Many the great unwashed of the early 20th one C declare witching beliefs about electricity . This advertizing in the April 24 , 1903 Manitoba Morning Free Press ( Winnipeg , Manitoba ) promised to heal what ails ya . From rheumatism to game spinal column to stomach and vesica problem , Dr. Sanden ’s Electric Belt was gross magic .
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See also : Electrified Topsoil ( 1909)Collier ’s Illustrated Future of 2001 ( 1901)Predictions of a 14 - Year - Old ( Milwaukee Excelsior , 1901)The Next Hundred Years ( Milwaukee Herold und Seebote , 1901)What May Happen in the Next Hundred eld ( Ladies Home Journal , 1900 )
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