Peruna touted as cure for catarrh and old-age ailments
A dated testimonial letter from John O. Atkinson of Independence Missouri praises Peruna and Manalin for curing chronic catarrh and related female health troubles after years of suffering. The letter extols Peruna as a systemic remedy for old people and invites others to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are not prompt.
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J. C
Peruna
Manalin
John O. Atkinson
Independence
Atkinson
Hartman
Chesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
Darwin Coffin Carver Story Sparks Morbid Curiosity
An undertaker in Lambeth County Court notes Darwin’s unused coffin as a curio. A public house near Bromley, Kent, allegedly housed Darwin's body for two days before burial in Westminster Abbey. The village carpenter who built boxes for Darwin’s collections later crafted the coffin and acquired the name plate after Darwin’s death.
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Lambeth County Court
Bromley
Kent
Charles Darwin
Westminster Abbey
Darwin
London Chronicle
Light as a Healing Agent at Wiesbaden Congress
The Wiesbaden medical congress invited Prof Bie of Copenhagen to discuss light as a healing principle. He outlined light therapy excluding chemical effects and cited smallpox success. He supports Finsen’s apparatus for lupus but cautions that only qualified doctors should apply the treatment to avoid dangerous disturbances.
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Medical Congress
Wiesbaden
Prof
Bie
Copenhagen
Finsen
Japanese Street Numbering Confuses Visitors in Tokio
The Pittsburg Gazette explains Japan uses erection order for house numbers. Tokio has 1330 streets and 318,820 houses divided into 15 wards. A street crossing multiple wards carries multiple number ones, making navigation difficult for strangers but a jinriksha driver masters the layout.
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Japan
Pittsburg
Tokio
Hints About Household Cleaning and Care
A collection of old time household tips covers china bowls, glass cleaning with soda, brush care, avoiding clutter on shelves, soft bean storage to deter weevils, lemon and acid phosphate for pies, bran-water facial toning, neuralgia relief with Tyread and cayenne, seed color setting with ex gall, lye for coloring, butter wrap to keep banners cool, and a snake bite remedy using a bruised onion.
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Lemo
Bread Tarts Oysters Peanut Cookies and Chicken Terrapin
Delicate fried bread tarts with jam, corn oysters with seasoned batter, peanut cookies with chopped peanuts and baking powder, and chicken terrapin served in cream sauce with egg yolk mash. Each ramekin rests on a plate with a napkin and fork for table service.
American hammers excel in vast U S industry
The Ameri can Importer lauds American hammers from tiny tack hammers to steam driven twenty and thirty ton forg ing hammers. Mass production supports immense factories and wholesale houses. American toolmakers dominate the market as South Sea trade relies on American axes for timber felling.
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America
United States
South Sea Islands
South Seas
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Ayer
J. C. Baxter
Braidwood
Ill
Ayers
J.C. Awer CO
Lowell, Mass
Massey Fvittees & Colleges
Birmingham
Ala
Richmond
Houston
Tex
Columbus
Holder
Qluar
Olen Catalogue Pree Scomstock Novel TY Company
Huntington, Indiana
State OF
Onto
Toledo
Lucas County
Fras J. Carney
F. J. Carner & Co
Siann
Catarra Co
A. D
A. W. Greasox
Hall
Catarra
F. J. Cueney & Co
Kline
R. H. Kur
Arch St
Phila
Edward VI
Cts
Aoea
Louisville
Ces
Southern
IK Xoue
Vkie Lou Watan
Terry
Aanchaeme
J.T. Doster
Greenville
Bruce & Doster
W. A. Palmer
J. L. O. Thompson
Pickens Sentinel
Pickens
S.C
Bobbitt Chemical Co
Baltimore
Swift Creek
J.C.C
South
Poland
China
T. P. Braswell
Battlebore
N. C
Ali
Nassse &T
New York
H. N. Tanner
East Aurora
N. Y
Frank H. Reger
P.O. Box
Cole
Yemtisdritt Thompson
Continental Gin Company
Ripans
HH. Green
Atlanta
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