Professional Objections On Physicians Advertising Cards
A reprint from Printer's Ink argues for reputable physicians, surgeons, and dentists to publish minimal daily cards in newspapers. It proposes a physician directory listing name address office hours and specialty to help strangers find trustworthy care and reduce fakirs, with editors assuring credibility.
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New York
Chicago
Cyrus Edson
The
Sun
Times and Evening Post
Mark Smith’s Views Of European Life
The Washington Post reports Hon. Marcus A. Smith, Arizona delegate, returning from Europe and praising English rural life. He mocks British papers for dull content while noting he found real enjoyment in England and plans future travels to rural Britain over big cities.
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Washington Post
Europe
United States
Marcus A. Smith
Congress
Arizona
New Willard
America
England
Great Britain
Well Placed Generosity by Liszt in 1835 French Tour
Liszt visited a small French town in 1835 and faced an audience of seven. He invited the seven to relocate to his hotel for a full concert and supper, then returned the next day to find crowds far larger awaiting admission.
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Liszt
Appetite and Hunger Says Doctor on Fasting
A veteran doctor argues appetite drives most eating and drinking while true hunger seldom harms the body. He cites long fasts by himself and a Brooklyn physician, stating organs resist disease from food lack and illness often follows overindulgence. Hunger, he says, is felt in the mouth and throat.
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Brooklyn
New York Press
Greatest Man Debate Shows Limits of Heroic Praise
A discussion cites Julius Caesar Shakespeare Burns Cromwell Milton and Burns as contenders for greatest, while warning heroism brings discomfort. The piece argues steady, patient effort toward a noble purpose yields lasting value over flashy acclaim and notoriety.
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Lord Brougham
Julius Casar
Professor Gardiner
Cromwell
Laci
Shakespeare
Lord Lytton
Milton
Scotland
Charles Mackey
Burns
King David of the
Leslie
Harper’s Weekly
Rose filled royal and banquet scenes with lavish blooms
The text recalls Dionysius and Verus using rose beds and garlands in banquet and travel, Cleopatra entertaining Antony with rose covered floors, Heliogabalus hosting feasts of abundance, and contemplates extraordinary bird migration speeds. It notes birds reach great heights to reduce air resistance, enabling speeds around 540 to 636 miles per hour for long journeys.
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Dionysius
Verus
Antiochus
Cleopatra
Antony
Heliogabalus
Egypt
Helgolands
Labrador
Brazil
Little Sen Reveals Inventor Dream At Home
A child declares plans to be an inventor, recounting how a missing screwdriver led to improvising with a razor. The exchange shows curiosity and resourcefulness in a domestic setting.
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Papa
Stort
Ostrich Tactics and a Clever Escape Remark
A hunter and taxidermist recounts a South African chase of an ostrich. He spots two heads and necks, wounds one bird, and watches the other flee behind bushes. He follows, fires, and observes the bird outsmart him by shifting course and burying itself in cover, unlike the myth of head burying. The tale likens the maneuver to an Apache Indian’s craft.
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South Africa
White At
Philadelphia Post
Writers and Works That Shaped Literary Lore
Goldsmith wrote the Vicar of Wakefield in six weeks and drew on recollections. Dunn English penned Ben Bolt in 1848. Du Maurier later popularized it. Pope allegedly penned verses on scraps and backs of letters. Bronte’s Jane Eyre faced widespread rejection before triumph. Whittier praised doctors before death. Heine bequeathed all to his wife on condition she remarries.
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Goldsmith
Wakefield
Thomas Dunn English
Ben Bolt
George du Maurier
Alexander Pope
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre
England
Whittier
Heine
Englishman and Turk tale ends in debt settled in next world
A London Telegraph report tells of an Englishman who lent money to a Turk who died unable to pay. On his deathbed the Turk allegedly charged his wife and children to settle the debt, and in a final visit the family, guided by a mollah, each paid her share to avoid facing the father in the afterlife.
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London Telegraph
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W.A. Julian CO
Lemp’s
St. Louis
E. L. Shaw
North Stone
Rosy
Congress and
Court Street
OLD Fashion Saloon
A. H. Rosenstock
Mark Smith
EBLE
Pacific Coast
Grocker Building
San Francisco
Cal
Geo. Whomes
Robert Whomes
Arthur Whomes
Tucson
Col
Los Angeles
S. Spring St
Electrical Supply
HOLSE
F. E. Russell
North Church
Ramblers
Tribunes
Clevelands
Ideals
Daytong
Comfort
Monarch
Gardiner, Worthen & Goss Co
Ziegler’s
Vicente Portonondo
Crescent Cigar CO
West Congress St
Steve Ochoa
Prop
Sts
Fleishman’s
E. Congress
Telephone
George Martin
Cor
Church Congress
Jaeger
Southern Pacific
Yuma
San Xavier
Bowie Railroad
Bowie Station
Ariz
Nogales
Kansas City
L. J. F.aeger Proprietor
E. A. James
William Mason
Lebert & Starkne
Studio
Corneti St. Tucbeon, Arnniz
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