The Doctors Answers by Dr. Lewis Gaker
Reader questions cover general symptoms and diseases with broad applicability. For more advice send a self addressed envelope to Dr. Lewis Reker at College Building Dayton Ohio. If drugs are unavailable in your area ask a major drug store for alternatives.
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Faith That Heals A Gentile Woman In Matt 15
A Sunday School lesson on Matthew 15 reviews Jesus disputing with Pharisees over tradition, then heals a Gentile woman’s demon possessed daughter after she shows persistent faith. The sermon links this to living by God’s commandment, not mere form, and ends urging trust and obedience, with a promotional note for Dr. Chase's Ointment.
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House of Israel
Mark Yil
Humble Atlas of Home Prescriptions for Ills and Ailments
A collage of household medical advice listing tonics and tonics for digestion weight gain and female disorders. It promotes patent remedies and tinctures from a pharmacist and suggests specific mixtures like essence of pepsin comp cardiol and sarsaparilla syrup to treat indigestion dyspnea and insomnia. It also includes cosmetic advice and eye treatment boracic acid solution.
Johnny's Watch and the Lesson of Time
A birthday gift from his aunt, Johnny receives a bright dollar watch. Weeks later he complains it stops keeping good time. His aunt instructs him to wind it every night and clean it. The boy realizes his careless habit may have ruined it.
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Johnny
A Cure for Fever and Ague Promoted by Vegetable Pills
Disturbance of the stomach and fever precede fever and ague, indicating digestive derangement. Parmee's Vegetable Pills are said to quickly abate fever and subdue the ague in a few days, offering relief to many sufferers seeking an effective preparation.
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Porter Offers Brush Off aboard City Train
A colored porter on a approaching city train asks a jovial gentleman if he should brush him off. The man declines, preferring to alight in the usual way, as noted by the Princeton Tiger.
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Princeton Tiger
Notches Shift From Guns To Cylinders In BrooklynLite Quote
A BrooklynLite quip compares gunmen moving from marking notches on six shooters to marking them on six cylinders. The fragment discusses changing habit among western gun lore.
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Brooklyn Lite
Mistress From Oslo In The Metropolitan Café
A fragment from Metro politan Magazine hints at a newly arrived Norwegian mistress asked about skills like cooking table service and milking, illustrating social tensions and labor expectations in urban life.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Balaklava Hero Sir Roger Palmer Dies at 78
London titled Sir Roger Palmer survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade died in Wrexham aged 78. He was a major landowner with 115000 acres and held the rank of lieutenant-general. He served through the Crimean War with the Eleventh Hussars.
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Baby's Own Tablets Promoted as Safe Remedy for Babies
An advertisement claims Baby's Own Tablets cure stomach and bowel woes teething issues and worms while promoting health in babies of all ages. It asserts no opiate or narcotic content under government analyst guarantee and offers mail order at 25 cents a box from Cr ee Medicine Co Brockville Ontario with testimonials from Mrs Benoit Martin Avignon Quebec.
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Jim’s Jokester Gone as Prank Ends Friendship
The Cleveland Leader reports a practical joke backfired as Jim, once a friend, is described as no longer trusted after a stage persona was used yesterday. The piece notes a shifting relationship sparked by a prank.
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Cleveland
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promoted as Liver Regulators
The passage extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a superior liver regulator. It links many ailments to liver disorder caused by irregular habits and poor eating. It claims gentle yet effective action suitable for the delicate, addressing common digestive and hepatic complaints.
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Parmelee
Archery chief stresses skill and calm at Chicago dinner
Homer Taylor of the National Archery Association urges archers to stay skilled and composed amid public life. The Detroit Free Press recounts a comic husband wife exchange about hat racks, reflecting a humorous aside at the event.
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Homer Taylor
National Archery Association
Chicago
Political friendships tested by office tenure
In a pithy exchange, Senator Sorghum notes friendships reveal themselves in politics and vanish after leaving office, reflecting the Washington Star’s wry take on public service and loyalty dynamics.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Old Chap Falls From London Bus Fare Beats Delay
A passenger alerts the conductor to an elderly man who fell from a London omnibus. The conductor reassures the rider and notes the man had paid his fare, keeping the scene calm as they assess the incident.
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London
The Cold the Storage Age of Eggs Exclaimed
In a history class a student pivots from standard epochs to a playful misquote, declaring The Cold the Storage age of eggs. The moment captures a humorous take on naming eras during a lesson on human ages and materials.
Gossip About Casey Ends With Troubling Confession
In a strained dialogue from a 1920s magazine excerpt McGinnis asks about Casey while O’Reilly reveals a suicide attempt by lighting gas jets and waiting. The account portrays a chilling domestic crisis reported in period style.
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Casey
McGinnis
O'Reilly
Everybody’s Magazine
Doctor’s orders cut food by seventy five percent
Dyse questions ease of following instructions. The doctor advised reducing food intake by 75 percent. The exchange includes a wart treatment remark about Holloway's Corn Cure, reflecting a humorous or satirical tone in the era.
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Mendelssohn Song Without Words Edition for Mrs Newrich
A reader asks for the price of a new edition of Mendelssohn Song Without Words with lyric words titled Life, addressed to Mrs Newrich. Details on cost are requested.
Minards Liniment Used by Physicians in Odd Sermon Incident
A peculiar note reports a physician using Minard's Liniment in church when a somnambulist husband walked out during a sermon. Mrs Smith was told to excuse him as he wandered in his sleep.
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Mrs. Smith
Boy would not become a doctor say he cannot kill a rabbit
A visitor asks a boy if he will follow his father into medicine. The boy answers bluntly that he cannot even kill a rabbit, revealing a humorous view on future career expectations from a 19th century magazine tone.
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Home Journal
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