Malaria Cures and Quack Remedies Advertised in 1900s Paper
The page lists various tonics and patent medicines claiming malaria cures and health benefits. It promotes Itemane and Howtetter’s stomach bitters, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Brown's Bronchial Troches, Dobbins' Electric Soap, and Dr. La Grange's eye treatment. It also includes testimonials, a cancer surgery claim by Dr. Toel, and self administered remedies with addresses and prices.
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la Grange
Stan Envelope
B.S. la Gnasan
M. O
Powell
Seay
Bao Francisco
Cal
Woman's moth ball odor triggers mistaken chloroform scare
A Washington woman stored moth balls with her fur trimmed cloak and later shopped for a diamond ring. The jeweler fainted at the odor, a detective reported a chloroform theft attempt, and the wife was confronted at home by her husband before the ring was returned.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hs House
St. Louis Republic
Man Seeks Money Order At Post Office Annex
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes a man at a post office wandering the corridor and asking for a money order. He misunderstands the word annex, asking if it is an addition, while clerks explain its meaning and location.
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Gio
Annex
Banco
Agin
Ile
Detroit
A. J. Tower
Boston
Masse
Radicals Weaker in Present Chamber vs Moderates Says Globe Democrat
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes that in the current chamber elected in September SS80 the Radicals are not as strong as four years earlier while the Moderates hold a majority. The present chamber is controlled by Moderates with Bourbons and Bons allied groups combined, unlike the prior evenly divided body among Moderates Radicals and Bourbon Bonapartists.
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Chamber of Deputies
St Louis Globe- Democrat
Origin of naphtha name and early lamp oil use
The term naphtha derives from nafata meaning to exude and describes oil seen seeping from soil in Persia and Japan. Early European use appears in the late 18th or 19th century, when Calabria supplied lamp oil for Italian peasant lighting.
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Persia
Japan
Europe
Calabria
Charbors
Hellen's Babies Author Describes Handwork Method
The New York World quotes John Habberton noting he alternates hands every fifteen to twenty minutes to avoid fatigue and prevent scrivener's paralysis while writing long articles. He claims he can produce 12 000 words by switching hands without pain.
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John Tabberton
Hielen
Scrivener
New York World
Philadelphia thief Mary Fitzgerald jailed at eighty
Mary Fitzgerald sits in a Philadelphia prison for picking pockets of a pensioner. At eighty she is described as the oldest forger in the United States, with a life of crime since age ten and a history of repeated imprisonments.
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Mary Fitzgerald
Philadelphia
United States
Chicago Tribune
The Tortoton and the Measemgen Tale
A fragment from a periodical notes a tortoise walking a mile in four hours while mentioning few personal crisis reports among new residents of the country in a satirical tone.
Hints on Seasickness and Civil War Wounds Shared
Anxious note explains seasickness stages from mild nausea to collapse aboard a ship and jokingly cites a firearm as a cure. The piece then recounts Pan Conrad’s Sharpsburg wound, his Army of Northern Virginia service, leadership, and postwar role with the Louisiana State Lottery, followed by a brief ballooning anecdote from 1802 with Camerin's hydrogen balloon and parachute descent.
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Lfe
Sandy Hook
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Pan Conrad
Conrad
Virginia
New Orleans
Louisiana
Henry St. Paul Chasseurs
Pensacola
St. Paul's
Seven Pines
Young Bourges
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Paul Conrad
M. A. Dauphin
Mobile Register
Leeds Mercury
M. Camerin
St. George's Parade
North Andley Street
Gamnerin
St. Pancras
Death of M Mangold and the Alsace Pate de foie gras
A London Daily News summaries recounts the Colmar Alsace death of Jean Mangold, famed pastry cook and poet, and argues the apocryphal Dumas story of goose torture is untrue. It traces the Alsace pie making to Marshal de Contades era, crediting Norman cook Close with inventing the Strasburg pie.
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Colmar
Alsace
Jean Langold
Columbria
Strasburg
M. Mangold
Alexandre Dumas the
Dictionnaire de Cuisine
Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dunes
Toulouse
France
Ruffec
Charente
Nerac
Bordelais
Close
London Daily News
A Cosmetic Regimen for Wrinkles by Olive Harper
Olive Harper advises a home remedy approach to wrinkles using turpentine mixed with rain water for mild cases and a paste of turpentine gum mastic fresh butter and tepid water for stubborn lines. She claims cost savings versus commercial products and suggests readers can make these preparations themselves.
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Coe
Olive Harper
Ingenious folded iron paper trap to deter theft
A folded sheet iron newspaper design promises to deter pilfering by thieves with a concealed mechanism. It features a tat trap attachment and a buzz saw operated by hidden machinery, winding up in the melting area to trap an intruder and render the thief powerless.
Histogenetic Medicine Promises Relief and Controversy
A 19th century advertisement promotes Histogenetic Medicine as a new system eclipsing older methods. It touts cures for rheumatism and kidney issues, claims agency opportunities, and warns against fraud while listing practitioners in Centralia and San Francisco.
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Centralia Wash
J. Eugene Jordan
Seattle
Wash
Serene Mas
W. W. Walters
Jonpan
Yesler
James
Branretts Pills: A Longstanding Household Remedy
A medicine praised for over fifty years of use by more than 15 million people. BranretTu’s Pills claim small nightly doses cure dyspepsia costiveness rheumatism liver complaints female weaknesses and general weakness. Purely vegetable and harmless, sold in drugstores plain or sugar coated.
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Branprettu
Brandreth
Lom Gurgathura
Potterbrug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
Main
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Howtetter
Hall
Fr. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ole Ni
WAL Pine
Brown
Puck
Youm Korron
T. A
Blocrem
M. C
Wal Parl Street
New York
North Carolina
Tohanen
Tanne Livessy
Minter
Peoria
Toe
Myr. Livesay
Hin
Livesey
Teelis
Cortland
Limor
Toel
Northwest
Meine
Washington Atevet
Corner Fourth
Washington Hikling
Portland Or
Medici
U. Koeree
Firat Street
Dumas
Strashburg
Pony Express
Wallace Ely
Powell Street
San Francisco
Right
W. Wallace Evy
M. D
Geary Street
Orleans Bt
Balto
St. Jacobs Oll
A. Goetze
Fenersville
St. Jacobs
T.G. Hawke
Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Moune Hicks
J. McCraken & CO
Prasers
Roche Harbor
Golden Gate
Utah
North Front Street
Cor
Portland, On
S. P
Drs
Porterfield & Lesey
Sin Market Street
Home Circle
A. Echoonholt
Sain Jose
Subsistence Department
U.S. Army
Portland
Portland, Or
Parker
California
Brooklyn Hotel
Bush St. Bet
Montgomery & Sansome
Charles Montgomery
San Franchsco
H. T. Hudson
First Street
Oregon
F. A. Loomis
Express With
Nathan Bickford
Washington, D. C
Onuas R&p
Atsuf
Erventre
J. F. Smith & CO
Greenwich St
N. Y
Case Keebey
Seentai
SSS
Sapolio
A. B. Steinbach & CO
Orecon
E.T. Hazra Warren
Owen
Leral
Cricerestea
Pinus
Ceemicay
Medison Squarty
Soces Oe
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VOHNA
Salzer,la Crosse
Wiscons'n
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Th Lan Sabin
V.n Day
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