Skin Troubles of Babyhood Treated by Dr Chase's Ointment
Advert reads Dr Chase's Ointment as a universal cure for baby skin irritations including chafing and eczema. Testimonials from parents in Ontario and Alberta claim rapid relief for infants and facial eruptions, with price listed as 60 cents a box at dealers and in Toronto.
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Chase Mowa
Berlin
Ont
Dr. Chase
FP Prooke
High River
Alberta
Teckaml
Chase
Eirdmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Vast Importance of Canadian Fisheries
Reports note scarce fish in Detroit and St Clair rivers as fry stocks dwindle. Prof Prince highlights Canada’s expansive fisheries, hatcheries, and growth of Fraser cannneries from 1 to 75 by recent decades, with major halibut, whaling resources and vast areas sustaining white fish, lake trout, sturgeon, salmon and more.
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Detroit
St. Clair
Great Lakes
Lake Winnipes
Detroit River
Frazer River
Prof
Prince
Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries
Canada
Westminster
Dominion
Fraser River
Ises
Fraser
British Columbia
Atlantic
Hudson's Bay
Mediterranean
St. Lawrence
Great Saskatchewan
Mackenzie
Columbia River
Red Rivers
Yukon
Lake of the Woods
Manitoba
Northwest
Commercial
Its Power Grows with Age Elixir of known panaceas in market history
The piece notes many medicines proclaimed as universal cures have faded since Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil first appeared, yet the remedy endures. It asserts the medicine benefits humanity broadly, expanding its reach and audience each year.
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Thomas
Liberty or Death Greeting Sparks Cossack Call
In the Toledo Blade's account, Patrickovitch Henryoffski, described as a Russian patriot, declares if given liberty or death. A Czarist response vows harsher action. Colonel Shufloff is ordered to mobilize Cossacks and grant the two requests, starting with the second.
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Patrickovitch Henryoffski
Shufloff
Toledo Blade
Money Trouble Sparks Domestic Dispute
A dialogue reveals Mr Meanly complains his wife demands money constantly while Mr Japson questions the usage. Meanly admits he hasn't given her any money yet. The exchange from Pick Me Up captures a humorous domestic exchange.
Mother Grave Worm Exterminator Promoted as Effective Remedy
An advertisement touts Mother Grave Worm Exterminator as a pleasant, sure and effective treatment for feverishness restlessness and moaning during sleep. It advises consulting a druggist if stock is unavailable and having him procure it.
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Mother Grave
Third BC sperm whale taken on west coast
The third sperm whale caught in British Columbia waters was harvested on the west coast. The head yielded forty barrels of oil, earning the whaling company $1.20, with the whale valued at $5,000 in total.
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British Columbia
Whaling Company
A Cure for Fever and Ague Vegetable Pills
Par melee's Vegetable Pills are compounded for use in any climate and preserve their powers in any latitude. They act on the secretions to neutralize poison in the blood. They correct impurities from water or food and prevent fevers when used as a preventive.
Placer Mining Revival Sparks BC Rush Echoes of 49
In British Columbia renewed interest in placer mining surfaces with speculation of a new rush near Old Caribou. Prospectors anticipate a boom that could mirror the fever of the 1849 gold era as miners prepare for a potential influx and heightened activity.
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British Columbia
Caribou Upper
Mysterious trousers disrupt Paris women’s congress
In Paris the International Woman's Congress faced a comic scene when a pair of trousers appeared on stage. The mistook figure was identified as a man M Legendre of Sens claiming femininist support. He said he had taken eleven trains to attend and was expelled after the president explained entry rules.
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International Woman's Congress
Paris
M. Legendre
Sens
The Seddon Spirit in War Support
A New Zealand Premier, Seddon, renowned for dispatching troops to aid Britain in the South African War, faced taunts from an Opposition member over sacrificing colony lives. He replied that he had signed a commission for his own son and challenged him to return unscathed.
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Seddon
New Zealand
Great Britain
New York Tribune
How They Take It Mustard Seed Seeded in Different Ground
An Indian Territory editor offers a parable on readers reactions to publicity. The narrow minded read and hoard copies, the kind hearted share and pay debts, and the successful advertiser seeks the editor and both enjoy a moment of peace. The piece uses a mustard seed analogy to reflect varied responses to print.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Health From Kidney Disease
Mrs Ed Rose of St Catherine credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her kidney ailment once deemed Brights disease. She describes severe back pain insomnia and breath difficulty before using about twenty boxes, after which she recovered fully. The ad explains kidneys filter blood and promotes pills as the remedy to purify blood heal inflammation and strengthen kidneys.
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Bright
Williams
Dr. Williams
Ont
Grammar vs. sports talk in Washington Star quip
A light quip from the Washington Star contrasts a misused adverb with correct grammar. Mrs Torkins notes players field badly while Charley asserts the error. The exchange highlights language critique in a sports context.
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Charley
Cholera Remedy Promoted For Quick Relief
Advertisers urge readers to send at once for Dr J D Kelleys Dysentery Cordial to combat cholera and summer complaint. They claim the medicine acts with wonderful rapidity, subduing the disease and delivering a thorough cure for both adults and children.
Mirthful Exchange on Menu Misstatements by Spectator
A humorous remark from an American spectator contrasts claims about a menu, noting that cinnamon bear steak is not a hike speed roast beef, illustrating skeptical wit about misheard or misrepresented dishes.
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Mr. P. Latitude
Seldon
Mr. P. Latifact
Cimnamon
American Spectator
Sunlight Soap Promotes Its Use in Sunlight Way
The advertisement touts Sunlight Soap as superior to rival brands and urges consumers to follow directions for best results. It emphasizes the Sunlight method as the preferred approach and mentions purchasing the product for household cleaning use.
Union Shop Sparks Tailor Customer Debate
A customer insists it’s never too late to mend while a journeyman tailor asserts this is a union shop. The exchange highlights labor and apprenticeship tensions likely in a local shop setting.
Amsterdam Museum of Security and its two great sections
A visitor can find the Amsterdam Museum of Security tucked along a side canal after passing the Royal Palace. The exhibit shows devices for preventing factory accidents and protecting workers, funded by German Reichstag appropriations in the early 1900s and housed in Charlottenburg.
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Amsterdam
Royal
Venice
Museum van Voorwerpen Ter Verkoming van Ongelukken En Ziekten
Fabriken En Werkplaatsen
Amsterdam Museum of Security
Berlin
Reichstag
Charlottenburg
Museum of Security
French Ophthalmologist Studied Braille Reading Limits
A renowned French ophthalmologist who became blind investigates reading by the blind using Braille. He finds tactile acuity in the blind lower than in sighted people, with many never reaching 100 words per minute in reading or 40 in writing. One finger is trained for reading, though others may be sensitive. reading fatigues the reading finger, hindering speed.
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Harper'’s Weekly
Feeding a Football Crowd at Crystal Palace Final
The London Mail reports huge preparations by Crystal Palace caterers for the football final. Inventory includes 240000 glasses, 120000 cups and saucers, 76000 bread and butter slices, 1000 loaves five pounds each, 100 loaves eight pounds each, 100 pounds of beef, 75 pounds of mutton, 12000 pounds of potatoes, 100 barrels of beer, 160 gallons of milk, plus buns, scones, cakes. Over 1200 staff managed distribution.
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Crystal Palace
London
London Mail
Coloring Yellow Straw Hats with Alcohol Wax Method
A Harper's Bazaar tip describes coloring sun faded straw hats. Dissolve sealing wax powder in alcohol, optional shade, heat gently, then brush onto hat in sun. The method stiffens straw and the dye resists rain. perform outdoors due to flammable mixture.
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Harper's Bazar
Ceatting Down Niagara Power Loss Warned
Professor Unwin told the Society of Mechanical Engineers in London that Niagara Falls will lose about 30 percent of its natural flow after current power schemes are completed, especially during the season of minimum flow.
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Niagara Falls
Society of Mechanical Engineers
London
Unwin
Bathing China's Gods Under Yuan Shi Kain Power
Viceroy Yuan Shi Kain visited Paotingfu and removed local temple idols, discarding them into a river. The episode sparked humor among locals who joked that the viceroy was giving their gods a bath, reflecting the era's religious mood.
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China
Yuan Shi Kain
Paotingfu
Corsican Women Ride Burdens on Heads
Corsican women are praised for queenly grace and carry waterpots and burdens on their heads as a distinctive custom observed in daily life across Corsica.
Austen Chamberlain to Marry Miss Dun Gas in Datchet Rumor End
The engagement of Mr Austen Chamberlain to Miss Ivy Muriel Dundas ends long rumors of bachelorhood. Datchet townsfolk, led by Col Dundas, celebrate as the couple plans marriage after a reunion in Algiers during health travels.
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Austen Chamberlain
Ivy Muriel Dun- Gas
Mr. Chamberlain
Austen
United States
Mr Chamberlain
Datchet
Miss Dundas
Thames-side
Col
Dundas
Gib- Faltar
Algiers
England
Worcestershire
Mystery of Capt Pearson's 16 000 mile voyage ends in Adelaide
London pilot Captain Charles H Pearson was swept to sea after Christmas Day departure from the English Downs. A gale forced Genista around the Cape with no landfall for weeks. He finally arrived in Adelaide, returned home at Genista owners' expense with a tale of two remarkable, involuntary nautical odysseys.
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Charles 8
Pearson
London
Adelaide
English Downs
Lizard
Cape
Capt
Kangaroo Hunt Near Crawley England
The incident at Leonardslee Park Horsham saw several escaped kangaroos wander into St Leonard s Forest and Tilgate Forest Crawley prompting local farmer alarm. Despite repeated hunts no capture occurred and a young animal died from the cold leaving farmers hopeful the rest are captured or meet similar fate.
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Crawley
Sussex
Edmund Giles Loder
Leonardslee Park
Horsham
St. Leonard's Forest
Tilgate Forest
The Blind Inventor James Gale PhD Doctor of Medicine
The blind inventor and medical electrician James Gale born Crabtree Plymouth July 29 1933 lost sight at seventeen. Educated at Tavistock with private tutor he led a busy life. It is said he earned about £50 000 for medical electrical attendance, the largest on record. In 1865 he appeared before Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle and laid several notable corner-stones amid public attention.
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James Gale
Crabtree
Plymouth
Tavistock
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
The Prince's Menagerie Arrives in England
A large menagerie of animals and birds given to the Prince of Wales during his Indian tour has reached England. The collection includes elephants tigers pumas bears rhinoceroses buffalo and antelopes along with rare birds. It will be housed at the Zoological Gardens with new sheds and paddocks built nearby.
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Prince of Wale
England
Zoological Gardens
Britain
Big Shipment of Gold Reaches West Coast From Australia
A large consignment of gold valued at about 1.6 million dollars arrived aboard the R M S Aorangi from Australia and was bound for San Francisco via Vancouver. The 60 cubic foot bulk carried gilt coinage in quarters laid near the captain’s room with constant guard. Vancouver will transfer the cargo to train for southern dispatch.
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Vietona
R.M.S. Aorang
Australia
San Francisco
Vancouver
Bay City
California Steamer Service
Aorangi
Wells Fargo & Company
Crompton D. EF. National Company
Sydney
Nsw
CPLR
Vermont Bishop Refuses Negro Applicant To St Pauls Church
President Buckham of the University of Vermont recounted Bishop Hall of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont denying a Black man admission to St Pauls Church in Burlington. The bishop advised prayer for spiritual improvement and retold a humorous exchange about the man’s persistence and the church’s gates.
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Buckham
University of Vermont
Bishop Hall
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
Congregational Church
St. Paul's Church
Burlington
Erastus
St. Pauls
Pittsburg Post
Dr Leonhardt Hem Romoid Cure Ad Counteroffers
A promotional notice promises a universal hemorrhoid cure from Dr Leonhardt Hem-Roid for all cases including blind bleed internal external and suppurating types. It claims a thousand testimonials and a money back guarantee with price and distributor details The Wilson-Fyle Co Limited Niagara Falls Ont is listed as seller.’
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Dr. Leonhardt
Wilson-Fyle Co., Limited
Niagara Falls
Ont
The Man Behind and the Hidden Patron
Essay notes that the unseen fiscal supporter behind every shop and service keeps towns alive. The author praises the “honest fellow man” who pays promptly, signs his bills, and sustains editors merchants and the entire commercial world.
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Sun
Times
Kodak
Dust and Microbes Stir in Parisian Parlie Annales
A witty exchange from Parie Annales notes Madame’s flourish with her skirt raising dust as she teases a servant about hygiene. The vignette hints at Parisian salon humor and social manners during a deflected dust moment.
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Mistress
Madame
Children Quote Scriptures as They Drop Pennies
An Aurora preacher starts a practice where children recite Scriptural texts when dropping pennies in the offering box. The first child misquotes humorously, and others follow with similarly altered lines. A molasses-smeared boy adds a final quip that a fool and his money are soon parted.
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Aurora
Joveth
Seneumar
Kansas City Star
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Alec
Apieentad Nair
Davie C. Riss
Lowell
Mase Potarers
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Dodds
Ceatting
Niagara
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Osee
Hall
Hall & CO
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the Lord and Rastus
Fa Wa
Mooney’s Perfection Cream
Wilson
Archdale Wilson
Hamilton, Ont
Ol Foverhuient
Mustia
Caplan
Wen Bor
Wiel
Natshatking
Simbirak
Nail
P. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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