Ragged Boy and the Fatherly Test of Charity
Archbishop Magee retells a tale from his youth in Drogheda Ireland where he asks his father the vicar for aid for a beggar child. The father replies the family must share their own meals and clothes first and lets the boy decide whether to skip his dinner to help the boy. The moral recalls a lesson on charity.
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Theo
Magee
St. Peter's
Drogheda
Ireland
Toanvot
Willie
Iad
Town preacher confronts rude youths during prayer meeting
In a small town near Brovideries the psator, renowned for eloquence, faces two youths who scoff at the service. After they insult the meeting when asked why they attend, he seizes them by the collars and leads them out, muttering a quip about miracles.
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Brovideries
Boston Globe
Shaky Morning and a Lone Water-Carrying Crowd Comment
A fragmentary quote shows an employer addressing Michael about a rocky morning while noting the Kia wagon and a single person in the crowd who took water.
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Michael
Wondrous Celery Compound Brought New Life to Pain Sufferer
A patient abused by neuralgia and failing six doctors finds relief after trying Paine's Celery Compound. She reports vanished pain improved digestion and restored eyesight and credits Wells Richardson Co. with curing her after years of misery. She praises the medicine and shares gratitude from Toronto.
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Wells & Richardson Co
Paine
Paleo
Mra
Thos
McMastr
Cumberland St
Toronto
George William Curtin
Northrop & Lyman
Aclantiste
Tennyson and Voices on God Love and Duty
Fragmented reminiscences discuss Tennyson and his son Baya, noting a meditation on God’s love and human limits, a question about revolution, and a child’s inquiry mirrored by a known proverb. The text shifts to health ads and letters praising Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil, with endorsements from readers.
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Tennyson
Baya
God Alone Heals a Bleeding Heart
A terse line asserts faith as the sole remedy for sorrow and heartbreak, implying spiritual comfort and divine aid in healing emotional wounds. The phrasing points to devotional sentiment rather than practical help or secular solutions.
Kidney Pills Reformulate Town Constable’s Health
Mr. B. Kaisley of Hagersville Ontario, after 18 years as town constable, reports kidney and bladder weakness cured by three boxes of Donna Kidney Pills. He recalls nightly awakenings and says the pills eliminated the symptom and recommends them for kidney or bladder trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Kaisley
Hagersvilll
Ontario
Mr. Kinsley
Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills Promoted as Vitality Restorer
An advertisement touts Parméleo’s Vegetable Pills as a remedy for chronic stomach liver and blood derangements. It claims the active principal stimulates dormant energies to remove disease and renew life and vitality.
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Thomas Tamblyn
Oshawa
Ont
Parmelee
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Germany
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Dalry
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Hamilton
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the Free Press
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Scranton
Georgetown Electric Works
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