Doctoring Royal Patients in History’s Boundaries
Mrs Hooper’s Paris Letter recalls Queen Isabella’s circle and Queen Mercedes in Madrid. A German typhoid specialist refused to prescribe without seeing the patient, sparking debate on royal etiquette. In Russia, Botkin was allowed to examine the empress and treatment proceeded despite protests, illustrating strict court rules.
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Hooper
Paris
Fauvel
Spain
Isabella
Mercedes
Madrid
J. R. Lowell
Russia
Czarina
Alexander
Botkin
Dr. Botkin
Percentage. Confusions in calculating percentage changes
The New York Journal of Commerce discusses common pitfalls with percentage changes. It explains increases from 20 to 25 as 25 percent and warns that decreases from 25 to 20 amount to 20 percent, while price drops from 30 to 10 are not correctly labeled as 66 2/3 percent loss.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Newralgis
Athiophoros
Hiss
Sage Pete SP Agroros Co
Wall
New York
Grain and Dairy Prices From Milwaukee Markets
Market prices show wheat around 81 to 87.5 cents, corn 30 to 31 cents, oats 28 to 29 cents, rye 49 to 58 cents, barley 45 to 68 cents, flax seed about 1.05 to 1.11 dollars, pork around 10.25, lard 6.05, butter 15 to 20 cents, eggs 19 to 20 cents, with flour shipments at 7,000 barrels. Other cities list similar commodity quotes for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Pasteur’s Hydrophobia Cure Doubt and Red Star Claim
Questioning Pasteur’s hydrophobia cure while endorsing Red Star Cough Cure as a non narcotic vegetable remedy. The ad claims rapid relief for lung trouble and lists a price of 25 cents.
Iowa Prohibition Convention Calls for New Enforcement Legislation
The Iowa Prohibition convention demands additional legislation to strengthen enforcement of the prohibitory law. Delegates pressed for stricter penalties and clearer statewide procedures to curb illegal sale and possession of intoxicants.
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Iowa
General Rufus Ingalls Endorses St Jacobs Oil
General Rufus Ingalls, Quartermaster General of the U S Army, proclaims St Jacobs Oil the best pain cure they have ever used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Ingalls
U. S. Army
St. Jacobs
Man in Box Fires Shot Aiming at Dog in Stage Tragedy
At the Park theatre in Nashville a patron in the proscenium box fired a pistol during the Gold King performance. He believed the Newfoundland attack scene was real and said he aimed to save the actor, not hurt the villain. The ball lodged in scenery. the man was detained by police.
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Nashville
Mr. Thompson
Judge Harry White Arrested in Indiana Pa Forgery Case
Judge Harry White, an ex congressman and brigadier general, was arrested in Indiana Pa on forgery charges. The information, filed by his brother Thomas White, concerns altering defacing and falsifying a document in the Indiana county orphans court where White is executor and chief beneficiary of a will disputed by his mother’s heirs.
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Harry White
Indiana
Thomas White
Alex White
Allen’s Lane Balsam for Coughs and Croup
Allen’s Lane Balsam for coughs and croup contains no opium and is recommended by physicians ministers and nurses. It reliably relieves symptoms and is sold by druggists at 25c 50c or 1 a bottle. The silver movement seeks to expand coin freedom.
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Allen’s Lane
Decorative Art Dye Directions for Mosses Grasses and Ivory
About five thousand Pennsylvania coal miners are on a strike. Explicit directions to every use are given with the Diamond Dyes For dyeing Mosses Grasses Eggs Ivory Hair and more. Wells Richardson Co Burlington VI distribute them through druggists.
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Richardson & Co
Burlington, VI
Pennsylvania
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup Offer
Dr. C D Warner of Chicago offers two free bottles of a tar syrup remedy to ministers lawyers doctors and teachers who recommend it to friends and have a dealer order a dozen bottles. Also notes many snow slides and loss of life reported from Colorado.
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Warner
Holy Land
C.D. Warner
Chicago
Ill
Colorado
Ce Marshall
Mich
Kidney-Wort Promotes Healthy Kidney Function
An advertising roundup notes Kidney-Wort as a natural aid to cleanse the kidneys and support normal urine flow. It mentions Dr Thomas Anderson and a Roscoe dealer endorsing the product and echoes other patent medicines and hair care claims from local merchants.
Cheer Up with Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription
Aimed at delicate ladies who suffer from headaches fullness back pain and low spirits the piece urges cheerful outlook and promotes Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a timely remedy for female irregularities weaknesses and related affections.
millwaukee commission men fail and cures offered
J. B. Oliver & Co. of Millwaukee have failed. Advertises radical cures for all diseases of the lower bowel including pile tumors. Offers a Book of particulars for 10 cents in stamps. World’s Dispensary Medical Association located at 663 Main Street, Buffalo, NY.
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J. B. Oliver & Co
Millwaukee
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Flax Harvest Ends as Pipestone Farmers Plow Late
The Pipestone county report notes farmers cutting late flax and plowing on December 31. Other items mention a Freeborn county stock insurance talk, cures by Sage's Remedy and Jones Red Clover Tonic, a 1885 divorce tally in Freeborn, and a Canby German church fundraiser raffling a cow.
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Pipestone County
Farmers’ Stock Insurance Company
Freeborn County
Ely's Dream Balm touted for catarrh and hay fever relief
An old advertisement extols Ely's Dream Balm and Ely's Cream Balm as swift remedies for catarrh colds and hay fever with claimed permanent benefit. It notes use by applying into the nostrils and lists prices 50 cents in stores and 60 cents by mail. Also mentions endorsements by A G Chase and W G Babbage and a local election headline about A L Lewis.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Owego
N. Y
A. G. Chase
M. D
Millwood
Kansas
W. G. Babbage
Hardinsburg
Mrs. Winter credits Brown's Iron Bitters with cure
A St Paul resident reports her husband sick to the point of not keeping food down and says Brown's Iron Bitters cured him. She claims neighbors now use it after witnessing his recovery and mentions local sentiment across Watertown Dakota and other product ads in the same column.
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F. Winter
de Soto St
St. Paul
Minn
Brown
Cole's Carboli salve promises quick cure for skin irritations
Itches and irritations of the skin and scalp, burns and ulcers, piles and insect bites are claimed to be quickly cured by Cole's Carboli salve. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes at drujgists.
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Cole
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Ayer
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Red Clover Tonis
Bigelow
Canby
A. L. Lewis
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West St. Paul
Watertown
Dak
Remington
Tutt’s
Saskatchewan
W. J.abernethy
Pioneer Press
Tee
Santos
Sioa Cree
Esterbrook
Sevenencone Steel Pen CO
Camden
N. J
John St
New Yorks
Cr ‘Ters
America
ST. Paul, Minn
D ’ Raggist
Chomisi
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
Lyon
W. J. Abernethy
Minneapolis
Mensman
Casnelul, Hazarp & Co
Proprietors
Charles
CT Jacobs Ol
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
DR. Whittier
Rand
Clive
Pullman Palace Car Co
Mason & Hawkin Ng the & Piano Co
Les Sor
Free
Gloucester
Mass
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Nueces
Porter Davuc Ann Chemical Co
la Crosse, Wis
Cate
Rss Crue
Sec
N. W. Mutual Endowment Society
Minneapolis, Minn
Laundry Minn
Express
Code Steam Laundry
2D Ave. S
Dane
FNTE
B. H. Merrill & Co
Prees
P.O. Addrees
R. H. Shumway
Minnesota
Wisconsi Wyckoff
Shamans & Benedi
Bishop
Fargo
South Theron
T. J. Hout
Montgomery, Mery, Ala
Atlanta
St. N
Vogetbiog Snl
Rosen
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