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"One of my grandmas used to mix rock candy with whiskey and give it to me as a cough syrup. Back then I thought that was a waste of good rock candy, but it did slow down my cough. I've still got some of the rock candy but I think the whiskey's all gone." - name withheld!
excerpt from email of WO, Aug 1998 - I've been chuckling
over an advertisement I found in an old Nebraska newspaper. It is
entitled: END RHEUMATISM WITH RED PEPPER.
It seems that when you suffer "with"
rheumatism you should try the Red Pepper Rub for the "quickest
relief known." Supposedly nothing has such concentrated,
penetrating heat as red peppers. "Better than BenGay for Instant
Relief." Why,"'just as soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub you feel
the tingling heat." ... " In just three minutes it warms the sore
spot through and through." It "frees" the blood circulation,
breaks up the congestion -- thus making the ole rheumatism
"torture" disappear.
Apparently just any ole Red Pepper
Rub won't do. It has a name: Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made from red
peppers, "costs little at any drug store."
If you don't have rheumatism,
then use it for lumbago, neuritis, backache, stiff neck, sore
muscles, colds in the chest for "almost" instant relief. "Be sure
to get the genuine, with the name Rowles on each package."
Members of Medical Professions -
ARBUCKLE-FIX, Georgia - First female M.D. to graduate from UN Omaha Medical School, 1883.
Practiced in Omaha about three years, then went to Fort Sidney, NE. Took a homestead near what is now Minatare, NE. Married a patient, Nathaniel G. Fix.
BYERLY, W. H. - bio in Compendium of History, ... Western Nebraska, 1909
COFFMAN, Victor H.- from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-1888
CONKLIN, R. E. - bio in Compendium of History ... Western Nebraska, 1909
DENISE, Jacob C. - from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-1888
DINSMORR, Charles McKenzie, A. M., M. D - from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-1888
McKNIGHT, Harmon P. - bio in Compendium of History, ... Western Nebraska, 1909
MERCER, Samuel D. - from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-1888
RALPH, John B. - from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-1888
REED, Walter - As Captain, served 5 years at Ft. Robinson, later published studies on Yellow Fever
REMY, George O. - M. D., bio in "Compendium ... Western NE"
SEYMOUR, James H. - from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-1888
SMITH, Fay M.D. - (1909-1968) from "Bellwood, NE: The First 100 Years"
SMITH, Hal. C., M. D. - biography in "Compendium ... Western NE"
SUMNER, J. B. and ELLA - joint biography for husband & wife, both doctors, can be found in "Compendium ... Western NE"
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