Dr Chase's Ointment touted as cure for piles
The advertisement claims Dr Chase's Ointment relieves itching and curbs piles after first use. Testimonials from J McLaren of Tiverton Ontario and G W Cornell of St Catharines Ontario praise relief and cure after applying the ointment multiple times. It argues other treatments fail and sells the product for cents per box through Edmonson Bates Co Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J McLaren
Tiverton
Ont
R. G. W. Cornell
Shaw Milling Co
St. Catharines
Chase
Nine Times Twelve Test Reveals Limited Capabilities
In a tale from a past German youth, a young prince answers nine times twelve as seventy two. The new tutor, flustered, acknowledges the former tutor was a man of limited capabilities, praising the prince’s quick calculation and the royal education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Harper’s Weekly
They Cleanse While They Cure Parmetee Vegete Pilla Claim
The advertisement touts Parmetee s Vegete Pilla as a cure for indigestion using vegetable compounds like dandelion and mandrake to cleanse stomach and intestines and restore health. It urges trials to prove the claim and persuade the ailing. It also notes agricultural ratios comparing barley and wheat or beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmetee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh a constitutional disease taken internally and said to heal by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and lists testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio with druggists selling at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Druggiats
Toledo
First Stony Gulch case ends with jurors doubting guilt
The jury spent hours debating before returning with the foreman’s verdict that they believe the accused did not commit the crime, arguing he would have if given a chance. The foreman, a tall mountaineer, spoke for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Gulch
Philadelphia Ledger
A Famous Regiment The Early History of the Black Watch
The article traces the Black Watch origins dating from the late 17th century and 18th century guard duties in the Highlands. It notes uncertain birth, references royal commissions in 1667, and describes six Highland companies raised in 1725 for guarding the Highlands against disaffection.
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Highland
42Nd
Black Watch
Dave
Blackwoods
The
Royal Highlanders
Amin. Ross
Perthshire
Charla I
Great Sea
John
Aeroplanes for All Foresee Explosion in Aircraft Use
English balloonist Frank Hedges Butler predicts aeroplanes will cost under 500 dollars within ten years. He envisions land lighthouses, night lamps on planes, and speeds up to 200 miles an hour. He notes planes may skim water and carry more passengers and explores future polar and tropical expeditions.
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Frank Hedges Butler
London
le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Butler
Trinity Board
North Pole
Central Africa
Australia
Sahara Desert
Primate of England Archbishop Maclagan’s Farewell Tale
The resignation of Dr. Maclagan as Archbishop of York due to ill health is noted. He began in the Indian army, earned £10,000 yearly, and visited every parish in his vast diocese. a three year pilgrimage of travel. A famed quip recalls his effort to arrange a clergy quiet day met with village wit. An avid rider, whipper, winter curler, and animal lover, he enjoyed birds and beasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Maclagan
York
the Wolds
Tee ter total and the birth of teetotal resolve
In September 1833 at the Temperance Hotel Preston Dicky Turner converted weaver declared that nothing but the tee terse pledge would do Joseph Livesey rallied crowds and the term teetotal spread through Lancashire and beyond becoming the standard designation for total abstainers worldwide per the London Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicky Turner
Preston
Derby
Joseph Livesey
Lancashire
United Kingdom
London Mail
Earl's House to become cafe at Dollis Hill Park
Dollis Hill House in Willesden England once home of the Aberdeen Farm has been bought by Willesden District Council to serve as a refreshment house for the adjoining park. It notes that Mr. Gladstone stayed there most weekends during Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollis Hill House
Willesden
England
Aberdeen
Gladstone
Zam-Buk touted as all purpose skin healer in travel notice
A travellers testimonial from St Pauls New Brunswick extols Zam-Buk as a universal skin cure. It claims relief for cuts burns sores eczema rashes and piles with rapid healing and tissue building. Sold for 50c a box via druggists or post free from Zam Buk Co Toronto. rejects substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Towers
St. Paui
St. John
N. B
Zamluk Co
Toronto
A Battleship Canal Idea Brought Up For Scotland
An article fragment sketches a proposal in Glasgow to fund a great canal between the Forth and the Clyde costing 000,000 to connect the North Sea with the Atlantic. It notes a smaller existing canal from the Victorian era, forty five miles long with a 155 foot rise. The piece includes unrelated brief mentions of worm remedies and a bank guaranty debate with a quoted exchange from a Chicago Tribune crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clasgow
Municipal Corporation
Forth
Clyde
North Sea
Atlantic
British Isles
Cured by Minard’s Liniment and Local Claims
Testimonial notices claim cures from Minard’s Liniment for goitre inflammation and facial neuralgia. Names cited include Bayard McMullin of Chatham Ontario J H Bailey and Mrs W A Johnson of Walsh Ontario reference Parkdale Ontario without dates or medical verification.
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Minard
Bayard McMullin
Chatham
Invitation acceptance and child’s prayer quip
A boy named Wallace accepts an invitation to a party with a caveat about rain. Margaret, after kneeling beside her mother, ends her prayer with a playful misstep, saying, “you just start me and then I can go a whizzing.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Wallace
Louis
Margaret
Minard’s Liniment Claims Distemper Cure Statistics
A cheeky life column cites a mock statistic about 1001 young women fainting last year. It claims 987 fell into men’s arms, two to the floor, and one into a water-butt, in a humorous exaggeration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days with PazO ointment claim
An advertisement claims PazO ointment cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. The Cleveland Leader quote questions family and pet ownership in a humorous aside.
Shiloh's Cure Recited Amid Idle Talk of Wealth
A stout woman chats with a friend about John's newfound wealth and a country house. The pair discuss farm animals and eggs, noting eggs are welcome but not essential given their status. The tone is casual and social.
Mystery of the Berkshire Bread Epitaphs Unfolds
Dr. Robertson Nievll recounts Reading’s 19th century bread omen scare. A widow finds a death head on loaf, another reads Died Sept 20 with the year missing, and a third shows Resurgam. Investigators link the hoax to a church warden baker who used cemetery stones in his oven, unknowingly printing inscriptions on bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson Nievll
Reading
Berkshire
St. Giles’ Church
Bakshouse
Robert's Grave and the Curse at Montgomery Churchyard
A barren cross-marked strip amid verdure in Montgomery Wales churchyard is linked to the ojected tale of an innocent man hanged on mistaken evidence. The legend says grass will never grow on his grave and those who attempt to sow it pay with their lives, a warning with several alleged deaths.
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Montgomery
Wales
Robert
Chief Melville Mecnaghten Heads British Investigation Dept
Sir Melville Mecnaghten has led the British Criminal Investigation Department for about five years. He resembles a Hussars colonel more than a typical detective and comes from Bengal family estates to police leadership. He is an old Etonian praised for keen memory and firm courtesy.
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Sir Melville Mecnaghten
British Criminal Investigation Department
Sherlock Holmes
Hussars
Sir Melville
John Company
Bengal
Department
Old Lady Traps Burglary Foe At Bedside
In a London Strand Magazine tale a long familiar nocturnal burglar is found armed under a bed by a vigilant woman. She greets him with surprise and pride, and the intruder, shocked, crawls away. The wife returns to bed and sleeps soundly.
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Jimmy
London Strand Magazine
Four to One English Officer in Malta
An English officer asks directions in Malta and is told no language understood. The native replies in turn with a string of refusals until declaring, I only one.
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Malta
Assisting His Memory
Bobby spends the afternoon at his aunt's and ponders aloud about remembering not to ask for food. His aunt asks why he looks so serious and he explains the instruction from his mother to refrain from asking for anything to eat.
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Bobby
Irish cabby helps elderly woman in comic exchange
An Irish cabby replies with polite humor when an old lady asks for assistance entering the cab. He asks for her age in a jovial tone, prompting a witty exchange that highlights courteous banter.
Canadian forests face reduced merchantable area warns expert
Forester Judson F. Clark estimates Canada now has about one hundred million acres of merchantable timber versus earlier claims of eight hundred to one thousand million, with Fernow suggesting around two hundred million. The piece calls for federal and provincial action to conserve forests, expand scientific forestry, and reforest denuded areas amid rising global timber demand.
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Canada
Judson F. Clark
Ontario
Clark
British Columbia
U. S. Forest Service
Fernow
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
What starts the forest fires this year
The article notes many fires begin from campers carelessness or sparks from locomotives, but many fires have unknown causes. It urges campers to extinguish fires before moving and railroads to use spark arresters, and stresses rapid extinguishment of lightning fires. Brush burning by homesteaders also contributes to fires, especially in the Lake country.
Steam trawlers damage cables and nets across oceans
Sail and steam fishermen report heavy nets towed by steam trawlers damage telegraph cables and disrupt service. The Commercial Cable Co. spent about 100000 dollars to repair three months of trawler-caused damage as interruptions increased near shore and along routes between America and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
French
Iceland
Newfoundland
Commercial Cable Co
America
Europe
Laziness leads to six months hard labor sentence
Archibald Dehan of Suffolk Place West Green England faced trial in Tottenham for neglecting his four children. His wife testified he had not worked for fourteen months and preferred lying in bed. Magistrate sentenced him to six months hard labor noting insomnia as a factor.
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Archibald Dehan
Suffolk Place
West Green
England
Tottenham
Dehan
Perilous Sleepwalking in London Night Cap Mystery
An elderly Londoner, waking each day without his nightcap, is suspected of somnambulism. At one a m he climbs to the roof through a window, travels along the eaves, reaches a chimney pot, and places a nightcap inside. Relatives later find dozens hidden there, revealing his nightly nocturnal routine.
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London
Ancient Japanese Iron Making and Early Industry
The text traces Japanese iron use from 800 B.C. through the sixth century civil wars and into the seventeenth century. Sword and armor smiths played a prominent role during conflict, with little progress noted until the Tokugawa era when peace spurred broader industrial growth and rising iron demand.
Birds as Ventriloquists Across Avian Voices
Describes how several birds produce sounds without opening the beak. The pig eon coos via internal resonance, the cuckoo’s call arises from throat notes, and the snipe’s whirring signals approach. Nightjar notes also originate internally with the bill closed.
Bear Attack Narrow Escape Near Fernie
A hunter named Price near Fernie, British Columbia, shot a wounded bear after tracking it from Woods-McNab Co. timber limits. The enraged animal struck Price, inflicting severe head, leg, and arm wounds before wandering off. He crawled to a mill and was taken to Fernie for treatment. doctors expect recovery.
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British Columbia
Fernie
Victoria
Fern
Price
McNab Co
Somna
Chumber
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Highlight Digestive Value
Pills of Attested Value describe Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as carefully studied root and herb remedies with sedative and laxative effects on digestion. The text claims long recognition as top system cleansers and notes growing popularity with ongoing test success.
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Parmelee
Law Student Aims for Exact Game Shooting Dates
A quip contrasts aspiring law focus with precise knowledge of lawful hunting dates. The exchange jokes about choosing criminal or corporate law versus the effort to be accurately informed on months and weekdays permitting shooting game across the country.
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Washington Star
Shilohs Cure Claim No True Remedy
The fragment presents a claim that Shiloh's Cure will always cure coughs and colds, a statement likely marketing language without proven medical backing. No verifiable details or authorities are provided to support the claim.
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Shiloh
Barber Asks Patron To Toronto Or West Toronto
A Dundas Street barber finished a cut and asked a puzzled visitor if he preferred Toronto or West Toronto. The visitor answered West Toronto, and the barber then brushed the customer’s hair dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundas Street
Toronto
West Toronto
Grayson Attacks House of Commons At Tower Hill
Mr Victor Grayson leveled a sweeping charge against members of the House of Commons at Tower Hill. He accused them of wearing large white shirts to hide the fact that they have nothing behind their foreheads, a remark described as both surprising and serious by the Westminster Gazette.
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Victor Grayson
House of Commons
Tower Hill
Westminster Gazette
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Cleveland
the Baker
Investigation Department
Blarney
Scott
C. J. Budlong
Washington
R. I
Cory
Saamlers
Laziest
Man
Rockies
West
Inter-Ocean Real Estate Company
Aikins Bldg
Winnipeg
Ausuolbine, JR
W.F. Young
D.F
Monmouth St
Springfield
Mass
Wartin Bole & Wynne Os
Winnicomy
National Drug & Chemical Co
Calgorm and Henderson Brow, Os. Ltd
Vancouver
Winnipeg Business College
Cor
Portage Ave
Win Siteg
M. E. Mackey
Steff
R . W. Bonool
Tasidermy
Ormeha
U. Me
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