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Newspaper
Chilliwack Free Press
Location
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
3
A promotional notice warning readers of catarrh symptoms and urging early treatment with Catarrhozone. It cites breath, throat, and ear symptoms, claims high cure success, and promotes a large catarrh ozone product with price and dealers listed in Buffalo and Wingston.
The article notes Alfred Tennyson Dickens named his children after distinguished authors and contemporaries. Eldest son Charles Culliford Boz, daughters Mary and Kite Macready, sons Walter Landor Francis Jeffrey Alfred Tennyson Sydney Smith Henry Fielding and Edward Bulwer Lytton are listed, with only Henry Fielding surviving. It questions why John Forster and Thackeray were not chosen.
Port Dufferin New Brunswick advertisement claims gin pills cure kidney ailments headaches and insomnia after three boxes the user is cured. It invites readers to request a free sample and buy regular boxes with a money back guarantee from National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Limited Toronto.
An old advertising note touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a safe and painless remedy for corns and bunions. It emphasizes effectiveness and comfort, claiming the name itself explains the product and noting it is sold by druggists with a stated price.
Leila Blaine prays for her missing husband who went to the Klondike with dreams of wealth. After months of poverty and worry, a lucky return brings him back with money and a ring. A startled Leila discovers a ring marked “Prank to Lelia” and the couple faces a future of marriage and renewed life in New York.
Mothers can easily know when their children are troubled with worms and they lose no time in applying the remedies. The ad touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a fast acting solution for intestinal parasites.
Dr Thomas electric Oil has sold for thirty years and proven a blessing to thousands. It is popular across Canada with a fame beyond the seas. Its excellence has no equal among liniments. If priced higher it would still be a cheap liniment.
A reflective exchange unfolds with a woman noting a miracle beyond grasp and a mournful pickpocket and the Power who answers lonely women's prayers are the only ones who know the truth. The scene centers on mystery, faith, and unseen forces shaping outcomes.
A tale recalls Peter the Great wandering incognito among officers and grenadiers watching a stage farce. A guard soldier robs in uniform, is condemned to death in a mock court martial, shots fire, and he dies on stage. The emperor later reveals himself and bans fraud by soldiers.
The Honorable Miles Staniforth Smith recounts a journey into the Papua interior where his party, reduced by adverse conditions, was rescued by cannibal savages who fed them at their own expense and sent them on their way. He praises the care shown to those previously met and notes they were not robbed or harmed.
In Yarmouth County Nova Scotia Mrs Elle Amirault credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a dramatic recovery after a yearlong kidney illness. She says four boxes transformed her health and that many Canadian women report relief, arguing kidneys cause most female ailments.
A letter from Mrs. Enoch Spry of Putnam describes twenty years of headaches dizziness and breathlessness. She credits Dr Hamilton's Pills as a cure restoring strength sleep appetite and normal activity and notes the product as a woman's medicine available from Catarrhe zone Co Kingston Ontario.
A fragmentary passage notes kept foods and a pledge of return without withholding. It mentions Missionary Livingston living years among Africa’s low sav ages and Henry M. Stintey praising carriers’ intelligence and loyalty. Countess Eugenia Hildeward von Boos funds universal peace efforts.
A bottle of Bickles Anti Consumptive Syrup is said to subdue a cough quickly when used as directed. Hundreds of testimonials claim its merits and urge others to join the many benefited, at a price of 35 cents.
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