Widespread Hair and Health Tonic Claims and Advice
A dated advertisement offers scalp tonics and hair care tips, urging use of a softening tonic and quinine, with detailed instructions for preparation and application. It promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a free sample giveaway for throat and lung ailments and notes Sharrar & Mulholland as successors handling the product.
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Nature
Sharrar & Mulholland’s
Boschee
Sharkak & Milholland
B.S. Webb
Odd Beauty Ideals and Global Brain Estimates in 19th Century Text
An OCR fragment discusses Chinese beauty standards with narrow eyes and fine eyebrows, notes about one tenth of "the Jovottorie" population, and cites Prof Hamy estimates. It mentions a Japanese bride giving wedding presents to parents, plus misplaced claims about brain weight and sickness averages across countries.
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China
Moat
Hamy
Grip Treatment Promises Fast Grip Cure
Downs Elixir claims to break grip in one to three days with prompt use. Baxter's Mandrake Bitters advertised as a natural remedy to expel grip poisons, regulate bowels, strengthen nerves, and restore vigor. The dealer Sharar & Mur Holland guarantees results or refunds.
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Baxter
Sharar & Mur Holland
B. $. Webb
Animal senses and spider silk marvels in natural world
The piece notes that vultures and carrion crows have noses powerful enough to scent food forty miles away. Birds use wings for land and sea locomotion, and one species has clawed elbow structures to aid climbing. It also recounts hummingbird domestication using sugar water in cages and explains how spiders spin silk through a spinneret producing sticky threads that harden in air.
Burdock described as vile weed turning edible plant
The text notes burdock Lappa major as a weed that can become an ornamental plant or edible vegetable. It describes burrs, leaves, and stalk usage, mentions China and Japan cultivation, and notes root and deep soil needed for best roots.
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China
Japan
Woman crime in Russia blamed on early marriages
The piece argues Russian women criminals are mainly peasants who murder husbands. It links crime to girl marriages before puberty and notes high child mortality, with under one year deaths at 27 percent versus 18 percent in Europe.
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Crim Ruscia
Russia
Lighthonss of Bamboo built in Japan
A lighthouss of batoo has fast been built In Japan. It i said to have greater power of resisting the waves than any other kind of wood and does not rot like ordinary wood.
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Japan
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