European royal doctor Carl Theodore of Havanna cures cataracts
The article hails Duke Carl Theodore of Havanna as Europe’s lone royal physician famed for his charitable hospital care where poor patients are treated free. He is praised for a hundredfold operation milestone with his wife as assistant and for once treating the Kaiser after an eight year earlier incident. It notes vast government redemption sums in 1904 reaching 912 million and cites a quip about credit and laziness in a domestic quarrel.
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Europe
Carl Theodore
Havanna
Hohenzollerm
North Sea
Life's brief span and human joys sorrow
A compact reflection on human life by Matthew Hale Carpenter. It contrasts bright, hopeful periods with dark, sorrowful times, noting loves and friendships as fragile, and life as a fleeting, shadowed existence with embers of joy and waves of disappointment.
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Barssy
Matthew Hale Carpenter
Cuticura Cure Promises Relief After Eight Years
A New York man reports spending about $300 on doctors and remedies for eight years with no relief. After seven days using Cuticura Remedies at $1.50, he says he recovered enough to return to work, claiming complete cure within a week. March 29 and April 6, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frits Hirchhlaff
Columbus Ave
New York
N. Y
Modern Parisian Duel
A survey of three common duel types in France private, journalistic, and serious. It notes posturing and privacy aims, with anecdotes of seconds and methods to delay or avoid wounds, including a case where a man survived a near miss as a bullet lodged between skin and hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Fashion’s Foibles in Hat Trims and Fabric Fads
A fashion piece describes novelties in hat trimmings such as arum lilies in white velvet and plumes, and dainty handkerchiefs matching tailored outfits. It notes new dye tones, rainproof fabrics, Shantung and tussor in vibrant shades, and luminous laces, with attention to embroidery, borders, and bold color combinations.
Inexpensive Kidney Remedy Promoted In Ad Claim
An advertisement cites a New York daily newspaper authority claiming a home made mix of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Compound Syrup Sarsaparula can relieve kidney and bladder trouble before Brights disease. It promises to ease back pain frequent urination discolored urine and other symptoms and suggests shaking ingredients and taking a teaspoon after meals and at night. The ad asserts the mixture is harmless and may also ease rheumatism and blood disorders by forcing kidneys to filter waste.
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New York
Bricht
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adelaide Nichols
West 22Nd Street
New York City
Pinkham
Thes WT Spectic CO
Atlanta
Gas
No stain on his record clergyman baffled by woods law
A New York clergyman vacationing in the Adirondacks is chased by a setter dog that follows him from camp to camp. He tries to explain the dog belongs to a native guide who accuses him of stealing. The driver later quips the man was never accused of stealing anything.
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New York
Adirondacks
Marshall P. Wilder
Wilder
Pretty bureau covers for white pique with scalloped edges
The article describes making bureau covers from white pique with scalloped edges and mer cerized cotton buttonholes. It suggests using a thimble to mark scallop outlines and notes the covers fit any bureau, especially those with rounded edges.
Five months in hospital and cure claim by Dean's pills
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota reports five months in a hospital and a prognosis of six months to live. After using Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved and he has felt well since. The note also mentions hospital storytelling and a series of unrelated odds and ends from the era.
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Levi P. Brockway
S. Second Ave
Anoka
Minn
Ager
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
New Tablecloth Design And Sharp Wit At Charter House
A shopper seeks novelty in tablecloths and is shown items in stock. She rejects many options until a discarded marlow design is presented, with a border circling the edge. A quip attributed to Dr Haig Brown about meaning follows a note on a boy's character being generally good.
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Marlow
Haig-Brown
Charterhouse
Porter
Peterhouse
Exchange offers for poetry and seeds in household page
A reader offers a Browning poetry collection in exchange for geraniums and another seeks a complete Byron edition with poems and letters in exchange for Watermelon seed. Both notes reflect barter within a farm magazine household department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Byron
Cromwell Boots Sell At London Auction
A pair of riding boots attributed to Oliver Cromwell sold in London for 43 dollars. The artefact was unearthed twenty years ago during excavations at Canonbury Tower in Islington.
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Cromwell
London
Oliver Cromwell
Canonbury Tower
Islington
Huntsville Woman Credits Postum in Health Turnaround
A Huntsville Alabama woman who drank coffee for about 40 years reports persistent stomach trouble for two decades. After trying tea and milk with no relief, she switched to Postum and four months later enjoys improved health, appetite, and sleep. She claims coffee was the cause and endorses The Road to Wellville.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wellville
Overcasting Sleeves Boosts Quick Seam Work
An inventor devised overcasting sleeve seams and basting simultaneously to save time. The method eliminates basting threads that pull out and makes sleeves easier to stitch on a machine.
Cheese preservation and nail measure notes
A method to keep cheese moist uses a cloth wetted with vinegar topped by a dry cloth. The term ten penny refers to nails weighing ten pounds and penny stems from a corrupt form of pound.
London Penny Toy Designs Spark Weekly Creations
It is stated that London yields over 200 new designs in penny toys each week. These can be used with minimal effort to craft simple foundations for various walers for home or evening wear.
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London
John Brown Juror and Odd Advertisements
The sole survivor among John Brown’s jurors, Williams Abrams Martin, is said to live in Virginia and recently celebrated his 75th anniversary. The piece then shifts to a home remedy for milk freshness using Borax and water and ends with a New York jeweler offering free ring stretching for wedding bands, noting occasional mismatches in size and the humorous notion of rubber rings.
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John Brown
Williams Abrams Martin
Virginia
Third Avenue
New York City
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