Warning on February Storms and Health Tips
February brings severe storms and cold across North America with sharp temperature drops. Practical tips cover ventilation, cold water baths for healthy individuals, brisk towel rubs for the unwell, generous diet, sunshine, cool head and warm feet, and Peruna for cold exposure. Testimonials from readers praise Peruna for catarrh bronchial troubles and pneumonia relief.
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North America
Frank Cobb
Summit Street
Deering
Hartman
J “T
J. Ed. O’brien
Pensacola. Fla
Frank Battle, Jr
N. Market St
Nashville
Tenn
Ees
A. C. Danforth
St. Joseph
Mich
Dr Hartman
8. B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Cheese Biscuit Tea Snack Roll
Prepare a simple batter and roll it to a half inch thick. Spread grated cheese over the surface, season with cayenne and salt, dot with butter, then roll tightly. Slice from the end, bake until done, and serve hot or cold.
Sweet Potato Souffle Bake A Rich Sugar Layer Dish
Peel six medium sweet potatoes cut into dice line bottom of a buttered dish sprinkle with brown sugar drop over it bits of butter layer more potatoes sugar and butter repeat until full with sugar on top Bake and serve hot.
Squash Fritters From Winter Squash
A recipe instructs to mix two cups of milk with two cups of mashed winter squash, then blend in two beaten eggs, salt, pepper, and baking powder. Drop spoonfuls into hot lard and fry until golden. serve with sweet or sour sauce as desired.
Apple Custards and Shortcakes From Home Recipes
A historic kitchen note outlines custards steamed with eggs and maple syrup served in individual cups, plus apple shortcakes. It details sugar butter molasses cinnamon cloves baking powder to dissolve in water, flour and eggs for custards, and a method for apple shortcake pastry with butter milk bake time and serving ideas. It also suggests variations with preserves or fresh fruit and whipped cream.
Household tips from old guide on cleaning and polishing
Practical instructions cover cleaning flat-irons with green cedar and vinegar, polishing brass with bath brick, preserving chrysanthemums with vinegar, knife handles with ammonia and chalk paste, removing glass spots with soda and alcohol, and treating wooden bowls and ivory handles. Also notes on jugs, stains, and soothing barley water drink.
Purposed Doga Slaughter in Munich and Earliest Green Onions
An assortment of brief notices including a claim about Doga slaughter for culinary uses in Munich. A medical claim touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion with a 30 minute cure. An advertisement for Cuticura products recounts a baby's dramatic recovery from severe skin sores. Also mentions the Earliest Green Eating Onion from John A. Salter Seed Co. in Wisconsin as a new vegetable offering.
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Munich
Woolford
E. Detchon
Crawfordsville
Ind
John A. Salter Seed Co
le Crosse
Wis
Remarkable Seed Offer Promises 10,000 Plants for 160
An angling notice touts a large plant and seed catalog offer. It claims 160 cents covers seeds for cabbages turnips celery lettuce onions radishes and flowers totaling over 10 000 plants, with 26 cents postage for bonus Sweet Corn package.
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Salter
Cory
A.C.L
Women Physicians for Lunatics Advocates Change in Treatment
Noted German physician Prof Ludwig urges hiring women doctors for lunatic asylums citing women's influence calms patients. He cites success at a South German asylum and support from Dr Krapelin New York World. Also reported Raising Geese by Thousands describes a midwestern farm incubator for 10 000 eggs staged to hatch daily for feather supply.
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Prof
Ludwig
Germany
Krapelin
New York World
Middle West
Road to Heaven Seen as Switch-Back Path to Glory
Writings suggest the ascent to glory comes after a descent into him seen as the needed impulse. The metaphor frames hardship as a prerequisite for rising achievement and spiritual elevation.
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Heaven
Grape-Nuts and the Road to Wellville in Hot Springs
A visitor report from Hot Springs, Arkansas notes many stomach and bowel complaints among travelers. A man with long term digestive issues reports relief after using Grape-Nuts and cream, better sleep, weight gain, improved digestion, memory, and mental clarity within weeks, per the Postum Co. endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Cure all stages of catarrh claim advertised
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy claiming to cure catarrh through constitutional treatment. It includes a $100 reward offer for any failure and notes testimonials and internal consumption. Also references are made to Hall's Family Pills and other drug claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Coenry & Co
Toledo
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Chicago Woman
Chicago society woman Marion Knight of 33 N Ashland Ave reports severe kidney and pelvic pain with thick cloudy urine and near loss of appetite. Within a week she felt better, by two weeks ate heartily, and within seven weeks was well after spending $6 on Doan's Kidney Pills. Trial free from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents at dealers.
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Chicago Society
Doan
Marion Knight
Ashland Ave
Chicago
West Side Wednesday Club
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Minister Doctor and Undertaker Ride Trio Down Lexington Ave
A minister and a physician on an urban carriage ride picked up a friend the undertaker upon reaching Madison Square. After two blocks they alighted him saying their three was too suggestive and would invite talk among acquaintances.
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Madison Square
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Ohio
Candy Cathartic
Sness
Indig
Saizer
Dakota Heat
Green
Tanta, dc
WILDO
Ower
Alogues Freezwig
A. J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
U.S
A. Awer Canadian Co.,ltd
Toronto
Canada
China
Mary Sanders
Spring St
Camden, N. J
Ralph FE. Fassett
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Women Physicians For
Taylor
Russia
B. C
Kline
B. H
Spain
Porto Rico
Wx. O. Expstry
Vanburen, Ind
United States
Straits Settlements
Banka
Pension Office
Ware
Jackson
E. W. Grove
Barry Co
Potasie
EALI
New York
Nassau Street
Atlanta
South Broad Street
Chas. F Brown Es
Usha
Pinkham
Chas. F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Bot Springs
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rite UK
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Macon
Louisville
Charlotte
N. C
Birmingham
Ala
Meophis, Tenn
Dallas
Texas
Ih Co
Ovil
John White & Co
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