Mrs Margaret Brady Recovers from Rheumatism After Five Years
In Green's Brook Pictou County K. 8 Special, Mrs Margaret Brady recounts five years of kidney and liver illness causing rheumatism neuralgia and heart flutterings. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills with complete relief and renewed vitality. The notice asserts these remedies cure diseased kidneys and related conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Brady
Mer
Green's Brook
Pictou Co
Kid
Dodd
Margaret Rely
Bradshen
Amusing King Brighton Anecdote From Hove Visit
A lighthearted tale recounts a recent royal stay at Brighton. Reverend Maunsell relates how a boy asked the King the time as he walked the Brighton seafront. The King replies with his watch, saying it is a quarter to one, and the boy declares he has waited two days to see the King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Ron Cecil Maunsell
Hove
Mr. Mayrsell
Child weighs fifteen pounds at Cleveland home
Grover Cleveland's son Rich ard was born at Gray Gables as Joseph Jefferson visited to congratulate the president. A doctor weighed the infant and claimed nine pounds, the president insisting the child weighs fifteen, a claim supported by the father and friend using fishing scales.
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Grover Cleveland
Richard
Joseph Jefferson
Gray Gables
Pifteen
A Little Fish's Clever Puffer Escape
In a St Nicholas tale the small puffer fish defends itself from a larger predator. When attacked it swells into a round prickly ball, turning on its back to deter the foe, then deflates back to its normal size and swims away. The creature’s body shape aids its survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrieh
Pager
St. Nicholas
The Scotch Ring Royal Jewel’s Tumultuous Tale
The Royal Jewel known as the Scotch ring traces its lineage from Mary Queen of Scots to James VI, then to Charles I and Cardinal York. It later reentered royal possession and was restored to Scotland’s royal jewels after a long separation, amid intrigue and near loss.
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Metannely
Mary Stuart
Pee Aiga
James
Charlies E
Scone
Charles
Dywes
Cabrio
Sheerness
Cardinal York
Royal Jewels of
Scotland
St. James
Penalty of Genius Denies Perpetuity of Name Across Generations
The London Standard notes that genius often fails to pass its name beyond a few generations. It cites many famed men from Shakespeare to Newton, Drake to Nelson, and Reynolds to Kean, arguing that none left a male-line descendant to carry their legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancer
Shakespeare
Spenser
Milton Cowley
Butler
Dryden
Pope
Cowper Goldsmith
Byron
Moore
Sir Philly Sidney
Walter Raleigh
Drake
Cromwell
Clampden
Monk
Marlborough
Peterborough
Nelson
Bolingbroke
Walperes Chatham
Pitt
Fox Burke
Graham
Channing
Bacon
Locke
Newton
Davy
Hume
Gibber
Macaulay
Hogarth
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Thomas Lawrence
David Garrick
John Kemble
Edward Kean
Raikes' Ragged Regiment and Sunday School Growth
Robert Raikes began the first modern Sunday school movement inspiring a ragged regiment of scholars in Gloucester. He paid Mrs Brandon to teach boys and girls in 1780. By 1784 about 2,000 children attended Sunday school across the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raikes
Ragged Regiment
Bobby Wid Goose
Robert Raikes
Sootyalley
Gloucester
England
Obert Raikes
Brandon
Tradeoff of a Clockmaker in a Funny Exchange
A pale woman asks after her husband and is told he is the same as ever. He sought steady work and decided to wind clocks as his business. He stuck with it for a while but now longs for an eight day clock instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Chicago Tribune
The Bishop's Rebuke About a Cleric and Crowd
A short quip from The Old Time Person by P. H. Ditchfield recounts a young cleric asking if he felt flattered by a large crowd. The American prelate replies that twice as many would attend to see him bang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Ditchfield
M. A
Fragmented OCR note with unclear meaning
Ambiguous lines question intent and accuracy of a drawn image. The text references a sea scene and uncertain evaluation, plus unclear names and phrases. The fragmentary item reads like a scribbled memo with garbled words and quotes around phrases.
The Band Struggles With The Charetter Cese
A fragmented note discusses inability to perform certain tasks. The text references a figure named Emerson and uses unclear phrasing about signatures and characters. The passage reads as a rough, garbled quote with no clear event or outcome.
Chicago's Model Park to Rise on North Side
A neglected north side district is cleared, six acres of buildings razed for Chicago's model park. Plans include a Natatorium with a 150 foot pool serving 20 bathers per hour, indoor and outdoor gymnasia, a library, lunchroom, club-house, and a baseball diamond that can become a football field or skating rink seasonally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Man Leaves Speak-Easy Slips and Collapses on Sidewalk
A disheveled man, heavily drunk, staggers from a Maine speak-easy and collapses on the sidewalk. A bystander calls to Frank the proprietor, who appears and asks what’s wrong as the man snores and the scene draws uneasy reactions from onlookers.
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Frank
Hud
Agli
Magazin
Unclear Dinner Talk on Corporal Punishment Sparks Debate
A garbled account recalls Patrick Jones addressing a New York audience on corporal punishment in schools. Amid fragmented quotes a speaker refers to a boy named Bill and a geometry problem, while a Shiloh’s Cure ad and a tale of a man with six children are interwoven in the muddled narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Patrick Jones
New York
Ihe
Schoster
Oston Herald
Minard's Lintment Cures Colds and India Reform Plans
A fragment describes Secretary for India and Lord Mor ley, with a psychedelic pet picture, at a Waterloo-area station scene. The subject, wearing a silk hat and ill fitting clothes, sits unkempt and oblivious to appearance, deep in thought about reforms and personal detachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Morley
Waterloo
Tian
Shi
Fragmentary School Riddle Echoes Past
A garbled OCR fragment recalls a line about Miss Sue Brette and a sour note on an egg at Foot Light scene with unclear dialogue. It preserves names and place hints but lacks full context or actions.
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Sue Brette
Wes Oy
The Old Moons Questioned in Dinghy News
A short item from Chigdee News questions the origin of the moon and stars with playful dialogue between figures. The text presents a folk view of celestial creation and monthly cycles in a quaint tone.
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Chigdee
Zam-Buk Cited For Chapped Hands And Other Ailments
A Montreal man Henry Walker endured severe chapping from cold and work, relieved by Zam-Buk balm. His mother states it healed cracks and pain after several products failed. The product is praised by others for burns frostbite eczema and sores with general sales at 50c a box and post free from Zam-Buk Co. Toronto.
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Henry Walker
Manufacturers Street
Montreal
Zam-Buk
Henry
Harry
Hattie Bertrand
Salisbury
Gent
Zam
Buk~Co
Toronto
Fashionable woman's hat causes fall in Munich street
Telegram from Munich reports the feet catastrophe of its kind on record as a woman of fashion collapses in a busy street under the weight of a hat nearly three feet in diameter. She swoons and is tied to a shop to be relieved of the headgear, a case attributed to more weight than head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Biskle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup Praised in Alarming Ad
A dated advertisement touts Biskle's Syrup as the best remedy for colds and "consumptive" ailments claiming dramatic relief. It warns against substitutes, asserts proven results, and notes top dealers carry the product.
Fragmentary Speech Bouts On Boiler Burst Threat
A garbled exchange mentions a boiler burst threat and stopping conversations. The text appears as broken dialogue with phrases like are we stopping and bystabder, offering no clear participants or location.
Overcoat Soaked in Rain as Man with Bulging Nose Sings
A Chicago Tribune item describes a man with a bulging nose dealing with a soaked overcoat after rain. The quirky vignette captures a street scene with dry humor.
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Chicago Tribune
Naming Northern Lakes in the Silver Country
The piece traces the discovery and naming of Lake Gow Ganda by Dr. Bell of the Geological Survey in 1374 and its later rediscovery. It lists Indian and settler names for nearby lakes and notes the influence of mining on nomenclature, with Gow Ganda as the current central landmark.
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Gow Ganda
Bell
Geological Survey
Bel
Lady Dufferin
Lady Dufferin Lake
J. W Bartlett
Bartlett Mines
Bartlett
Miller
Leroy
Everett
Lost Lake
Sanderson
Toronto
Montreal River
Mountain Lake
Bay Lake
Elks Lake
North Country
Sam’s Lake
Sam Long
Reeve
Pike Lake
Hangingstone
Canada Farm Land Values and Wages Across Provinces
The Ottawa census office reports province by province farm land values averaging 35.70 per acre. Manitoba and others vary from 18.20 in Alberta to 76.10 in British Columbia. June farm animal value totals 530 million. wool at 18 cents per pound. Monthly wages average 24.59 for men and 13.50 for women. yearly 209 and 130 respectively, with western provinces highest near 300 and 160. Ontario and Quebec show about 240 for men and 120 for women yearly.
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Census and Statistics Office
Ottawa
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Dominion
No Whistling In Legislature Interdict In Parliament
An interdict bans whistling in Ontario Parliament buildings. A housekeeper chased a man through three flats and the cellar to the front door where he claimed the whistle hurt the roof and mocked province authority. The regulation curtails a Tory camp follower seen among Conservative visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Harrison 8 Young Dies at Edmonton After 21 Years
A Western Pioneer note reports Harrison 8. Young aged 61 in charge of the Government Meteorological station died at Edmonton after 21 years there. He came to Edmonton via the Peace River in 1873 and worked with Hudson Bay in British Columbia and Alberta. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. George MacDougall, first white woman in the west. He was son of Hon. John Young of Montreal. he leaves six sisters, four brothers, four sons and three daughters.
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Harrison
Young
Edmonton
Peace River
Hudson Bay
British Columbia
Alberta
Elizabeth
George MacDougall
John Young
Montreal
University Counts Attendance in Falconer Report
The annual report of President Falconer of Toronto University records 3 445 total students with 865 women including 33 at University College. Growth is shown by listed year comparisons reflecting steady increases through the early 1900s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falconer
Toronto University
University College
Bills to Tax Bachelors Across Five States
Five states consider bachelor taxes with varied schemes including a Wisconsin bureau to match spouses, an Iowa $25 yearly levy on single men over thirty, Texas graduated rates, and Missouri a matrimonial board plus a $25 annual tax. A humorous exchange about photos follows in the text.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Texas
Missouri
Shilohs Cure Quotation and Banquet Toast
A fragment quotes Shilohs Cure promising to cure coughs and colds. The banquet toast names Mr Ketchum A Cummin as the final speaker, noting the toastmaster will present him to address the gathering. The source reads like a Chicago Tribune brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchum A. Cummin
Chicago Triune
Gin Pills promise kidney relief from railroad strain
Frank Trumper of Napanee Ontario credits Gin Pills with curing chronic kidney pain from heavy railroad work. The testimonial claims daily pain eased after three boxes, and promotes a money back guarantee with 50c per box or six for 2.50. A sample box is offered free if the paper is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumper
Frank Trumper
Dept. N.Y
National Drug & Chemical Co., Limited
Toronto, Iz
Intelligent Corporal Officer Hunt Stirs Duty Dilemma
A witty excerpt contrasts duty and practicality as a corporal ponders how to handle a patrol that fails to return on time and even considers selling his kit. The quip frames work ethic and responsibility with a touch of humor via a Punch magazine aside and a Washington Star aside about hiring others to do work.
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Tebler
Weill
Emerson
Minard
Diétemper
Graves
Shiloh
Garres
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Ator
Meir
India
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Bystabder
Stine
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Dr Williams’ Medicine Co
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Phia
Bulletin
Canada
Holloway
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Eddy
Hull
McKenzie
Planet Jr
A. E. McKenzie Co., Ltd
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Calgary
Alta
Western Canada
Weile
John HA
Toronto, Ont
Elmira
West
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