Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Kidney Trouble Claim
An advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble and dropsy with a testimonial from Mrs. May Howard of Estherville Iowa. It cites relief from back pain headaches and swelling and promotes Foster Milburn Co as US agent. Also included is a historical note on Archimedes his lever and devices and a brief trivia about his engineering legacy.
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Dean
May Howard
9Th St
Estherville
Iowa
Bright
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Redel Archimedes
Archimedes
Turke and Raki A Converted Turk Describes Raki
A converted Constantinopolitan claims Turks drink raki to excess and threaten their religion. He notes Mohammed forbade wine but raki, made from mantle gum, was unknown in his time. He describes raki as white with a gin like taste and details a Turkish meal with saffron cream and baklava. He mentions self harm by breaking glasses when drunk.
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Mohammed
Minneapolia Journal
Women at Work in Early Modern England
The article cites St Martin in the Fields church wardens accounts showing Elizabeth Bartlett casting the second bell and other women paid the same as men for equal work. It also notes Fleet Prison records naming the first female warden in 1217, who earned the same as her deceased husband, illustrating that women held paid roles beyond constrained spheres.
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England
St. Martin’s-In-the-Fielda
Elizabeth Bartlett
Fleet Prison
Robert
Bucklen Arnica Salve credited for cold sore cure
Leo F. Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo NY says Bucklen Arnica Salve cured his cold sore after two applications over two days. The product heals all sores and is sold under guarantee at Williams and Anderson's drug store. Also noted are gun and trap sales and fur trades at North Western Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis.
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Leo F. Zelinski
Gibson St
Buffalo, N. Y
Bucklen
Williams & Anderson
The Chinese Farmer and His Simple Tools
A London King excerpt extols the Chinese farmer’s prowess with only three implements the hoe plow and harrow. It notes the hoe as the primary tool replacing the spade in England and describes the farmer’s skillful use to till level and enrich fields even without oxen.
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England
London
Examination Humor in Normal Echoes Headlines
A Manchester Guardian excerpt notes amusing student misreads and critiques in Normal Echoes. It highlights quips on William Blake precocity and dogmatism, names misreadings, and a rector's wife anecdote about Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Normal Echoes
William Blake
Cromwell
Sodom
Gomorrah
Manchester Guardian
Fat and Disease in Life Insurance Standards
A medical view contrasts male overweight with female dieting toward an ideal body. Dr Brandreth Symonds cites life insurance data showing those under normal weight past age thirty live longer than those at or above standard. Heart disease is as rare among the underfat as across other groups.
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Brandreth Symonds
Ancestral pride and aging health in old society tales
The item shares short notes on weight and age with doctor Symonila finding no very old fat men, while underweights reach eighty. It recounts a titled Englishman’s talk on ancestry and pride, a bishop’s remarriage tale, and a churchverger quip about burial habits. It ends with an ad for Foley's Orino Laxative promoting natural bowel action.
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Newport
Virllain
British lieutenant renames to Leo de Orellana Tollemache
A British Second Battalion Lincolnshire regiment lieutenant, Leo Quintus Tollemache Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemach Tollemache, announces he will be known as Leo de Orellana Tollemache. Also notes Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and prevents pneumonia. Willisme & Andersons.
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Foley
Orino
Williams & Andersons
Lincolnshire Regiment
Leo Quintus
Willisme & Andersons
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Onseler
Northwestern Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Symonila
Jost
Africa
Brompton
Detroit
Mekene
DR. King’s
Dr. King
Earl Shamburg
Cadell
Kas
Anderson
Stockdale
Tet Dans
Jay Johnston & Co
Awuyd
Hawkes
Hawkes Glass
Stouffer
Childs
Girly
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