Wasteful Habits and Frugal Mottos in Medicine
A London letter laments wasted paper and medicines and recalls a clergyman's tale of a recovering patient’s relative who drank remaining doses to avoid waste. The writer warns against excessive frugality and the risk of misusing precious medical supplies.
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Tand
Gant
London
Forced the Play. Napoleon's Dramatic Tragedy Hector
The narrative recounts Napoleon’s early impulse to write a classic drama titled Hector after being inspired by The Cid. He nearly completed four acts before political duties paused him. In 1905 Luce de Laneival finished the manuscript, which faced rejection by actors before Napoleon insisted on production. The play then premiered to acclaim and Napoleon received the Legion of Honor.
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Napoleon
Rome
Cid
Hector
Luce de Laneival
Paris
Naples
Comedie Francaise
the Legion of Ilonor
Voyder knife in etiquette and beauty notes through time
A fragmented 1577 reference from The Boke of Nurture describes voyder knives used to clear morsels from trenchers and place them in a voyder. The piece also surveys Old English plate and types of female beauty in northern Europe, noting Swedish, Austrian, Tyrolean and Latin Germanic features before a scene of a studio tea and a revivalist sermon.
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Hugh Rhodex
Early English Text Society
Cripps
Europe
Sweden
Poland
Saxony
Austria
London Globe
Vienna Indies
Facts for Sick Women and Lydia Pinkham Plant
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female illnesses. It claims to cure displacement, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and other symptoms. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
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Jielen, Barton
Pearson Street
Chicago
Pinkham
Lydia BB
Finkhan
Lydia
Plakham
Lydia E. Pinklutm
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Goodby
Black
Academy
Ile
Mrs. Barton
Lydia J. Pinkham
North Market Street
Children’s and Infants’ Department
Doll Brothers
Carty
Globe Wernicke
Carty’s
Patrick Street
Frederick, Md
Anheuser-Bugch
Sewhink Printing Office
Kenyon’s
Children’s Union
Munsing’s Union
Kemp
United States
Footer
Footer’s
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland, MD
America
C. Thos. Kemp
Insurance
Devilbiss & Urner, Insurance
Doll & Albaugh Bldc
N. MarKet
Preerick Md
BO Pounds
News Office
City Hall
Frederick
ellowsSee
Dorothy Dodd
Lowenstein
Red Cross
B. Rosenour & Sons
City
EK. S. Mobley & Bro
West Patricek Street
W. L. Douglas
H. R. Flautt
Ort Rma Ee
Sporting Goods
Meadoquarters
Catal Women