Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised in Woman’s Health Letters
A collection of reader testimonials claim Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured severe menstrual pain backache and kidney and stomach troubles. Mrs Anos Fescuion from Michigan, Mrs Clara Stiesen of Nebraska, and Mrs B F Cusras of Wisconsin describe relief after using the remedy.
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Dean Mns
Proenam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Omeo
Mich
Mae
Clara Stiesen
Diller
Neb
Dean Mas. Pinknam
Equine Losses in Prolonged Wars Across Eras
War horses suffer heavy disease losses in long conflicts. Napoleon's Niemen clash sees 45 000 of 60 000 horses perish in six months. Plevna siege reports 50 percent draught animal losses. In 1882 Egypt campaign English horses disabled with 600 deaths from sickness and 60 on battlefields. Also notes Swiss watch regulation for accuracy and Tullahoma Tennessee Sunday liquor ban.
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Niemen
Plevna
Pearson's Magazine
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Quick Comfort for Swollen Feet
An advertisement touts a powder to shake into shoes for swollen hot feet and sore spots. Claims cure for ingrowing nails, blisters, bunions, and numbness with 30,000 testimonials. Free trial and nationwide drugstore availability.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmstead, LeRoy, N. J
Warning on Opium Use from Medical Graduation Address
In a graduation address to medical students the speaker warned that fewer doctors than other professionals become addicted to morphia. He stressed opium in any form is dangerous when self administered and urged physicians not to treat themselves but to seek another doctor’s advice and direction.
Pathology expert advocates abstinence from alcohol in disease
Prof G Sims Woolhead of Cambridge University states in Abkari that recent observations suggest patients who use alcohol have a lower chance of recovery than those who abstain, reflecting growing belief in the dangers of alcohol in illness.
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G. Sims Woolhead
Cambridge University
W. 8. Caine
London
Peruna praised by women in letters to Dr Hartman
A wave of testimonials from women in Racine City Wisconsin and Chicago praise Pe-ru-na for relief from female complaints and pelvic disorders. Susan Wymar and Margaretha Dauben describe benefits from multiple bottles and urge others to seek the remedy with a book offered by Dr Hartman in Columbus.
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Susan Wymner
Susan Wynar
Richmond School
Chicago
Hartman
Eruna
Shosaye
Susan Wymar
Margaretha Dauben
North Superior Street
Racine City
Wis
Columbus
Mining musings on prospecting and geology from a Montana professor
The article extols interest in mining study, stressing practical knowledge from experience and geology for success. It contrasts prospector life with mine owners, warns against narrow regional views, and highlights the value of accessible geology books. A Boise report notes rich ore at Iowa mine owned by Judge W. B. Heyburn and new dredging equipment by Hammond Manufacturing for Cape Nome operations.
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Douglas
University of Montana
Weausy
California
Montana
Gove
Colorado
Boise
Idaho
Iowa
W. B. Heyburn
Quarteburg
Hammond Manufacturing Company
Portland
Oregon
Monarch Gold Mining & Dredging Company
Cape Nome
Midsummer Business Shows Mixed Trade Conditions
Midsummer dullness in distributive trade and industry amid price cuts in iron steel and textiles, but agriculture firms driven by crop damage pushing cotton prices. Dry goods benefitting from warmth, wool quiet pending London sale, refined sugar strong with good margins, boot and shoe prospects weak though leather demand steady. coal and bituminous demand active. US weekly failures total 167, Canada 28.
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London
Stron
Chicago
United States
Dominion of Canada
Market Prices and Grain Goods Listing from Seattle and Portland
Seattle Market list shows onions new and greens lettuce at varied crate and per sack prices, including potatoes 15 to 16 per sack and cauliflowers at 90 cents, with strawberries 1.25 per case and tomatoes 2.50 per case. Portland Market runs wheat and flour rates, barley and millstuff costs, hay values, dairy and meat prices, plus potatoes and vegetables with mixed regional figures.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Mobair
Oregon Burbanks
River Burbanks
Valencia
Baron Alphonse Rothschild and His Charitable Will
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, a Paris banker and patron of letters, died leaving more than 25 million francs to the poor. He headed the Paris house, was a Legion of Honor member, and a noted collector of rare books. His will alters his stern public image with a diametrically different charity profile.
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Paria
Baron Alphonse de Rothechild
France
Legion of Honor
Institute
Bank of France
Place de la Concorde
Fioest Private Mansior
Paris
Ohaneler
Faubourg St. Germain
Chateau de Perriers
Baron Alphonse
Rothschild
Europe
Curious facts from a bygone era span science to sights
A mix of old notes describes wartime supply curiosities and daily life including Russian soldiers by government funds, women on Japanese tea farms earning 15 cents daily, London’s smoke mass, Windsor's Christmas beef, northward Ophir newspaper claims, Brazilian black diamonds, sea water freezing behavior, eye fatigue measures via winks, and odd Belfast and Rockport deeds noted as quirky monuments.
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London
Windsor Castle
Ophir
Japan
Bahia
Kotz
Belfast
H. P.arrow
Rockport
Sudden wealth changes a man’s regard for old friends
A Persian who gains a lucrative court post ignores a old friend who comes to congratulate him. The courtier asks who the visitor is and the friend answers I am your old friend come to condole that you have recently lost your sight. The anecdote reflects on ingratitude and social distance after sudden wealth.
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San Francisco
Madrid City Counts Buildings and Inhabitants
A report lists Madrid with 16080 buildings and 18080 apartments. The population exceeds 407,100 Spanish residents and 200 foreigners. A German school in Johannesburg is restructuring, teaching 119 boys and 95 girls with 25 in kindergarten.
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Madrid
Johannesburg
Chocolate currency persisted in South African interior trade
In the interior of South Africa chocolate cocoanuts and eggs are still used as currency. Some people are described as good only to improve those around them, a notion tied to local barter practices.
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South Africa
Prison gloom and dawns in a diverse page
A magazine tone column mixes moral reflections on New Yorks Tombs prison with light notes on gardening cucumbers and pickle varieties. It cites health ads and humor about gas bills and poetry, closing with a tip on black cotton hose care.
Mercury dangers and Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised
Caution against mercury in catarrh ointments notes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Also mentions Rockefeller income, Boston messenger history, tobacco effects, calico washing tips, borax on red tablecloths, laundering advice, and Chicago saloon counts.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Chicago
No license votes in Eddy and Moody Texas towns
The towns of Eddy and Moody Texas both voted no license. Eddy reported a large majority against issuing licenses while Moody also rejected licensing, reflecting local stance on liquor regulation.
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Eddy
Moody
Tex
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