Scarboro Old Boys Recall Lawless Gang Past
An elderly Scarboro native recalls a violent bush gang era near York and Danforth Road. He recounts robberies, a murder of MP Hogan, a hanging at Berkeley Street and Front, and the gang’s collapse after police action and a woman’s confession.
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Eaid
Brooks Bush
Danforth Road
York
Dens Bush
Hogan
Don
Brown
Berkeley Street
Front
Hegan
Angstop
Bear in Savoy Village Encounters Hunters
In a Savoy district village a large bear appeared seeking food alarming locals. Men hunted it, women hid the young, the bear was surrounded and shot. Hunters skinned the animal and divided flesh. owners claim compensation for their trained performing bear.
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Savoy
France
Humorous Exchange on Punishment by Sleep Deprivation
A comic dialogue shows a professor in China asking how criminals are kept awake until insanity. A girl answers with a blunt, provocative joke about babies as a distraction, reflecting dark humor and social commentary.
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China
Sall
Household Hints Behind the Mirthful Muddle
In a domestic quip a mistress asks how meringues stay frothy and light. The cook credits the new butler, formerly a barber, for the secret.
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Erlaine
Gin Pills claimed to cure rheumatism patients
Mrs John Pettigrew of Central Econe, SS, says gin pills relieved severe rheumatism after two boxes. She reports being crippled before and credits the pills with a dramatic improvement and urges others tortured by rheumatism to try them. National Drug & Chemical Co advertises free samples and regular-size boxes priced at 2.50 for six.
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John Pettigrew
Central Econe
National Drug & Chemical Co
Dept. N.Y
Toronto
Pigeons Carry Butcher's Orders In English Shop
A butcher's son uses six carrier pigeons to fetch orders from districts for his father's shop. He releases a messenger with the slips in a metal case on the birds’ feet, delivering to the wagon and prompting rapid dispatch to customers. This daily method shows efficient order handling.
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England
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dialog Fragments Reveal Wedding Banter
A compact exchange centers on marriage plans and the question of the groom. One speaker clarifies the distinction between asking who the groom is and who the sister will marry, prompting playful confusion.
Humorous Tale of Musical Lineage and Speech
A judge recalls a friend praised for a fine ear for music. The friend explains he studied nothing but inherited talent. He notes his grandfather played the base drum in the Civil War and his father managed collections for an installment piano house.
Parmelee Vegetable Pills Offer Digestive Relief
Suffering from indigestion finds hope in Parmelee Vegetable Pills. The advertisement claims the pills relieve troublesome digestive disorders where other remedies fail, result of long study and presented as a sure corrective for digestive ailments.
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Mellef
Did You Ever Play in Hamlet
A theatrical manager asks a new company recruit if he ever acted in Hamlet. The newcomer boasts he has played in every hamlet of Great Britain, underscoring range and experience in stage history.
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Great Britain
Steelmaster Carnegie Vows Wealth Will Be Shared
The steel magnate signals a planned gift of about a million and reiterates his aim to die poor and not hoard wealth. He pledges to follow a similar path.
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Carnegie
Kissing Young Artist Brings Credit to Canada
Marguerite Frechette, a Canadian painter studying in Paris, has been elected to the Union International des Beaux Arts et Lettres. Aunt to Dr. Louis H. Prechette and related to William Dean Howells, she specializes in portraits and marine scenes. Her work has hung at the Salon and appears in the Chateau Frontenac lining room as Canadian icons like Frontenac and Montcalm inspire her pieces.
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Marguerite Frechette
Paris
Union International Des Beaux Arts Et O ™ Lettres
Louis H. Prechette
French Academy
Alr
Achille Prechette
Chieef
House of Commons
Ottawa
Public Service
Art Association of Ottawa
W. C. Howells
Quebec
Toronto
William Dean Howells
U. S
Madame Frechette
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Reuben Dale
Madame Leforges
Artit
Brunette
Tyne
Chateau Frontenac
Canada
Jacques Cartier
Lava
Frontenac
Montcalm
Olfe
de Levis
Family Herald
Weekly Star
Entertaining Cariboo Tales From The Yale Cariboo Wag
E O S Scholefield recounts stories in The British Columbia Magazine about Mr. Tingley the famed driver who ferried notable men including General Butler Viscount Milton Dr Chaddle and Lord Dufferin and Ava. He recalls witty episodes from the Governor General's 1878 tour and a humorous exchange with Lord Dufferin over marriage rumors.
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Yale-Cariboo
E. O. S. Scholefield
British Columbia
Tingley
General Butler
Viscount Milton
Dr. Cheadle
Northwest Passage
Marquis of Dufferin
Ava
Canada
Mark
Lord
Lady Dufferin
Mr. Tingley
Pat
Dufferin
Kate Hamilton
Deserving Poor Debate Spurs Aid Policy Quote
Closefist proclaims aid only for the deserving poor and Openhand questions who qualifies. Closefist clarifies the phrase as those who never ask for assistance. The exchange frames a tension over eligibility and welfare access.
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Closefist
Openhand
Would you marry for money asks young women dialogue
A brief exchange overheard between two girls. One asks if the other would marry for money and the second replies she would marry for brains. The first counters that brains are needed if money isn’t desired.
Weather concerns loom over opening game
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a remark about aging and postponement of an opening game. The snippet notes that the coach or player warned he would skip the opener if the weather does not warm up substantially.
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Detroit Free Press
Ground floor scheme tale recalls cellar plunge
A quoted line from Puck evokes a character claiming to be in on a scheme while another stresses he was above, literally in the cupola, when the bottom fell out and he landed in a cellar, illustrating a moment of comic misfortune.
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Puck
Quote on marriage and a baseball player wife from Puck
A quirky Puck quip notes a nephew’s marriage to a female baseball player. The man reflects on hair, guitar flaws, and harmless habits, highlighting eccentric approval in light humor.
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Puck
Muddy roads stoke village talk as cleric jokes
Two Toronto choir boys visiting a village near Toronto complain of muddy roads after a service. The clergyman counters with a cautionary tale of a trapped horse, saying workers sawed off the animal at the knees to make a pony, prompting shocked questions from the boys.
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Toronto
She Was a Thoughtful Young Woman
A young man visits a girl and wishes to call again. He asks to come back the next night but lacks nerve. She suggests he return tomorrow night to decide when next week he may call.
Saskatchewan MP pushes for provincial archives department
Lisle MPP urged the Saskatchewan Legislature to create an archives department to honor the province history. He cited missionaries, explorers, fur traders and the Hudsons Bay Company records as priceless heritage stored in Regina Parliament’s pala tiat House with broad support from government and opposition.
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Lisle
Saskatchewan
M.P.P
Regina
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Hudson Bay Co
Haultain
Wheat seed origins traced from Kansas to Alberta
The piece notes that hard wheat quality improves with northern growth. It states Alberta red wheat began as Kansas red, and Kansas farmers now source seed from the north. Peter Pond planted the first wheat in the district in 1776, and in 1876 wheat earning first prize at the Philadelphia Exhibition was grown at Fort Chippewayan.
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Alberta
Kansas
Peter Pond
Philadelphia
Fort Chippewayan
Clerk Proposes Hidden Friend In Last Blanket
A patient clerk endures a long browsing session as a young woman insists she is just looking for a friend. After about fifteen minutes he offers one more blanket on the shelf, suggesting her hidden friend might be inside it.
Purely Vegetable Pill Promoted By Parmeiee
The chief ingredients are mandrake and dandelion and the pills act as sedative and purgative yet harmless in effect. They cleanse and purify and promote healthful secretions in the digestive organs. Dyzpeptics and those with liver and kidney issues may find this concentrated medicine most effective.
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Parmeiee
Federal official Meets Crying Boy on the Avenue
A well known federal official encounters a small boy crying. The boy’s guardian explains the child cannot stomach nine doughnuts, noting he is not exactly ill but cannot eat that many.
Baby's Own Tablets Praised for Infant Constipation
A customer from Frampton Quebec endorses Baby's Own Tablets for constipation in infants, claiming steady progress and no need for castor oil or soothing preparations. The tablets, guaranteed non opiate and safe by a government analyst, are sold for 25 cents per box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario or local dealers.
Patriotism and Poker Motif in a Philadelphia Record Quote
A clipped observation notes that passion for the flag is not the only motive for interest in the red white and blue, citing poker as another lure seen in the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
Leftover Dishes Save Dinner Costs Joke
A Toledo Blade cartoon shows a husband asking to cook less while the wife replies she saves by utilising leftover dishes as a way to economize. The caption plays on domestic thrift and humor.
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Toledo Blade
Blood Poisoning Sale Promises Quick Healing
An advertisement asserts that Hamlins Wizard Oil draws out poison, heals minor wounds, and prevents serious trouble from infections. It warns that untreated injuries can lead to death and markets the product as a preventive remedy.
Learning to roller skate told in a rink dialogue
A hesitant young man asks an instructor what is hardest when learning to roller skate. The attendant replies that the floor is the toughest element to master.
Ainard's Liniment Sidelight Prompting Lively Banter
A humorous snippet depicts Mrs Muggins Onr, wife of a minister, suffering insomnia and the liniment vendor Ainard prompting a quip from Mr Muggins about attending sermons. The exchange highlights small town wit and social roles.
Engaged Man Parodies Summer Love Theory
In the Kansas City Journal a man jokes about a wed ding or breach of promise suit after getting engaged while mocking the belief that summer girls are fickle. The lighthearted quip reflects social attitudes and romantic misgivings.
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Kansas City Journal
Nerves Exhaustion Warned and Treated by Nerve Food
Citizens warned that nervous prostration and related conditions develop after months of warning symptoms such as sleeplessness headaches poor digestion irritability and poor memory. The ad promotes Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a restorative that builds red blood and nourishes nerve cells with a price of 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 from Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Color theories of race from dietary science debated
A German professor argues pigmentation varies by diet rather than sun exposure. He links black, red, yellow, and white skin to vegetarian versus meat rich diets and milk and salt intake, noting observed effects in children and historical populations. The excerpt also includes unrelated anecdotes about memory loss and a worm exterminator advertisement fragment.
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A Bergfeld
Bergfeld
Asia
Polite Request for Henry Erskine Golden Wedding Honors
A note on Henry David Erskine c V O Sergeant at Arms of the British House of Commons receiving tributes for his golden wedding anniversary. Born January 5 1838 he served in the 30th Regiment and Scots Fusilier Guards from 1854 to 1861 and took part in the Crimea. He is praised for decades as Groom of the Robes to Queen Victoria and his long tenure as Sergeant at Arms. An Incident in 1893 during a parliamentary fracas is recounted with his efforts to restore order.
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Henry David Erkine
C.v.o
House of Commons
Erskine
Harrow
Scots Fusilier Guards
Crimea
Queen Victoria
Bradlaugh
Snuffing Cleric Confronted By Nose Red Jibe
An eminent Nonconformist divine known for snuff taking lectured to a church literary society. Afterward an elderly gentleman congratulated him but warned about snuffing before youths. The clergyman replied that noses turn red either by snuff or by meddling in others affairs.
Matchless Yet Forlorn Seeks Husband by Newspaper Agency
A Berlin notice from The Berliner Tageblatt presents a young noblewoman described as exceptionally accomplished and wealthy. She lists many esteemed comparisons and seeks a husband through the newspaper agency.
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Berliner Tageblatt
Helen
Penelope
Electress
Marian
Brandenburg
Mme. de Stael
Mile. Breval
la Cerito
Rosa Kastner
Teresita Malnello
la Bertrand
Princess Marie of Orleans
Lucrece
St. Elizabeth of
Hungary
Nightingale
Hamburgs trash reuse methods mix farming and industry
Hamburg carts garbage to outlying districts and buries it as fertilizer. The remainder is incinerated and the furnace product sold at auction. Iron fetches a price, slag is disposed of, and fine cinders top dress promenades while other sizes top dress roads and foundations. Concrete and filling material between floors use the slag and ash.
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Hamburg
Stella or Bella Absurd Village Hat Gaffe
In a humorous exchange from the New York Sun Stella is noted as absent minded while Bella says she stuck her umbrella through her hat instead of using a hat pin. The playful remark underscores a quirky mishap.
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Stella
Bella
New York Sun
Ball Game Sparks Racial Teasing in Success Magazine Excerpt
A brief, racially charged sports exchange describes two color es teams debating second baseman skill. The dialogue mocks a player’s abilities and salary, reflecting period stereotypes as quoted from Success Magazine.
Unclear Bar Steward Referred To as Reckless
A speaker laments a bar owner’s careless behavior and lack of regard for others. A joking remark suggests training him to become a “talkable driver.”
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Scarbero Pienees
Clyde Hotel
Scarboro
Pedds
W. N. U. Neo
Inard
Archives At
Adams
T Ainard
Liniment
Andrew Jackson
Dean
Success Magazine
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
U.S. A
Dominion Securities Corporation - Limited
Montreal
London
Eng
Toronto Type Foundry Co. Ltd
Winnipeg
Calgary
West
Appleford
Hamilton
ONT
Imperial Books
Appleford Counter Check Book Company, Limited
Manitoba
The
E.B. Eddy Co.Ltd
Hull
Tees & Peasse, Limited
Winninee
Edmonton
Fort William
Port Arthur
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