Dr Melvin M Page claims kidney sickness cure
An Erie Pennsylvania doctor and Page Optical Company ad describes a patient wasting to 72 pounds from kidney trouble after drink intake in New York in 1895. The testimonial claims Bean's Kidney Pills cured the abscess and restored weight to 189 pounds by 1896, with druggist sales offered nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin M. Page
Page Optical Co
Erie
New York
Yowtor Millin Co
Mitta
N.Y
Drogelais
Infant's Remarkable Escape From Fatal Accident
A fragmentary report notes an infant surviving after a perilous incident that would have meant certain death for older folks. The piece hints at dramatic escapes common in stories of dangerous events involving children and law of life.
Grateful Letter Claims Cuticura Healed Salt Rheum
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin writes that her husband suffered agonizing salt rheum on his hands. After trying many remedies, Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills cured him fully and left his hands smooth. She hopes the letter helps other sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Deacon Blimber Questions Clerk Salary Comparison
A Browning's Magazine excerpt shows Deacon Blimber asking a City Boarder why the clerk in a dry goods store earns $6 a week while the blacksmith at the shop takes home only $20. The dialogue exposes a debate on wages and labor value.
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Deacon Blimber
Browning
Schilling's Best Tea Brand Noted in Company Verse
A fragmented, playful line lists tea brands and companies as a verbal riff. The text mentions Schilling's Best and Achilling & Company in a whimsical frame, with garbled phrasing suggesting a poetic or marketing snippet from a period publication.
Unusual Postman Rocket Used In Inlands Of Tonga
A peculiar method for mail delivery in the Tonga islands uses a sky rocket to reach inshore zones, enabling a postman to reach ships by firing from the shore. The item references Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy and includes a quirky anecdote about Mark Twain and a joke defining drydock as a thirty physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonga
Pacific
Mark Twain
Cloaenn
Fragmented excerpt on love poetry and travel advice
The text presents a garbled excerpt discussing love terms in Russian poetry and a recurring line about a dove. It shifts to travel planning, mentions a high rated railway schedule, and includes obscure references to safety, trademarks, and a tax in 1685.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne of Holumon
Care of the body How to acquire and retain health
The article discusses summer infant disorders like acute indigestion from improper feeding and the dangers of bottle feeding in heat. It offers the emetic and enema approaches, cautions on stopping food, and outlines gradual reintroduction of milk. It also covers tobacco harms, mosquito bites, and mentions acids in fruits potentially reducing malaria risk.
Simple Test for Pure Air in Sehnfelds Book
A historic note describes a simple experiment from Dr. A. T. Sehnfeld’s book Norvea in Order, outlining a method to test indoor air. A half pint bottle is filled with clear water, then shaken to show chalk clouding if oxygen is rich, implying air purity.
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A. T. Sehnfeld
Hygienic Church Comfort and Outdoor Health Remedies
The piece urges hygienic church design with good ventilation and clean floors, citing a Roman bishop’s rules for regular cleaning and lye washing of chairs. It promotes outdoor living as healthful, advising tents or porches for sleeping to maximize fresh air benefits and curb indoor malaise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fano
Italy
Lfe
Thackeray and Bronte First Meeting Recalled by Biographers
In a reminiscence, Charlotte Bronte is pictured disturbed by Thackeray's appetite and adoring of Thackeray by her as a young fan. The anecdote ends with Thackeray humorously recalling the moment and Bronte's tearful plea not to be seen as his ideal. Separately in Drummond Wisconsin an advertisement for Dodd's Kidney Pills highlights a Bayfield County resident's relief from backache and kidney problems.
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Skeeter
Monquito
Journal of the Outdoor
Scientisia
Schoo
Celli
Italy
Charlotte Bronte
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Mies Bronte
Thad
Abe
Drummond
Wis
Bayfield County
Dodd
T. T. Wold
Mr. Wold
Bright
Submarines speed and maneuvering described
Submarine boats are capable of traveling seventy to eighty miles at speeds of eight to nine miles per hour underwater. They can regulate position at any reasonable depth and can move or turn in any direction.
Red Cross Ball Blue Lane at 205 vents story mix
The fragment references The Russ Company and Soul involvement with Red Cross Ball Blue Lane, citing 205 vents in unclear context. Unable to determine a clear event, date, or organization for a coherent card.
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205 Vents
Soul
Exclusiveness as a fault in human cohesion
A thinker argues that a person loses power when cut off from society, comparing individual strength to a diamond whose value lies in close contact with others. Solidarity of the human race yields more strength than isolated individuals, with unity providing cohesion and vitality.
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Success Magazine
Tawdry laces and Antarctic firsts in history
A curious note traces the word tawdry to tawdry laces from St Audrey’s fair linked to Ethelreda. The text also credits Capt. H. Wilkinson as the first to set foot on the Antarctic continent, landing in Victoria Land in 1854.
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St. Audrey
St. Audrey's Fair
Capt. H. Wilkinson
Antarctic
Victoria Land
Grape-Nuts Helps Bedridden Woman Regain Health
A Welden, Tr. case describes a drastic recovery from severe stomach trouble and headaches after starting Grape-Nuts. She reports rapid weight gain, renewed strength, no further digestive distress, and restored ability to work, attributing improvement to the product from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
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Welden
Postum Co
Battle Crook
Mich
Thero'y & Ream
Little Book
Wollville
Inventions Improves Notebook Convenience
A German inventor improves pocket size notebooks for collectors solicitors and others with frequent entries. Inside the book cover wire guides run lengthwise with handrest slides on edge supports. Two handrests are provided one for resting on hands or knees while writing during use.
New York Inventor Proposes Suspender Button Rule
A New York inventor offers a hingeed rule design with a stem and loop to attach to suspender buttons. The device aims to prevent mislaid rules by keeping the tool accessible while working, without hindering the rule’s full extension.
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New York
Tortosa Observatory Signals New Era In Astronomy
The Tortosa observatory in Catalonia is a premier facility to study magnetism, electricity, solar disturbances, meteorology, seismology, and physical astronomy. Seven buildings house instruments for variation, absolute determinations, and monthly reports to share global findings.
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New Tortoss Observatory
Tortosa
Catalonia
Lary
Wireless link eyed between New Orleans and Panama Isthmus
Officials study a wireless telegraphy plan connecting New Orleans to the Panama Isthmus. A roughly 1,300 mile stretch through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea would be covered, marking a potential telecommunication advancement tied to the canal project.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Alderney Cattle Trade Claim Sparks Island Debate
An Alderney dealer advertises imports described as from the island claiming more than one thousand cows, despite local estimates that fewer than a hundred pure Alderney cows exist on Alderney.
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Alderney
Island
Elocution Lesson Sparks Domestic Quip Exchange
A short quip about hosting a child for elocution practice yields a taunting retort. The man remarks on comfort of a child in the house while an unfeeling wretch suggests forcing the child to recite when guests arrive.
Dickens Found Inspiration at Barnard Castle in Durham
An OCR fragment notes Charles Dickens drew groundwork for Nicholas Nickleby from Barnard Castle in Durham. It also advertises relief for women by AUSTRALIAN-LEAF from Mother Gray in New York, claiming cures for female illnesses with free samples by mail. It mentions city air purity claims about twenty five feet above street level.
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Dickens
Barnard Castle
Durham
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
Mother Gray
New York
The
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Americans Drink The Worst Tea In The World
A brief note claims Americans drink the worst tea globally while acknowledging plentiful good tea at home. It cites literacy rates in Scandinavia and Europe, asserting two men in a thousand in Sweden are illiterate, three in Norway and Denmark, seventy eight in Russia, and thirteen point six in England.
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Scandinavia
Swedes
Norway
Denmark
Russia
England
Tea and Coffee Compared in Dainty Tastes
A brief, dated critique contrasts tea and coffee as dainty tastes. The piece notes coffee as a different kind of dainty and touches on a harsh wartime-era topic about Chinamen and execution substitutes, mentioning a monetary incentive for families.
Rehilling's Head Tae Me Woaikiaty to Maksood Tease the Man
Fragmented OCR note describes a marriage in monotony and a reference to New Orleans Picayune with a date span of 846 days into the year. Names and details are unclear in readable portions.
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Cuticura
Kaumion
London
Lord Crafton
Sloane Street
Schilling
Welle Tor
Shook
A, Achilling & Company
Allen
Qurus
Calloun
Allen 8
Olmsted
Laktoy N.Y
FU Rspepain
Javcie
Salt Lake
Ander Willis
Jean Nicot
Rose
Han
Hell
Lari
Phern
Gio Ravel
Mr. Thacker
Ack den
Hewlett Bros. Co
Alexander the Great
Moneyback
AL Senttunne
Bonibini
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