Mother's Letter Praises Peruna Cure for Catarrh
Mrs M K Bousch of Richmond Virginia and her eleven year old daughter Pearl recount their catarrh cures after using Peruna. The letter urges others with catarrh to try Peruna and notes successful results for both mother and child. The ad highlights Dr Hartman and the Peruna Medicine Co offering information from Columbus Ohio.
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M. K. Bousch
Richmond
Pearl
M. K. Bowsch
Perana
M. K- Bousch
Misa Teorl
Bryan
Miss Pearl Bousch
Harn
Peruna
Giany
Perina Medicine Co. Columins
Girl Astonishes Surgeons at Philadelphia Hospital
A young Philadelphia patient sundered by a neck dislocation is saved when a nurse and doctors reset his head after a bizarre skylarking incident. The man regained full movement and thanked the clinicians, praised by all for a miraculous recovery. In another item from West Pembroke, Maine, a 13 year old girl’s “crazy spells” were cured after Dodd’s Kidney Pills, with the mother reporting dramatic improvement and continued use. Doctors warned of limits but the tale ends with renewed health and a note on tonic remedies.
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Sewarden
Nurge
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Wright
Jeffries
Corbett
Wright
Medination
West Pembroke
A. L. Stith
Dodd
Adid Berlth
Horseless vehicles for farmers use inventor Bergin of Chicago
Electric powered farm wagon on a trolley system aims to replace horse haulage. Overhead power wire feeds a motor on the wagon with a parallel return line to avoid shocks. The device promises heavy loads with low current cost and no onboard batteries or generators.
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Daniel S. Bergin
Chicago
A Panther's Den Revealed by Cleanliness and Diet
A writer from Outing describes discovering a cougar family's den in a rock shelter by a creek. The dam's clean feeding habits are shown by bone remnants placed on a bench, with kits cleaning remains. Diet includes rabbits marmots pikas elk and occasional badgers.
Solid air resists hammer in early experiments
A scientist converted liquid air into a small solid mass that appeared transparent like ice and as elastic as rubber. When struck with a hammer, the solid air rebounded, suggesting possible commercial use though more tests are needed. The note ends with observations on aging marriages and a quip about domestic convenience.
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St Cound
Germany
Origin of Fahrenheit thermometer and Newton’s scale history
A condensed history traces Fahrenheit’s thermometer origin to Newton’s 1701 paper in Philosophical Transactions, explaining Newton’s glass tube with linseed oil and a 12 part scale from freezing to body heat, later adjusted by Fahrenheit to 24 then to finer increments. The piece notes adjustments by Celsius-like refinements and links to the instrument now used, followed by an unrelated medical advertisement for Doan’s Kidney Pills urging public use and a free trial offer from Foster Milburn Co.
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Sir Samuel Wilks
Isaac Newton
Newton
Philosophical Transactions
Earth
Fahrenhelt
Krenhelt
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Reuters
C. J. McMurra
Freeport
Iroquois Street
Doan
Mr. McMurray
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Irreparable loss at venison feast recalled
Fragmented reminiscence cites an English venison feast where Sir Toshua Reynolds faced rebuke for poor conversation. A neighbor taunted him after swallowing fat without savor, while other scattered lines advertise diverse 1902-era notices and health tips.
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England
Toshua Reynolds
Reynolds
Christian Science Deaths and Health Claims in Boston
Editorial notes a low death rate among Christian Science members, citing 2.32 per 1,000 in the mother church of 27,000, compares with Boston's 19.7 per 1,000 and insurance-policy deaths, and questions the faith’s health claims while contrasting with other societal views. Also includes ad-like notices about skincare and a Price-Price exchange about a careless nurse, from Philadelphia Press.
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Boston
Christian Science
Christian Scheere
Ball's Catarrh Cure and Other Ephemera Noted
A jumble of 1901 era notices and jokes, including remedies with prices, railroad and travel promos, humorous excerpts, and a patient record of quirky clippings. It mentions Doan's Ointment for itching piles, a new automobile feat, and Sunday excursions to Chicago via Nickel Plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Low Rates to Boston via Nickel Plate Road in October 1902
Travel deals announce discounted fares to Boston from October 7 to 11 with return options through October 3. Extended return until November 12 upon ticket deposit and mall fee. Nearby agents and C A Asterlin, T P A, Fort Wayne listed. Also notes reduced New York rates October 3,4,6 via Nickel Plate with return to October 14. No. 187.
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Pointe
Fort Wayne
Lod
Washington
Nickel Plate
Maul
C. A. Ascertin
Fortayne
Ind
Cleveland
Ohio
Louis Kossuth
Nickel Plate Road
Neareat
C. A. Asteriin
Chicago
Mickel Plate
Boston
Mass
C. A. Asterlin
Inn
New York
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Brooklyn
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Holyoke, Mass
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