Evolution of Household Remedies in American Medicine
The article traces the shift from home made medicines to patent remedies led by doctors who marketed tonics like Peruna. It notes Mennonite roots of Peruna, Dr. Hartman as founder, and the rise of large scale manufacturing and home usage. It also includes a brief tale, The Fox and the Grapes, as a contrasting moral anecdote.
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Pennsylvania
Hartman
Douties
Pierce
B. V. Pierce
Areaster Borel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Coast Fire Disaster Statistics From The Year End
The article notes 392 stations along the coast and five on the Great Lakes with one near Louisville on the Ohio River. It records 165 disasters along the coasts in the year ending June 6, 190, with 4,089 people involved and twenty seven fatalities.
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Great Lakes
Pacific
Ohio River
Louisville
Charity Girl s ransom and royal plans unfold
In a tangled chapter, Miss Fraser contends with family scheming as Lord Glendurwood lies near death. Constance Fraser contemplates guilt and duty while Audrey and Audrer face uncertain futures. Sheila plots for power as revelations about birth and marriage ripple through Craiglands.
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la Fraser
Lord John
Fraser
Beverley
Sheila
Craiglands
Mainy
Mgr
Mochfort
Eowill
Gertrley
Ife
Ron Mora
London
John
Meyerler
Hir
Ambey
Rosaxu
Marshal
Promi
Gine
Arnice
Flonsiance
Constance
Franke; le
Constance Fraser
John Glendurwood
Hetle
Constance Laser
Audrer
Audrey
Waste put to good use through sawdust and byproducts
The article details how sawdust and other waste materials are repurposed into valuable products. It cites processes turning wood byproducts into cement substitutes, plastics, and chemical inputs, with mentions of bones, blood, and other animal waste being used for commercial goods and fertilizers.
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Fdara Sawenk
Wry Richards Ifab
Sitios
Dinierial
Byvira
Nur- Ahl
Europe
Het Mines
Valice
Siger
Taunter
Cottom Sea
Fragmented Conversation on Marriage and Workload
A dated dialogue hints at social norms and labor strain in marriage. A physician cautions overwork while discussing longevity, noting only one in a thousand married couples reach a Golden Wedding, as neutral friends’ notes are compared.
Hurry em up says foreman at the Chicago Daily News
The men debate Burke and foremen. Workers chide a bossy supervisor who orders every brick checked and every screw counted. Talk centers on speed, efficiency, and who carries the load as contractors push for rapid progress.
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Everrything
Fle Lee
Phit
Chicsgo Daily News
The Begging Chain Letter and the Mail Order Prayer
A reader criticizes begging chain letters and chain prayer letters as harmless, annoying, and superstitious. The piece argues against supporting chains for money or prayers, comparing them to trivial social pressures and trivial charity.
Mercury lamp and nitrogen tires in early 1900s notes
Scientific notes discuss mercury lamp life and anode materials, a New York bill on organizing electric distribution by telephone and telegraph firms, steel hammering behavior at varying heat, and French tunnel projects led by Charles M. Jacobs. It also cites Coke production in Pennsylvania, animal evolution in Borneo, nitrogen inflated tires, and remarks on President Arthur's dignity and social friendships.
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New York
Seine
Havre
Steven
Charles M. Jacobs
North
Garfield Tea Ad Claims Cure All Ailments
An advertorial fragment touts Garfield Tea as guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act. It markets the remedy for constipation sick headache indigestion claiming blood purification and system cleansing benefits.
Artificial ice cream made from cottonseed oil
A Technical World excerpt describes Professor Stillman at Stevens Institute using cottonseed oil and chemical methods to produce vanilla ice cream. The process includes a centrifugal emulsification at 3000 RPM, freezing chemically, and flavoring with vanillin glycin and nitrobenzene. It notes the product is sold in Southern states, cheaper than milk, and does not melt quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillman
Stevens Institute
Lawrence Perry
Technical World Magazine
Alderman Spars Over Alleged Bribe Offer
A garbled reform debate features a new Alderman accusing a suspect of offering a bribe while another official from the Steenth ward denounces a suspect as a dirty trickster and claims intent to do it for nothing.
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Steenth
Grape-Nuts Helped Girl After Appendicitis Case
A New Hampshire girl recovering from appendicitis improved after consuming milk and Grape-Nuts. She recounts prior indigestion and constipation, noting weight gain from 98 to 115 pounds after starting Grape-Nuts, and credits the cereal with ending abdominal distress.
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A. Frien
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