Treating Wrong Disease in Women’s Ills
An 19th century advertorial piece argues women’s ailments are misdiagnosed as separate diseases. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as addressing uterine causes, boosting strength, calming nerves, and relief from debility, with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for digestion.
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Pierce
St.Vitus
Great Poet's One Witticism Seeks Quiet Wit
A 1849 study in The Living Authors of England records Wordsworth saying he was never witty except once. At Rydal Mount he quips as a man asks if he has seen the speaker's wife pass by. The line.
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Living Authors of
England
Wordsworth
Thomas Moore
Sheridan
Wordeworth
Rydal Mount
Songs That Have Won Favor
The intensely popular song is not the only one which it is very profitable to write. Among the most successful of historic songs may be mentioned Violets and Oh Cry Those Tears. The manuscript of the former was offered to and rejected by nearly all the principal publishers in London before it was eventually accepted and printed. It speedily won its way to favor, and its sale has been both large and regular ever since.
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London
Unconscious poisoning blamed on coffee in Duluth tale
A Duluth man recounts suffering headaches, dyspepsia, and nervousness from coffee. After switching to Postum, his headaches lessen, digestion improves, and energy returns within days, with strength increasing and sleep improving. He credits Postum alone for the change and cites the company.
Fatal Request Or Found Out Ee Ru
Chapter continues with a maid revealing a prayer book as evidence. A master exposes a false name tenant and fires him with one month’s wages. The intruder, Ted, taunts fate as he plans a secret late night search for clues inside the house.
Hidden Will and a Murder Plot Spark a Midnight Burglary
A young man in a dimly lit house uncovers a sealed envelope, a revolver, and a poison bottle during a theft. The envelope bears the instruction to burn it after death, and the finder contemplates the murder evidence as a voice interrupts him, mixing crime with superstition and danger. A second item humorously notes doctors and hypochondria for contrast.
Possessed Boys in Italian Village Mystify Parish
In a south Italian village the Panain family has two boys who vanish and reappear miles away, claimed to be carried by the Holy Ghost. Epiritas haunt the house. plates break, beds showered with sweets, and one boy speaks Latin and Greek in a trance reciting Dante and prophecies. A Jesuit father declares possession by devils.
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Italy
Kidney Pills Promoted Amid Medical Alarm
Delays in kidney disease are warned against with an ad urging early treatment using Dodd's Kidney Pills. A testimonial from Dr. W H Jeffries cites relief from fatigue and back pain after two boxes. Separate note reports rising demand for pianos in Yokohama, with imports from the United States Britain and Germany.
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W. H. Jeffries
Dodd
Styx Name Means Hatred in Greek Myth
The word Styx, a Greek term and name of one of Hades five rivers, is defined as hatred.
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Hades
Scotty and His Reeey Breaking Ride Story tease
A fragmented ad style note cites Scotty the Death Vaper on a fast ride drift across the Santa Fe track. It contrasts unsafe speed with comfort, touting three trains from Utah and Colorado to the East and Southwest and inviting readers to request ticket rates from a Salt Lake City address.
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Scotty
Scott
Joan Tallway
Santa Fe
Utah
Colorado
Ltera
The Passing of Youth and Travel Rates to California
A reflective line on youth as a mask ball and its end, followed by a travel notice: winter trips to California via the Salt Lake Route cost $50 round trip. Agents in Salt Lake City, D. PA, J. L. Moore, write for details.
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California
Salt Lake
J. L. Moore
D. PA
Salt Lake City
Vitality of the Ants Show Surprising Resilience
Ants can survive long after losing body parts and may live two weeks without the abdomen. Under favorable conditions an ant can live over three months after its head is removed. A case exists of movement forty one days post decapitation. Ants also revive after long water submersion though they appear dead briefly.
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