Read This Letter Women urged to take Ripley’s back cure
An old advertised letter claims gin pills relieve back pain for women. It recounts long suffering and cites Mrs Ripley and Mrs Millan as endorsers. The ad promises six boxes for $2.50 with money back if no cure and lists National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Limited as the maker and supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millan
P. Ripley
National Drug and Chemical Co. Dept. N
National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Limited
Toronto
Doctor Adds Sudden Worsening Hint in Patient Call
In a telephone exchange the nurse asks the physician to confirm the patient’s vague symptoms. The doctor responds that Mr. Ben der showed no signs yet of sm ener for five or six days and notes the second day reveals he is much better after a treatment.
England explores remodeling the Ten Commandments
A discussion notes a movement in England to remodel the Ten Commandments with remarks about restoration. The exchange criticizes the idea and reflects on the changing sense of tradition.
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Hicks
England
Dorkines
Automobiles Reach House Cited In Toledo Blade Writ
A Toledo Blade quote recalls a racing automobile passing a house, with audible and olfactory impressions described before and after the event. The vivid anecdote emphasizes speed and sensory impact, illustrating a dramatic moment in local daily life.
Two Scottish Guests Mistaken for Foreigners at London Inn
Two Scottish men staying at a London hotel called for help after noting a broken washbasin. A waiter arrived and asked their request, earning a puzzled response as he puzzled over their identity. The scene ends with the waiter bringing a tie and two glasses.
Missionary's Visit Interrupted by Bees Swarming
An Episcopal missionary in Wyoming visiting a distant district asks a large family to pray in their home. The woman delays, and the head of the family shouts from the orchard that they have no time to worry about souls when the bees are swarming.
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Wyoming
Worm Exterminator Offers Protection for Children
A historic notice warns that worms threaten children who are not tended to and that the Worm Exterminator promises to shield youngsters from distressing afflictions including convulsions and death.
Goat and river voyage muttered in old Boston slang
A fragmented early 20th century Boston dialogue shows a narrator and others joking about a goat that has eaten a crate of stones and plans to take it to the river for a drink. The scene hints at rural speech and informal street banter.
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Casey
Boston Transcript
Home Team Can't Win All the Time Quote
A man should return home smiling and hungry. Mrs. Torkins agrees the home team cannot win every time, reflecting on domestic humor and sports metaphors.
Bank Collapse Sparks Directors Stir Women Featured
Dialogue notes a bank failure with directors ignorant of events as Mrs. Volington quips that if all directors were women, the situation would differ. The remark appears in the Boston Transcript dialogue.
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Volington
Boston
Comfort for skin tortured babies and rest for mothers
Reading letters shows Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment curing eczema and skin eruptions in babies and soothing exhausted mothers. Testimonies describe severe rashes, itching, sleepless nights, and dramatic recovery after two boxes of ointment and two cakes of soap, restoring rest and health.
Baby Recovers After Skin Ailment Treated With Ointment
A family described a baby suffering severe dermatitis with crusting on hands face and nose. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the crusts dried up in three days and faded within a week. The child slept peacefully thereafter and showed no lasting marks.
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Ecnema
Mark
St Rece
Child healed after long jar of soap and ointment marks
Mrs. Greg reports her four month old son Andrew suffered red spots and sores until Cu cur a Leap and Ointment finally helped. After seventeen months torment he recovered with only a mark remaining. Edinburgh title and sender Windmadi Lane.
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Andrew
Mrs. Greg
Windmadi Lane
Edinburgh
Cuticura Soap and Cure Dome Sample Offer
A promotional notice touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as quick simple and economical for skin and scalp care. It mentions a 32-page booklet and directs readers to the Pottery and Chemical Company on Columbus Avenue Boston for samples and details.
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Pottery & Chem Corp
Calumbdus Ave
Boston
Testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham remedies from Toronto and Maple Creek
A Toronto woman reports relief from uterine and bowel pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Another Maple Creek resident credits monthly pains and overall health improvement to the same remedies and urges others to try them. The notice promotes the product for female complaints and pregnancy support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maple Creek
Sask
F. E. Cook
Passenger Removals Overcrowded Train Complication
A crowded railway carriage leads to a quarrel when a newcomer asks to sit in a full car. He slips into the corner seat after the guard is summoned for “one over the number,” and the dislodged passenger is ejected onto the platform.
Moslem Etiquetts And Dining Customs Cited
London Globe reports on Moslem dining etiquette noting meals must begin with salt and end with vinegar to avoid contagion and ensure prosperity. The host starts first and ends last, toothpicking as grace, and Gabriel’s toothpick legend is cited. Priests recite Koran passages before and after meals and before water drinking.
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Gabriel
London Globe
Large man passes, country lads mock his weight
A very large man over 300 pounds walks a village street. A group of country lads stare in astonishment as he jokes that they will recognize him the next time, and they respond with a quip about his bust.
Burial Mounds Reflect Rank and Feeling in Chinese Graves
The Chinese mark graves without monuments. The coffin lies about one foot below the surface and a mound covers it, its size varying with the family's rank and sentiment toward the departed member.
Do You Blame Him Towne Browne Exchange Jokes
Dialogue reveals Towne praising his own voice while Browne mocks him. Browne notes the irony of not hearing himself in sleep as Towne booms on and on. The light exchange traces ambition and vanity in a humorous social setting.
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Towne
Browne
The Commuter Service Awakens A German Regular
After the Sunday sermon the rector greets a young German who says he attends daily at 7.45 each morning. The exchange shows a routine of regular weekday attendance at church services.
Oxeye Daisy's Arrival in America Linked to Hessians
A historical note traces the oxeye daisies Leucanthemum wolgare to American origins via Hessian forces during the revolution. The seeds and plants were unintentionally introduced through bedding during the harsh winter campaigns.
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America
Western professor questions Cain and Abel claim
An unclear note attributes a Western professor’s doubt about the biblical Cain and Abel story. The language is garbled, making precise names and positions uncertain but indicating scholarly skepticism amid a noisy discussion.
Canadian Pacific Railway Floral Dept Produces 190000 Packages
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co floral department plans to send over 190,009 seers to agents sectionmen and employees living on company property and cultivating flowers near their buildings. Established two decades ago, the program grows with the railway and aims to beautify communities while offering prizes for best gardens and garden photographs.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canada
Irrigation Department
Forestry Department
West
Go Ahead Said Janitor and the Heat
A friend recounts a night downstairs when the janitor faced a noisy intruder, the exchange ending with the intruder seeking heat elsewhere. The passage then touts Holloway's Corn Cure as having unique curative power beyond other preparations.
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Holloway
Feud Over Ugly Faces Sparks Quiet Confrontation
A joking exchange from the Chicago Daily News recalls a moment when Tommy de Peyster and Eddie Tuffrat avoided a fight after ugly faces were made. Both deny noticing the actions, attributing them to natural expressions.
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Tommy de Peyster
Eddie Tuffrat
Chicago Daily News
Minard’s Oiniment In The House Joke Exchange
A Toledo Blade cartoon caption showcases a humorous exchange between Ross and Mr Jones about necktie sales. The clerk compliments a shopkeeper for selling more ties than any clerk, while a running gag notes the clerk tailoring advice to age by declaring a tie either too young or too old for the customer.
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Ross
Mr. Jones
Toledo Blade
Pain and Swelling Remedy Promised by Hamline Wizard Oil
An advertisement claims pain and swelling are usually local and not internal, caused by cold or inflammation, and can be rapidly removed by Hamline Wizard Oil.
Hiring Woes Echo Through Quiet Office
A complaint about the new stenographer surfaces as colleagues joke about her two weeks on the job and the missing manicure tools. The exchange hints at workplace friction and personality differences without explicit details.
Kiss Rejected As He Pleads On One Knee
A Kansas City Journal quip records a man begging for a kiss on bended knee and the woman's sharp reply urging him to stand up and be practical. The humorous exchange reflects social wit of the era.
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Kansas City Journal
J Old Man of the Prairies
Seventy six year old Mr J P Lackey of Swift Current Saskatchewan says twenty five years of rheumatism and kidney disease disappeared after using three boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills He now reports being strong and healthy and shares the remedy with friends.
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Dodd
J. P. Lackey
Prairies
Lackey
Suffragettes Quarrel Sparks Muttered Threats
A Detroit Free Press brief quotes two suffragettes exchanging lines about lateness. The first asks what the other’s husband said, and the second replies that he threatened to go home to his mother if she returns late again.
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Detroit Free Press
Unclear Fragment Sparks Idle Reflections
A garbled excerpt presents Uncle Eben comparing experience to a tooth pull. The line hints at winter and future lessons, but the context and full details are missing from the readable text.
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Eben
How Long Out? Amateur yachtsman and crew drift off coast
A well known New York amateur yachtsman with friends started a cruise via Long Island Sound. A week later, due to light winds, the craft barely moved along a familiar coast and drifted near shore. An angler on the beach asked their origin and time out.
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New York
Long Istana Sound
Neighborly separation decreed by judge in New York
Mrs Highup tells Mrs Blase that the court ordered the couple to remain apart. The judge’s ruling separates them as they continue living in adjacent units in a New York apartment building.
Zam-Buk Restores Hope After Hospital Run
Mr Fred Mason of St Andrews NB recounts 13 weeks in Montreal General Hospital for eczema relief with no cure before trying Zam-Buk. He reports itching stoppage and healing after use, endorsing Zam-Buk for skin injuries and related conditions. Zam-Buk Soap recommended for washing wounds. Available from Zam-Buk Co Toronto 50c box and Soap 2c per tablet.
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Fred. Mason
St. Andrews
N.B
Montreal
Montreal General Hospital
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Local Resident Recounts Drunken Outburst Cited by Mrs Nagget
A passerby recalls Peckham's intoxicated conduct, while Mrs. Nagget defends him noting he recently lost his wife. The Catholic Standard and Times quotes the exchange as a commentary on restraint and grief.
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Peckham
Nagget
Baby's Own Tablets praised as safe remedy for infants
Thousands of mothers acclaim Baby's Own Tablets as a great remedy for little ones. The ad claims no harmful drugs, urges keeping them in homes with babies, and notes Mrs. Fred McCarthy of Pinewood Ontario endorses them. Sold by dealers or by mail for 20 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Fred McCarthy
Pinewood
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Father’s beard shaved again as child jokes in London Chronicle
A district visitor tells a girl she hardly knew her father today. The tale notes the father has shaved his beard off three times in a year. The girl explains that only if Father likes it will it count. meanwhile Juvver steffin’ the sofa.
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Juvver
Steffin
London Chronicle
Oil of the People Claims Enduring Public Favor
The text touts Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil as the oil of the people noting its lasting position and expanding usefulness. It claims the product’s sterling qualities keep it ahead and that thousands have benefited and would use no other preparation.
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Thomas
Professor's Belief In Miracles Ad dress at Ports mouth
Sir Oliver Lodgs argued miracles are not impossible and not lawless, likening them to human interference in a bees colony. A Birmingham University principal since 1900, he left school early yet pursued science vigorously. a Penkhull native.
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Sir Oliver Lodgs
National Free Church Council
Portsmouth
Oliver
Birmingham University
Penkhull
Staffordsl
Bible found on the beach linked to Cottenham parish history
A letter informs a Cottenham resident in Cambridgeshire of a Bible discovered on a beach at Vancouver British Columbia. The Bible was presented to Cottenham parish by the rector under a 17th century will dating back to 1674, highlighting historic parish connections.
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Yeetor
Cottenham
Cambe
Van«aver. Brit
Columbia
Fly Casting For Trout And Technique Notes
The article outlines practical fly casting tips for beginners, stressing loose grip, imitating skilled casters, and casting to within a handkerchief at fifty feet. It covers casting with either hand, handling winds, keeping line taut during a fish’s leap, and techniques to avoid fatigue and improve accuracy in varying conditions. It also notes wind, sun, and time of day affect success and includes a light aside about a humorous dialogue and a local newspaper tag.
Wonders of Red Tape in French Officialdom
A farmer’s son hangs himself near Auden court after a dispute with his master. Local officials argue over jurisdiction and call in three towns Bertry Troisvilles Audencourt before Caudry authorities send soldiers to cut down the body. The death occurred about twenty five hours earlier.
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France
Audencourt
Bertry
Troisvilles
Caudry
Comforting Bridegroom Louis Agassiz Snakes in Stocking
The naturalist Louis Agassiz spent his wedding night in his lab and placed two snake specimens in his wife’s stocking. The next morning his wife woke to find one snake and he exclaims about the missing second snake.
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Louis Agassiz
Barber Furcett Discovers Gold While Shampooing Customer
The Hope News reports barber Furcett briefly uncovered a new gold mining tale when washing Ed Stuart who had just returned from the mines. Furcett claims he washed $2.50 worth of gold dust from Stuart's hair, suggesting barbering pays well in Hope.
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Vancouver World
May
Hope
Barber Furcett
Ao Adj
Stuart
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