Peruna use cited by missionary nurse in 1890 letter
Georgiana Dean, a Liberia missionary and nurse trained in Chicago, writes from Chicago on January 20 1890 praising Peruna for treating stubborn stomach catarrh. The notice includes a discussion of catarrhal dyspepsia symptoms and a request to send Dr Hartman’s Health and Beauty book. It also extols maguey uses and reflects on farming as a sacred home.
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Mise Georgiana Dean
Liberia
M. Church
Frances E. Willard
Chicago
M's'¢ Co
Columbus
Hartman
Ohio
Mexico
Ozars Hall Supper Described as Oriental Magnificence
The article describes a lavish royal supper at the Ozars Hall where guests sit for a formal meal, a procession led by imperial majesty and a leading lady, and a display of silver and gold service. The palace features exotic fruits, orchids, and a state tour through elaborately decorated rooms, with electric lighting and a vast conservatory setup.
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Europe
A Lucky Accident and Other Scientific Nuggets
A 1796 Munich incident led to lithography discovery by Alois Sennefelder. The article notes Cape of Good Hope flora around 10 000 species and a lightning time of one nineteenth of a second. It covers wireless telegraphy weather use, Japan coast forests against tides, coca wine critique, and Indianapolis javivers locked out over a union debt boycott.
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Munich
Alois Sennefelder
Sennefelders
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Australa
F. H. Glen
London
Japan
Honda
University of Tokyo
Wealth of the United States Outweighs Other Nations
Figures show the United States at 81.75 billion dollars followed by Great Britain 59.03 billion France 47.95 Germany 40.2 Russia 32.13 Austria 22.56 Italy 15.8 and Spain 11.3 based on real estate records buildings merchandise and railways plus currency. The United States is more than seven times Spain and about twice Germany and Britain by these measures.
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United States
Mulhall
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Spain
Austria
Quinophagists Define American Quinine Consumers
A new term quinophagists describes Americans as the world’s top quinine eaters. U.S. imports exceed 1.5 billion grains annually, averaging twenty grains per person. Prices fell from $2 an ounce to 16 cents over twenty five years. Two thirds of quinine comes from Java cinchona trees planted by Dutch governors since 1852.
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Java
Stomach Bitters Claims Cure for Indigestion and Biliousness
Advertisement asserts Hosstetter's Stomach Bitters drives away stomach ills by addressing indigestion constipation biliousness and kidney troubles as a powerful remedy following American firmness in Manila Bay.
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America
Manila Bay
Hosstetter
Feverish Ads and Foreign Warnings in One Dated Column
An assortment of vintage products and quack cures promises quick fixes with refunds if ineffective. The entry notes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets priced at 25 cents and a claim of cure in one day. A reader testimonial mocks a cosmopolitan air while a foreign minister in France hints at upcoming global changes.
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France
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Blood Purifier
An old newspaper ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood cleanser and spring tonic. It promises improved energy and mood, claims of curing chronic sores, and cites testimonials from Mrs. Tuomas of New York and Mrs. A W Baxter of Lowell Massachusetts.
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Hood
Powell
Lowell, Mass
Mend Your Bird's Legs Care Tips For Treating Fractures In Poultry
Practical advice on healing leg fractures in young chickens and canaries. Clean and wash the wound, apply septic cotton, prepare elderwood splints, glue them in place, and bandage for three to four weeks. Canaries use cardboard splints and two weeks of dressing. Also notes Sandow accident and aluminum telegraph wires project in the Philippines.
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Canaries
Snakes Use Smell to Find Food According to Science
A Science report notes snakes, large and small, rapidly eat prey after capturing them outdoors or in a cage. Snakes show a keen sense of smell guiding their food choices, with copperheads resisting house mice initially but eventually consuming them. Field mice are quickly seized even after death.
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National Zoological Dark
Petat
Sleep Rituals Banned as Family Turns Nightly Alarm Duties
The text notes that people who keep records by sleeping for days are always women while a boy is left to puzzles scientists. In the family routine, everyone takes a turn waking the boy if he fails to rise on time.
Duties of the nation toward its dependencies
Captain Maban argues in the Engineering Magazine that national duties to new dependencies must align with beneficence rather than seeking markets and profits first. He cites England’s missteps in India and contrasts with India and Egypt as proofs, warning that Spain did not repent.
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Maban
Engineering Magazine
England
United States
India
Egypt
Spain
Night Train Comfort From City to St Joseph Route
Travelers may reach St Joseph or Kansas City in a day or night via the St Joseph and Grand Island route. The line offers Pullman Palace Sleepers and sleeping cars on all night trains for comfortable passage. The service emphasizes overnight travel efficiency and sleeper accommodations.
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St Joseph
Kansas City
St. Joseph & Grand Island
Allen's Foot Ease Comfort Powder Ad
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promotes instant relief for painful feet and bunions. It claims to ease tight shoes, stop sweating and callouses, and offers a trial package free or mail order for 25 cents with address in Le Roy New York.
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Boattivy Kour
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted, le Roy
N.Y
Excellent Laxative Syrup of Figs Advertisement
An advertisement touts the California Fig Syrup Co remedy as a perfect laxative. It highlights pleasant taste from figs and senna, cleansing the system and aiding constipation while not irritating kidneys or liver. Sold by all druggists, 50 cents per bottle, with company locations listed.
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Callifornia Fiee Syrup Co
California
Fie Syxup Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Special Reduced Westward Tourist Rates Announced
Burlington Route offers temporarily lowered fares to Montana Utah California Washington and Oregon with tourist sleeping car service routes to San Francisco Los Angeles Butte Spokane and Seattle. Availability may end at any moment and proceeds through Omaha line agent J Francis.
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Burlington
Montana
Utah
California
Washington
Oregon Point
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
Modern wall coverings and health concerns prompt debate
A discussion suggests frescoed walls as a modern standard for houses and questions whether wallpaper contributes to insanity in asylum inmates. Cornell researchers are urged to continue studying the effects of wall décor on mental health, noting alabastine as a sanitary alternative.
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Cornell
Walla
Growth in American shipping to matter for congratulation
The American Marine notes that steam and sailing vessels built in the United States in the last half of 1898 totaled 130000 gross tons, up from 45000 tons in the same period of 1897. The year's total is estimated at 275000 tons.
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United States
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Salzer seed offers and a brash catalog offer
An old advertisement promotes Salzer seed with prices for German Coffee Berry Java Coffee and chicory at 15 cents per package. A mail-in offer promises three girls for 30 cents and a free catalog to John A. Salzer Seed Co. plus a Ridyard Kipling reference about the burden of the white man.
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Salszer
Salzer
John A
Salzer Seed CO
la Cress
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