Tea tasters and pensions debate in London letters
A London correspondent reports on reform talks for pensioning long time tea tasters whose drug exposure harms their health. Some tea firms may fund pensions or form a society, while most dismiss workers once usefulness ends. Other notes include a street disturbance, a San Francisco homesick anecdote, electric train lighting trials, and light humor items.
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E London
United Kingdom
Pensionerson
Vratins
Austria
New Life Pills and Remedies Featured In Murky Advertisements
A collage of testimonials touts Dr King s New Life Pills and Electric Bitters for various ailments from wife s illness to kidney trouble and lung disorders. Local merchants Pember s and H H Pember sell trial bottles and full sizes while quotes from aBrooklyn Life column and Sawtelle reinforce the novelty of patent medicines.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Burnett Mann
Levanna
H. H. Pember
J. T. Weatherwax
Wyandotte, Mich
H.H. Pember
Digestive Ailments and Patent Remedies Ad
An old newspaper column touts Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for biliousness and indigestion with claims of appetite restoration and liver toning. It promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for constipation and liver issues, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and Rocky Mountain Tea for eruptions and dyspepsia, plus a travel ad seeking trustworthy men and women.
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Chamberlain
Knapp & Co
Ifi
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