes. The verses include a sequence about a cow that eats grass hay drinks water runs away and lies down.
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Washington Star
Blind Illustration Party Game for Partners
In a social game guests are matched by name cards and sit in pairs with drawing supplies. One partner describes a simple object while the other sketches it from the description. After 15 minutes drawings are voted on, prizes go to the top artist and their partner.
Sparrows and a cherished pet Peep end in tragedy
A Indianapolis correspondent recalls feeding wild birds and a tiny sparrow named Peep saved by a family member. The bird grows bold, visits from the flock, and flies to the narrator’s outstretched hands before a fatal accident at dinner ends the tale. The piece closes with a reflection on care for all creatures.
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Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
Saintly name puzzle with violet clues
My first is in Violet, but not in Nook, My second is in Album, but not in Book, My third is in Language, but not in Flower, My fourth is in Envy, but not in Power, My fifth is in Nature, but not in Man, My sixth is in Timer, but not in Pan, My seventh is in Iceland, but not in Cold, My eighth is in Nugget, but not in Gold, My ninth is in Eternity, but not in Foretold. My whole is the name of a favorite saint.
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Iceland
Mystery Party Trick Hides Behind Screen With Forfeit Penalties
A party game places a blindfolded member behind a screen while others describe Miss 2’s attire. The caller names items in sequence and the hidden player must identify the final linked item bracelet. An aware player spots the cue word and wins. an uninitiated player risks forfeit.
Not even a flood can keep a family cat from returning
A Fort Pierre family’s tiger-striped cat named Tabby vanished during last July’s flood that swept away most of the town including John Barkley’s home. Recently Tabby reappeared and settled by a stove in the new Barkley house.
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John Barkley
Fort Pierre
Missouri
South Dakota
Barkley
Tabby
German mechanics invent device to change hymn numbers
Consul Harris reports from Chemnitz that two German mechanics have devised an electric device to switch hymn numbers in churches. Scientists warn the country faces widespread typhoid in the water supply due to carelessness and high population.
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Harris
Chemnitz
Oil on Fresno roads deemed failure. macadam proposed
After tests, crude oil use on Fresno country roads is declared a failure by local experts. Officials propose replacing it with macadam to improve road quality.
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Fresno
Cal
Eye Vision Variations Across Populations
A study shows seven of ten people have stronger sight in one eye, two of five have misaligned eyes, about half are color blind to some degree, and one pair in fifteen is perfectly aligned and right in every aspect.
Plant leather from Japanese bark to enter U S markets
A native Japanese plant used to produce a vegetable leather material. Its inner bark, after processing, becomes as tough as French kid, yet transparent and highly pliable like halfskin, as it is introduced into the United States.
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Japan
United States
Clothing suggestions for consumptives by Dr Mangat
A French physician Dr Mangat notes clothing color matters for consumptives. He advises light penetrating fabrics like white linen velvet cotton and similar, excluding white silk. White best for chemical rays, blue and violet next best.
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Mangat
How Elements Were First Constructed Says Meigen
A German physicist W Meigen proposes that element dissipation is irreversible like wheat loss. He notes energy released during radium decay equals energy required to reconstruct dissipated elements and argues such synthesis is hopeless due to energy limits.
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W. Meigen
Candied Fragrant Flowers The New Luxury
The London Globe notes a revival of candied flowers as a luxury trend with violets and rose petals being prepared as edible delicacies. While flowers may be eaten, their medicinal value is doubtful and the perfume is not a guaranteed safety guide. The craze is likely a refined indulgence rather than an affordable treat.
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London Globe
Materia Medica
What Makes the Sky Blue
The sky's blue color has puzzled physicists. Oxygen alone cannot explain the brightness, and dust theories fall short. Professor Spring argues dust is insufficient and favors the Hagenbach idea of intermingled atmospheric layers reflecting light for the sky's illumination.
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Tyndall
Spring
Liege
Belgium
Hagenbach
Success Magazine
Parisian French debate on genuine native speakers
The Parisian French piece argues Parisians are only about 36 percent of Paris's population per the last census. It contrasts Paris with capitals like St. Petersburg 40 percent Berlin 41 percent Vienna 45 percent and London 65 percent as having higher indigenous shares.
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Paris
le Petit Journal
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
London
Boston Globe
Franklin Kite Experiment Quotation on Lightning Link
A scientist calls Franklin's kite experiment one of the most brilliant examples of luck. He notes the dangers of attempting to extract lightning flashes from a lowering sky and recalls that a later imitator was killed attempting the same experiment.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Costly Boarders at London Zoo Food Bill
The London Zoo spent 17 thousand dollars on animal feed last year. Principal items included 207 horses and 270 goats, 34 921 pounds of fish, 25 196 eggs, 6 855 quarts of milk and 137 loads of hay.
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London Zoo
Metals and minerals noted near New South Wales mine
The article notes that silver and lead often occur together and lead may distinguish rates into silver. It mentions gold and copper co occurring. the Great Cobar mine in New South Wales yields copper with four ounces of gold per ton. It also lists various advertisements for tonics and cures with prices.
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New South Wales
Great Cobar
Absentminded Palms man loses loaned seed drill
Billy Duggan of Palms lent his seed drill to a stranger who cannot recall who borrowed it. The borrower also cannot remember the lender, leaving Billy likely to lose the drill.
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Billy Duggan
Palms
Billy
Lexington
Mich
New Virchow Hospital Berlin to Open With 800 Beds
Berlin’s Virchow Hospital will house 800 beds with construction costs totaling 5 million dollars. Attending physicians will receive annual salaries ranging from 1400 to 5000 dollars.
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Virchow
Berlin
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Cure and Reward
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured case. It lists endorsements from West Truax Waxpina Kinxan Mangin and claims 15 years of trust in F J Cheney. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and notes Prussia’s 8000 technical schools ten years ago.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Waxpina
Kinxan «& Mangin
Prussia
Aged minister's wedding tale ends in cautionary note
An elderly Scotch minister explains to an elder that at his age he wants someone to close his eyes at the end. The elder replies with a blunt joke about his own two wives who opened his eyes.
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Awell
Meemster
Wafer Advertisement Promises Quick Stomach Cure
An old ad touts Mail's Anti Belch Wafers as a cure for stomach trouble and bad breath. It claims immediate relief from gas and indigestion, absorbs foul gases, disinfects the stomach, and strengthens digestion and heart action. The pitch urges discarding drugs and warns the offer may not appear again.
Dangers and Remedies for the Change of Life
An ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the premier remedy for women entering the change of life. It lists warning symptoms such as hot flashes dizziness and insomnia and cites a Chester Town ND case of relief after using the product. Mrs. Pinkham and her daughter in law offer free advice from Lynn Massachusetts for women seeking guidance during this period.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
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