Foreign Delusions About Americans in Continental Europe
A vivid 19th century column surveys European stereotypes of Americans as dueling, pistol-wielding figures. It recounts incidents in Vienna Leipzig Heidelberg and Berlin showing Americans' defiance and calm under insult, including duels over roulette games and a physician encounter during an anaesthetic mishap.
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New York Sun
Vienna
Instaner
Austin
Tndee
Leas
San Francisco
Berlin
Heideberg
An der Anlace
Heidelberg Park
Loki
Melesner
Melgener
Amerika
Mog
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promised Cure
The text claims consumption once deemed incurable is now curable and that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures 93 percent of cases if used early. It touts benefits for asthma laryngitis and all air passage diseases, improves appetite blood and nerve health, and notes many were given up by doctors but regained health. It warns against substitutes and quotes personal testimonials.
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Pierce
Dr. Toe
John Clark Ridpath
A. M
History Club
Russia
Morocco
Doctor’s eerie patient reveals legend in the operating room
In Cincinnati a famed surgeon Dr Edward Ricketts of the Southern Surgical and Cinienological Association attends a demonstration believed to involve a cadaver. As he nears the patient the hidden giant emits Annie Laurie, triggering shock and flight among students and doctors. The tune then shifts to Die Wacht am Rhein as the room empties.
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Ricketts
Annie Laurie
Rick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Edward Ricketts
Cincinnati
Southern Surgical and Ciynenological Association
Achilles
Feon
Rickeets
Rhein
American tools lead at London show as English firms lag
A London Engineering writer notes American machine tool makers dominate the Stanley Cycle show in London with English firms largely absent. The report highlights English manufacturers’ shrinking presence and American firms’ growing world market prominence in high end machinery.
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London
Engineering
Staffley
Mngtish
American machine tools dominate cycle industry shift
A writer notes a twenty year rise of a national cycle industry in which American factories employ modern machinery. English firms lag as American lathes and tools replace domestic gear, sending cycles and equipment to English workers and stabilizing U S tooling in the English market.
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Matt Ulweturera
Enelieh
Enelieh Agente
Language Oddities At A London Coffeehouse
An English pair in a four coffeehouse in the Parle encounter a strange Danish speaker who imitates English forms and demands satisfaction. The man, claiming to be a Datehman, vows to learn the tongue as his teacher’s method. A humorous miscommunication leads to an invitation to dine together.
Boy saved by Pink Pills for Pale People
A mother's account describes her two year old son Josie wasting away from illness and pneumonia. After Asa Robinson recommended Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, Josie recovered, gaining weight and appetite. The family and doctors testify to his healing, with pills sold for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
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John F. Williams
Josle
Mrs. Williams
N. A. Jones
Asa Robinson
Williams
Mr. Robinson
Josie
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