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54 stories matching rheumat
- Seattle's Miracle Medicine Salesman
Prominent citizens and former councilmen endorse G. C. Phinney's 'Swamp Angel' rheumatic cure.
- The Mystery of the 'Swamp Angel' and the Ship Olympia
A century-old newspaper advertisement disguised as a news report used the haunting tale of a lost vessel to peddle a patent medicine for rheumatism.
- The Ghost of a Shipwrecked Log
A bottle washed ashore at Cape Flattery brings a message from a ship doomed by fire, while a local business turns the tragedy into a strange marketing stunt.
- A Community's Gift to a Stricken Laborer
When a worker was left destitute and suffering from inflammatory rheumatism, local merchants and friends in Seattle rallied to set him up in his own business.
- A Homesteader Investigates Wailing at a Haunted Spring
A pioneer’s harrowing encounter with mysterious, unearthly screams near Lake Washington turns out to be a clever advertisement for a patent medicine.
- The Passing of a Maritime Patriarch
Capt. F. C. Pendleton, 66, part owner of the brig Virgil T. Price, died of inflammatory rheumatism in Seattle.
- The Ghostly Wails of Lake Washington
A pioneer’s terrifying nightly ordeal near a 'haunted' spring ends not with a supernatural discovery, but with a piece of patent medicine marketing.
- Homesteader and Dog Trace Wailing to Haunted Spring
A lonely homesteader at Lake Washington uncovers a 'supernatural' mystery that turns out to be a very human, 19th-century marketing scheme.
- The Ghostly Wailing of Lake Washington
A lonely homesteader’s terrifying nocturnal encounter leads to a discovery that reveals the ‘supernatural’ horror was nothing more than a discarded medical bottle.
- The Haunted Spring Mystery
A lonely Lake Washington homesteader risks his life to find the source of an uncanny, mournful wailing in the woods, only to discover a bizarre piece of litter at the center of the phenomenon.
- The Ghost of Haunted Spring
A lonely homesteader near Lake Washington discovers the source of a terrifying, mournful wail that had been disturbing his cabin nights.
- A Homesteader Hears Wailing at the Haunted Spring
A local homesteader hunts a terrifying, wailing spirit near Lake Washington, only to find a very earthly culprit.
- The Haunted Spring and the Swamp Angel
A terrified homesteader stalks a mysterious, inhuman wailing in the woods near Lake Washington, only to find a very modern solution to his suffering.
- The Haunted Spring Mystery of Lake Washington
A lonely squatter in the dense forests of early Seattle hears a terrifying, otherworldly wail that threatens his sanity until he discovers the source in the brush.
- A Homesteader's Dog Fears the Wailing Lake Washington Spring
A lonely homesteader near Lake Washington discovers the source of the mysterious, discordant sounds that have been terrorizing his nights—and his dog.
- The Ghost in the Willow at Lake Washington
A lonely homesteader’s terrifying encounter with an 'uncanny wailing' near the shores of Lake Washington ends in a discovery that speaks more to the era’s aggressive patent medicine marketing than the supernatural.
- The Sad Collapse of the Traveling Show
After years of bringing entertainment to Spokane, a promoter’s carnival empire crumbles into a heap of legal seizures and rheumatism.
- The Ghost of Haunted Spring Was Just a Bottle of Rheumatic Medicine
A pioneer camping near Lake Washington finds his dog paralyzed with terror by a 'weird, unearthly wailing,' only to discover the source was a discarded bottle of cure-all tonic.
- The Snake Oil of Snohomish
A century-old miracle cure for man and beast that promised to heal everything from rheumatism to ‘hollow horn’.
- Homesteader Investigates Wailing at Lake Washington Spring
A lonely homesteader chases a supernatural wailing into the woods, only to discover a surprisingly commercial origin for his ghostly disturbances.
- The Mustard Plaster Misadventure
A traveler seeking relief from rheumatism accidentally treats the wrong man to a painful surprise.
- The Unexplained Ending at Snoqualmie
A local saloon keeper was found dead with a bullet through his heart, leaving behind a revolver six feet away and a town full of questions.
- The Man Who Beat Death with 'New Science' in Seattle
A local resident details his miraculous recovery from rheumatism and kidney failure after conventional doctors gave up on him.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Arthur P. Kent
A man vanishes from his familiar haunts, leaving behind unpaid debts and a forgotten bank certificate.
- The Patent War Over the Electric Bath Robe
A public spat between a Spokane physician and an local 'professor' reveals the cutthroat market for pseudo-scientific wellness devices.