Ontario Veterinary College advertises animal disease expertise
An old notice from the Ontario Veterinary College and Butcher Shop advertises disease diagnosis and care for domesticated animals. It lists contact points at Joyce Bros. Block, Acton, and rooms at Agney's Hotel in Onlla with prompt day or night service.
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Ontario Veterinary College
The
Veterinary, Medical Society
Ontario Veterinaly College
Joyce Bros. Btroct
Acton
Agney
Onlla
Have you had one taken lately by Ramshaw the artist
Slogan style notice offering portrait sittings by Ramshaw the artist. Courteous attention and satisfactory photographs advertised with reasonable prices. Call today amid favorable weather.
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Ramshaw
Ground floor shop with excellent light on Wyndham or St George’s
Brief note describes a ground floor entrance on Wyndham Street or St George’s with excellent light for a shop. No further details provided.
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Wyndham St
St. George’s
Man seeks steady paid position with home grown nursery work
An advertisement invites men to apply for work at Dominion nurseries. It promises large, up to date facilities and a growing demand for home grown nursery stock. Prior employment is not a barrier. applicants should send a postal card to learn more about opportunities and wages.
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Dominion
McKee’s Amibilious Pill Ad Claims Cure All Biliousness
An advertisement touts McKee’s Vegetable Amibilious Pills as a cure for biliousness and symptoms like dizziness nausea and loss of appetite. It emphasizes vegetable extracts with no calomel and a gentle effect, claiming suitability for habitual constipation neuralgia and bilious headaches. Price 26c per box or 5 boxes for $1.00.
Lumber and moulding suppliers offer long timbers and repairs
An advertisement promotes lumber of 10 12 14 18 foot lengths for bare doors and mouldings. It also urges pump repairs or replacements before cold weather and notes completion capability with a claim of low rates and a sample price of 17.
New Fashionable Goods Stock Featured in Public Sale
A local listing promotes a stock of new and fashionable goods described as modern and desirable. The notice highlights available items in a department style sale, inviting buyers to inspect and purchase from the assortment.
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Sivas
Kansas Plains and People in a Forget-Me-Not Note
A lyrical vignette blends Kansas pride with personal romance. The piece contrasts agrarian life and rail freight growth in Kansas with a ballroom interlude where Lovell declares love to Betty, who reveals a gold coin keepsake and plans to marry.
Betty Lovell Aims For Ball Gown By Kitchen Coup
Betty Lovell schemes to cook Mrs Hughes dinner to raise money for a new gown. She impresses with a perfect meal, then meets Major Lorimer in the kitchen and receives a gold coin as thanks as the regimental ball nears.
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Lorimer
Ming Lovell
Batty
Eb Cook
Bin
Hughes
Bho Burat
Betty
Birs. Hughes
Ainire
Nell
Ti Wem
Bis. Hughes
V. C
Open Letter Warns of Liquor Appetite Spur in Boys
A Presbyterian Banner article from December 80th, 1897 Pittsburgh edition cites a Signor League discussion on liquor sales. It argues that creating appetite for drinks fuels profits and that campaigns target boys, urging nickel-to-dollar missionary work to prevent youth drinking and protect families. It also notes a sanitation tip for cistern water using premanganate to remove odor.
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Presbyterian
Pittsburg
Signor League
Ohio
Ulla
Crate
Athens
Progressive Farming Charms City Folk with Sterilized Milk
Hiram Oatbin explains a plan to pasture cows on sterile land near the patch at Btony Corner for supplying city folks with sterilized milk. The exchange shows a rural scheme turning to urban demand.
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Cornera
Hiram Oatbin
Ike
Courage and tact save a stranger from harm in two frontier tales
A Philadelphia doctor narrowly escapes murder by a ferocious man who suddenly turns hostile, his courtesy foiling the attack. In a second tale, a lone hunter lost among Indians calms a tense standoff with a smile, proving he and the assailants are brothers under shared humanity.
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Dr. Shippen
Philadelphia
Atranger
Ootare
Happiness Not Monopolized by Wealth or Rank
An essay argues happiness cannot be monopolized by rich or poor alike, stressing inner peace over possessions. It contends real joy comes from sacrifice, family care, and heart strength rather than money, status, or external success. The piece cites a San Francisco party observing Mexican bargaining practices and a teacloth priced at $60, later settled at $25.
Lord Roberta in Dublin Arrives as Commander
The Irish authorical figure known as Lord Roberta arrives in Dublin as commander of the Porcertn-trelemoit. He stays at the Shelbourne Hotel and visits the post office to send letters and telegrams. A post office official mockingly scolds him for his name and insists on using a Christian name as well.
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Lord Roberta
Dublin
Spaniards and Cubans defined by birth and status in Cartie essay
In William Eleroy Cartie's Chautauquan essay Cubans and Spaniards are sharply divided by birth and class. He argues Cubans, especially Afro Cubans, are illiterate and oppressed while Spaniards hold estates and professional power. The piece contrasts identities and social hierarchies rooted in colonial prejudice.
Bicycle Traffic Rules Added to Highway Law
The new provision governs bicycle and tricycle travelers on highways. It requires motorists to yield space when possible and cyclists to warn of approach before passing. Overtaken cyclists should step aside, while faster vehicles should pass with care to avoid collisions.
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Io Cano
Triayala Ia
Life of a Trained Nurse Salaries in Training and Service
Elizabeth Robinson Scovil notes in the May Ladies' Home Journal that nurse pay varies widely. Training schools sometimes pay nothing. after graduation head nurses earn twenty to thirty dollars monthly, superintendents five hundred to twelve hundred yearly, district nurses similar to hospital heads, and private nurses fifteen to twenty five dollars a week plus room rent.
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Elizabeth Robinson Scovil
May Ladies’ Home Journal
Varidna
Strawberry Dump Lings From Mrs Rover
A recipe from Mrs S T Rover in the May Ladies Home Journal describes strawberry dump lings. The method hides the filling inside rounds of dough and bakes quickly in a hot oven, with a strawberry batter and optional extra berries folded in.
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T. Rover
May Ladies’ Home Journal
Englishman Mistaken Identities in Street Encounter
A man recalls being mistaken for royalty after likenesses to the Prince of Wales and Duke of Argyll. In a humorous exchange, he tells how a stranger in Sackville Street exclaimed Holy Moses upon recognizing him, illustrating a prankish case of mistaken identity.
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Prince of Wales
Orice
Duke of Argyll
Aithor
Pat
Sackville Street
Moses
Failings of Great Men Clock Worries Professor Thinkard
A Chicago Tribune item notes Professor Thinkard frets over a stopped wall clock in his study after a servant let it run down. He admits winding it but ignores the pendulum suggestion, reflecting on how men and medicines are judged by their actions and Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy.
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Thinkard
Chicago
Ribune
Hood
Coming to the Rescue and a Child's Birthday Moment
A visiting speaker teases Willie about age six as his sister and a visitor recall the boy's early years. The exchange playful ly highlights family memory and a birthday moment.
May Day May Queen Love Poem Extract
A reminiscence from The May Lace Home Journal on a joyful May day. The speaker recalls a beloved sweetheart with bright curls and blushing cheeks, her smile and eyes filling the memory with enduring affection. The verse ends with a tribute to a child named Sam.
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Enzo
Sam
Tuomas
Honsten
Home Journal
Gretna Green Marriage Traditions At Border Village
Across the Scottish border the village of Gretna Green is famed for its swift marriages. Clergy shortages led to celebrants from nearby abbeys performing rites, with Robert Elliott credited for uniting over 8,000 couples in 29 years, including a peak of 198 in 1825. The simple ceremony involves two questions and a consent ring. If either party resides in Scotland for three weeks, marriages can still be sped through there or nearby border towns.
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Clarm
Romence
Great Britain
Lovera
Tejare
Robert Elliott
Scotland
Gretna Green
Fragments from a New York Press poem quip column
A garbled excerpt comments on women and marriage with ironic shopworn lines. It jokes that a spot on a sleeve or a pretty shoe marks a girl and notes how wives seek status and virtue. The piece showcases dated stereotypes and casual humor about femininity.
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New York
A Girl of Resource a Family Squabble and a Wind
Two little girls Lily and Violet wash dolls clothes in a tub on a line. Lily’s brother Jack sweeps the washing away scattering garments on the grass. Vislat steps in as peacemaker noting the wind and urging play.
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Lily
Violet
Master Jack
Tomrant
Vislat
Jack
Diamond Dyes Advert Promises Safe Home Coloring
The notice touts Diamond Dyes as the trusted choice for home coloring, claiming other brands cause ruined garments and family discord. It urges readers to buy from Wella Richardson Co of Montreal, offering a 48 color dye package and instruction booklet, with a guarantee that Diamond Dyes won’t mislead buyers if the Diamond name appears on the package.
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Eme Denleas
Canada
Homo Aysing
Wella & Richardson Co
Montreal
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Acton Free Press
Tux— ‘ Free Press Steam Printing Office
Will Street
Acton, Ont
H.p.moord
J. F. Uren
M.D. D. M. Oitico
Ana Realdanod
BM & Frederick Streets
Ellote
GahipuaTr
Toronto’ University
Mih and
John Streets
Dryden
Bye
Ein
Axp Nose
McLean'a Book
Douglas St
P. O
Guelph
Orrice Hovns
Bsunndats
Atrsep P. Husband, V
Fames
Joyce
Lh. Bennett
L.D
Georgetown
Ontario
Pr. Coghlan
D. D
Orince Owan Brown
J M. Bell
D.D
Bnooxville
Hoon
G. H. Cook
Coltogoeyn
Bi Spadina Ava
Orricy
Atoxm
Cook
LEGAL
Moclean & McLean
Isarratose
Omoe Town Hall
A. McLean
Jro
A. J
B. McLeod
J. Monabb
of Hal- Conveyahter
Money To Loan
Ata
Perryman’s Block
Mescellaneo
Enry Gristares OxtTawa
CaNava
Bellettor
Presnde
Quoebinder
Wyndham
Oliver Williams
Benea Raliog
Mroney. Armers
W. GC. Jackson
Coxvarscoxy
Money Leypen
Oryson
City Hall
Guelpr
Wellington Manuals Fire Insurance Company
John Taylor
W. Hemstreet
Wellington
Halton
Day
H. Ramshaw
Traders’ Bank OF Canada
A. ¥. HW. Jones
J. M. Bond.& CO. Hardware
Blackford & CO
Toronto
McKee
PUIPS
River Street
Thos. Ebbace
John Williams
J.D
Waters’ Bros
the Picture Gallery
Worth & Wear
Williams’ Boot
Mill Street
Linda
Electric Works
J. Speight
Vols
Sphight
Ava
Main Street
Guelph Business College
Herthand ‘Institute
J. Sharp
Portro
Kansas
Woltz
Plains
Kansan
Traloea
Kangas
Farmer
Ton
Deawr Daily Post
Frand
Lovella
Big Arma
Hughes”ook
Betty Lovell
Lee
Mexiqo
Aguas Callientes
Blankets
Blank
Cuba
Spain
Madrid
Havana
William Eleroy Cartie
Willis
Willie
Sadie
Bonnfest
Gretna ‘Green
the Wise Bachelor
Devon
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