Yellow fever tales haunt Vera Cruz visitors and locals
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette correspondent recounts Vera Cruz legends of yellow fever including drifting ships with dying crews, coffin ghouls, and tales of near burial alive. It notes hospitals, scarce charity, and mixes grisly lore with remarks on the disease’s course and immunity. The piece ends with praise for American residents in Vera Cruz who survived successive epidemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Vera Cruz
United States
Aluminum the new cornerstone of industry says engineer
A prominent mechanical engineer predicts aluminum will replace iron and steel, ushering in an industrial millennium. He argues aluminum’s tensile strength surpasses Bessemer steel, its rigidity exceeds bronze, and it resists tarnish and corrosion. He notes heat and electricity conductance, light weight, and vast abundance with cheap production possible, promising a future driven by aluminum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Lewiston
Journal
T. Brida
Prese Garmela
Blake
Healy
Sam Pratt
Wright
Himisel
Mal
Ead Boy
Stillman Remedies. Co
N.Y
Corn Net Geon for Horses and Farm Notes
Agricultural notes discuss corn as horse feed and fat versus muscle, urging oats as a better option. It covers plum disease curculio and black knot, pruning and disease control, and farm tips on ragweed mildews, mildew in cellars, pig feed, and insect control. Practical kitchen and yard remedies appear, including turkeys feeding, weed control with sulfuric acid, and lemon preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Live Stock Journal
Enormous rattlesnake disrupts Missouri dance scene
A young Missouri dancer felt a vine veranda strike turn into a near catastrophe when a large rattlesnake grabbed her wrist and wrapped around her ribs before releasing her as music resumed. She was not bitten but suffered broken ribs from the creature's weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Epidemic of Crime Sparks Public Debate and Cremation Notes
A discussion of rising crime cites factors from infidel teaching to alcohol. Medical authorities link brain fire to digestion and blood purity, urging Warner's safe pills. The New York Tribune describes cremation times at high heat and ash composition, noting body mass affects ash proportion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.H. Reeve
Indiana
Warner
Dio Lewis
Rochester
New York Tribune
Health Reform Advice Promotes Ho tetters Stomach Bitters
An 19th century advertisement urges timely routine and reduced tobacco use to prevent dyspepsia nervousness and biliousness. It claims Ho tetter's Stomach Bitters restores stamina aids digestion and helps convalescence while preventing fever kidney bladder and rheumatic ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Tetter
Chaff in the Vicksburg Trenches and Other Dispatches
Report covers Civil War era skirmish remarks from Vicksburg lines with Johnny and Yank banter and near fourth of July plans. Also notes 1884 Magdeburg trichiniosis cases with 466 infections and 66 deaths, and German pig meat cooking guidance. Mentions White Mountain forest land shifts to speculators and railroads impacting New Hampshire water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Grant
Elberfend
Germany
State Department
Washington
Magdebourg
Pois
Berlin
White Mountain
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Notre Dame publicizes Red Star Cough Care benefits at seminary
The Notre Dame ladies seminary in Govanstown near Baltimore certifies the Red Star Cough Care helps coughs chest oppression and throat irritation with no opiates or poisons. Health boards in Brooklyn and Baltimore endorse its virtues as a new remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic’ Ladies Seminary
United States
Notre Dame
Govanstown
Baltimore
Boards of Health of
Brooklyn
Opening of the Motel Brunswick in New York
The Hotel Brunswick reopens September 1 under IIT Southgate managing European and American plans for patrons seeking quiet, elegant accommodations. Potter & Stymus now own, renovating extensively. restaurant and lobby areas updated to modern standards. Cod Liver Oil ads and various products accompany the notice, with references to other hotels and travel details, including the Grand Union Hotel offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
New York City
IIT. Southgate
Messrs. Potter & Stymus
Enormus Est
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Cnarrep
Gram Centre
Grand Univn
Etty
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Véra
New England
Maine
Mousehold
Photographic Times
Photographers' Association of America
Buffalo
Arsenal
Pierce
Orexon
Dr. Sage
World's Ispensary Medical Association
N. X
Kerever & Co
Boston
Isaac Thompson
Charles A. Vogeler
S.S. S
John F. Bradley
Detroit
Mich
Griswold St
Swift Specific CO
Beeson
Wm. Dycoppel
Philadelphia
Hood
Mme
Henry Schroeder
St. Mary's
Austin
Crank
Farmer
Lee
Muss
DSA
Maller
Cirenar Ely Brothers
B. O. Merrill & Co
Chicago
Jefferson M’ Fa Co
Toledo,o
J. C. Hoffman
Jefferson, Wisconsin
Sark Deposit Co
Seattle
Wash
Territory
Blair
Valentini
Jet
PLO
Bex Sh
Lyne
Maes
L. Buner
Washington, D. C
Janesville
Wis
Renton Masa
Baxronp
Gixcen
Sanford
Cincer
H. A. Hartley & Coo's
Washington St
Bome
Brussels
Ha, Hartley & CO
Stee Boston
San Joao
Sanford’s Cincer
H. A. Hartley & Co
Winsow
Heckmondwike
Heckmondwike Carpete
Orerger
Heck Mom
H. A. Hartlay &Co
Bugs
Eeest
Worcester
Mas
Wilms
Hunt
C. H. Draper
Main St
Marine Engineers
Cleveland
Oho
William Jones
Marine Enginest
Hanover Street
Hunt's Remedy Co
Providence
R.L
U. S. Grant
Meeican Publishing CO
Hartford Outen
Cincinnati
Ridge
Gordon
Burns
KG. Richards
Toledo
Ohio
Chichester
Chemical Os
Madison Sc
Philade
New York Elastic Truss Company
B' Dway
New
Cureata Piros
The
Ana Chemical Co
JF Ohio
Murphy Bros, Ag Ta
Oldom
ALL, Smith
Bradford
Bu Ists
Artaaenens
Fraser
Probston
Nya
Paris
Stephens
R. U
Lorillard
Foriland
Bright
Springfeld
Mass
Albert Holt
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