One Pill Gave Great Relief for Kidney Trouble
A Plessisville reader describes chronic kidney trouble relief after taking Gin Pills. He reports complete cure after four boxes, with improved weight, color, strength, and vitality. The ad urges trying Gin Pills for kidneys or bladder and rheumatic back pain, offering a free sample from National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited.
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Plessisville, Que
H. Powis Herbert
National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited
Dept. N. Y. Toronto
Live within your income maxim by Andrew Carnegie
A Carnegie maxim from his seventy sixth birthday proclaims the virtue of frugality. The piece notes the challenge lies in living without debt or excess while still maintaining a dignified lifestyle.
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Carnegie
Unclear OCR Fragments Cover Embassies and Cab Driver Tale
Fragmentary notes describe a cab driver in a town near an embassy sharing opinions about order and place. The text includes garbled phrases about laws and places, with references to a visitor and a local shop. The passage is damaged and difficult to interpret.
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Uncle Sam
Wndow
Cholera Prevention Tip Claims Quick Cure from Kellogg Cordial
The piece urges prompt use of Dr. J. D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial for cholera and summer complaints. It asserts the remedy never fails to cure and praises its fast action in subduing pain and disease.
Tommy's tale of pain and a doctor's question
A fragment recalls Tommy in pain and a doctor asking if he is in pain. Tommy answers softly that the pain is inside him rather than in his body, revealing a child’s inward struggle.
Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria and Gent Dispute
A court transcript recalls Minard’s Liniment claimed to cure diphtheria. A witness testifies to the defendant’s character as “an independent gent,” prompting Judge Whightman to clarify the term gent versus gentleman in a humorous exchange.
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Whightman
Wightman
Policeman Surprises Fire Scene By Parrot’s Cursing
A Chicago officer rescuing a woman from a burning attic climbs three flights through thick smoke only to discover the noise came from a parrot. The bird’s vocabulary includes rude words.
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Chicago
Doctors’ Lifespans Compared With Clergymen
A saying notes that physicians die to save others and lose their own lives. Among professionals, doctors have the shortest lifespans, averaging more deaths than clergy between ages 45 and 465.
The Value of Cultivation in Society
A reflection on true culture linking intellect and moral strength. Self control, unselfishness, and the ability to govern outbursts mark a refined society. The text contrasts uncultured freely expressing joy and anger with cultivated restraint and forgiveness guided by biblical and moral teachings.
Liberia as Seen in West Africa by an Observer
The account portrays Liberia wedged between Sierra Leone and the French Ivory Coast as a nation where 1,000 Afro American descendants govern 1,506,000 natives. It notes a U S modeled constitution, a 13 member Lower House, a 9 member Senate, a gun boat navy, militia army, 250 mile coast, 34 000 square miles, and products including coffee palm kernels palm oil rubber and minerals amid West African climate and diseases.
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West Africa
Sierre Leone
Ivory Coast
Liberia
United States
Baby's Own Tablets Help Winter Health for Infants
A vintage health note advises mothers to clothe babies warmly bathe daily and give Baby's Own Tablets to prevent cold onset, support bowels, and expel worms. The Dr Williams Medicine Company sells boxes for 25 cents by mail from Brockville Ontario.
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Baby
Mexico to Raise Fifteen Thousand Soldiers Next Year
The decree of December 17 1910 enacts universal conscription drawing one in every thousand inhabitants aged eighteen to twenty two for two years. Drawings occurred January 1 and will create a thirty thousand man force. Abraham Gonzales says rural troops may be reduced and substitutes may be sent if approved and under twenty five.
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Mexico
Abraham Gonzales
Gobernacion
Women Office-Holders in Nebraska
Forty four women hold the office of county superintendent of schools in Nebraska and draw salaries from 1000 to 1600 dollars a year. Notably Mary Foster Abbie Newberry Jessie Prytie and K B Williams earn 1600. Eight collect 1400 and fifteen receive 1000 with eight paid a per diem of five dollars for sparse counties. All have been reelected multiple times.
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Nebraska
Jessie 8. Prytie
Gage County
Messrsk. B.O. Williams
Saunders County
Mary E.foster
Cass
Abbie M. Newberry
Knox
Wolseley’s Swift Journey Spurs Late Medieval Rise
Charles Wolseley built a rapid travel capability to advance his career. He allegedly secured royal favor by delivering a message from Henry VII to Emperor Maximilian. He left London in the afternoon, went by boat to Gravesend, rode to Dover, and crossed to Calais, reaching the Emperor the next evening and the King within just over two days.
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Charles Wolseley
Wolseley
Henry VII
Maximilian
London
Gravesend
Dover
Calais
Final Crop Estimates for 1911 Canada From Agriculture Office
The Department of Agriculture reports final 1911 field crop data for the Dominion. Canada’s 42,53,0900 acres produced 565,712,000 dollars in value with wheat at 10,474,000 acres and 215,851,000 bushels. fall wheat 26,014,000 bushels. oats 9,226,600 acres yielding 348,188,000 bushels. flax 1,132,090 acres yielding 12,921,000 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Catarrh Cure Promised That It Cures All Stages
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to medicine for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. It claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces, destroy the disease foundation and strengthen the patient with a constitutional boost. The advert promises $100 if it fails and lists Toledo Ohio as the company base with testimonials and druggists selling the product.
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Hall
Act Ag
Ft. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugeriats
Coe
Hal
Dickens Lecturing Tour Wealth and Woes
A piece notes Charles Dickens earned about 200 Goa on a lecturing tour while descendants, including Alfred Tennyson, face hardship. It discusses saving for old age via the Canadian Government Annuities Act and urges readers to obtain literature from postmasters or Ottawa officials.
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Charles Dickens
Goa
Alfred Tennyson
Ottawa
Distressing case yields abandoned girl to shopper
A sorrowful verse outlines a warden pitying a girl lacking clothing and burdened with care. The speaker now must leave her to others and pray the shopper has nothing to spend.
Beets for seed in Poland reach rival foreign quality
Beets cultivated for seed in Poland since thirty years ago now rival foreign stock and often exceed it in quality. local seed production has attained notable perfection.
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Poland
A New One on Venus Mary
Mary, an older sister, bought dark red velvet to backdrop a new Venus de Milo statue. While she fastened the velvet, her little brother Bobby, aged 5, walked in and proposed removing it to wrap around the statue instead.
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Venus Mary
Venus de Milo
Venus
Bobby
Mary
Holloway's Corn Cure Featured In Odd Holiday Nonsense
A clipped humor item notes Aurora Borealis querying Santa Claus about ballet plans after finishing a Christmas job and the jolly figure admiring filled stockings. It then advertises Holloway's Corn Cure as the simple, best cure, while a New Year transit exchange jokes about pipes cigars and smokers abstaining.
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Aurora Borealis
Sante Clause
Ice man fears harsher winters and rising coal prices
A verse laments a cold season and predicts a coal yard will gouge consumers as winter bites, highlighting hardship for households and the overcharged public during snow.
Wellesley Freshman Praises Clever Lettuce Crimp
A woman instructor at Wellesley College overseeing a dining table with a dozen students recalls a morning when surly lettuce was served. A freshman exclaimed, How clever of the cook to crimp it that way. I wonder how she does it.
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Wellesley College
Spanish Deputy’s Wife Sells Ivory Crucifix for 125000
The wife of Madrid official Senor Mayner owned an ivory crucifix inherited from her mother who bought it for 10 dollars twenty five years ago. A visitor to their home recognized it as the work of a great master and an American millionaire bought the piece for 125000 dollars.
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Senor Mayner
Madrid
Minard's Liniment Praised By User Letter
A customer letter from Fairville dated Sept 230 15062 praises Minard's Liniment Co product as a superior relief for sore throat and chest. The writer Charles F Tilton notes he would not be without it even at one dollar per bottle.
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Fairville
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Chas. F. Tilton
Anecdote of a Soldier and Various Great Leaders
A private's quick reply to Napoleon leads to the tale of a brief service rendered remarking how several famous rulers including Genghis Khan Ivan the Terrible Attila Gustavus Adolphus Louis XIV Charlemagne Alexander King Alfred Neres Richard the Lion- hearted and Henry of Navarre faced similar moments of idle recognition.
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Napoleon
Genghis Khan
Ivan the Terrible
Attila
Gustavus Adolphus
Louis XIV
Charlemagne
Alexander
Alfred
Nerxes
Richard the Lion-hearted
Henry of Navarre
Port of Heungchow Fails to Rival Macao and Hong Kong
Modern Chinese port city Port of Heungchow laid out in spring 1909 on Yehli Bay near Macao Harbor has not grown as hoped. Despite telephones water works light and street car service its population remains about 2000.
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Heungchow
Yehli Bay
Macoa Harbor
China
Macoa
Hong Kong
Quote clash over poems and adopted children
A witty exchange between an unnamed author and Mrs. Cayenne centers on a collection of poems described as the author's children. Mrs. Cayenne quips that many are adopted, signaling a humorous critique of authorship and originality.
Blood is Like Water Blood Is Like Water
A short, archaic health proverb suggests blood can be refreshed or rejuvenated by certain means when lips are pallid and gums pale, implying a restorative remedy. The fragment hints at a method to make blood appear rich and red.
Dr. Chase's Nerve Food praised for energy and blood rises
An advertisement extols Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a remedy for fatigue dizziness and pallor. It claims to aid blood formation with easily assimilated ingredients and notes a box of six costs 2.50 from Edmanson Bates & Co Limited Toronto. The page also mentions a London group funding penny dinners for invalid mothers offering fish or chicken.
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Dr. Chase
Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
London
Charity Offer Triggers Boy's Mixed Feelings
A boy sobs as he learns his father, a millionaire philanthropist, promised him £5 to spend at Christmas if the boy can raise an equal amount. The scene highlights expectations tied to charity and family support during the holiday season.
Grace's Voice Captures Edwin Across Long Distance
Grace sings and Edwin is moved by her beauty heard via telephone. The dialogue notes the longer the distance, the clearer and more impressive her voice sounds.
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Grace
Edwin
Bluffed it Out on Menu Mayonnaise and a Dining Card
A humorous tale contrasts a diner with limited food knowledge and an extensive bill of fare. The waiter directs him to the kitchen. he asks for mayonnaise dressing on a plate, prompting a quip about feeding customers in troughs. Also notes Parmelee's Pills' enduring public favor.
Boy's quick wit at church class stuns Sunday School
A young boy in an Anglican Sunday School told his mother he was impressed by the lesson. When asked what the Collect was he said it was a pain in the stomach, noting he was the only pupil who knew.
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Charlie
Only Scratching His Leg
A young Scotsman, after socializing and being teased for not paying, claims he was merely scratching his leg and not making an offer to pay. His friend dismisses him, insisting payment is not his concern. The exchange centers on who should settle the tab.
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Ainly
To Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Claim
Advertising blurb for an over the counter remedy promising to cure a cold in one day. Claims include laxative bromide and quinine tablets with a money back guarantee if ineffective. Box bears the signature of E W Groves and price of 26 cents.
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E W. Groves
Handicapped suitor questioned before marriage decision
A young man asks for permission to wed a society girl. The father quizzes him on drinking smoking gambling and racecourse visits. The candidate answers honestly and the parent jokes that the couple will face a difficult life, calling it her funeral yet allowing the marriage to proceed.
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper Rumor
A clipped humor item notes Minard's Liniment curing distemper while a joke quotes a barber asking if one helps others and a reply about giving employment to three detectives. The exchange plays on public faith in remedies and slyly credits investigators.
Venice Stop Noted in Guide Book Exchange
A dialogue proposes a detour to Venice and jokes about its page count in a guide book. The banter hints at travel planning and curiosity about the city's appeal and a potential memorable stop.
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Venice
Mt Morgan Mine Earnings Highlight Australian Riches
Mt Morgan in Queensland has yielded about 73 million dollars and 33 thousand tons of copper since its 1886 discovery, yet the ore averaged under half an ounce of gold per ton, portraying a vast but uneven treasure.
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Mt. Morgan
Queensland
Australia
Husband's two helpings spark dietary joke
Mrs Willis fears her husband overeats as he recounts a banquet. He slid in a pun about two servings, one at the banquet and one on the way home, highlighting his lighthearted appetite.
84 year old Mary Porter proves lifelong art pursuit
Mrs. Mary K. Porter, a Southerner aged 84, recently won two prizes for water colors. She began painting after turning fifty, raised seven children, tends 75 chickens, grows vegetables, handles housework and cooking alone, and stays engaged with current events and visitors.
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Mary K. Porter
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Mooney
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Bricx
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Parker-Whyte Limited
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