Quick Cure After Eight Years Found in Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Moses Sherwood, a long suffering backache patient from Kings Co NB, reports permanent relief after using a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says lifting caused back pain two years prior and kidney disease followed. after taking the pills, his backache vanished and has not returned. The advertisement urges curing kidneys to end rheumatism.
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Moses Sherwood
Dodd
Puschac
King’s Co
N.B
Mows Sherwood
Dkxid
Sherwoasl
New Branewick
Bella
Plesters
Suffragette Addresses Women Rights Club at Home
A suffragette practices a defiant address in her own home as she declares women are the real power behind the throne. An interruption from a doorbell reveals the male head of the house is not present, adding a moment of humor to the scene.
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Women's Rights Club
Salesman mistaken identity in shop leads to awkward moment
A salesman compliments a stout middle aged woman and misreads her, then apologizes. He explains he confused her with a younger customer seeking a gift for her grandmother. The exchange ends with a smoother sales pivot toward a different item.
Indignities at Rome Custom House for Matron Corpelia
The matron Corpelia returns to Rome after a season abroad and is delayed at the custom house. Officials press her about jewels, which she asserts are hers, and she points to her sons, the Giracehi. The port collector, recognizing his status, implies indulgence, noting the esteem of his position.
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Corpelia
Rome
Republic
Giracehi
Puck
Shilohs Cure Featured In Local Ad And Odd Bystander Tale
An old paste up ad touts Shilohs Cure with 5 cent price while a chaotic street scene follows. A man struck in the eye by a ball clapped his hand to the injury and pursued the thrower before a quarrel ends with a joking offer for payment.
A Born Adventurer and the Hardwicke Lineage
The article recounts Lord Hardwicke, described as iron-willed and adventurous, with a career spanning mining engineering and naval service. It notes his travels in the United States and Western Australia, his armourer’s test with the Garrison Artillery, and his furlough decoration. It also tells of the Hardwicke family’s rise in law, referencing the first and second Earls of Hardwicke, and the tragic wrap to Charles Yorke’s ascent to the Wool Sofa.
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Lord Hardwicke
United States
Britain
Bardwick
Western Australia
States
Garrison Artillery
Furlouch
Tomm
Earl of Hardwicke
Charles
Secord
Charles Yorke
Lord Camden
George HI
Great Seal of England and the Keeper’s Power Described
The great seal consists of silver plates kept in a velvet box and borne by the Lord Chancellor. The Keeper of the Great Seal holds vast authority as supreme judge, Speaker of the Lords, and royal confidant with a large salary, a power once used to secure loyalty at court. Henry II once trusted Queen Eleanor to wield this power during travels in France.
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England
House of Lords
Great Sea
Hinesh
Court of Chancery
Henry Tr.ance
France
Eleanor
Honest by Day Burglar at Southampton Pleads Guilty
James Coombs, described as a Jekyll and Hyde figure, admitted burglary charges and one wounding count in Southampton. Police found hundreds of keys and many stolen items at his home. he had led a double life, respectable by day and criminal by night. He faced a three year penal servitude sentence.
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James Coombs
Southampton
Eng
Coombs
Salvation Army
Farewell to Lord Minto at Simla on lawns
Simla marks farewell to Lord Minto and Lady Minto on the Viceregal lawns with a guard of volunteers and a band playing Auld Lang Syne as they depart amid cheers. The report also notes the arrival of Brisbane’s eight pound baby and the death of a two year old girl weighing 685 pounds after boarding a steamer to Suva.
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Simla
Lord Minto
F. Bliss
Brisbane
Queensland
Jolly
Trixie
Te Steamer
Honolulu
Caching
Suva
Yarmouth Nova Scotia Exports of Grass to Boston Surge
Over the past months Yarmouth Nova Scotia has shipped more than a hundred tons of grass to the United States where it sells for 10 to 12 dollars per ton from Yarmouth to Boston. Freight costs are about a dollar per ton. Gatherers report the crop is larger than last year and two monopolizing buyers dominate trade, storing the harvest. The U S market is well supplied with little export expected this year and into 1912. Boston is a major buyer for bedding rope and paper making fibers. the grass could be used for rug and rope production and possibly paper pulp.
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Yarowuth
Nova Scotia
United
Yarmouth
Bos State
United States
Boston
Dr Daniel Wilson and a Scotland home search tale
Dr Daniel Wilson, later head of the University of Toronto, once lived near Lauriston, Scotland. Dr John Beddoe recounts his visit to locate Wilson by following a local guide to a house with Scottish tracery, noting Wilson’s distinctive taste. The piece ends by touting Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a universal pain relief remedy.
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Daniel Wilson
University of
Wilson
Bermuda’s Opal Waters and Rainwater Homes
A vivid description of Bermuda notes its liquid opal waters and crescent island chain viewed from hills. It contrasts clear rainwater drinking water from rooftop cisterns with artificial ice and cement roofs that catch rain, shaping the island’s coastal and architectural character.
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Bermuda
Rees
Rome’s mills through the ages driven by tread and beast
The account notes treadmills used in Julius Caesar era, with slaves condemned to corn mills moved by tread. It states later cattle powered mills, and in the third and fourth centuries Rome had as many as 300 cattle mills in operation.
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Rome
Russia Expends Near Million on Army Necro Plane Gear
Russia has appropriated almost 1 million dollars for a complete army necro plane equipment, the largest sum spent by any government for this purpose.
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Russia
Acts Not Words in Quiet Hen’s Silent Display
A regional feature highlights a quiet hen’s behavior contrasted with a noisy rooster. The piece notes the hen’s calm routine and suggests actions speak louder than sounds in everyday farm life.
Inventor Ile Creates Breeze Guard for Cigarette Paper
Vance compares Ferdie to Edison as a benefactor. Luella asks what he invented. Vance states Ile devised a device to prevent cigarette paper from blowing away in strong wind.
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Vance
Ferdie
Edison
Luella
Ile
Grampian Hills Inspire Scots Memoir and Verse
In praise of the Grampians the writer extols Blair and Ben Alder among others. He lauds Ossian connections, Mrs Grant of Glenbucket, and the literary echoes of Killiekrankie and Laggan, urging discovery of the region by a future poet and romances yet unborn.
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Grampians
Blair
Rees
Killierankie
God Elliot
Ben Alders
Manse
Ardvetkle
Lion Laggan
Landseer
Laggan Bridge
Macpherson
School exam jokes show quirky fossil and war questions
A collection of humorous exam asks about fossils volcanoes and royalty with misspellings and odd answers. The jokes include mistaken feminines of bachelor, interdict from sewage, and Henry VII with a downcast eye plus misread Oxford provisions and ancient Briton winter clothing ideas.
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Holland
Elizabeth
Henry VII
Richard L
Oxford
Willie Redmond and the suffrage joke from Parliament
The tale recalls Mr William Redmond, known as Willie, and his remark that a vote should be given to every one of God's creatures during a Woman Suffrage debate. The House laughed, and Willie retired in confusion at the Zoological Gardens joke about open bars.
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William Redmond
Willie
Redmond
Speaker
Zoological Gardens
Blacks Gaining Ground in South Africa
A Cape Town professor predicts that Kaffirs will become the dominant race in the sub-continent by century’s end. Religion, education, rising native labor, and intermarriage consolidate native power while calls for segregation aim to preserve white supremacy.
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Prof. Brown
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Cane Town
Black
South Africa
Soldier Plays Wagon With Damaged Wheel In Camp Demonstration
In an English camp a battalion trained on convoy movement. A company acted as horses cows and wagons. A man playing a wagon lay down and refused to advance claiming he could not move because his wheel was off. The major demanded an answer and the soldier explained he was a wagon with a broken wheel.
Wasp Cure Narratives Spark Rumors Of Rheumatism Healers
A French case reports a man cured of muscular rheumatism after a wasp sting, while an Italian account claims relief from ophthalmia. The Dundee Advertiser notes the fascination with insects as cures and recalls the earlier ant fad. Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup is praised for throat and chest ailments, with druggists stocking it to meet demand.
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Aix
Italy
Dundee Advertiser
Bickle
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Laxative Bromide
An old ad touts a one day cure for colds with laxative bromide. The copy promises refunds if it fails to work and bears E.W. Groves signature on each box. A buyer jokes that moving to the suburbs makes money go four miles farther with every purchase.
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Cruegists
E. W. Grove
Election Night Brass Bend Mocked by Defeated Congressman
The Washington Star quotes a defeated congressman calling a brass band insultingly inconsiderate on election night. He questions why the band played only Home Sweet Home, implying the moment’s embarrassment and a lingering political sting.
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Congress
Washington Star
Phenomenon Illustrated by Bull on Thistles Joke
A comic tale about explaining a phenomenon using a bull on thistles whistling like a lark as the peak example. The passage then shifts to Dr Thomas Electric Oil, touting its healing oils concentrated in each bottle and claimed to relieve pain while noting that many owe their death to using it.
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Bill
Dr. Thomas
English sportsman shots at birds as a jest
A famed Englishman visits for a day of shooting despite poor aim. The attendant groans at repeated misses and jokes that a single bird shadows the hunter. In a separate note, a worm remedy and a Mayflower-era remark appear alongside a humor exchange about fashion and form.
Hoax I Have Found A Way To Stay Ahead Of The Races
An unusual advisory from the Philadelphia Record suggests not following the crowds to stay ahead. The content implies a skeptical stance toward racing trends and headlines.
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Philadelphia
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