Case of psoriasis cured by Dr. Chase's Ointment
A Ontario man claims five years of psoriasis ended after using Dr. Chase's Ointment. He praises the product as miraculous for itching and widespread sores. Advertises the ointment at 60 cents a box and lists Edmanson Bates & Co. Limited Toronto as dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Nettle Massey
Consecon
Ont
Ivor Chase
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
Five Postmen Burned by Exploding Mail In Dundee
In Dundee Scotland five postmen suffered serious burns from chemicals inside letters. A worker emptied a mail bag onto a spring table at the post office and the contents ignited instantly. Many envelopes carried phosphorus and other highly inflammable substances addressed to Premier Asquith with the message Justice to women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Scotland
Asquith
Pa Leaves for Portland for Ten Years to Learn Sculpture
The speaker recalls their father heading to Portland for a decade, traveling without cost to him, and planning to study sculpture work, a move described with rural bluntness and local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Ramsate
Willy Pooh
Portland
Worry if you want to but don’t insist on help
A terse maxim notes that concern is acceptable while demanding assistance is unnecessary. It advises self reliance and cautions against pressuring others for support.
Albanians slain by Servians report shocks Europe
Vienna reports a Reichspost dispatch from an unnamed source alleging 25 000 Albanians were slaughtered by Servians and their partisans along routes into Serbia and toward the Adriatic. It cites mass killings at Prishtina Prizrend Uskub and Ferisovitch with hundreds burned and shot and calls for a European inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Reichspost
Comitadjis
Servia
Adriatic
Uskub
Ferisovitch
Europe
Reichpost
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Propaganda Card
A druggist promises refunds if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itch burning bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days. Card touts quick relief and low price of 50 cents.
Farmer and wife slain in haystack fire case
A farmer named Kaliss and his wife were found burned beyond recognition at their haystack. Their two daughters and a servant were missing. the girls were later found confined upstairs and the servant's body was found in a barn. A Pole worker and a band of men were implicated in the murder during a robbery plot. The farmer’s effects showed rifling and the suspect was arrested in a neighboring village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaliss
Baby Resemblance Opened to Arbitration
The parents, unloved by most, debated whether the infant looked like father or mother. They called in Farmer B to judge, who pinched the baby to see its crying face. He concluded the child bears a look of both parents, the will of Providence, though hard on the little one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer B
Minards Liniment and a Comic Night at the Club
A playful scene unfolds as Els Sord Willkins arrives at the club with a teasing premonition of triumph. A gag about Mr. Lloyd George’s hands leads to a punchline about a marriage fee while a child and mother exchange a sleepy quip about Lola’s foot and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkins
Mr. Lloyd George
Dumbley
Wilkins
Plot to Kill Airmen Allegations Reach Royal Aero Club
The Royal Aero Club investigates suspected early 20th century sabotage of military aircraft. D Lawrence Santoni, managing director of British Deperdussin Aeroplane Co, claims three separate engine tamperings aimed to cause fatal crashes. Incidents include a Porte flight on Salisbury Plain with damaged engine components and water-filled carburetors in two Deperdussin machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Aero Club
D. Lawrence Sanowni
Deperdussin Aeroplane Company, Limited
Army of the Air
Mr. Santoni
J. C. Porte
R.N
Salisbury Plain
Porte
Liieutenant Porte
M. de Roye
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited As Cure For Various Ailments
Mrs. J. W. Leadbetter of Eel Creek Cumberland County Nova Scotia credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after years of Female, Kidney and Heart trouble. She endured five doctors and an operation before finding relief, noting the pills cured her kidney disease and improved her nerves and spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eel Creek
Cumberland Co
N.S
J. W. Leadbetter
Dodd
Heligoland to Have Revolving Airship Shed
Reports say Heligoland will build a revolving airship shed in a low mood called the Sapskubble. Construction to start in spring with the shed raised to ground level for ship exit and entry. The design shields the site from bombs dropped by hostile aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Heligoland
Confession by coercion cited in school raid case
A magistrate questions a female parent who admits her son confessed to taking part in a raid on a schoolmaster after a forceful coercive sequence. The dialogue links the boy’s confession to threats and punishment, referencing a sensational claim about a voluntary admission under pressure.
Bandits Loot Train Near Trapani Rob 200 Passengers
A telegram to the Matin reports four armed bandits looted a railway train near Trapani Sicily. They went through the train robbing about 200 passengers. none resisted and the robbers fled and remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Matin
Trapani
Sicily
Mr Foster Eases Hostess With Cheerful Reassurance
An American visitor at a district with long sounded vowels is told he is danced out before supper. Mr Foster responds with courtesy, noting he is not darned stout but nice and plump, and urges her to dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Foster
Greatest Man Debate Sparks Classroom Quip
In a playful classroom exchange, a teacher notes George Washington as the greatest man, while Willie Jones counters with Ananias as the bigger truth teller, prompting a lighthearted clash over honesty and legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Willie Jones
Willie
Ananias
Snowdrops Serenade Winter's Quiet Brightness
Poem notes snowdrops appearing as white blossoms amid green leaves each early year. It laments modest emotion while admiring virgin whiteness and a sense of rapture, set against falling snow and an unsuspecting self.
Hiwards Liniment Claims to Cure Garget Cows
Mrs Helen Powell reports four boys born to Liverpool carter's wife. odd claim about Hiward's Liniment curing garget cows appears in the same clipping. No independent verification available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Margaret Powell
Liverpool Carter
Boy Dies of Hydrophobia in Paris Hospital
A 16 year old boy died of hydrophobia in Ath ens hospital after being bitten by a rabid dog a year earlier. He was sent to the Pas eur Institute in Paris for treatment and appeared to recover but began to bark days before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Athens
Paseur Institute
Heir Enq’s Claim of Universal Price Sparks Debate
AQA narrator asks if every man has a price and the heir suggests bargaining is possible. The exchange centers on morality and value as a bar gain notion is proposed versus uncertainty about universal greed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mole N Massey
SANOL
Canada
Sanol Mfg
Winnipeg
Manitoba
N_ U
Minard
Els
Lola
Nova Scotia
Gertie
Helen
Heligoland Air Base
the Grain Growers Grain Co., Lid
Calgary
T. A. Crerar
B. J. Fream
John Kennedy
Ee — Directora Manitooe
T. A_ Crerar
Wm Mottat
Enape
de Geskatehowan
Bes
Langley
J. A. Mahare
F. W. Green
J. Morrison
Dominion Utilities Mfg. Co Ltd
Main Street
Man
I.X.L
Senay Saz
Canada Cement Company Limited
Herald Building
Montreal
Doubdt
Hiward
Heirens
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!