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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
7
A compiled snippet of jokes, quips, and humorous banter from the Macleod Gazette section titled Fun from Yonkers. The text includes dialogue fragments, light anecdotes, and playful exchanges, with interjections from readers and references to local venues, professions, and cartoonish wordplay.
A historic note touts Shiloh's Consumption Cure as a healer for the sick. Claims it strengthens the body and cures colds, urging readers to trust the remedy for recovery.
Chas H Wilcox of McIntosh Mills Ontario recounts a severe back injury from lifting that left him nearly immobile for months. After four doctors failed to help, he used Dr Williams Pink Pills, took about ten boxes, and reports permanent relief with no pains for two years. Pills sold by dealers or 50 cents a box by mail from Brockville.
The world’s press is stated to include 87 000 newspapers. Thirty five words a minute is considered rapid writing. The average gas jet consumes five feet of gas per hour.
The article argues deafness comes from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other remedies, cites testimonials, and includes sensational health claims and light anecdotes from various papers.
Sundridge Ontario April 29 A man from Strong Township William Doey describes four years of confinement in his home due to pain and rheumatism. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a dramatic recovery and six months of no pain, enabling him to work on his farm again. The letter claims widespread belief in the remedy locally.
A Victorian style advertisement touts Sumine Wine as a quinine based restorative from Northrop & Lyman Toronto. It claims to boost sleep mood digestion and vitality by stimulating blood and nerves while warning no universal remedy exists. It ends with a proverb about love and flour barrels.
The piece argues that moral improvement comes from rising to a higher moral atmosphere rather than forceful struggle. It suggests physicians use Minard’s Liliwerts and implies effort, not just will, helps overcome vicious habits.
An advertisement extols Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a safe pleasant vegetable remedy for throat ailments bronchitis and lung inflammation. It claims quick relief vivid taste suitable for children and affordable pricing aimed at the poor.
A Youth’s Companion article explains how nasal obstruction forces mouth breathing, causing poor air warming and purification, fatigue in morning, and adverse effects on nerves, tissues, and studies. It urges early medical examination and treatment to prevent long term harm.
Salaries of Park theater actors in 1801 NY are listed, led by John Hodgkinson with others such as Mrs Hodgkinson and Mrs Brett. The Park theater on Park Row attracted fashion, with a 25 member stock company and varied pay from 4 to 26 dollars. Hodgkinson, former John Street actor, born 1767 in Manchester, noted for versatility and rivalries. Mrs Hodgkinson, formerly Miss Brett, daughter of Covent Garden singer, described as a versatile soubrette.
A quirky mix of valuables sits in Teheran’s shah palace gallery with a threadmaker’s trademarked item, a painting by a famed Italian artist, and a dozen nickel plated cutlery pieces. A mahogany table and an empty cognac bottle evoke oriental elegance, while internal notes reference a minister and a quarrelsome editor. A science aside explains why water freezes above freezing due to rapid nighttime heat loss.
Winston Spencer Churchill recalls a Africa campaign encounter with scouts as they chase Boer positions. A lone rider saves him, a pale horse and explosive bullets mark the peril, and a brief conversation ends with a mutual salute and regret for the horse. The piece closes with Quotations and maxims.
The clipping parrots a string of dubious claims from medical remedies to animal facts. It mocks overzealous leaders, touts Dr Tuomas nostrums as a cure all, and ends with a curious note on fish roe and attar of roses.
A note asserts that 150 square miles define London streets with 12 streets per square mile and 1200 houses per street, along with a Johnson quotation about greatness in small things.
The Paris Geloiwn reports a street duel in Rue Daguerr between two women who fired with revolvers then fought with a polgnard and a long dagger. Both received over a dozen wounds and are not expected to recover. Citizens found them exhausted and authorities sent them to hospital. The article ends with a moral urging to forget neighbors faults.
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