October 27, 2024
Tag: Quack Medicine
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The Healing Hands of Mahlon Locke
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Dr. Mahlon Locke built a reputation for treating rheumatism in the 1920s and 1930s. Denounced as a “faith healer” but admired as a “foot twister” and “hoof doctor,” he treated thousands of sufferers at his clinic in Williamsburg, Ontario.
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June 18, 2023 3 Comments
It sure is fun to have postcards remind you of things forgotten. Words like “Allemande,” “Promenade,” and “Balance” no longer raise my hackles, but when they are said in any setting where folk music is played, and someone could yell, “let’s dance,” they send chills down my spine. Forget all this. The postcards are beautiful.