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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1897
Page
3
A Washington correspondent surveys how small ideas become fortunes, from pasteboard egg trays to copper shoe tips and the Fifteen Puzzle. Inventors earn large sums for cheap improvements, with Crandall bricks, dancing dolls, and practical devices driving patent wealth and new markets.
Introduction outlines five historical and five doctrinal lessons from Paul and his companions across Asia Minor Macedonia and Greece. It traces Troas Philippi Thessalonica Athens Corinth and Ephesus with key events such as conversions, riots, arrest, and letters. Rome is noted as a potential center, and reflections praise Paul's lasting impact and missionary reach.
A survey describes diverse patents and devices from the era. Notable items include a water cannon concept, pest deterrents, a weather controlled gas cooling system, a hospital alarm via breath, a pneumatic shoe sole, peat spun textile processes, a talking witch phonograph, egg pinhole method for freshness, beehive door control, washable inkless paper, ultra thin gold leaf by electricity, and machine extracted spider silk from South Carolina spiders.
The Boston Transcript reports a new treatment named the music cure from Munich. Dr Paul Rivera has devised a nine string door harp tuned to E flat, part of a broader Bavarian discussion and a planned Munich music cure hospital. The Empress of Austria’s neuralgia case helped boost interest, with physicians debating the method’s potential beyond 1897.
In a discussion on soothing patients, Dr. Riverra cites early medical ridicule of innovative therapies and praises music as a painless healer. He traces the idea from Fourcarde’s diary advocating medicine over bleeding to anesthesia, laughing gas, and chloroform, noting music as a potential superior treatment. He recalls historic musical relief for distressed figures like Saul and Prince Mellargra via artful resonance.
A speaker promotes a music based treatment focusing on pain relief and nervous disorders. He cites Wagner and hypnotism as precedents and notes hospitals in Bellevue New York and Munich adopting music related therapies. He envisions wards for pain and nervous patients and plans to use soft or loud sounds per illness.
A vigilant warning against morphine addiction describes a case where pain leads to dependency. It cites a nurse or patient who turns to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure and shares a testimonial about restored health after five bottles. The letter from Mrs. Lucy Peaster endorses the product for female ailments and mood improvement.
The author extols the music cure claiming relief and even cures for severe headaches earaches and sciatica. A patient reportedly found instant relief by piano notes during pain. Notes claim digestion improves while listening to music and reference Salpierre’s 1847 hospital for the insane with in-hall music to aid recovery.
The sperm whale ranges widely in all seas except polar regions. It grows seventy to eighty feet with a massive head housing the spermaceti case. Ambergris, a fragrant waxy substance, drifts at sea and can fetch about five dollars an ounce. Whales travel in pods of five hundred or more, led by a lookout who roars to warn of danger.
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