How Vaccine Is Made From Cow Lymph In 19th Century Study
An article recounts Dr. Petit describing a vaccine production method using cow lymph rather than calf lymph. It details cow preparation, shaving of hind limbs, extraction of lymph via skin incisions, and serial processing into dried, packaged vaccine points marketed with varying potency marked by Xs. It notes variability in cow yield and the risk of ineffective lymph despite multiple sources.
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Petit
Chicago Herald
Abe
Swater
Rother
Feverish bale victim recovers as milk reused
A fragment describes a person named Baviittle becoming feverish after vaccination and then mending within days. Her milk is reportedly reused as soon as she loses serum and is turned away from stalls. The text preserves era material without clear dates or locations.
Burglars Tools Bought From Honest Mechanics
A Boston Globe article notes burglars often acquire tools from respectable mechanics who keep quiet about their work. Instances include a Roxbury blacksmith who tempered drills for an escaped convict, and a few known cases where tool makers faced little punishment. The piece discusses how tools used in theft are typically secured through ordinary trades and unnoticed by authorities.
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Boston Globe
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Boston
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Ile
Tlbridge
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Khama of Bechuanaland A Model Savage Leader
A profile praising King Khama of Bechuanaland as a model ruler who bans beer and witch doctors, enforces virtue, and conducts public services from his kotla under a tree. It notes his capital move from Shoshong to Palapwe with British protection, his dignified manners, European dress, and orderly leadership, contrasting him with other leaders and figures.
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Batangwato
Sikkomo
Shoshong
Palapwe
Lobengula
Lobengulu
Pulapwoe
England
Shashong
Valapwe
William Jenner
Andrew Clark
Andrew
Jeames
Jenner
Argonaut
Nearing the Grave Aged Ailments and Stomach Bitters
Nappy scientific research and pharmacal skill offer HWostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable means of easing ailments of aging. It counters rheumatic pains kidney trouble and lumbago among the elderly while preventing malaria dyspepsia constipation biliousness and boosting appetite sleep and vigor.
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Hwostetter
Ancient Preservation of the Dead
Herodotus described how early Ethiopians preserved their dead by drying and plastering with gypsum paste, then painting faces and exposed parts to look natural. The corpses remained intact for hundreds of years, per the St. Louis Republic.
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Herodotus
St. Louis Republic
Letter From Marshfield Soldier Promotes St Jacobs Oil
An elderly Union veteran Mr Enoch L Hanscom, School Agent of Marshfield Maine, writes that after years of knee and rheumatic pain he used St Jacobs Oil three times and recovered. He notes the product improved his health and expresses hope it helps others.
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Enoch L. Hanscom
Marshfield
St. Jacobs
Electric motor adds power to Gatling gun in new test
An attachable one horsepower electric motor placed in the breech of a Gatling gun promises to more than double firing rate from 1200 to over 4000 shots per minute. The motor is detachable, lightweight, and well protected, signaling a potential leap in machine gun efficiency.
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Ff J. Wayland
Philadelphia
Washington
Scheffel
Cheesing
Authors fear fame tied to their famous works
The piece notes writers dislike being defined by a single work. It lists Edward Bellamy Bret Harte Will Carleton Mrs Burnett Charles Heber Clarke Max Adler Te land Roe Eugene Field John Hay Henry Ward Beecher and others reacting to how their reputations are linked to famous titles. It ends by asserting Dr Bull s Cough Syrup remains trusted after twenty five years.
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Edward Bellamy
Bret Harte
Will Carleton
Hans Breitmann
Ll. P. Roe
Iugene Field
John Hay
Henry Ward Beecher
Norwood
Mr. Bonner
Rovel
Bob
Royal Buckwheats Use Royal Baking Powder Buckwheat
A domestic cookery note contrasts old batter methods with yeast and starter kept overnight to the new method using Royal Baking Powder. It claims batter mixed daily yields light sweet cakes without digestive issues and provides the simple receipt: two cups buckwheat four, one cup wheat flour, two tablespoons Royal Baking Powder, half teaspoon salt, milk to thin, bake immediately.
Prince of Wales Bracelet and Other Dated Notions
A London Tit Bits note reveals the Prince of Wales wears a gilt bracelet on his left wrist with a history tied to Maximilian of Mexico, while a miscellany of items follows including cures for consumption, soldier pay, and quirky maxims, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper snippet.
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Prince of Wales
Maximillian
Mexico
London
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