The Needle Eye Hospital Case of Number Nine
At a hospital ward a ten year old boy known as Number Nine lies under care as Dr. Fletcher and Dr. Parks debate his diagnosis and plan. Nurse McManus, a former baseball player, investigates possible misdiagnosis while Number Nine reveals his father abused him and that he fears an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Fletcher
Dr. Parks
Number Nine
Fletcher
Parks
Sharp
Eye Hospital
Robert McManus
McManus
M McManus
Bob
Mae
Chris
Gaien
Dr. MecIvor
Dr. MeIvor
Parka
Faras
New England
Anesthesia
de Florence
Ae & Ieee
Lencramus
Pletcher
Barney Gilligan
Lalgely
Bmi Manus
Ness
Goliza
Urate
Needle Eye Hospital
Robi
Occupations That Kill Time
London readers learn of extreme time pressures in home and factory tasks. The piece cites seven workers spending 48½ hours to fix three doors and 260 hours on three windows, plus brutal pay and harsh conditions in matchbox making, shirt finishing, jam making, fruit packing, and naval coaling. It highlights the Sweating Commission case and dangerous bottling, with stark examples of wages and peril across multiple trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West End
Saing House
East End
Sweating Commission
Facn Orange
Jesa
St. Martin's
Brock
Tortugal
Tagua
Summer Complaint and Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry
A brief note references a remedy for summer complaint. It mentions Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as kept handy for the bowels. The tone evokes a period home medicine approach.
Crimes and curious clues from many countries
A collection of cases shows thieves caught by mirrors photographs and notes. Adolph Morley, a valet, stole jewels from Mr Brittain in Porchester Terrace. Zeltner used a photo to reveal his burglary at a Vienna drapery, and Capron was exposed by a Berne postman after a self portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pearson's Weekly
Adolph Morley
Brittain
Porchester Terrace
Drittain
Jic
Austria
Vienna
Zeltner
Berne
Switzerland
Durerne
Canton
Soleure
Capron
N. BP. Ge As
de Wet
Germany
Markowski
Kustria
Frau Markowski
Kevink Hint
Maury Rodgers
Bennington
New Ope
Pile Cure Advertised By Doctors In 1900s Letter Campaign
A smear of testimonial letters advocates E-ru-sa Pile Cure claiming it clears piles without mercury or opiates. Dr L Griffin and W G Taylor endorse the remedy as safe and effective, with several druggists named along Washington Avenue and 26th Street in a regional promotional blitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. L. Griffin
Los Angeles
California
L. Greffin
U. S
W.G. Taylor
E-ra-sa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manus
Olivier Henry
Sydney Porter
Fadder
Samuel Crann
Batley
Yorkshire
Fielding
Lancashire
Clege
Crann
Secmen
Hanging Heaton
Butch
Pentivaoye
Iva Valty
Gannine
WAFF
Almera
Chicheste
Metaille
Boxer Eraled
Wits Biderbhon
United States
W. Badcon
Wash
I. G. Knoth
26Th St
T. F. Carr
Grant Ave
Geo
F. Cave
Geo, A. Lowe Co
Utah
Leel
Ted
Washington Avenue
F. C. Parkinson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!