Templeton Rheumatic Capsule advertises cure by mail
RHEUMATISM OR SCIATICA is described as obstinate to cure and the Templeton Rheumatic Capsule claims high cure rates. A physician with forty three years experience endorses the remedy and offers a one dollar mail order with refund if no relief. Contact Templeton Rheumatic Capsule Co. 315 College Street Toronto Ont by post.
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Templeton Rheumatic Capsule Co
College Street
Toronto
Ont
Ladies Wanted for Plain and Light Sewing at Home
Wanted notices seek ladies to sew at home full or spare time with good pay. Work available with dispatch and charges paid, sent to any distance. Send stamp for full particulars to National Manufacturing Co. Montreal.
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National Manufacturing Co
Montreal
Local barber seeks Stripey Paint Job
A painter out of work asked a local hairdresser for a job. The barber inquired about painting a barber pole and was told yes if the painter could find stripey paint.
Facts and Fiction Love Letter Echoes
A man vowed to cross raging seas to see her eyes and phoned last night saying it rained too hard. The note blends romantic hyperbole with a troubled confession about a stormy call.
Editor and poet clash over gas poetry metre
An irate editor protests a piece called poetry that reads like a gas, while a calm poet argues the metre is faulty. The exchange highlights conflicting views on verse form.
Grant's telegram tale on Constantinople boldness
The piece recalls General Grant questioning why Russia failed to seize Constantinople in 1876. It notes a remark about a government telegram ordering no advance and suggests Grant would have kept it secret and acted three days later at Constantinople.
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Sovikes
Constantinople
Grant
Petersburg 1
Paris
Recessional Manuscripts Bring High Sums at Sotheby’s
A Kipling notepaper verse called Recessional sold for 120 dollars at Sotheby’s. The sale included other historic letters: Nelson to Lady Hamilton from Ports mouth dated September 14 1805, Byron letters totaling 605 dollars, and John Rickman correspondence for 4750 dollars. An unrelated health tonic ad promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claiming to aid infant sleep.
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Sotheby’s
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Lord Nelson
Lady Hamilton
George Inn
Portsmouth
Lord Byron
Charlies Lamb
Coleridge
Southey
John Rickman
House of Commons
Lady's Maid Tale Sparks Family Troubles
Mrs Tremendous Blank advertised for a maid and received many replies. She selected a candidate who later proved she had worked elsewhere and knew the difference. The mistress grew acrimonious and pressed the maid to admit she had previously served as a lady's maid.
Child fears October birthday being ruined
A four year old overhears talk of birthdays and cries that she does not want her birthday in October to be knocked over. she expresses distress at the idea of her special day being spoiled.
Laughing Jackass Bird Joke Sparks Banter
A man returns home with a bird gifted by a sea captain, known as the laughing jackass. An Irish navvy stops him and asks what kind of bird it is, thinking mockery. The owner calmly explains it is indeed a laughing jackass, prompting a wry, double entendre reply.
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Phwat
Plaintiff's Testimony Barred Then Admitted After Hours
The exchange shows the plaintiff being questioned by the attorney for the defense objecting to the conversation as evidence. After thirty minutes of argument and judges deliberation the court allowed the question to be asked. The witness replied the plaintiff was not at home.
Notice of Servant's Departure
A character upon leaving a last situation describes a servant who served a year minus eleven months. It commends diligence at the house door, frugality in work, self control, prompt excuses, friendliness toward men, fidelity to lovers, and honesty when circumstances allowed.
Minard Liniment and a Bit of Courtship Gossip
A physician uses Minard's Liniment and a lecturer asserts any girl can marry any man if she keeps his image. girls prefer letters. A sobbing Mary, age fourteen, is counseled by an older sister about dances as three boys ask her to the event. The girl worries over choosing, joking that the last offer was a long panter.
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Mary
Lions as Watchdogs Protect Rhodesian Farm Premises
A Rhodesian farmer trained two African lions to guard his homestead at night. The lions patrol the property, reacting to every sound, in place of previously poisoned dogs. He chose lions because he believed the king of beasts avoids poisoned food.
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Canada Cement Mills
Canada Cement
Mr Pass as New American Ambassador Addresses Public Functions
Mr Pass, the new American ambassador, says he will address weakness at official functions and sees no need for them. The statement reflects his stance on formal duties and public appearances during his early tenure.
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Mr. Pass
The Old Prison Ship Success Stands as Historic Icon
The veteran British prison ship Success, built in 1790 at Moulmein, now serves as a floating museum. Its decks reveal cells and “black holes” from harsh penal history while sails bear convict marks. At 123 years old, the vessel remains seaworthy and earned fame crossing the Atlantic in 96 days.
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Success
England
Fall of the Incas and the fate of their people
Bryce argues that the Inca royal class and empire collapsed under fierce conquerors. He suggests the ruling elite may have died in war, leaving peasants as subdued remnants. Conquest imposed harsher tyranny and terror, breaking spirit and self respect, eroding memory of forebears.
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Cuzco
Mr. Bryce
South America
Field Museum plans shift to grand lakefront site in Chicago
Twenty years after the Field museum's founding, Chicago plans a monumental setting on reclaimed lakefront land. The project envisions removing a major rail terminal to create a dramatic water front and a setting that lifts the entire city toward a new standard of civic achievement.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Field Museum
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Promote Easy Take
The advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as palatable for all ages and tastes. It claims the pills avoid nausea and revulsion common with ordinary pills while delivering strong tonic benefits for the stomach and digestion.
An Ambiguous Title About an Umbrella Encounter
A narrator notes rain pushes into a doorway where a young man with a large umbrella passes. The speaker asks where the umbrella is headed, the youth drops it and runs, leaving the narrator to ponder the odd moment and what it means.
Nerviline touted as relief for rheumatic pain
Augusta resident Mrs. M. D. Durand credits Nerviline with easing three years of rheumatic pain. She praises its ability to penetrate stiff muscles and relieve neuralgia, sciatica, and cramps, and claims it can be taken internally for stomach issues. Catarrhozone Co. Buffalo markets at 50c full size and 25c trial.
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M. D. Durand
Augusta
Catarrhozone Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Somnambulist causes hotel stairs stir in early morning
A night porter confronted a nearly nude man slipping from a hotel stairs at dawn. The man claimed to be a somnambulist and, in a bold reply, defended his actions regardless of religion. An awkward family dialogue regarding a hopeful suitor frames the anecdote.
Sparrow Club Proclaims Record Sparrow and Egg Destruction
The Naughton Suffolk Sparrow Club reports a levy of half a penny per acre and says 2,091 sparrows and 3,480 eggs were destroyed in the past year. In four years the club has destroyed 7,987 birds and 18,031 eggs.
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Naughton
Suffolk
Telegrams Fuel Domestic Strain Hidden in Short Notes
A terse, poignant exchange unfolds as a husband telegraphs his wife requesting money and promises reunion, while she replies with a brief, reassuring line about the ties that bind. The exchange hints at underlying hopes and financial pressures within a troubled home.
Harvard University Beginnings Traced to Newton Then Cambridge
Harvard University traces its origins from 1636 in Newton Massachusetts to subsequent settlement in Cambridge Massachusetts, marking early colonial education history.
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Harvard University
Newton
Cambridge, Mass
Dr Morse Indian Root Pills Promote Regular Bowel Action
The ad promotes Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as entirely vegetable and effective for regulating bowels without weakening or causing griping. It warns that irregular bowels lead to biliousness and headaches, and claims harsh purgatives irritate the bowel lining.
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Dr. Morse
Sculptor Models Tigers for Princeton Gate Statues
The article notes a sculptor studying life to craft two tiger statues guarding Nassat hall at Princeton. He used animal houses near Central Park Arsenal for studies and faced initial reluctance from the zoological specimens before they posed willingly. Edward aged 3 visits a newborn cousin and refuses to name the baby, saying I ain't going to talk to it.
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Nassat Hall
Princeton
Arsenal
Central Park
Edward
Weary city tale of misfortune and odd encounters
A narrator laments constant toil and dampened prospects. The piece moves through scenes of a mad landlord, a crowded streetcar, a clumsy rescue, wartime talk, and a farmer’s comic war readiness answer about fish supper. The tone blends satire with social observation.
Brest Dealer Fined Over Gelatined Caterpillars Sale
A Brest seller was fined for distributing gelatined caterpillars intended as snail bait. The French food and grub trade faces scrutiny as authorities warn against improper bait supplies and deceptive packaging.
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Brest
First-Time Tender Steak Astonishes Customer
Customer compliments unusually tender steak. waiter is aghast realizing the cook may have used the proprietor's piece. The moment highlights a pricing and kitchen mix-up in a dining room scene.
Granite dogs guard Dublin estate entrance
An Irish driver tells an English motorist that two large granite dogs by a Dublin estate bark when touched, and the driver replies that the men feel the dogs whenever they bark, in a straightforward exchange.
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Dublin
Jack
Bread of the Vikings Found Mixed With Peas and Bark
Archaeologists report a Viking era bread in eastern Gothland tests as a pea and pine bark mix. The discovery suggests peas were used in Sweden over a thousand years ago. The piece notes wealth can be troublesome yet easily shed, and a militant window-smasher is misguided though her actions create major damage.
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Gothland
Sweden
Marriage Confers Peace of Mind Joke Dialog
A light exchange on marriage as a source of peace. She asks for the meaning and he quips that married men gain a piece of mind from their wives. The bit plays on wordplay about reassurance and domestic harmony.
Counterfeit Quarter Reported at Show Door
Audience member recalls passing a counterfeit quarter at admission and reports the show delivered value despite the incident.
Mike and the Lobster in Irish Seaside Banter
A British soldier calls Mike a lobster in a humorous exchange. Mike defends the animal’s wisdom and color, insisting he will not wear a red coat as he lives. The quip highlights playful regional bravado and wit.
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Mike
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