The North American Fur Industry and Trade Routes
A survey of the North American fur trade details the Hudsons Bay Company and its posts across Canada and Alberta, with Edmonton and Winnipeg as key centers. It describes the journeys of traders, the coexists of Native partnerships, and the vast overland and river routes to reach distant posts while outlining fur values, beaver and lynx catches, and the extensive seasonal cycles in trapping and trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Canada
Uuthiere Searly
Hudson's Bay Company
Asserivan Fur Masiry
Edmonton
Maine
Alberta
Daye
Old North Western Fur Company
de ‘9 Bay Company
Sestilution
Edmontor
Athabasca
Athabasca Hiver
Coustry
Athabasca Lake
Great Slave
Athabases Landing
Bentse
Israels
Pesa
Wiiterness
Rome
Indiana
Ywear
North
Dr Thomas’ Oil Offered for Coughs and Ailments
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas’ Oil as a remedy for coughs colds sore throat bronchial troubles and also for cuts bruises sprains and wounds. It claims rapid relief and cites testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thomas
Eye Remedy Ad From Murse Eye Remedy Co
An old style promotional notice touts a marine eye remedy marketed as relief for red weak weary watery eyes. It urges readers to write for eye books and mentions Druggists and a company name, with delivery and usage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Eye PemeocYary Suree
Murse Eye Remedy Co
Tercaic
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Offer Stomach Liver Relief
An advertisement claims low spirits stem from a disturbed stomach and liver. The remedy Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are said to revive digestion, calm nerves, and restore spirits with lasting effects at low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee
Whaling Prospects At South Georgia Island
South Georgia, eight hundred miles from the Falklands, hosts a Norwegian whaling station under British protection. The site, barren with few plants, shelters seals and whales. In four months, fourteen thousand barrels of oil were taken from roughly six hundred whales and sent to Buenos Aires for transshipment to Europe and New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Ivirgust
Antarctic Circle
Vandret Anihce
Britain
Orcmm
Buenos Aires
South Georgia Island
Buenos Ayres
Europe
New England
Travelling sales roan quips about wife wit and brick strength
A travelling salesman remarks that his wife is wise and capable, joking that even a brick house won’t force her to take a hint. He downs a stein and flicks ash, painting a humorous, rustic bedside scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teare
Stein
Zam Bak cures blood poisoning from cut finger warns readers
A fragment from a medicinal advertisement details a case of blood poisoning after a finger cut. It claims immediate relief and a complete cure within a week using Zam Bak balm. The notice promotes Zam Bak as a universal remedy for wounds, burns, frost bite, ulcers, eczema, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas Daves
News worth giving to the world about kidney pills cure
Mrs Painchand suffering seven years finds relief with Dodd's Kidney Pills after a neighbor's advice. She reports fatigue nervousness insomnia heavy limbs and facial puffiness improved after one box with six boxes making her perfectly well. The ad urges readers to cure kidney symptoms before serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julien Painchand
Dodd
Ile
Whitworth
Temistouuta
Yue
Johes Painebaud
Mrs. Painehand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fur Industry
Ser
Tee
Alcote Tree Servature Sun
Caesia
Great Lakes
Pacific North West
Oregon
Washington
Hay Topany
Beith
Winnipeg
Willersens
Big Concerna
Stalmonte
Prince Albert
Nerth
Great
Lave Lake
Arctic Circle
Port Chippewagan
Lake Athabasca
Great Glave Lake
Arctic Sea
Fort McPherson
Peel River
Eximonton
Silas
Geel
Iiner
Bates
Stecinen
Wich
Wilerness
Fogerthy
Pigeiy
Edison
Srleen
Vanderbilt
Atlanta
Starkes
Grasshopter Famile
Peters
Haiti
Aga
Tie Won
Hitler
Atish
Wong Piders
Ted Bathi
Pirat
Mark Twain
Protira Bay
Regal la Ieee
Antiel Ly
Mark Twain Company
Atak ‘Twain
Nk i. Ie
Arssa Gabrillo Witec
Clemens
Fa'ser
EV. Ephant
Fararess
Quebec
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