Exhibition Attractions Promised for Winnipeg Fair
F W Heubach returns from the east enthusiastic about the Winnipeg Industrial exhibition. Attractions include the Lockhart educated elephants from Crystal Palace London, bicyclist Charles March, high wire artist Weirginian and sister Milo, the Faust family of acrobatics, Frank La Mondue, and grand pyrotechnics. Sponsor notes demand for Holloway's Corn Cure with a testimonial from Chicago.
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F. W. Heubach
Winnipeg
Heubach
Searon
Lockhart
Antinata
Charles March
Wiler
Cean DP
Weirginian
Milo
Weltaman
Faust
Aerotics
Prank la Mondue
How a Church Was Saved in Marseilles Mystery
A tale from Marseilles recounts Notre Dame de la Garde being saved by an act of precaution. A man lit two candles in a chandelier then left two beggars to watch them with 10 francs each. The candles were extinguished after a priest reported hearing a voice. The priest discovered dynamite hidden inside a candle cartridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Notre Dame de la Garde
Iong
Richards Co Ad Claims Minard's Liniment Best Remedy
Port Mulgrave on June 5 1897 a letter from Mrs Josiate Ilart to C G Richards & Co endorses Minard's Liniment as the best remedy for colds and related ailments and signs as Mrs Josiate Ilart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Mulgrave
C. G. Richards & Co
Minard
Gagnons Kidney Cure Public Testimonial
May 6 Point du Pie Quebec Henry Gagnon speaks of long kidney illness finally cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. The ad touts permanent relief for kidney, rheumatic and urinary troubles and claims Dodd's pills have cured Bright's disease, diabetes, and dropsy.
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Point du Pie
Quebec
Henry Gagnons
Wall
Toanya
Dodd
Althoug
Miy
Willy
Mr. Gagnon
Bright
Ask for Minard's and Take Ten Others
The note hints at a request directed at Minard's and ten additional items. It frames giving as more blessed than receiving but cautions that most people treat it as a mere dress parade.
Donkey Tale Sparks Laughs in Social Exchange
A playful conversation is recounted where a woman questions why girls spend on dress. She responds that it interests men and unsettles rivals. The man recalls a humorous donkey story about Mr. Griggs, remarking the image will now remind Jine of him.
Minard's Liniment Promoted by Physicians
A comic exchange notes physicians endorsing Minard's Liniment while a couple jokes about meals after marriage. The dialogue hints at humor over domestic life and health remedies without detailing usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard
Brakes and Co plings and Electric Rail Plans
Preliminary returns show six largest French railways with gross receipts up $15 45 million 6 percent higher than 1810. Germany aims speeds up to 160 mph electric trains under imperial patronage while Berlin builds 30 kilometer test lines for 60 passenger cars. Chicago City Railway enforces odor policy for conductors and public decorum. Parmeleo pills marketed for fever and ague receive a testimonial. Miscellany notes on society, humor, and domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceeants Ry
Beneth
Siemens Ty
New Electric Railway Company
Germany
Cara
Chicago City Railway
Wacor
Chicago City Railway Company
Shiloh's Consumption Cure Promise Appeal
A historical advertisement touts Shiloh's Consumption Cure as a universal remedy for coughs and colds. The text claims decades of success and life-saving results, urging readers to request an illustrated book and a free consumption guide with contact details for Torontos druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla & Uo
Political sting reveals money extraction from policies
In a Washington Star excerpt, a exchange shows a man pressing for policy money removal. Senator Sorghum replies that he has already extracted four to five hundred thousand dollars from policy funds to date, signaling ongoing fiscal shifts in political finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Bessie Bonehills to Tour England and South America
The article notes Bessie Bonehills singing in England, Mme. Rejaue’s 1902 South American tour, and Dore Davidson finishing a play titled The Sing of the Father. It mentions a dramatization of Stanley Weyman Castle Inn for next season and Jean de Reszke earning 2450 per appearance with the Metropolitan Opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Bonehills
England
Mme
Rejaue
South America
Dore Davidson
Stanley J. Weyman
Castle Inn
Jean de Reszke
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Mm. H. GC. de Mille
Herriet Ford
A. JB. W. Mason
David Heluseo
Gertrude Atherton
Miss Nethersole
Senator North
May Inwin
Jess Ton Gines
Horse Show and Paceway Plans Across North America
Belleville owner Walter K 2 14 and Buffalo trainer Cabana with Gerald Teslett join the era of fast pacers. Lake Erie circuit expands to ten tracks in 1901 with average purses around 400 dollars. California racehorse Welcome 2 10 4 touted as fastest and largest in service. Buffalo buyers race Whiffet 2 22 4 and Rex 2 21 paced. Sphinx B bay stallion from J W Farrand purchased by George McMann. Har ry Wilkes gelding bought by J A Burnett. Buffalo to open a new mile track on Lang farm site. Putnam Park and Fair Corp announces two early closing stakes, 000 for 2 14 pacers and 400 for 2 28 trotters. Entries close April 15 with secretary Byron D Bugbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Camp
Belleville
Ont
Walter K
Oliver Cabana
Buffalo
Gerald Teslett
Hts
Lake Erie
Welcome
California
George BD
Lattimer
Whiffet
Rex
George McMann
Rochelle
Ills
Sphinx B
Sphinx
Ethan Allen
J. W. Farrand
Midway
Wis
J. A. Burnett
Gentlemen’s Driving Club of
Denver
Harry Wilkes
Walsingham
Almont
Lang Farm
Putnam Park and Fair Corporation
Thvo
Byron D. Bugbee
Putnam
Conn
Moody and Meyer Plan National Revival Tour
The evangelist William R. Moody and Rev. I B Meyer of London will tour the United States to hold revival services. The First Methodist in Jamestown New York and Matthewson Street Church in Providence have used elevators for years. Ballington Booth reports Volunteers of America raised eighty thousand dollars and drew over one million one hundred nineteen thousand people to eighty thousand indoor meetings in nine months. A memorial window in St Pauls Petersburg Virginia honors Bishop Wingsfield of Northern California. Canon Anderson the Montreal born clergyman died and was the oldest Anglican in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Moody
I. B. Meyer
London
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Jamestown
N. Y
Matthewson Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Providence
Ballington Booth
Volunteers of America
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Petersburg
Wingsfield
California
Saul
Canon Anderson
Montreal
Canada
Dominion
Sorel
Christ Church Cathedral
Household Hints on Curtains Silk and Furniture Care
When rooms have low ceilings move curtain poles high to let curtains hang to the floor and extend a foot beyond the window to avoid looping. Silk garb fades with age can be revived by sponging with gum arabic solution. Mahogany clouding improves with a dressing of turpentine sweet oil lemon juice and ammonia applied carefully.
Rich Red Blood and the Cure via Pink Pills
An advertisement claims blood health is vital to all organs and nerves. It tells a testimonial of Mrs. Joseph Herbert from Saint Sauveur Quebec who recovered strength and vigor using Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The text promotes the pills as addressing root causes of illness and provides purchase details from Dr Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseth Herbert
Psl. Germain and
Plormojie
St. Sauveur
Verhert
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Paris Theater Claims Largest Size Worldwide
Paris opens a new theatre said to be the largest in the world covering about three acres. The piece mentions many medicines and touts Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Eyrap for throat and lung ailments, praised by users as superior to others. It notes Toronto schools abandoning vertical writing as impractical.
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Paris
France
Bickle
Toronto
Pacing updates show Penelope successor and multiple horse sales
The report lists Penelope dead and owners changing hands for B B 27104 and Anaconda pacing. It notes Mohawk Chior and various trainers, with horses like Cute and Burtona 2 17 at Brodhead Park and Falkland colt Prank Toop Jr. trained at Belmont, plus Gentry sold to George Flock and Cherrycroft sold to Mesara Boyer & Nourse.
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Penelope
Chior
Rice
Springfeld
Mass
B. B
V. By
Strongle
Cute
Burtona
Brodhead Park
New Paltz
Harold HW
Joseph A. Ocker
York
Gentry
George Flock
Williamaport
Andrew M. Roop
Norristown
Prank Toop, Jr
Thomas Grady
Belmont Track
Gaiety
Edgewood
Lambert Lassie
Daniel Lambert
John Splan
Cleveland Driving Club
Electioneer
Charles Marvin
Grattan Stock Farm
Mr. B
Wells
Cherrycroft
Nutwood
Mesara, Boyer & Nourse
Davby
Monard's Liniment and a British Commander In India
A historic notice highlights Monard's Liniment as a remedy for colic and kidney trouble praised by a New York reader. It mentions Sir Power Palmer, the new British commander in chief in India, nicknamed Long P, and a Saxony school decree requiring students to recite 291 Bible verses and 143 hymn verses plus the catechism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Power Palmer
William
Province of
Saxony
Catarrh Cure Ad and Garden Of Friendship Note
An old advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a cure for catarrh linked hearing loss and offers free circulars. The Countess of Warwick trends a Garden of Friendship planting flowers linked to dear friends in a corner of her garden.
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Ras Hot
Wy Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
Halle Paaily
Watsrare
Countess of Warwick
Why do you speak of him as a faded artist
The Chicago Post quotes a disheartened figure saying he plans to quit the profession, asserting this proves he is finished as an artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
No R Reciprocity Mentioned by Journal Entry
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal notes a character named Ja Bimpkins failing to return a sentiment about No R Reciprocity. The passage plays with quotes and misdirection about a place called sabnelig and a small cost of 25 cents mentioned in travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimpkins
Bho
Sabnelig
Indianapolis Journal
Keep Moward's Liniment In the House
Berlin hosts a association of physicians who contribute 4 percent of their income tax annually into the treasury. The fund raises about $12,000 yearly to aid members and their families in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moward
Berlin
Fragmented dialogue scene from a 19th century play
A disjointed exchange shows a father accusing his son of placing a dangerous firecracker in a minister’s pocket while a neighbor and bystander react with anxious, patriotic commentary. The snippet hints at comedy and social tension in a rural or small town setting.
Various snippets reflect early 20th century concerns and curiosities
The passage surveys diverse topics from demography and industry to pensions and labor. It notes modest growth in athletics, international farming labor arrangements, a Maine frog company, a Buffalo founder’s plano, and a London sweatshop case. It also mentions pension distribution in the South and a Brooklyn will restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ontario
Buffalo
General Grant
Massachusetts Frog Company
Maine
Sweden
Maryland
Missouri
Brooklyn
London
Stage Glints and Theatre News from London and Broadway
Stage gossip reports Thackeray's The Virginians dramatized and Robson reviving The Henrietta next season Olga Nethersole planning Mrs Athertons The Daughter of the Vine Mansfeld rumored stage fright Faversham returns to the boards Gunter Tangled Flags likely to become a play for Henry Miller Ophelia in Hamlet once played by a man Lawsuit King Edwards theater bid blocked Mrs Fiske Sylvia's Daughter by Henrik Christieinson seen in Stockholm Copenhagen Berlin London readers expect King Edward to name a knighted actor manager Sir Henry Irving currently holds the distinction
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Ophelia
BE. H. Sothern
Virginia Harned
Lawrence Irving
Lovelace
London
King Edward's
Glass of Fashion Trends in Spring and Summer Laces
The New York Tribune notes growing demand for English imitations of point d alencon and point d arabe laces in brownish gray shades. Weils remain popular while garish colors fade. Satin foulards and velvet ribbon bracelets gain favor as soft, flexible silk folds with velvet and lace turnovers appear. Egyptian armlets rise in wear, though bold, barbaric effects define them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
The Groaty Bachelor
A column from the Atchison Globe muses on women's longings for love and the woes of domestic life. It notes how desire for affection shapes behavior from mothers to daughters and hints at social expectations of wives and households.
Teeland's Volcanoes and Icelandic Features
Teeland describes Icelandic volcanic regions with Bolfatara valleys and plains dotted by low cone hills. Jets of steam rise from hilltops while boiling mud erupts as high as eight feet. The piece notes aggressive fish behavior and a blueish creature that killed and devoured ten cen, illustrating dramatic natural phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeland
Iceland
Bolfatara
New Zealand
Trusting Life to a Rope Over Cliff In A Curious Method
A seacoast climber walks backward over a cliff 400 to 800 feet high using a guide rope anchored by four men. The rope pays out from the top with the climber seated in a sling while others on the summit control the rope to prevent falls. An incident off Scotland last season sees a climber detach from signals and sit on a ledge, calmly smoking, after the rope slipped into a crack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Molasses Memories vs a 14 Course Dinner
Booker T. Washington recalls childhood on a plantation with scarce molasses and a fond preference for Sunday mornings. He contrasts those simple treats with the pressure of delivering a long after dinner speech and the dread of a failed performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T
Resigning Scots official wins purse of sovereigns
A long serving warehouse official in a Scottish city resigns after over 20 years. The firm’s senior partner and fellow workers raise a purse of 100 sovereigns in farewell. The man, speaking in broad Scots, accepts gratefully and remains in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fragmentary Proverb Palette from Aged Journal Page
A short, uneven excerpt discusses the value of small items and a jug of liquor, noting the mills’ possible inability to grind with dwindling water and a wind-scarred, repetitive routine. The lines mix practical observations with rustic wisdom.
Law Points and Contract Renewal Principles
The text discusses contract renewal after rescission by agreement or action showing intent to restore force. It cites New York case Cromwell v. P. and N. R. Co. on perishable freight loss and refrigeration. It also notes a gas company shutoff rule in Mackin v. Portland Gas Co. as enforceable for delinquent bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. R
Cromwell Va
Mackin
Portland Gas Company
Dining row sparks debate on lobster for supper
Mr. Hixson quotes a book on nourishment and admits belief, while Mrs. Hixson interrupts declaring she already believes. he reddens with mortification as the family discusses dietary choices and what to serve for supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hixson
Mrs. Hixson
Digby Dialogues Bring Grays to Detroit
A playful exchange features Digby and a speaker from the Detroit Press noting Digby’s aging jibe about gray hairs. The banter highlights humorous self awareness and light newsroom dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digby
Detroit
Pree L'Resa
Anxious to Serve and a Jury Duty Dilemma
A New York Weekly snippet shows Deacon Highsoul resisting scruples in a case about capital punishment while mentioning a past trade grievance. The exchange highlights attitudes toward the death penalty and personal bias in juror selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Highsoul
New York Weekly
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J, W, Brown
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Tiride
Man
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Parmeleo
J.L. Price
Shoals
Martin Co
Ind
Love
Doll
Chicago Times-Herald
Penélope
Shiloh
Bill OF the Play
the Dominie
Monard
Liniment Lumberman
J. W. Wilder
J. P
Leforgeville
N.Y
Parmeloo
Johnny
Glass OF Fashion
the Groaty Bachelor
Atchison Globe
Yonkers
Sozopont
Hall & Ruckel
Whaley Boyce & Co
Tore Et
W. G. Fonseca
Wheeler & Wilson Ba
Portoneave
Sewind Machine CO
Albert
Baby's Own Soap
Albert Toilet Soap CO
Mrs. Montreal
Incandescent Gak Lamp Co
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