Yermak Icebreaker Fails in Kara Sea Venture
The Russian icebreaker Yermak with Admiral Makaroff aboard returned to Tromsø after failing to breach Kara Sea ice to reach the Yenisei River. The voyage demonstrated the vessel’s limits in Arctic conditions despite its Baltic and commercial icebreaking achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makaroff
Tromsoe
Norway
Kara Sea
Yenisei
Siberia
Novaya Zemlia
Makaroffi
Pole
North Vale
Baltic
Kronstadt
St. Petersburg
Spitzbergen
Arctic
The Czarage: Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia
A contemporary profile of Tsar Nicholas II on his 31st birthday, a paradoxical ruler praised for tenderness at home yet weighed by imperial burden. It notes his reform mood in the army, a tram anecdote, and lore about a British colonelcy bestowed by Queen Victoria amid European prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Russia
War Office
Queen Victoria
Europe
Years of Suffering Ended by Pink Pills in Ontario
In Petrolea Ontario Mr Thomas Findlay recalls forty years of dyspepsia and stomach pain. After medical attempts and a morphine lull he tried Dr Williams Pink Pills, felt relief within weeks, and has remained well for nearly two years. The report urges sufferers to consider the pills and notes availability from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrolea
Thomas Findlay
Findlay
Mr. Findlay
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
British towns lack public libraries despite counts cited
A brief note compares library provision in the British home towns with Australia noting 844 public libraries and about 1.6 million volumes. It adds a claim about a vast vineyard of 725 acres located at Sunny Slope in Catifornia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Catifornia
Amusing garden party hat feud unmasked
A society rift emerges when Miss A wears a borrowed hat to a garden party. The hostess rails at the milliner for supplying a temporary headpiece, while a friend reveals the hat’s origin and the insult to the milliner. The tale ends with disbelief at the hat swap and lingering resentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss A
Canadian Oysters and Trade Outlook at Quebec Visit
Dr. F. 9. Moore of the United States Fish Commission and Mr. Kemp inspected Canadian oyster beds in Prince Edward Island. The Malpecque and Narrows shine in value, with larger, fat Malpecques prized in Canada. Seasonal rules limit harvests, and a push to adjust the opening date for the Duke and Duchess of York’s visit faced government rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Quebec
F. 9. Moore
Fir Commission
Pacific
Canada
Moore
Kemp
Prince Edward Island
Narrows
Dominion
Duke and Duchess of York
Advice to Mothers on Babies Own Tablets
A plea against soothing remedies for infants and a promotion for Baby's Own Tablets from the Williams Medicine Co. It claims the tablets are safe for indigestion colic and other minor ailments and offers a mail order for a box and a free care book. The note ends with a stray line about a policeman's undecided duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. McFarlane
Bristol
Que
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Sozodont for the Teeth 260 for Elevation Note
A health anecdote notes that the barometer drops about one inch for every 1,000 feet of elevation. The statement links air pressure changes with dental products in a concise, periodic tone.
Plumbers of Canada Invited
Nova Scotia plumber and tinsmith John S. Morgan details an eight year battle with backache cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He attributes kidney pain as the root cause and reports weight gain, restored work ability, and full relief from backaches after using the pills. Morgan urges others with kidney issues to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Guild
Dodd
Bridgewater
N. S
John S. Morgan
Canada
Mr. Morgan
Local notices and briefs from an old page
The fragment lists a cottage sale with seven rooms and one acre, a shoe shop on Front Street opening, a commission seller needed, a nurse sought for a child, a bulldog for sale by John Bangs bound for South Africa, a railway station farewell between an aged couple, and Dr. Franklin White reporting robust health of Swiss peasants with remark on women’s strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Merrill
Edward Jones
Front Street
Jones
Smith and Thorndyke
Walter Darre
John Bangs
South Africa
Franklin White
Switzerland
Father Mathew and Brougham temperance ribbon tale
The Irish reformer Father Mathew tries to convert Lord Brougham to teetotalism. Brougham accepts a ribbon and medal, promises to push sobriety at the House of Lords, and later tells an amused peer he will stay sober from that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mathew
Lord Brougham
Brougham
The
Abstinence Society
House of Lords
Lord
Soldiers Love Tobacco In Bloody Military Tales
The piece recounts officers and soldiers lighting pipes and cigars amid brutal battles from the Franco Prussian War to the Russo Turkish conflict. Descriptions include private Jones at Rorke’s Drift, Majuba Hill, Metz, Saarbrucken and Brunswick Hussars, highlighting tobacco as comfort and morale in war.
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Jones
Rorke’s Drift
Majuba Hill
Archibald Forbes
Metz
von Bentheim
Saarbruecken
Brunswick
Sozodont Advertises Tooth Powder in Montreal Listing
Sozodont is sold for 25 cents for tooth powder and 25 cents for liquid and powder, with a larger 75 cent size advertised. The listing names Hall and Ruckel of Montreal as the sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall & Ruckel
Montreal
Woman Police Officer in Honolulu Earns Her Star
Miss Helen Wilder, 24, chosen for the Honolulu police, serves from a motive of love for children and animals rather than money. A mounted officer, she wears a silver star on her soft felt hat and carries a revolver, despite her notable sugar-king father’s wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wilder
Honolulu
Pacific
Minard's Liniment Praised by Ingersoll Reader
Christopher Gerry of Ingersoll Ontario reports severe leg pains and inability to walk. After trying Minard's Liniment, pain vanished within an hour and he could walk. He offers his endorsement for free use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Richards & Co
Christopher Gerry
Ingersoll, Ont
Swiftest Birds Reach Speeds in Old Naturalist Claims
The text notes the swiftest birds as the vulture and the English kestril, with claimed speeds around 150 miles per hour. It presents a naturalist’s view that kestril may match or surpass the vulture in pace.
Stops the Cough and Cold Cure Tablets Ad
An old advertisement touts Laxaive Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds with no cure no pay. The copy also includes seasonal death statistics for England and Holland, noting autumn as the deadliest period and providing historical mortality figures per 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Minard Liniment Cares Distemper In British Ledger
Distemper and supply notes appear in a British ledger listing seventy four hundredweight of coals and 420 pounds of star and steel as the average annual allowance per citizen reflecting wartime or industrial controls.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Mothers and Children
For over fifty years Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used by mothers for teething relief. It claims to soften gums ease pain regulate the stomach and bowels and is presented as universally trusted. The advertisement asserts worldwide popularity and enduring efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Winstow
Centa & Belidite Throng
Winslow
Farmers' Sons Wanted For Veterinary Course
Advertisement seeking young men to take a three month home study veterinary course with exam pass to qualify for permanent positions at 600 dollars yearly. Address Head Office Veterinary Science Association London Ontario for full particulars.
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R Tarmers
Veterinary Science Association
London
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Health Warnings
A warning against mercury in catarrh ointments notes dangers to smell and the nervous system. It promotes Hal's Catarrh Care from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and cites Britain’s 23,000 first class houses valued at £5900 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihem
Hal
F.J. Chene & Co
Toledo
Toldo Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Britain
People’s Knitting Syndicate
Umrree
Canada
7 Ineligence Co
Encenaeeys
Sondindy
Edna Acons Travan
Bores Sania
Winbe
Eeontinns
Niesisates
People’s Knitting , Syndicate, Limited
Toronto
McKinnon Bidg
Hiward's Liniment Cores Diphtheria Claim
An old advert claims Hiward's Liniment cures diphtheria. It also notes the Duke of Sutherland as Britain’s largest landowner with 14 million acres and Major G W Littlefield as America’s largest landowner with a similar acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiward
the Duke of Sutherland
Great Britain
Major G. W. Littlefield
America
Seeks Release From Asthma Through Clarke's Kola Compound
Vancouver woman claims eight years of bronchial asthma cured by Clarke's Kola Compound after trying it. She notes first bottle helped little but after four bottles attacks ceased, regaining strength and weight. Sentiments praise the remedy and offer free book and samples. Also a note mentions Halley’s comet with a 77 year period traveling 3,200 million miles.
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Vancouver
Clarke
J. Wise
Mount Pleasant
M. Co
Church S
Toronto
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the Czar
Imperial Russia
Petrolia
the Dominion
the Plumbers OF
Galicia
Roumania
Sumatra
Islands
England
Holland
Minard
Ludella Ceylon Tea
Vision Co., Limited
Lee
Department of Human Endeavor
Drigus
Methodist Book Room
Gents
McDermid & Logan
Neutral Business College
Tor.ey Onto
W. D. Shaw
France
Germany
Epps
New York
Arnord
Calvert
Calvert & Co
Manchester
Sores
J. L Jones
Ene
Dominion Line
Monties
Liverpool
Boston
Portland
Superior
Richards, Mills & Co
Tstave St
D. Torrance & Co
Wellington St. West
Whaley Royce & C0. Limited
Winnipeg
Man
And
Western
Mortcade Corporation
Toronto Street
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