Great Minds to Madness Closely Allied
An essay on Prof Grasset and the demi fous argues that sane and insane traits overlap, with many great men showing varying brands of semi insanity. Examples include Tolstoi Socrates Napoleon Poe Beethoven and others, plus a note on Dr Atkins testing store outings as therapy for insane women.
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Grasset
Prof. Grasset
New York Sunday World
Bi Bam A
Prof
Tolatot
Tolstoi
Dr. Berce
Ossip Lou
Athens
Pascal
Auguste Comte
d’Enghein
Walter Scott
Gorki
Guy de Maupassant
Jean Sanauee
Gerard de Nerval
Tuileries
Paris
Baudelaire
Alfred de Musset
Cafe de la Regence
Musset
Napoleon
Zola
Balzac
Schopenhauer al
Swift
Edgar Allan Poe
Haller
Newton
Beethoven
Henry S. Atkins
St. Louis Asylum For the
Atkins
Man with eight day beard ruins meal by feeding music box
A man with an eight day beard enters a small cafe and tries to feed a nickel into a music box. The coin lodges, he swallows a sandwich and points toward the machine before walking out, leaving others puzzled by the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
New York Press
Wiped England Off The Map Tale From India Polis News
Frank Roberson recounts a Bolivia versus Great Britain incident that led to a sensational map swap. British ambassadorial dinner dispute prompted Bolivia to redesign world maps showing Britain submerged, teaching Bolivian schools a drastic reversal of the map of the world.
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Bolivia
England
Frank Roberson
Great Britain
British Isles
Indianapols News
First use of ice in dental operations described
The article notes the early "freezing system" for tooth extraction, first used in America, later discontinued in London. It describes small ice bags held in the mouth to reach the right temperature before removal, and contrasts with modern cold air and current American practice of iced water.
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London
America
Peruna Editorial Defends Catarrh Remedy Claim
An editorial defends Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy citing U S Dispensatory evaluations of Hydrastis Goldenseal Cedron seeds Copaiba and Colombus forms Peruna ingredients and endorsements by Bartholow Scudder Millspaugh and Scudder arguing Peruna’s catarrh efficacy with medical authorities’ quotations and justification of its herbal basis.
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Hartman
United States
Bartholow
Scudder
Millspaugh
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolina
Fragmented Prose Snippets on Money and Everyday Goods
A collage of quips and ad copy referencing coins and prices. Mentions ten dollar gold pieces, a D Zerta Co product sold by grocers, a stale egg claim, and brand blurbs for cough remedies and eye salves. Includes aphorisms on earning and home life and a Danish proverb about women and men.
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Pope
Siot
Ice
Peruna Editorial NO. 2
Ostend
D-Zerta Co
Rochester
Ledger
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N.Y
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Alabastine Co
New York City
Grand Rapids, Mich
Carters
UTES
Ada Estern Pa Eee
Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lee
Particu
Crawford
Ninth St
Kamsas City
J. Broughton
Quincy Bidg
Chicago
Mike
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