Dr Downing and his medical institute in Chicago
Dr Downing of the German Medical and Surgical Institute in Chicago advertises complete X ray facilities for diagnosing diseases of the eyes ears nose throat stomach liver and more. He promises cures for nervous debility sexual weakness and glandular issues, offers free urine analysis, confidential correspondence, and mail order medicines with consultation options for marriage and women’s diseases.
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Dr. Downing
Downsng Medical Association
German Medical and Surgical Institute
Chicag
United States
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Ills
Boston Block
Ainneapolis
Innn
Seekers Excursions to the Northwest West and Southwest
Home seekers' Excursion tickets offered via the North Western line at greatly reduced rates on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through 1901. Standard and tourist sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars, and the best of everything included. For full particulars apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western
Chicago & North- Weatern Ry
The Old Maid's Balloon Ascension
Miss Sophronia Denby an aging dressmaker shocks neighbors with a transformation into fashionable millinery and romance. A Greek nobleman Count Sardanapalus fumbles a dramatic balloon departure, revealed as a balloon enthusiast and not a royal lover. The farce ends with Miss Denby moving on September 1 in Chicago.
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Miss Denby
Mrs. Jenkins
Mrs. Jones
Gstor
Gallegher
Mrs. Gallegher
Sophronia
Mrs. Gallagher
Sophronia Denby
Count Sardanapelos
Crete
Tsland
Denby
Phelim Gallagher
France
Mademoiselle
Priam
Count Sardanapalus
A Story of Tennyson at Freshwater Told by Scott
A London journal recalls an American author visiting Alfred Lord Tennyson at Freshwater. The guest, shy and absentminded, arrived with Longfellow’s letter. dinner featured a solitary port bottle whose emptiness prompted the poet to inquire if the guest always drinks port after dinner.
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Tennyson
Freshwater
Fleet Street
Tea and Theine in Tea Leaves and Brews
The London Chronicle discusses theine the active tea principle and caffeine in coffee. It notes theine concentrates in young tea leaves often sent to Russia, while England gets older leaves with less theine and more tannin. It questions the actual provable amount of theine in British tea and its stimulating effect.
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Russia
England
London Chronicle
Popular Quotations and Quotation Origins
Mr Clarton Collins discusses popular quotations noting that phrases like health of the people in the highest law and leaving no stone unturned are drawn from ancient sources such as Roman law and the Delphic oracle. He cites taxonomies of famous lines and their translations.
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Clarton Collins
Eloy
Tragedy of a Locomotive 999 on a Milk Train
The famed locomotive No 999 once a world speed record holder for the New York Central now hauls a daily milk train. Once a spectacle at Chicago's world fair and a symbol of speed, it has moved to a gentler life after years of extreme pace.
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New York Central Railroad
Chicago
New York World
999
Orange County
F. A. Wermar
Baltimore
Tastimene
Nori
Thad
Londay
Gar Bon
AO Werman
Broadway
Maltimorn
Esamir
Csnc
International Rural Clinic
LA Salle Ave
Ill
The Other Side of the Town in Ladies' Home Journal
Rev David M Steele writes about New York’s cosmopolitan starkness and a Bowery encounter. A multilingual former university Sanskrit instructor and Berlin correspondent turned German spy escapes two armies and ends up rolling salt on a New York dock.
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New York
David M. Steele
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bowery
Berlin
Europe
Russia
How the mistletoe comes and how coal relates to heat
The article explains mistletoe spread by birds leaving seeds on tree bark and germinating in sap-rich bark. It also compares coal, petroleum, and illuminating gas, discussing heat and vaporization in early science prose with references to experiments and Dewar demonstrations.
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Prof
S. C. Schmucker
Ladies’ Home Journal
Electrical Review
Belgian engineer unveils light making device
A Belgian engineer named Yohangky claims invention of an apparatus to produce light from fragrant smoke. The device saturates the smoke with a drying substance, rendering it burning to emit a brilliant illumination.
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Feo Sainka
Yohangky
Home Gold Cure Promise Exposed in Bizarre Patent Claim
A jumbled historical ad-like text touts a “Home Gold Cure” with bold claims of cures and miraculous effects. It describes a supposed solvent remedy for a range of ailments and hints at a mailing offer, price list, and testimonials while urging readers to purchase and send payment in advance. The language mimics sensational patent era promotions with sparse verifiable details and many typographical errors.
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Downing
Minneapolis
Une
Certaly Clinic
Nereus
New Ulm
Minn
Dakota House
Gall
America
Capitol
C.goizian& Co
Hirda
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton and
Jackson Sts
Illinois
Eugene A. Pfefferle
New Ulm Business College
Brown County
Bowling
Ine
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Coe
Informa
ST. Paul, Minn
Crewe
Lini
Anelratee
Eireattine
Chouskils
Ina
Eolubion Sud
Uranhert
Ieee
Wallin
Hull
Aeui
Akiltud
Diller Ad
Nees Teh
Howey BR
Gruss
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