Catarrh Treated as Constitutional Disorder
Claim that catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring systemic treatment rather than local remedies. Advertising copy from Cheney Co Toledo Ohio promotes a tonic with didrops and testimonials, asserting genuine preparation available on request and warning of failures from local cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pod Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Reniy Constitutional
Didrops
Acta
Oder
Geowine
Solsville Miracle Case Promotes Pink Pills Cure
A Solsville Madison County farmer, Philander Hyde, says Pink Pills restored his mobility after paralysis-like symptoms from grip left him bedridden. Physicians offered only pain relief. after starting the pills his condition improved, enabling walking with a cane and better digestion and appetite. The ad notes other local users and claims broad cures for nervous and blood-borne ailments.
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The
Uniard
45Any Journal
Detroit News
Alshang Erperes
Otter
de Saudard
Madison County
Solsville
Philander Hyde
Stockfield
Deame
Embattled Seeds and Land Deals Highlight 19th Century Ads
Fragmentary notices touturn of Indian land parcels and agricultural goods. A spuriously promotional item bids readers to request oat samples and a farm seed catalogue, claiming vast yields and irrigation.
Change in Southern Methods and Cash Basis Farming Rise
The enforced economy of the last two years shifts Southern farming from a credit to a cash basis. Cotton prices push farmers to grow their own food, bankers lend less, and trade with farmers declines. Merchants stock minimally, farmers reduce debts, and provisions once sent north or west are now kept at home, strengthening local banks and farm trade.
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South
Hankers
Bess Im Lobe Te Banks
Notable Women in Society and Public Life
A medley of brief notes highlights women in culture, politics, and society. References include poetess Georgiana Klingle Helmes of Philadelphia, diplomat’s wife Mme Romero, Kansas politician Mary Elizabeth Lease, and suffrage activist Nancy Gilman. Also mentions Annie S. Austin’s mayoralty, Owens College lecturer Alice Cooke, and Charlotte M. Yonge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
George” Klingle
Georgiana Klingle Helmes
Gladstone
Martha J. Caston
Aan
Washington
Mme. Romero
Humphry Ward
Lease
Kansas
Mary Allen
Mary Elizabeth Lease
United Presbyterians
Ontee
Manchuria
Nancy Gilman
New Hampshire
Alice Cooke
Owens College
Manchester
University
England
Stewart
Clastow
George TV
Holyrood Palace
Royal Restaurateur
Edinburgh
Propagation of Leeches for Medicine in Europe
The article explains the rise of leech farming in Europe. It notes Sweden Russia Poland and Hungary as early sources, then describes how draining reduced wild supplies. Now France leads in artificial ponds with June July breeding, ditches, drying meadows, and careful flooding. Leeches are fed on blood from horses and cattle.
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Europe
Old World
Sweden
Russia
Poland
Hungary
France
Boston
Most Destructive Weapons in War The Debate
The piece divides weapons into proven and experimental. It cites a torpedo and a machine gun as highly destructive, notes the Blanca Encalada sinking in minutes, and highlights M Turpin’s light calibre war machine that fires 25 000 projectiles every fifteen seconds over a long range.
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M. Turpin
Women Weave to Mark Lives in Early Newport
A Detroit Free Press note recalls Newport families in a century and a half ago, detailing one household that spun carded, dyed and wove 87 yards of cloth in eighteen months and knit 36 pairs of sturdy stockings. Another Newport family produced 980 yards of woolen cloth, two coverlets, two bedticks, and stockings for the household over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Tt. J
Detroit Free Press
Antiquity of Chess and Checkers in Historical View
The article surveys the origins of chess and checkers, noting Palamedes and Hindoos as early sources, and cites Strutt who calls checkers a modern invention. It mentions Mallet 1668 on draughts, Roman game Jatrunculi, and European play at least a century earlier with a sixteen-square board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palamedes
Strutt
Mr. Mallet
Europe
Pittsburg
Earthquake Destroys Ancient Gallo Roman City in France
Excavations in Oisseau le Petit, Sarthe, France, reveal a Gallo Roman city likely erased by an earthquake. The site housed about 30,000 people and features a large temple ruin, a theatre, and monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oisseau le Petit
Department of the Sarthe
France
Scientific American
Donation of land for Cumberland park at Wills Creek confluence
A parcel at the confluence of Wills Creek and the Potomac River is donated to Cumberland Maryland for park purposes. The gift supports public recreation and green space in the town.
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Wills Creek
Potomac River
Cumberland
Sleep disorders and asthma treated by Staff Specialists
The article touts successful treatments for sleeplessness nervous debility nervous exhaustion neuralgia paralysis locomotor ataxia melancholia and related ailments by staff specialists at a hotel clinic. It promotes a new radical asthma and hay fever treatment that can be mailed or sent by express, claiming not to be mere palliative care.
Wild Cattle Tendencies In Australian Climate
A writer notes domestic cattle in Australia tend toward feral behavior when life conditions improve. Devon, Hereford, and Durham breeds show varying wildness, with Durham herds becoming demons when driven to market. The author recalls tracking half wild Herefords and Devons and cites limited Queensland experience. He observes neglect-linked wildness across other animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon
Durham
Flemington
Queensland
Australia
The Mines of California Riches Speak
The Mines of California boast abundant work with surface diggings yielding from seventy five cents to five dollars daily. The article notes annual gold production around thirteen million dollars and emphasizes growth toward higher daily averages.
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California
Brown's Tron Bitters and Beechams Products in 19th Century Ad
An advertisement touts Brown's Tron Bitters as a tonic for malaria indigestion biliousness and liver complaints claiming it enriches the blood. It also promotes Beecham's pills and waters as superior to mineral waters, noting prices of 25 cents a box and mentions a Teachers Association and American organization efforts in Cigien-Bati.
Longshoreman's Trick Boosts Grain Car Overrun
A veteran longshoreman explains a method to unload grain so cargo overruns rather than falls short. By weighing the first bushel and using a 100 by 100 standard, he shifts bulk wheat to the pile center and draws from the side to keep ships overfilled, pleasing captains while puzzling consignees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rma
Consignees
Detroit Free Press
Syrup of Figs Offered as Pure Laxative Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims swift, gentle cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and permanent constipation cure. It stresses taste pleasantness and medical approval, selling in 5c and 1 bottles.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Avenicay
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Prater ’ Ely
Thomas Crane
Hood
Thgman Crass
Head
W.L. Douglas
Derby
Torre
Bolessle
Ara Fertitta
Rook Ai
Furnisneu
Avesta Ga
Alemot
Philander
Johnson
Faber
Mr. Hyde
Mbers
Abel Curtis
Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Brockville, Ont
Burearo Birr
Tris
Joan A. Salter
Wis
Frank Winter
Mon
Mammoth Farm
Sophie May
Annie S. Austin
Pleasanton
London
Gotham
Charlotte M. Yonge
Ermine
Mary
Hanover
Essingen
Negent
Holland
Wilhelmine
Pawnbrokers
Gov
Royal
Roy
ING Powder CO
Wall ST
New York
the Mines of California
Manual Training Teachers’ Associations! America
Cigein- Bati
Beecham
Glenwood 5
Marvelot
Sat’ Hamilton
Eureka Springs
Ark
D Gulator Co
OTAL
Togibankers and
Hroke Breadway
Amance Carriage ‘Co
Cancinnatl
M U.-al
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