Peruna praised by two women in letters from Ontario and Tennessee
A London Ontario resident says Peruna cured a severe head cold with nighttime distress and noise in the head disappearing. A Needville Tennessee woman reports decades of coughing ended after using Peruna, claiming it cured her persistent cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie M. Kingsworth
Quebec Street
London
Ontario
Konitz
Scovel Street
Needville
Tenn
Thirteenth Farmer Buys New Cradle After Worn Out One
A farmer, father of twelve, rocks children in the same cradle for years. His wife notes the cradle is nearly worn and risky. He agrees it is used up and gives £2 to buy a sturdy replacement on the next town trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial and offer
An old advertisement offers a reward for curing catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney Co of Toledo is vouched for by Walding Kinnan Marvin. The endorsement claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Teledo
J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
Louise Falls Fast for Theatre Tickets
A lighthearted Life quote notes Louise falls in love easily, succumbing after about a hundred dollars in theatre tickets. The remark captures a playful stereotype about romantic impulsiveness and entertainment spending.
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Louise
At the Garden Party Punch Cartoon Exchange
A brief exchange notes a dull gathering at a garden party as Aunt Jane apologizes for limited time with Rich Auunt and Adolphus. Niece humbly agrees the event did not meet expectations, reflecting social etiquette humor from Punch.
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Rich Auunt
Adolphus
Jane
Test the Kidneys with Chase Kidney Liver Pills
A testimonial from Capt. W. Smith of Revelstoke, BC, claims chronic kidney disease was cured by Dr A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills after failing other medicines. The letter extols combined action on liver and bowels and notes one pill per dose from Edmanson Bates Co Toronto for 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Chase
W. Smith
Revelstoke
B.C
Dr Chase
Alls of Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Granting Patents Clarifies Inventive Step Test
The article explains that patent validity rests on a non obvious invention beyond mere mechanical skill. It cites whether an ordinary mechanic could reproduce the device without guidance, using gunpowder as an example of true invention beyond common knowledge.
Peculiar Trees and Their Remarkable Fruits
The breadfruit tree of Ceylon yields breadlike fruit. Barbura in South America produces milk from a pierced trunk to feed children. An African tree offers butter from its fruit. Sierra Leone has a cream fruit tree. Table Bay near the Cape hosts berries for candles. Soap uses come from a tree near China. Soap berry trees grow in North Africa. Tallow and oil are derived from Chusan fruits gathered in late year.
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Ceylon
Barbura
South America
Africa
Park
Engand
Sierra Leone
Table Bay
Cape of Good Lupe
Azores
Samara
Algeria
China
Chusan
A Bachelor and a Widow Play Calm Comedy of Rings
A widow recounts dining with a bachelor who fears neighbors might assume he is with another man’s wife. To spare his embarrassment she removes her wedding ring before parties, insisting the gesture shows sensitivity raised to the ninth power.
The Flow of Rivers and Water Velocity
The text explains river flow, noting speeds vary with depth. It states velocity is greatest near the surface and about six tenths of depth on average. It also describes bottom friction more affecting shallow rivers than deep ones.
Debating Women Club Aims and Suffrage
In a quoted exchange Jones argues a woman's club should target goals far from female suffrage. Miss Strong counters that suffrage should be its object, while Jones notes a different aim might still reach that outcome.
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Jones
Miss Strong
Looking Backward in a Curious Sentiment
A dialogue on unusual feelings of sentiment cites a man who treasures his mother's spanking slipper, illustrating how private memories shape affection. The exchange probes how odd objects can carry strong emotional links across generations.
Reckless Expenditure Driver Remarks on Living Space
A reader complains about the cost of maintaining a place described as unsuitable for a dog. The exchange notes nearly a dollar spent and questions if better use of funds would have involved adopting a dog. The tone mocks waste and suggests practical reforms.
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Sawson
Not Deliberate. Wife I Claim That The Story
A tense quarrel emerges as a wife accuses her spouse of lying about a confession heard last night. She insists the tale was false, while he asserts it was spoken in earnest and hints at a quick, decisive moment in their dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Iub
They Needed Other Things Like Most Ministers' Families
A Delineator quotation recounts a minister's large family with limited worldly goods. The youngest daughter learns of a baby sister born in the night and responds with a practical, if humorous, remark about things going worse.
Dysentery Cordial touted as reliable remedy
Advertisment extols Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a swift, effective cure for cholera and summer complaints. It claims prompt action and thorough pain relief, urging immediate use when attacked.
Dialogue Excerpt Sparks Generational Debate in Boston
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript shows a character asking if a mother would object to kissing. The mother responds that she would not hear of such a thing, highlighting generational attitudes toward propriety.
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Boston Transcript
Wilson's Fly Pads evoke eerie signs in Ledger remark
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a cabinet of oddities with a line about a man wearing a sign proclaiming deafness, noting the unsettling impression it leaves. The remark illustrates superstitious or cautionary reactions to symbol and belief in a historical context.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Best of Ceylon Teas and a Comic Request
An ad style snippet extols Salada as the finest Ceylon tea with a humorous line about a customer asking for cod liver oil in sixpence worth. The gag highlights a chemist and a drinker, reflecting period humor.
Streetcar game sparks question about sister’s fall
A Houston Post item reports a tense exchange during a street car game where a boy asks Willie if he pushed his sister. Willie denies it, saying they were just playing as she was getting off.
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Willie
Houston Post
Fall Clothing Despatch from Curzon Bros Travel Route
A London despatch announces J. Hi. Greene departing Liverpool for a touring sale starting August 29 at Victoria British Columbia. He will visit eastern cities and take measurements for suits overcoats and trousers, with orders mailed from Curzon's London warehouse.
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London
England
Liverpool
J. Hi. Greene
Curzon Bros
Greene
Victoria
B.C
Messrs. Curzon
Messrs. Curzon Bros
Bishop’s Wife Buried Likely at Brompton, Verger Says
A clergyman familiar with the bishop’s first wife returned from Africa and asked where the bishop’s wife is buried. The verger replied that he could not be certain but that the bishop tends to bury wives at Brompton.
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Africa
Crave
Brompton
Cleveland Leader
Minard's Liniment Praised by Medical User
A letter from St Isidore P Q dated August 1904 praises Minard's Liniment Co. Limited and its liniment. The writer says he uses it personally and prescribes it for patients with gratifying results, calling it the best all round liniment extant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Isidore
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Family quarrel over a baby's nightgown ends in sharp humor
A mother urges Tommy to fetch the baby's nightgown and hints mercy by threatening a flight to heaven if unkind. Tommy retorts with a wry reply, accepting the task and deflating the dad get.
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Tommy
Card collection showcases global playing cards and Indians
A collection of nearly six hundred playing cards from all ages and nations is presented by the Coin of Makers of Playing Cards. Notable items include Sioux deerhide skin cards for monte and Hindu gunjia cards, with suits like butterflies fish sticks and annular ornaments, plus proverb and fortune illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
Husband Insures Life For Ten Dollars Says Wife
A witty exchange from the Louisville Post has a husband bragging I have my life insured for ten dollars. The wife replies I need not remind him to be careful anywhere. The gag plays on insurance and caution.
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Louisville Post
Faultless in Preparation Parmelee's Vegetable Pills
Faultless in Preparation. Parme lee's Vegetable Pills are the result of long study of vegetable compounds to stimulate stomachic functions and maintain them at normal condition. Years of use prove their faultless character and excellent reputation. They remain at the head of standard preparations.
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Parmelee
Lawyer’s Barefaced Wit Echoes Courtroom Banter
A barrister chides a learned brother about unprofessional whiskers in court. The reply, witty and brief, declares a lawyer cannot be too barefaced. The quip appears in Tit-Bits as a light courtroom anecdote reflecting legal humorous banter.
Baby's Own Tablets touted for hot weather illness
An advertisement urges mothers to keep Baby's Own Tablets to prevent stomach and bowel trouble in hot weather. It claims the medicine guards against diarrhoea and cholera infantum, promises safety with no opiate, and offers 25 cents a box or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Britons Praise Barlow’s Endurance and Constitution
Quote from London Telegraph highlighting admiration for Barlow’s achievements and noted physical stamina. Bunting praises his endurance while Gargoyle adds that he has the constitution of a debutante.
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Barlow
Bunting
Gargoyle
London Telegraph
Fly pad claim sparks insect control debate
A historic marketing claim asserts ten cents' worth of Wilson Fly Pads will kill more house flies than three hundred sheets of sticky paper, highlighting ongoing tension between chemical and physical pest control methods.
Widow Downes's Son Seeks Employment Remarks Stir
Mrs Nuritch reports giving a widow a note from her son seeking work for even a mere pittance. Mr Nuritch objects, noting no supposed position offered. The exchange highlights accusations of petty desperation and insult in a Philadelphia Press item.
Worm Exterminator Promises Quick Relief for Children
A newspaper blurb promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a simple strong remedy to relieve children from worm infestations, claiming prompt relief with minimal effort.
Nurse Announces Baby Boy Arrival in Classroom Scene
In a Boston Tran script excerpt, a nurse informs a professor that the expected baby is a boy. The professor, distracted, prompts to ask the child what he wants, highlighting an offbeat exchange.
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Boston Transcript
Minard's Liniment Advertised For Neuralgia Relief
A Cleveland Leader snippet promotes Minard's Liniment as a neuralgia remedy. A dealer touts a new patent bait, claiming strong effectiveness after selling it to a man who allegedly wasturned out of church for speaking truth about his catch.
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Cleveland
No, No Wil son’s Fly Pads Ad
Your druggist grocer or general storekeeper will supply you with Wil son s Fly Pads and you cannot afford to be without them Avoid unsatis factory substitutes.
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Wilson
Spirit of the Open Life and Canadian Poets
A Montreal Witness reflects on the enduring charm of country life and nature in English literature from Chaucer to Wordsworth and its influence on Canadian poets who seek nature's secret haunts and minute caprices.
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Chaucer
Wordsworth
Sized Him Up and Will Leaves Brain to Hospital
Briggs reports making a will leaving brain to the hospital and receiving an official acknowledgment. Griggs asks if authorities were pleased, and Briggs says they noted that every little help was welcome.
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Briggs
Griggs
Ebb Tide
Father remarks on sea tides and market timing as his son, inherit the family refrain, muses on buying now as the tide shifts. The exchange hints at a succession of insight from an eminent stockbroker father and his son.
What Comes With the Wind Will Go With the Rain
The Irish proverb notes that what travels with wind often travels with rain. It implies accompanying changes ride weather shifts and fate. The saying frames weather as a metaphor for transitory fortunes and shared outcomes.
The Human Engine and Energy Use in the Body
Hollis Godfrey in Atlantic explains the human frame as a master engine of energy. He notes that food acts as fuel, oxygen and nitrogen regulate burning, and the body emits carbon dioxide and water as byproducts. The carbon dioxide is highlighted as significant to the effect of city air on individuals.
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Bery
Hollis Godfrey
Atlantic
Food for Cannibals in Pacific Island Tragedy
A historical account notes cannibalism among islanders after the wreck of the St Paul in 1858 near Rossel. Captain Pennard led eight crewmen to seek aid and were rescued, but 326 passengers and crew were massacred and eaten by natives, with later rescue by Styx and a Danish schooner.
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Polynesia
St. Paul
Pennard
Hongkong
Sydney
Rossel
Prince of Denmark
Styx
Pearson's Weekly
Philadelphia’s Anti tipping Scheme Explained
A Philadelphia observer describes a prank to deter brushers by placing a silver quarter in the palm and offering it to a boy to brush away. The tale notes that coins are hard to brush from a hand and advises trying three times before returning the money.
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Philadelphia
Puzzling Question From Town to Country Cattle Editor
An agricultural paper editor frets over a reader’s query about how long cows should be milked. The office boy interrupts with a humorous regional punchline about short cows, adding a rural flavor to the exchange.
Wart superstition from the west of England
Report describes belief among local boys that squeezing a mole to death and applying its blood to warts will cure them. They argue moles worms and other subterranean creatures lack feelings so death is not cruel.
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England
Scarcity of English Humor Cited by London Review
The London Saturday Review laments a lack of wit and humor in current papers calling the week’s humor a feeble imitation. It suggests reserving weekly space for wilticism would often remain blank due to the dearth of genuine wit.
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London Saturday Review
Clever Juggler Credits Natural Talent in Tale
The inquisitive observer asks how the juggler gained skill. He replies that talent is hereditary, noting his father once ate peas with a knife, implying unconventional habits shaped his prowess.
Just a Change
Folkloric exchange shows Tired Tiffine reflecting on past weakness and a self deprecating quip about blindness and effort. The dialogue hints at a rural setting with a beleaguered speaker and a mother figure offering probing questions about hardship and perseverance.
The eevk crowing and a unclear battle over a ty Daaish Picverb
The fragmentary text mentions an eevk that crows and a disputed item phrased as a Daaish Picverb. Details are unreadable, with no clear people places dates or events to anchor a concrete summary.
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Eevk
Whale Guns Challenge Early Whale Capture Methods
The article recounts 1731 experiments using swivels from warships to fire harpoons at whales. A wooden stock mounted in a whaleboat iron fork aimed the short two barbed harpoon. Loading relied on loose powder and a flintlock, with line attached as the ring slid to the muzzle. Aiming was unreliable in waves and risked hitting other boats, while wet powder often ruined the gun.
Washington Irving Shuns Public Speaking Yet Delights at Dinners
Washington Irving avoided public appearances but spoke briefly at a 1942 New York dinner in Dickens’s honor and later replied to a toast in London with a brief acknowledgment. An English guest noted his restrained, apologetic tone, while others praised his sincerity.
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Washington Irving
Dickens
New York
Irving
Little Nell
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Charles Dickens
Madrid
The
Literary Fund
London
Sharks Fear Noise And Group Splashing Survives
The text claims sharks fear loud splashing and avoid noisy swimmers. It describes South Sea natives swimming in groups to create commotion and deter sharks, noting occasional individuals break from the group and are attacked.
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South Sea Islands
Secret of Nervous Balance Rules for Mental Health
Rev. Samuel McComb offers a set of six rules for nervous balance and mental health. Cultivate positive emotions, allocate time for tasks, conserve nervous energy within organization limits, do one thing at a time, prepare for sleep, and trust in God's infinite goodness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McComb
Harper’s Bazaar
Parish church named coolest spot in Atherington parish
The vicar of Atherington Devon writes in the parish magazine that the parish church is the coolest place in the area and urges parishioners not to forget this on Sunday afternoons.
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Atheringon
Devon
England
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Liersted Brartfor
Cassada
Black Watch
Ebb Tide
Stanfield
Biue
Willikely
Stis
Stanfields
Truro
Fort William
Union Bank of Canada
Manitoba Commission Co
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Man
Windsor
Avandsor
F. Young
Monmouth St
Springfield
Mass
Lyman Sons & CO
Montreal
Martin Bole & Wynne Co
Winnipey
National Drug & Chemical Co
Winnipey and Calgerty
Henderson Brow, Co. Ltd
Vancouver
Liebig
Liebig CO
Phoebe St
Bridget
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