Onions as Pneumonia Remedy and Farce In News Briefs
Northern New Jersey health boards circulate a Washington remedy claiming six to ten onions with rye meal and vinegar heated into a lung covering poultice will cure pneumonia. The report notes the dubious claim as popular newspaper material alongside other items on medical quackery and the era’s science debates.
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Boards of Health
New Jersey
Health Board of
Washington, N. J
Papers of
Washington
New England
Two Topers
A Minn schoolteacher promotes Postum as a coffee alternative, describing nerves, appetite, and sleep improvements after switching from coffee. The letter, signed by Postum Co and recommending The Road to Wellville, portrays coffee as harmful and Postum as healthier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Cornered Corn Market: Patten Amasses Millions Again
James A. Patten, famed for an oats corner, has reportedly completed a corn corner netting between one and two million dollars. Born a Sandwich farmer's boy, he rose to Chicago grain circles with Patten Bros. As the brothers grow wealthier, their grip on grain commerce appears set to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Patten
Chicago
Patten
Mr. Patten
Sandwich
Ill
George
Harry
Patten Bros
Moore seeks DC laundry licensing after shirt woes
Philadelphia congressman J Hampton Moore introduced a bill requiring District of Columbia laundries to be licensed and banning acids and violent machinery. He vented over two damaged shirts that forced another purchase before a banquet. Moore, a longtime politician, has chaired Republican clubs and earned a reputation for brisk handling of affairs.
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J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Congress
District of Columbia
Moore
Allied Republican Clubs of
Union Republican Club
National League of Republican Clubs
Woodbury
N. J
Runciman Named New Education Chief and MP for Dewsbury
Walter Runciman, newly appointed president of the British board of education, has won reelecting his seat at Dewsbury. The young Liberal joins Churchill as one of the ministry's youngest members and faces shaping a compromise on the education bill amid clerical opposition. He previously served as parliamentary secretary to the local government board and to the treasury, with Haldane and Asquith guiding the cabinet.
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Walter Runciman
British Board of Education
Dewsbury
McKenna
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Runciman
Liberal
Campbell-Bannerman
John Burns
Treasury
Haldane
H. H. Asquith
Woman's Backache and Feminine Health Remedy
Article discusses backache as a key signal of a woman's feminine health issue. It links symptoms like nervousness headache and pelvic pains to a need for prompt treatment and asserts a single remedy restores health, urging immediate attention.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Help for Women
A 19th or early 20th century ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It cites testimonials from Mrs Augustus Lyon and another Rockland Me resident claiming relief from backaches, side pains, and general misery after using the product. It also lists claims of cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feelings flatulence indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration.
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Will Young
Ce ‘Colma Ave
Rockland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl, Pa
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