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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

questionableadvice: ~ Modern bath rooms and appliances: a few suggestions about plumbing valuable to home builders or those about to remodel their present dwellings; Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, 1901via Harvard University Library(click to enlarge)

questionableadvice:

~ Modern bath rooms and appliances: a few suggestions about plumbing valuable to home builders or those about to remodel their present dwellings; Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, 1901
via Harvard University Library
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questionableadvice: ~ The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld, Australia); Tuesday July 23, 1901 via Trove

questionableadvice:

~ The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld, Australia); Tuesday July 23, 1901
via Trove

questionableadvice: ~ The Bute County Directory for 1902-3; Bute County, Scotlandvia Internet Archive(click to enlarge)“REPAIRS a speciality. Painless Extraction by the use of Cocaine, &c.”

questionableadvice:

~ The Bute County Directory for 1902-3; Bute County, Scotland
via Internet Archive
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“REPAIRS a speciality. Painless Extraction by the use of Cocaine, &c.”

questionableadvice: ~ The Sunday Times, Perth, W. Australia; Sunday, August 9, 1903via Trove(click to enlarge)“….Dr. William’ Pink Pills. They actually make new blood.”

questionableadvice:

~ The Sunday Times, Perth, W. Australia; Sunday, August 9, 1903
via Trove
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“….Dr. William’ Pink Pills. They actually make new blood.”

questionableadvice: ~ The Housewife’s Treasure. A Manual of Information on Everything That Relates to Household Economies, by Frank M. Reed, 1874(click to enlarge)

questionableadvice:

~ The Housewife’s Treasure. A Manual of Information on Everything That Relates to Household Economies, by Frank M. Reed, 1874
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questionableadvice: ~ Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda Directory, 1911(click to enlarge)“Lady Attendants for Ladies” The Healthatorium - Gaylord & Whitley, props.

questionableadvice:

~ Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda Directory, 1911
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“Lady Attendants for Ladies”

The Healthatorium - Gaylord & Whitley, props.

questionableadvice: ~ Matchett’s Baltimore Directory for 1851via Internet Archive Leeches for sale! - Best Swedish Leeches!

questionableadvice:

~ Matchett’s Baltimore Directory for 1851
via Internet Archive

Leeches for sale! - Best Swedish Leeches!

questionableadvice: ~ Birmingham Iron Age; November 17, 1881via Birmingham Public Library

questionableadvice:

~ Birmingham Iron Age; November 17, 1881
via Birmingham Public Library

questionableadvice: ~ Ottawa Citizen, January 7, 1936(click to enlarge)“An Inferiority Complex is a disturbance in the Subconscious Mind which manifests itself in self-consciousness and lack of confidence….[t]hese are symptoms of “something wrong” within your personality…”

questionableadvice:

~ Ottawa Citizen, January 7, 1936
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“An Inferiority Complex is a disturbance in the Subconscious Mind which manifests itself in self-consciousness and lack of confidence….[t]hese are symptoms of “something wrong” within your personality…”

classifiedhumanity: March 27th, 1910

classifiedhumanity:

March 27th, 1910