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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
2
The piece surveys a curious horse rolling practice in pastures, noting it attempts up to three times, never four, and often rolls uphill on slopes. It compares to dog mid-downing quirks and questions why such limits exist, then moves to other brief notes on waste, laughter, and evolution.
A writer claims industrial art reduced household drudgery for women but warns against insufficient physical activity causing ills. The piece contrasts this with trivia about lions, mice, and elephants. A noted scientist cites elephant trunk muscles and compares total male body muscles to 27.
An English country bank faced public curiosity over its outward appearance, while a depositor questioned its safety, preferring old fashioned methods. Narratives include Dickens era letters, perfumery quirks, pearl sorting, and superstitions about yawns, ending with notes on a costly 1882 General Grant hat and a medical remedy anecdote.
The piece discusses the act of dying, comparing imagined notions with observed outcomes. It weighs whether death is painless or painful depending on cause, noting narcotics may yield dreamlike death while poisons like arsenic and strychnine cause slow torture, and mentions electricity and hanging as brief shocks. It also references humane aspects and a quip about a minister’s marriage fee.
A Wichita preacher shares a testimonial praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. The neighbor suffered severe bilious cramps for days, tried multiple doctors, found relief after one dose, then a second dose if needed, and was fully cured by the remedy. Harper Whiskey and local merchants are also advertised in the piece.
A家庭 era testimonial heavy appeal extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female inflammation ulceration and weakness. It claims to soothe nerves restore appetite and aid sleep. A Saratoga County reader recounts relief after multiple bottles and other Pierce remedies and notes a free Common Sense Medical Adviser offer with cents stamps.
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