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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;morgen94, post: 12674, member: 217&quot;]Thank you all who kindly suggested places to which the paper can go. I will research each of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Skeezix, for the fascinating information about Dr. Keeley&#039;s cure bottles. I was particularly interested in the &quot;Gold Cure&quot; embossed on the bottle, as this is what the relevant obit said about that (with apologies for the length, but it is worth it to include the details, I think):</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;<i>The sudden death of Lieutenant Schwatka at Portland yesterday morning was a tragic occurrence of special interest to Olympia, as the eccentric explorer resided in this city for two months during the past summer. He came here from Portland on June 15 to take the Keeley cure. A few minutes after his arrival at the Olympia hotel, and while he was yet sober, he telephoned...for a reporter. It is presumed he wished to make an announcement of his proposed reformation, but the interview he desired was never had, for though a reporter went at once to the hotel, when he reached it the lieutenant&#039;s condition had undergone a change and he no longer cared to talk connectedly.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; While he remained at the hotel he was a guest who required a great deal of attention, as he did not recover from his intoxication. In a couple of days he was removed to St. Peter&#039;s hospital, where Dr. Watt treated him before he was in a condition physically to begin taking the Keeley treatment. The care of the explorer during those first two weeks taxed the patience of the physician and the attendants to the utmost. About the first of July the lieutenant received his first injection of bi-chloride of gold. Usually, after the patient has been treated for three days, he refuses further doses of liquor. It was not so with Schwatka, however. His was no ordinary appetite for drink. The bi-chloride remedy found in him a foe worthy of its gold. But Dr. Watt kept injecting the fluid in him, and he finally succumbed. It was a strange sight when Lieutenant Schwatka at last refused a drink. He said he felt like a liberated slave and he expressed a firm determination to remain sober during the remainder of his life...&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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