The Co operative idea grows into a national movement
The piece traces Britain's cooperative associations from humble grocery shops to large scale ventures. Members buy £1 shares, receive goods at regular prices, and are paid commissions by merchants. By linking stores and factories in Glasgow and Dundee, the co operatives extend into textiles, baking, and retail, signaling a broader social shift toward organized, self managed enterprise.
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England
Bellamy
Great Britain
Glasgow
Dundee
Costly Dinners Across Eras and Nations
Report by M Jules Huret notes extravagant banquets linked to racing and high society. A Paris Grand Prix victor Che ri hosted a dinner for eleven exceeding $1,000, while London Amphytrion Club’s first-day dinner for twelve cost $1,075 with Edward the Prince of Wales among guests. A wealthy lawyer’s dinner for thirty-seven winders reached $5,600 at the club, and the late Milan king’s five-guest feast cost $2,000 in his Paris heyday.
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M. Jules Huret
M. Huret
Cheri
Monsieur Pmilt
Amphitryon Club
London
Wing Edward
Prince of Wales
King of
Milan
Paris
Dr Williams Pink Pills Touted By Essex Co. Man
Thomas Cada of Pike Creek Essex County credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring his health after a period of nerve weakness and fatigue He says he can work hard again eats well and feels renewed The advertisement urges readers feeling run down to try the tonic sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont
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Windsor
Ont
Thomas Cada
Pike Creek
Essex County
John Cada
The
Windsor Review
Cada
Dr. Williams
Mr. Cada
Well-Mannered Graduate Takes Grand Tour Twist
Starvard college circles talk of a last year graduate son who, after earning his degree with flying colors, replies to his father's Europe travel offer with Yes. The father, forgetting the promise, replies Yes what. The son, dutiful and studious, promptly replies Yes sir and is now off on the grand tour.
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Starvard College
Europe
Harry
Ife
Bibles as watch charms in Russia
Miniature Hebrew scriptures, about one inch by three quarters by three eighths of an inch, worn as watch-charms in Russia, contain the first five books of the Old Testament. Text readable with magnifying glass.
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Russia
Ceylon and India Tea Praised for Quality and Flavor
Ceylon and India tea is described as resembling Japan tea in flavor but never impure, while being infinitely superior in quality. It is gaining public favor due to these qualities and is recommended for Japan tea drinkers to try.
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Japan
Ceylon Teas Sold in Scaled Lead Packets in Toronto
Salada offers free samples of Black Mixed Uncolored and Green Ceylon teas. Packets are sold in scaled lead packets. Address noted as SALADA in Toronto.
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Salada
Toronto
Delicacies and household hints from a home kitchen
A garbled collection of cooking tips and methods including a chafing dish egg dish with spaghetti and mushrooms, a liquor-free Welsh rarebit, and a medical note on hot bread digestibility. It also details a chili sauce, French pickle, and general window cleaning, plus several baby toy and bread yeast recipes with steps and measurements.
Rolled Out Bread Recipes From Historic Card
A recipe note describes mixing 1 quart boiling water with 2 cups rolled oats, then adding 1 scant cup molasses, 1 tablespoon butter or lard, a pinch of salt, and when cool, a yeast cake or liquid yeast and flour to form a stiff batter. Bake when light for three loaves. A second, similar variation is mentioned.
Infant Mortality and Baby's Own Tablets Claim
The article extols careful, attentive parenting to prevent infant illness and promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a quick, safe cure for colic fevers croup constipation diarrhoea teething discomfort and sleep issues. It quotes Mrs H H Vox of Orange Ridge Manitoba praising the product and notes availability at drug stores or by prepaid mail order for 25 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont Dept T.
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H. H. Vox
Orange Ridge
Man
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Dept. T
Brockville, Ont
Domestic Recipes and Kitchen Tips for Home Cooks
A colonial style recipe column lists Monday Cookies using sus gar and shortening with sour milk, plus a washing fluid recipe with lye and ammonia. It also details Steamed Rice with Peaches served with cream and sugar, and two pickling methods for Cucumbers including sweet brine and vinegar spice mix with cinnamon and cloves.
Pickling Spices for Cucumbers and Walnut Wafers
A recipe describes curing cucumbers with a dry spice mix and hot vinegar for fifteen minutes to preserve color and brittleness. It also provides Walnut Wafers made from brown sugar yolks eggs salt flour baking powder walnut meats and beaten egg whites baked on paper and cut into squares.
Night terrors and nerves in imaginative children
Many children suffer nerves and night terrors. Imaginative youngsters fear bears or wolves in the room. One child dreaded an earwig boring into his brain, hiding under clothes with fear, shaking, sweating, and ashamed to speak. Some wake with piercing screams after a period of sleep.
London Expects Pleasant Summer Amid War Shadow
Joseph Hatton writes that American reports misrepresent London as perpetually fogbound and decadent. He notes London shines in sunshine, parks, and sports while war shadows the era, praising British unity from Boer War, and fears prosperity may not endure.
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Joseph Hatton
London
Leyds
America
New York
Chicago
Temple Gardens
Kew
Wampton Court
Henley
Ranelagh
Brussels de Wet
Great Britain
London a world city amid wealth and poverty
The article contrasts prosperity and luxury in London with the presence of beggars and hardship. It notes strong wealth, booming business, thriving theatres, hotels, auction sales, and high-priced art while acknowledging many hungry children and the enduring social divide, yet praising London’s health climate and civic spirit.
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London
Christie’s
Trafalgar
Leicester Squares
Regent’s Park
New Lance Boat Adopted by German Army
The German army has adopted Herr Adolf Rey's lance boat for river crossings. A six to twelve cavalry lance framework forms a boat in five minutes and can be disassembled in two. The waterproof canvas covers the frame and oars use lance blades.
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Adolf Rey
Brother's Keeper. Cure From Dodd's Kidney Pills
Economy Point Nova Scotia resident G S McLaughlin credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with ending twenty five years of backache and lameness after his brother sold the pills in the isolated village He reports lasting relief and recommends the medicine to others with kidney trouble without exception saying all benefited or were cured
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Dodd
Economy Point
N.S
G. S. McLaughlin
Nova Scotia
McLaughlin
Point
Truro
A Counter Effect on Love at the Beach
A playful exchange shows a woman praising the sea sight and moon while the man jokes that his mood is ruined only by paying his hotel bill. The dialogue hints at romance tempered by practical matters.
England's Largest Foreign Population Compared
England's largest foreign population is German at 50 600, followed by Russians and Poles with about 45 000. The figures highlight Germany as the dominant foreign community, with sizable Russian and Polish enclaves among the immigrant population.
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England
Wires Underground Law Sparks Piano Worries
A local chat turns to a proposed law to bury all wires underground. Mr. Phamliman expresses relief from neuralgia with Minard's Liniment as his wife asks how the plan affects Mary Ann's piano amid the town’s wire debate.
Cures Reported by Minard Liniment and Veterans
A Halifax reader Andrew King proclaims cure from rheumatic gout by Minard's Liniment. A Sussex resident credits Lt.-Col. C Crewe Read with curing acute bronchitis. A Markham Ontario user says Co. S Billing cured their acute rheumatism.
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Minard
Andrew King
C. Crewe Read
Sussex
Co. S. Billing
Tin Mine at Oruro Tops World Heights
A tin mine at Oruro Bolivia reaches 14000 feet above sea level trouncing other mines in height and marking a record for altitude mining reports say local engineers state the underground workings extend beneath the rugged altiplano offering unique challenges and prospects for ore extraction.
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Oruro
Bolivia
Minard’s Linimont Cures Dandruff and Ice Trade Flagged
Minard’s Linimont claims a dandruff cure while Philadelphia reports consuming 800000 tons of ice per year, double Norway’s export to England. The figures highlight contrasting industrial uses and trade flows involving ice and personal care products.
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Philadelphia
Norway
England
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Tea Tea
Over fifty years Uns Winslow's Soorona soup used by mothers for teething children. It soothes the child heals gums relieves pain cures wind colic regulates stomach and bowels and is best remedy for disease. Twenty five cents a bottle. Bold by druggists worldwide. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. The average man could not carry more than 30000 in gold.
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Winslow
Minard’s Liniment Promoted as Burns Cure Claim
A Victorian oddity notes Minard’s Liniment reputed to cure burns and similar ailments. A bar of pig-iron priced at £1 yields varied values: £11 when forged into needles and £650 as penknife blades, illustrating metal value ranges in trades.
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Promoted
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It offers 100 dollars for a cure attributed to Hall's Catarrh Cure with circulars available. The message also notes a NSW figure, claiming 3.7 million dollars spent over 15 years to destroy 24 million noxious animals.
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Hall
Cheney & QC
Toledo
Droggiets
New South Wales
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Bual
Scotland
Fall & Ruckel
Montreal
Farmer Watt
Rastus
Essex Co
Dawson Commission Co
Ce. Wes
Hla
Ceylon
India
Loossoserr
SareRnesssssee
Home Affairs
George Ss. McLaughlin
Brother’s
Halifax
Minard’s Liniment
Calvert’s
C. Calvert & Co
Manchester
Whaley Royce & Co., Limited
Winnipeg
WM. Sutton Compound Co., Limited
Qdure
Gung Yeiut
Cieta
Dominion Line
Liverpool
Boston
Portland
Queenstown
Large
Fort
Rickards, Mills & Co
State St
D. Torrance &Co
Deesa
AWA
Quebec
Douatss
Zpos
Adelaide St. Cornices
Tonosto
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