Washing the Kidneys and Anuric Remedy
An old health ad advises kidney cleansing by drinking six to eight glasses of water daily and taking Anuric double strength for 60c to dissolve uric acid poisons. Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo endorses this, promising soothing relief and free medical advice upon request. A 10c trial package is offered.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Keen eye to business on gift from father-in-law tale
John D. Rockefeller Jr at a New Jersey YMCA camp recounted a story about a young man who married into wealth and refused a house gift from his father-in-law. The man said the house would likely be willed to him after the father’s death, while he lived there rent free and the old man paid the taxes.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New Jersey
Walpole Memoirs Quote on Pretenders With Price
The passage notes Sir Robert Walpole despising flowery oratory and accusing self interested “pretended patriots” of having their price. He claims these men declare for their own relatives or interests.
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Robert Walpole
Walpole
Washington Market Cart and Carlyle House Ties to 18th Century Alexandria
The article recalls George Washington's practice of market carts delivering farm produce to Alexandria to benefit the poor and oppose midland traders. It highlights the Carlyle house as a key Washington site, its rooms where he met Braddock’s staff and the blue and white room’s role in his military career, along with Christchurch Church where he spoke on independence.
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George Washington
Washington
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Belle Haven
Colonel Washington
Carlyle
Virginia
John SS. Carlyle
Hunting Creek
Carlyles
Far East
Europe
West Indies
Carlyle House
Sally Fairfax
John Carlyle
Braddock
Military Council
Christ Church
James Wren
London
St. Paul’s
Christchurch
England
Canada
U. S
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
W.S. Nethe
Intervien Station
Cols Tree Taeeital
Indianapolis
Snd
Didn’t Seem Possible Story at Grandma’s Cocoanut Cake
A Washington club lobby tale from Representative Joseph B. Thompson of Oklahoma recalls a boy who visits his grandma each Saturday. He sniffs cocoanut cake and, with patience, receives only a tiny slice, prompting a wry remark on smelling a very small portion.
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Washington Club
Joseph B. Thompson
Oklahoma
Johnny
Florida Everglades Drainage Contracts Move Forward
Curious Condensations reports Florida holds about 4 000 000 acres awaiting drainage with contracts for draining nearly the entire Everglades. A New Hampshire dog aided by three boys rescued from a 40 foot tree after chasing a hedgehog. A French aviator compass adds course deviation to north indication. A two wheel trailer for coal behind a runabout debuts. European invention uses slight rail sinking to signal passing trains. Magnetic pulleys now remove metals from nonmagnetic bulk in 34 industries.
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Florida
Everglade
Hennifler
N. H
France
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