Ottawa resident touts Peruna relief from illness
Mr Renes Jean of 210 St Patrick street Ottawa writes that six weeks of Peruna restored his strength after a year of weakness and irregular meals. A New York City pharmacist-turned-merchant Mr A Harting praises Peruna for boosting his drug trade and claims its efficacy for catarrh and as a family remedy.
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Mr. Renes
Jean
St. Patrick Street
Ottawa
Can
A. Harting
New York City
Prescott
Ont
A Precaution for Parents on Manners Told
A Somerville Journal note advises a man to remove his hands from his pockets before scolding a boy about standing with hands by the belts. The caution frames the act as a loafer's trick and urges better conduct in public behavior.
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Hi Boy
Somerville Journal
Sweet and Palatable Worm Exterminator Endorsed for Children
A worm control product named Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is described as safe for children and effective. The advertisement emphasizes its palatable taste and quick action in eliminating pests.
Tired Customer Dreams Of Fence Watching Tortoises
A quirky exchange from Pick Me Up contrasts a tired customer imagining thrill in watching tortoises whiz by while awaiting service. The text playfuly notes a slow waiter and a humorous fence-side contemplation.
Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee and invites readers to request free circulars. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation amid assorted Humorous snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Vultures Roam London Wellclose Square Crowd Tries to Capture
Six young vultures escaped capture after roaming Wellclose Square in London. A German resident shot one dead, two handlers seized another, while the remaining six perched atop a warehouse, a church roof, and a chimney. The event followed rumors of dangerous birds released from a menagerie.
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Wellclose Square
London
Hama
Wellclase Square
A Valuable Cab from the White City Hauls Gold Past London
Daily shipments glide from the White City to the West End with a four wheeler carrying large sums. A typical load includes pennies and halfpennies, silver, and substantial gold, valued at tens of thousands on regular days. In Ballymaclinton an Irish procession ferries money by donkey, paralleling the bullion cab’s route to the Exhibition.
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White City
London
Westend
Ballymaclinton
Sir Edward Grey Upholds Small Holdings Ideal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir Edward Grey supports small holdings on his Falloden estate in Northumberland. He leases land to working men and surveys farmsteads with Lady Grey to promote tenant welfare. A noted tennis player and fly fisherman, he was once arrested for fishing in a forbidden stream, though he authored a recognized heem fly-fishing method.
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Falloden
Northumberland
Lady Grey
Sir Edward
Curious Church Vane At Great Gonerby Church
A large fiddle and bow vane tops Great Gonerby church. Its history ties a poor Great Gonerby musician who emigrated to the Far West and became rich, sending funds to build the church with a metal replica of his violin on the summit.
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Great Gonerby
Grantham
Far West
Great Gowerby
Narrowest built up street Kitty Witches Row in Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth contains a narrow street named Kitty Witches Row possibly the world’s narrowest built up lane. Measurements show a maximum width of 56 inches with only 29 inches clear from wall to wall at the entrance. The town features several such cramped passages.
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Great Yarmouth
How Machines Affect the Coinage in 1907 Report
Deputy Minister of the British Mint notes surging bronze coin demand aided by automatic coin presses. The largest money house with such machines earned 33,984,671 pennies in twelve months, about 316 tons, up £5,576 from the prior year.
Marrying Late In Life At Whithorn England
Two couples recently wed in Whithorn England aged 87 and 78 and 5 respectively. The ceremonies highlighted the growing trend of late marriages with senior brides and grooms choosing commitments in later years.
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Whithorn
Eng
Farm Life Is Best as Answer to Urban Unemployment
Hugh McKellar argues that farmers are both greatest producers and consumers and urges a return to rural life. He notes westward migration, underutilized land, and farms offering security, urging sons to stay on or return to farms to prevent food shortages and future unemployment.
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Hugh McKellar
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promoted For Health
An advertisement extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as mild and purely vegetable with soothing effects. It claims they purify the stomach and intestines gently and cites widespread use and proven benefits as evidence of their curative qualities.
Fly Pads Fight Disease Says Ledger Ad
An old Philadelphia Ledger blurb touts Wilsons Fly Pads as killing flies and disease germs including typhoid scarlet fever small pox and consumption. It also features a quip about Suffragette League buttons and joining.
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Wilson's
Snobbish Court Presentations Mocked by Press
The piece mocks a self-important individual claiming a court presentation by a grand lord. The Baltimore American contrasts this with the joke that he was presented by a grand jury, reflecting satirical tone on status and ceremony.
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Baltimore American
Minard's Liniment touted for horse healing in letter
A customer reports a very bad distemper cure in a horse using Minard's Liniment, signed Vilande Freres. The anecdote appears in a trade notice style alongside a boarding house quip from Smart Set dialogue.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard’s
Ashley
Seymour
Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia
In a light anecdote from the Catholic Standard and Times Mrs Newcomb laments borrowed groceries while Mrs Subbull excuses social duties, adding a promise to visit again. The brief exchange highlights domestic humor and neighborly borrowing in a social column tone.
Fragmented quote from Smart Set about love and beauty
A girl asks why a man loves her and replies in a mock dialogue about beauty. The line critiques vanity and affection with a playful tone from a 1920s magazine.
Winnipeg mangured of rheumatism claim relief from gin pills
A Winnipeg resident, speaking anonymously, recounts sudden excruciating back and side pain diagnosed as rheumatism. After standard medicines failed, he tried gin pills, reporting pain subsided within hours and complete relief in 43 hours. Pills priced 50 cents each or 2.50 for a box. sample free upon request to National Drug & Chemical Co. Toronto.
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Winnipeg
Tas City
National Drug & Chemical Co., Limited
Toronto
A Shrewd Deal About a Grave and Right of Way
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a railroad agent who justified buying nearby land by noting a freshly dug grave on a farm. He paid five times its value to secure the plot, prompting the farmer to insist the remains stay. The agent left, remarking the land now belongs to the railroad.
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Waal
Starper
Detroit Free Press
The Untidy Fly
A short verse laments a fly’s messy habits and its failure to wipe microbes from its feet, reflecting a humorous observation on cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Don’t Hurry. He What would you say if I snatch ed a kiss
Yonkers Statesman features a brief exchange about pace in romance with a playful line about snatching a kiss and a cautious response urging slow advances.
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Yonkers
Fisherman and the Wave Echoes of a Lonely Day
A fragmentary verse scene references a fisherman named Hindal and the sea taking back what it raves. The dialogue snippets mention the Merry Widow drifting at sea and Old Pete Seedhouse who talks while saving shoe leather, with a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote about him.
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New York
Pete Seedhouse
Clleveland Plain Dealer
Fee Bowl of Inner Temple Shown as Historic Relic
The Inner Temple houses a centuries old fee bowl once used to receive cash payments for legal fees and allowances. Presented by Hon. Malcolm Macnaghten, it was used by Sir Frederick Pollock and Baron Martin before passing to Baron Martin’s grandson, the donor. The bowl rests in the Buttery safe alongside other temple treasures. Some say today’s leading KCs might fill it, yet the bowl’s capacity remains a marvel of bygone practice.
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Inner Temple
Malcolm Macnaghten
Lord Macnaghten
Frederick Pollock
the Exchequer
Baron Martin
Court of the Exchequer
Baron Pollock
Inner Temple Hall
K.c.'s
Robbers Cave Encounter Inspires Magnay Novel Tie-in
In the Abruzzi on a stormy night in the early seventies Sir William Magnay sheltered in medieval ruins. He witnessed four armed robbers divide jewelry watches and cash, a quarrel over spoils, and a stabbing that left one man apparently dead. The corpse vanished. only bloodstains remained when police investigated.
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William Magnay
Abruzzi
Two Women Eye Channel Swim Feats Before Year End
The article notes two leading contenders, Mlle. Marthe Robert age twenty with Swiss records across distances, and Lily Smith age fifteen, captain of Tottenham Ladies' Swimming Club, who recently swam twenty miles in seven hours. It recalls Annette Kellerman three years earlier covering over twelve miles in six hours.
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Mlle
Marthe Robert
Lily Smith
Tottenham Ladies
Annette Kellerman
Brothers in the Commons reveal notable parliamentary siblings
The article lists several pairs of brothers in the British House of Commons and peers. Names include Sir David Brynmor Jones and Beit Jones, Capt. Craig and C. C. Craig, Herbert Samuel and Stuart Samuel, Ivor Philipps and Owen Philipps, with other pairs Corbett, Harmsworth, Dewar and Tennant.
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David Brynmor Jones
Beit Jones
Capt. Craig
C. C. Craig
Herbert Samuel
Stuart Samuel
Ivor Philipps
Owen Philipps
T. L. Corbett
Cameron Corbett
Cecil Harmsworth
Leicester Harmsworth
Arthur Dewar
John Dewar
Edward Tennant
H. J. Tennant
L. V. Harcourt
Robert Harcourt
Railway Window Novelty in North Eastern Coaches
Modern North Eastern Railway coaches in England feature drop windows without wooden frames and with rounded plate glass edges. The railway asserts this reduces frame production and maintenance costs and, most importantly, eliminates rattling and noise caused by framed windows, marking a notable improvement in door window design.
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North-Eastern Railway
England
Maxim Plans Comprehensive Air Science Textbook
Sir Hiram Maxim writes a thorough aeronautics book to compile two decades of aerial science results. The work, expected for late this year, will reflect the efforts of leading researchers in flight.
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Hiram Maxim
Revolving House by NY Jeweler Planned for Bayside
William Reiman, a New York jeweler, plans a $35,000 revolving house at Bayside, powered by an electric turntable. The home will swivel to follow sun and breeze, with no fixed front or back yard and a noiseless mechanism. Reiman expects to build similar homes in Long Branch if successful.
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William Reiman
New York City
Bayside
Reiman
Theeiman
Mr. Reiman
Switzerland
Long Branch
Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills End Kidney Pain Claims
An testimonial from Rob P Miller of St Mary's Ontario asserts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills relieve severe back pain and urinary symptoms swiftly. The letter also notes nerve food aid and full health restoration, with pills sold for 25 cents at dealers in Toronto by Edmanson Bates Co.
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A. W. Chase
Rob. P. Miller
St Mary's
Ont
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Candid Quips and Advertisements from a Bygone Issue
A clipped miscellany shows a deadpan exchange about a minister and a golfing pause, plus a nod to Dr A W Chase Kidney Liver Pills and Holloway's Corn Cure as top remedies. Readers glimpse social chatter and a dash of humorous dialogue from the period.
Fly Pad Packets Offer Cost-Effective Pest Control
Three packets of Wilson's Fly Pads cost twenty-five cents and will kill more flies than twenty-five dollars' worth of sticky paper.
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Wilson
Baby care vow echoes in household banter
A household exchange features Leonidas asked to babysit, with Mrs. Meekton pressing for help and Henrietta noting the speaker minding everyone else, while the man jokes about excluding the baby from his duties.
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Leonidas
Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Washington Star
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff
A humorous exchange from the Kansas City Journal shows a patient praising a doctor and asking him to save a life, while Dr Sawbarnes replies that several interesting operations are needed. The brief vignette captures a light medical persona and local humor.
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Sawbarnes
Kansas City Journal
A Kind Audience at the Club for the Tragedian
The tragedian returns from his tour and is greeted joyously by friends at the club. Tome linson asks about the trip and Punr eutawney, while Ranter recalls a genial audience and a £2 loan to leave town.
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Ranter
Tomelinson
Punreutawney
Prompt justice argued in court with ample pull
In the Catholic Standard and Times passage a defendant's lawyer reassures the defendant that there is nothing to fear. The defendant retorts that the fellow has influence, while the lawyer asserts they have enough pull to obtain prompt justice. The exchange highlights tension around influence and fairness.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Debt request whispers across Detroit benches
A brief exchange in Detroit ends with a man asking to borrow ten dollars for a couple of weeks. The other party agrees to the favor, revealing a small moment of shared everyday economy in the city.
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Detroit Tribune
Shades of Opinion on Hair Color Debate
A light exchange from the Baltimore American quips about hair dye being a trivial matter, noting no life or death stakes in the coloring dispute and poking fun at the tense mood.
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Sarah
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Ayer
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Argonaut
Suffragette League
Philadelphia Ledger
Liniment
Yours Truly, Vilande Freres
Minard
Piug
Hindal
Avanta Constitudia
Halcyon
Chicago Record-Herald
Tae Brantford Starch Works, Limited
Brantford, Canada
Lady Channel
Brothers In the Commons
Sheme
A.W. Chase
John
Holloway
Gladys
Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Weekly
Ryne
2Yrtie Bros., Limited
Yonge St
Fort William
Union Bank of Canada
Manitoba Commission Co
Grain Exchange
Man
Framant
F Young
Bonmouth St
Springfield
Wass
Lyman Sons &C
Montreal
Martin Bole
Wyare Co
National Oreg & Chemical Co
Cay End
Hender @ bree. Co
Vanover
W. WN. U
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