Strength in swimming and safe handling in water
The Youth's Companion notes two drowning incidents, applauds youths who saved others, and warns that strong swimmers cannot lift drowning people. It urges healthy youths to train in water, practice with old clothes to simulate encumbered bathing, and balance zeal with prudence.
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Heenan
Hoya Humane Society of London
Cecil Stanley Manning
Murray
Thames
Hampton Court
Anthony
Charles Ellwood
Mind Reading Dog Rags Dodges Bath Pranks in New York Tales
A storied dog named Rags, companion to a prominent New York woman, outsmarts a planned bath by hiding when she dons the blue checked gingham apron. The dog later ends up bathed after a theatrical game of hide and seek, as recounted to a Chicago News reader.
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Rags
New York City
Broadway
Chicago News
Impure Water in a Well Warns of Health Risk
A New York Times report warns that impurity in a household well water signals possible contamination from cesspools or surface drainage and even dead vermin. Boiling may be required as commentary notes filtration may not remove dissolved contaminants. advise emptying and cleaning the well and adding an upper drain to prevent percolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ocean study finds warmer central Mediterranean water
Vienna Academy of Sciences expedition reports central basin waters warmer and saltier than the western basin. Light penetration limited to 43 metres with plates affected at 500 metres, oxygen rising then falling to surface-equivalent at 3000 metres. No free carbonic acid detected. Nitrogenous content inversely tied to depth. ammonia peaking at greatest depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Academy of Sciences
Mediterranean
Trenton
N. J
General Franz Sigel in later years on New York road
The New York Sun notes General Franz Sigel at 66 shows wear from life. Once a Baden revolutionary leader, he arrived in New York 43 years ago and served in the American Civil War 30 years ago, with a prolific career as soldier, politician and writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Sigel
Carlsruhe
Germany
New York
New York Sun
Mormonism in Tahiti thrives under French rule
Judge Charles Leconte of Tahiti says Mormonism prospers on the island with about ten thousand natives and one white leader, Bishop Smith. The native leader is wealthy, a pearl diver earning about $50,000 last year, while polygamy is not openly practiced.
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Charles Leconte
Tahiti
Grand Pacific Hotel
Island
Bishop Smith
Brigham Young
United States
Chicago Post
Editor in Bad Humor Delivers Sick Day Page
In a humorous exchange the editor’s child asks why papa is in a mood and the editor explains the regular comic writer is ill and he must keep the department running. The dialogue showcases newsroom dynamics and a light backstage moment.
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Papa
Hood's Sarsaparilla for Dyspepsia and Loss of Appetite
The advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable remedy for loss of appetite indigestion and sick headaches. It claims the medicine gently tones the stomach and restores natural hunger, noting that women in delicate health soon crave plain food with renewed relish after a few days' use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
The Cottonseed Industry Growth And Shifts
The article notes cottonseed changed from waste to a major industry employing over 220,000 workers and supporting nearly 200 miles of lines with 40 fertilizer plants. It compares 1880s oil mills at 40 with 194 mills by 1890s, boosting capital from 3.5 million to over 20 million. It cites consolidation by the Cotton Oil Trust and forecasts 1890 91 crushings from 1.9 million tons yielding 37 million gallons to about 0.8 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Oil Trust
Minted Gold Lost to Circulation Estimates Narrowed
Treasury declines to estimate official loss from gold circulation. Current losses range from 25 million to 100 million dollars, with no verifiable figure. Washington Letter notes the amount out is far less than 244,050,905 dollars and that no precise tally can be confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises $100 Reward
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh at all stages. The ad states the medicine treats the constitutional nature of the disease, improves strength, and offers $100 to any case it fails to cure. It directs to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo and notes suspension of sales through druggists at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Syrup of Figs and Laxatives Pitched With Medical Claims
Advertisements tout Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleanser for kidneys liver and bowels claimed to dispel colds headaches and cure habitual constipation. An aged Roxbury New York resident is cited as 106 years old per records. Other patronage pitches include Dr Kline nerve restorer offers free trial bottle and a Lutheran church claim of 2700 parochial schools.
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Eli Gray
Roxbury, N. Y
Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health Restore
Claims the medicine cures liver torpor and impure blood by removing causes. It purifies and enriches the blood strengthens appetite aids digestion builds strength when health falls below standard. Advertises as a remedy for dyspepsia liver complaint scrofula and any blood taint with guaranteed benefit or money back.
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Dr. Pierce
Blood Poison Recovery Promoted by S S S Remedy
Three years ago I moved from Hot Springs due to blood poison. Mercury and doctors failed, then S S S from prompt advice restored health and work. Jasper Nocut of Liberty Tenn endorses it and cites others cured. W W Hinman of Mount Vernon Ohio reports his son cured by one bottle Swift's Specific, recommended for skin diseases and blood troubles.
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S.S.S
W. H. Hinman
Mount Vernon
Swift
S. S.S
August Flower For Dyspepsia, G G Green Ad
The ad promotes August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach and liver troubles. It notes twenty years of growth from a small town to nationwide sales and a large manufacturing plant. G G Green, Sole Manufacturer in Woodbury New Jersey, endorses its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Green
Woodbury, NJ
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Washington, D.C
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Kline
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pletham
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Roxbury, Mass
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Canada
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U.S. Pension Bureau
Sige Free
Em. Dye
Buffalo, N. Y
Jasper Nocut
Liberty, Tenn
Atlanta, Ga
Wien
Sapolio
Lovell
Piarond
Keamer
Sieke
Bicycle
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Roston, Mass
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U.S
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