Ottawa resident finds relief in Peru-Na remedy
A Ottawa resident Rene St Jean reports healing after six weeks on Peruna restoring strength after hardship. A New York City trader A O Harding endorses Peruna for catarrh notes strong sales and reliable household use with mothers and children benefiting.
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Ottawa
Peru
Rene ST. Jean
ST. Patrick Street
Ont
A. O. Harding
New York City
Prescott
Odd Fellowship
Wires in the Moulding Advances New York Hotel Design
In a modern New York hotel, picture moulding doubles as a low voltage wire carrier. The moulding is backed by a hollowed wooden strip, one-half inch deep, to conceal wires. Each column houses telephone outlets with conduit to a sub-panel, and risers for teacker and messenger service run in pipes at panel locations.
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Botel
New York
Teacker
Wigg Miss Antique Sparked by Morning Remark
A fragmentary dialogue shows a playful exchange about Miss Antique described as old and remarkable. The overheard quip calls her an old hen in jest, reflecting light banter from the page.
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy For Life
Mme Emma Chatel of Valleyfield Quebec writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound saved her life after months of painful irregular periods and inflammation. Doctors offered no cure and suggested surgery for a tumor but the compound relieved all pain and cured her.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mme
Emma Chatel
Valleyfield
Belleriver
Quebec
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women: Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
An ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for women. It claims to cure ailments including uterine issues, irregularities, backache, and related female health problems with roots and herbs.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maharajah Tracks Tiger in Sindh Village Hunt
A Maharajah and staff observed a roaming tiger near Char on the Sindh bank. After the animal returned for goats, the ruler shot and killed it while the goat remained clenched in the tiger’s jaws. The dead prey and hunter were later transported together by motor car.
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Sindh
Char
Datia
Maharajah
Calcutta Statesman
European Railways Study Petroleum Locomotive Fuel
Consul General Norman Hutchinson reports Austrian railway officials visiting Roumania to study petroleum as a locomotive fuel. If successful, petroleum may be adopted by Austrian railways, with claims of ample steam and reduced coal dust, but odor and health concerns are noted.
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Norman Hutchinson
Bucharest
Roumania
Roumanian
The Original Meerschaum Pipe and its Makers
A Pesth shoemaker Karol Kowates invented the meerschaum pipe and died in 1764 sparking talk of a statue. Count Andrassy helped bring a white clay chunk from Turkey in 1723 and commissioned pipes from Kowates and Kavel. The craft became a world leading industry and the Kowates pipe remains in Pesth museum.
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Karol Kowates
Count Andrassy
Danish Explorer Probes Arctic Seas For Hidden Deep
Captain Einar Mikkelsen arrived in Copenhagen after two years of northern waters exploration north of Alaska. He and his crew sailed 50 miles from the Alaskan coast sounding failed to find bottom, then turned southeast to locate bottom, following it east until a swift current forced retreat.
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Einar Mikkelsen
Copenhagen
Alaska
Alaskan
Unintended Knock Marks Youths Quizzical Quest for Granfazzy
A Boston boy of five asks endlessly about his grandfather. The curious exchange unfolds as he inquires where granfazzy is and learns of his grandfather’s home in Philadelphia. The piece captures a child's persistent thirst for knowledge in a fleeting moment.
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Boston
Fenway
Muzzer
Granfazzy
Philadelva
Rem
Harper’s
Pike Boldness Sparks Water Rescue Tale
An 1830s fishing tale recounts a pike charging a boat and a man wading into a river to drag it ashore. A Weybridge resident reportedly grabbed the fish by the arm, receiving a deep gash before the creature could escape, per the Fishing Gazette.
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Richmond Park
Weybridge
Surrey
Wey
Free Street Cars as a Cure for Overcrowded Cities
The Philadelphia Record argues free streetcars could expand urban diffusion as city streets become crowded with towers. It warns sunlight may vanish in narrow canyons, sanitation could lag science, and elevated rail alleys may turn streets into tunnels while free transit could spur business spread.
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New York
Salada Tea Preserved Fresh in Sealed Packets
In an era craving pure foods, Salada Tea is sold to the public in native freshness and fragrance. Sealed air tight packets provide direct garden to consumer delivery, ensuring a cup of tea in perfection previously unknown.
Oklahoma Geological Survey Appoints Gould Director
The Oklahoma Legislature created the Geological Survey under a three member commission including the Governor and the State Superintendent, with $15,000 appropriated. The commission elected Dr. Charles N. Gould of the State University of Oklahoma as director to report on building stone road material and oil and gas. Parties are now in the field investigating these problems.
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Oklahoma
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State University
Charles N. Gould
State University of Oklahoma
Just a Cup of Tea and Faint Rose Memory
Poem fragment from Jean Graham in the Canadian Magazine contrasts Minards Liniment cures with domestic ritual. The narrator recalls afternoon tea visuals including cream, macaroon, a blue forget me not, and a girl's touch as Edith reads his wish.
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Jean Graham
Portrait of a Painted Son Sparks Payment Remedy
In a bustling cartoon style exchange a host praises a painted portrait of his son while the visiting artist recalls the unsettled payment. A later quip hints at a mocked wedding mischief as dialogue threads loop between host and visitor with Puckish wit.
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Host
Illusions of travel lecture told through a seaside tale
A lecturer who has toured the country recounts a Long Island visit. He awakes to a suction pump and wind, and learns the host’s sailorman father-in-law likes pumping water from the cellar. The hostess explains the noise comes from a new girl in silk and peg shoes, not spirits of the sea.
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Long Island
Sweden
Notable Facts From Far Lands And Seas
The swan is the longest-lived of birds. Nuts form the principal diet of the Somali soldier. The Maoris of New Zealand now number about 42 000. Sugar is being manufactured from wood in California. Honeycomb eighteen feet high built by giant bees of India. Native trees used as telegraph poles in parts of Java.
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New Zealand
California
India
Java
September lawn care tips from Suburban Life
September is ideal for lawn establishment with cool fall growth. Repair work, weed removal, soil replenishment, and lawn seed scatter improve winter readiness. Do not cut grass too short. mow high if needed. Plant shrubs, move beech trees, prune, and tidy herbaceous borders for composting.
Minard's Liniment Endorsed by Dr Jos. Siroits
A letter from Dr Jos. Aug. Siroits of St Isidore P Q dated August 18 1904 praises Minard's Liniment Co Limited product as the best all round liniment and reports frequent use with gratifying results and prescription for patients.
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St. Isidore
P.Q
Minard
The Powder Manufacturer and Candles in the Shed
The Simple Truth recalls an incident where the Powder Manufacturer Fancy walks into the gun powder shed with a lighted candle. A workman remarks that such an act seems unwise. The following day the firm prints an advertisement.
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Bill
Is she popular
A Nashville American quote notes that popularity comes from outdressing rivals, with the line “Can’t afford to outdress anybody” cited as the secret.
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Nashville American
Sulphur Bleach for Fruit Stains
A Woman's Home Companion September tip advises using sulphur and alcohol to remove fruit stains from table linen. Place sulphur on a plate with alcohol, heat fumes by lighting, and hold stained fabric over the funnel to lift stains. Rinse and wash promptly to prevent rotting.
Most Useful Invention Ballot Cites Locomotive Top Pick
A French newspaper held a public ballot on modern discoveries to judge usefulness. The locomotive led the list followed by potatoes vaccine cure of hydrophobia sugar telegraph matches steam boiler telephone petroleum sewing machine and soap. Electricity development appears overlooked.
Windsor Lady Seeks Women With Free Home Cure Offer
A Windsor Ontario notice offers free delivery of a home treatment and instructions to cure leucorrhoea ulceration uterine and ovarian issues and other women related ailments. It promises continued treatment at 12 cents a week with a booklet upon request from Mrs M Summers Box H Windsor.
Her Withering Scorn Over a Dainty Bathing Suit
A quarrel over a bathing suit ends with sharp words as a wife chides her husband for valuing cost and weight, saying she would have bought a gunny sack if judged by size. The exchange highlights domestic tensions and snappy humor.
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George Alfred
Polite Rejection Breaks Up Persistent Book Agent
A man at a desk dismisses a persistent book agent with a courteous refusal. The agent notes he has faced fourteen refusals since starting his rounds but appreciates the gentleman's kindness, remarking that it breaks him up.
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Angue
Poetry and Reality in a Country Editorial Room
A humorous exchange shows a country editor burning spring poems in the stove while spring poet eagerly presents them. The judge notes poets often delay publishable work until warmer weather.
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Howdah
Zam-Buk
Neil Devon
Webbwood
Zamuk
C. B. Frost
Lennoxville
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Oklahoma's Geological Survey
Edith
Puck
All Cregeiets Bc
Putnam’s
The
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Yours Truly
Jos
Siroits
D Baty
E. B. Eddy Co
Hull
Canada
Eddy
Great Suber
R. P. Halt & Co
West Toroote, Ont
Manitoba
Saskatchr
Wan
Alberta
B.S. Milter, Limited
Winnaipeg
Man
Okanagan
Wrice
Mutrie & Metrie Real Estate
Vernon
B.C
Ruit
St. Catharines
Central Business College
Yonge and Gerrard
E Akaeec Sena
T. A. Slocum
Amited
Spadina Avenue
Windsor
Minard’s Liniment
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