Psychicine Endorsed by Canadian Catholic Institutions
Prominent Roman Catholic institutions across Canada endorse Psychicine as a health tonic. Letters from Sister Superiors of Grey Nuns in Aylmer Quebec and St Joseph's Hospital in Victoria BC praise its effects for throat lung and stomach ailments. The tonic is sold in Canada at druggists for 50 cents or 1.00 and by Dr T A Slocum Ltd Toronto.
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Good Sisters of the Academy of the Grey Nuns
Aylmer
Quebec
St. Joseph's Hospital
Victoria
B. C
Dominion of Canada
A O Grey Nuns
Que
Tral
Bieter
Academy of Grey Nanas
Heath
Academy of Grey Nuns
Siocum
Aylmer Convent
Aylmer East
T. A Slocum
M. Bridget
Superior St. Joseph's Hospital
B.C
Dr. T. A. Slocum, Ltd
King Street
Toronto
Interesting Changes Melded With Cold Cure Advertisements
A jumble of notes shows social chatter about neighbors in the adjoining flat and stage acts, then shifts to medical advertising for Dr. Thomas Electric Oil and Hall's Catarrh Cure. The piece includes a circus anecdote about Senor El Cazador and two female assistants with knife-throwing acts, ending with a wry remark on beauty.
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Growelle
Howells
Chicago
J. E. Clifford
Sells-Floto
Senor el Cazador
Wallace
Ida
Bill
Choice Between People and Corporations Cited by La Follette
In Madison Senator La Follette quotes a story to illustrate limits on choice between the people and corporations. The tale features a mother offering a boy a choice between chicken or duck, ultimately urging him to decide but not allow the duck.
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Senator la Follette
Madison
Wis
Johnny
Jones and Shuffer Snap Home Machines Record
Jones claims to be an automotive enthusiast while Shuffer counters he has broken three machines as he nears his goal. The exchange shows friendly rivalry and progress toward mechanical feats.
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Jones
Shuffer
A Cure for Costiveness Promoted by Vegetarian Pills
The passage explains costiveness as stemming from disordered digestion and credits Par melee's Vegetable Pills with scientific composition. It claims ingredients pass through the stomach to stimulate the bowels, remove torpor, and restore action, supported by many thousands who testify to their efficacy.
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Parmelee
Molly the Mule and the Claim at the Arkansas Office
A woman tells a claims agent how her mule Molly was killed by a fast mail train after being ridden by her husband. She valued Molly at $40 plus quilts and dried peaches, insisting Molly was not a negligent animal. The agent promises compensation if the company bears fault.
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Molly
Arkansas
Crossin
Harper's Weekly
Canary quality questioned at city shop
A woman browses birds at a fancy shop seeking a good singer. The proprietor assures her each bird is pure canary, claiming he raised them from canary seed. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Cat-Now and Tom Debate Purchases in Harper's Weekly
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Cat-Now chiding Tom for buying “useless stuff” while Tom defends his spree as bought for “a mere song” in an item from Harper's Weekly.
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Mrs. Cat
Tom
Mr. Cat
Harper's Weekly
Drama Hero Is The Money Behind The Production
Quote from the Washington Starz notes that the pivotal hero in any new drama is the financier. The author stresses that funding shapes casting and direction more than onstage bravado, highlighting the commercial core of theatrical work.
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Washington Starz
Foot and Door Trick Narrated by Bishop of London
The London Christian Globe recounts the Bishop of London describing a method called the foot and door trick. It involves quietly slipping a foot through a half opened door to gain a brief parley and is framed as a test of presence of mind.
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London
Sally
London Christian Globe
Minard's Liniment touted by multiple readers
Local readers claim cures from Minard's Liniment for severe cold sprains and skin infection. Testimonials include Oxford New Brunswick user FRED HEWSON and Yarmouth user FRED COULSON plus J W RUGGLES from Inglesville.
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Minard
Oxford
R. F. Hewson
Fred Coulson
Yarmouth
Y.A.A.C
Inglesville
J. W. Ruggles
Studying medicine noted for Willie Vanfeller
A brief Harper's Weekly jab mentions Willie Vanfeller pursuing medical studies and receiving a compliment about looking well, highlighting his progress and recognition.
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Willie Vanfeller
Harper’s Weekly
Itch and Mange Cured in Thirty Minutes by Lotion
A humorous line notes Wolford's Sanitary Lotion curing animal and human itch in half an hour. It also quotes Lipincott's remark about a western politician known for denial of illness and indirect speech in Congress.
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Wolford
Disappearing Stockholders Linked to Hartford Ad
A Hartford Courant note cites an advertisement from a Manhattan bank showing owners of shares dating back to 1825 with unpaid dividends. It lists several missing individuals from residence unknown, due sums ranging from 300 to 3400 dollars, suggesting genuine disappearances as claims remain unresolved.
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Manhattan Company
New York City
Hartford Courant
Maine Couple Discovers Hatching Sparrow Inside Egg
In Skowhegan Mrs Harris cracked a hen egg and found a sparrow egg inside. Mr Harris broke the shell to reveal a live sparrow chick sheltered by warmth from the hen egg. The tale suggests the alchemy of a hidden nestling born within another egg.
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Skowhexon
Henry Harris
Kennebec
A Woman’s Window Verse On Marriage Resolve
A London Reader note recalls a lady who wrote on a window that she would never marry and a gentleman replied with lines about breaking a glass resolve. The exchange reflects social sentiments about suitors and independence in that era.
Help Your Baby with Baby's Own Tablets Claim
An Ottawa area ad claims Baby's Own Tablets prevent minor childhood ailments and are safe with no opiate or poisonous soothing ingredients. A testimonial from Mrs Ania Cressman of New Hamburg Ontario praises relief for stomach troubles and constipation. Sold by药 dealers and by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Ania Cressman
New Hamburg
Ont
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Elephant roles in a dramatic scene teased as hind legs
A quip from Illustrated Bits jokes about a performer claiming the heavy role yet insisting they appear on stage only as the elephant’s hind legs, highlighting the playful caption style.
Modern Surgery Shows Amazing Techniques and Outcomes
The piece highlights remarkable surgical feats from Miss Dot Stephens of London who, after losing both feet, now walks miles in $1,000 artificial feet. It also recounts life saving heart stitches, windpipe repair, heart grafting, and facial finger grafts, illustrating dramatic advances discussed at a Baltimore meeting and reported by the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Dot Stephens
London
Miss Stephens
Baltimore
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Air Hooligan A New Pest In The Air
A letter-writer in The Times laments ballooning as a rising public nuisance. He fears rising air travel will flood gardens with ballast and waste and asks how airships, dropping ballast from 500 feet, could be regulated. Major Baden-Powell says wet ballast causes clots. dry ballast would avoid harm. He notes future legislation and obstacles to enforcing airborne rules.
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Comune & Popuist
Pristille
F. P. Warren
London Times
Gloucester Road
Kingston Hill
Warren
Huxley
Johnny
Amelia
Baden-Powell
Glass House
Major Baden- Powell
King Edward’s horoscope warns of peril and warlike tenden
The October issue of Monthly Messenger by Old Moore surveys King Edward’s stars. Mars dominates the king’s birth horoscope with a solar eclipse on January 3 suspected to presage grave international troubles, warlike tendencies, and potential health threats.
Origin of midshipman title linked to ship ends
Harper's Magazine cites Captain Mahan proposing that after floods early ships had high ends and a narrow waist, creating a need for communicators called midshipmen who carried messages outside the trumpet chain. The term reflects a man of both ends and middle, with duties unclear and a lifelong handyman role.
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Harper's Magazine
A. T. Mahan
Nanobody
Immense Timber Areas Set As Permanent Forest Reserves
Dominion Forest Reserves Act of 1906 marks vast tracts in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as permanent forest reserves. Manitoba leads with six reserves including Riding Mountain Duck Mountain and Turtle Mountain. Saskatchewan lists four reserves such as Porcupine and Moose Mountain. Alberta hosts three reserves including Cooking Lake and Kootenay Lakes. British Columbia totals eight reserves along the railway belt with names and areas given.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Riding Mountain
Duck Mountain Forest Reserve
Porcupine Forest Reserve No. 1
Lake Manitoba
Lake Manitoba West Forest Reserve
Turtle Mountains
Turtle Mountain
Sand Hill
Brandon
Sprucewoods
Porcupine Reserve No
Porcupine Reserve
Moose Mountain
Arcela
Beaver Hills
Yorkton
Prince Albert
Pines
Cooking Lake
Edmonton
Kootenay Lakes
Cypress Hills
C.P.R
Long Lake
Martin Mountain
Bolean River
Niskonith
Lake Niskonlith
Tranquille
Tranquille Plateau
Kamloops Lake
Hat Creek
Baby Smells Car Arrival Say Grandmother
Yonkers Statesman recounts a playful moment as a baby reacts to the approaching parents. A nurse named Kate explains the child's keen sense of smell sensed through the automobile, delighting the elder woman.
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Katie
Kate
Yonkers Statesman
Bpavin Liniment Claims to Cure Horse Ailments
An ad touts ENGLISH BPAVIN LINIMENT as removing hard or soft blemishes from horses and treating blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney and other conditions. It promises a $50 reward for the most wonderful blemish cure and notes the product comes in one bottle.
Editor Declines Poem Submissions Too Polite
A Pittsburg Leader item notes editors refuse poems that thank the editor. The exchange shows the manager's demand to decline all such submissions.
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Pittsburg
Debted to You for All I Know Says Senior
A senior bids farewell to a professor with a self deprecating line about debt for knowledge. The professor responds with a cautionary, light rebuke in this brief exchange from the Christian Advocate.
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Thomas
Washington Star
PF. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J Cheney & CO
Ayer
Aennis
Avery
Congress
Lippincott’s
Shiloh
Atsc
Snc
N. U. No
London Reader
Lendomrer
Mars
Midshipman
St. Louis
N. W. Hide # Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Oshawa
Frey
Ovhawa
Montreal
Ottawe
Toroute
Leodos
Winnipeg
Stanfield
Stanfield’s
Ryriz Bros
Yonge St
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