Health reform through Dr Chase's Nerve Food
The ad touts Dr A W Chase's Nerve Food as a cure for nervous exhaustion and a toner to build up the system. A testimonial from James W Weaver of Dalhousie Ontario claims three years of poor sleep and heart pains were cured after eight boxes. The product is sold for 50 cents via Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Chase
A.W Chase
James W. Weaver
Dalhousie
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Dr A W Chase Nerve Food Inquiries Prompt Subscriber Note
A subscriber questions the funniest thing on earth while the paper notes the publisher could owe a back subscription receipt. The brief item references dull ploughing days and prints a quip from the London Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Ad for Delicate Women
An old Chicago Record Herald snippet touts Parmelees Vegetable Pills as mild effective for delicate women with no violent effects. It claims the pills ease digestive disorders while being safe for those more prone to digestive issues.
Beware Mercury Ointments for Catarrh and False Testimonials
Public warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments touting Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad claims no mercury, internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and urges buy from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and includes miscellaneous humorous clippings from Chicago and Washington papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Sartorial Dilemmas From The London Globe On Fashion Choices
A London Globe excerpt ponders wardrobe predicaments. It asks whether a frock coat with brown boots suits better with a bowler or a tall hat and jokes about explaining attire if clothing is scarce. It also muses on choosing clean versus stained collars for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
Napoleon's Habits Show Cleanliness and Style
A French article notes Napoleon Bonaparte valued personal cleanliness and fresh linen. He washed with eau de cologne, perfumed his head, and poured remaining perfume on his neck and shoulders. His laundress bill for a single wash was modest, yet he wore each garment only once, earning a reputation as a dapper figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon I
Paris
Napoleon
Eau de Cologne
Tuileries
To Make Waxed Paper For Storing Volatile Substances
Instructions describe waxing paper by placing a sheet on copper over gentle heat, then applying yellow or white wax with a sponge until transparent. Use stearin as an alternative. Warns heat must be balanced to avoid browning or scorching and notes waxed paper guards greases and aromatic compounds from penetration.
There’ll Be Naething Done Right Unless I’m There
An old Scotch farmer fakes a deathbed scene to preside over his funeral plans. His wife ignores his orders until he sits up and insists he must be there. She reassures him with humor that he will be the main man at the event.
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Glasgow Times
Langdon Smith and the National Gas Works Tale
A Denver reporter recalls Langdon Smith and his visit to Washington. Smith, tall and lively, guided a companion past the Capitol dome and quipped that the pale dome was the national gas works, delivering a sharp anecdote about Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon Smith
New York
Denver
Washington
Smith
Capitol
National Gas Works
Footnote in a Quip About Dancing Sister
A playful exchange reveals a sister unable to dance until pressed into action. The speaker boasts of forcing her onto the floor and stepping on her foot, prompting a retort about the result of the impromptu dance.
Misnamed nickname causes confusion for Noah Petherbrane
Towne questions why Noah Petherbrane is called Cholly and notes the misnaming in reference to Browne Tes. Noah shows common sense by staying out of the rain.
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Towne
Petherbrane
Cholly
Noah
Browne
He who will not reason is a bigot
A short aphorism by Byrom attributed to a thinker urges that refusing to reason marks bigotry while lacking reason marks foolishness and daring to speak up carries risk of subjugation.
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Byrom
The Pink Pills Promise Relief for Women’s Suffering
A Canadian advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building remedy for women’s monthly suffering. It recounts Mrs Joseph Kinney’s decade of nervous troubles and bed confinement, claiming six boxes restored health and promising continued effectiveness for after influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Canada
Joseph Kinney
Gilbert's Cove
N. S
Fly Pads Claim To Stop Flies And Diseases
An advertisement touts Wilson's Fly Pads as a solution to prevent disease by killing house flies and the germs they carry including typhoid scarlet fever smallpox and consumption in households and public spaces.
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Wilson
Remark on an Ordinary Man Cited by Chicago News
A dialogue notes that Biggs sees no remarkable traits in Diggs, who claims the man showed no remedy suggestions during a two week cold in winter despite daily meetings. The Chicago News framing emphasizes a paradox of familiarity and understated character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggs
Diggs
Chicago News
Minards Liniment Cures Diphtheria
A newspaper item notes a claim that Minards Liniment cures diphtheria. The playful exchange features a teacher and a scholar debating kindness provoking a comeback about being perceived as weak by peers.
Cure for ringbone horse nets profit for Quebec hotelkeeper
Moise Derosce of St. Phillippe Quebec reports buying a horse labeled incurably ringbone for 30 dollars. He cured the animal with one dollar worth of Minard’s Liniment and sold it for 85 dollars. Profit from the liniment amounted to 54 dollars.
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Minard
Moise Derosce
St. Phillippe
Que
Airship impracticable says experienced man in car chat
A motorist declares an airship impractical and warns a crewed craft could be stranded in a cloud bank. He imagines needing horses to tow it if engines fail. Nearby Miss Ann Teek drives an electric phaeton, keeping bicycle cops busy for excitement from being chased.
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Washington Star
Ann Teek
Brooklyn
Seaweed Based Substitute for Leather Patented by London Chemist
London chemist John Campbell has perfected a seaweed and waste product composite usable as leather substitute in both pliable and hard forms. He demonstrates it can make policemen boots, belting, flooring, frames, and even imitation marble, wood, and linoleum like surfaces. The material resists oils and acids, remains non flammable, and offers a low price due to its waste origins.
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John Campbell
Wood Lane
Shepherd’s Bush
London
England
Campbell
Devonshire
Japan
Death In the Telephone
A Westminster medical officer reports testing tuberculosis germs on a public telephone mouthpiece. After inoculating two guinea pigs with swab contents, both animals showed tuberculosis signs, proving transmission via telephones in general use. Regular disinfection of telephones is advised, as practiced on the London Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Lancet
Post Office
Central Exchange
London Stock Exchange
General Post Office
Lion Feeds on Porcupine Leaves Quills in Throat
Rhodesian hunters queried if lions habitually eat porcupines and whether quills injure the predator. After an antelope disappearance, a lion was found with porcupine quills lodged in its throat, blocking food passage. the lion died and a post mortem confirmed the cause.
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Holland
Russian NCO Budnikoff Claims World Record for Continuous Service
Budnikoff, a Russian non commissioned officer, reportedly serves 123 years after entering the army in 1797 at age 15. He fought in the 1812 campaign, earned four St. George orders and about forty other medals, and now receives a $60 annual pension. He married ninety years ago and has a son and two daughters. the son died in the Russo Turkish War.
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Budnikoff
Khussar Life Guards
St. George’s Order
Getting Nearer in Political Spotlight
The piece notes Seon moving rapidly into the national discourse as Denver and Chicago grow closer to the center of attention with each passing day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Politics
Denver
Chicago
NewCanada Live Stock Entry Rules Take Effect
New regulations from July 1 require presenting either a Canadian registration or an import certificate for selected cattle horses ponies swine sheep goats and asses at the Port of Entry. Foreign certificates must accompany applications and are returned with an import certificate enabling duty free entry, with a nominal handling fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Jersey
Guernesy
Holston
Hackney
Shetland
New Forest
Exmoor
Connamara
Yorkshire
Berkshire
Tamworth
Chester
Poland
China
Duroe
Essex
Victoria
Shropshire
Lincoln
Oxford Down
Dorset
South Down
Hampshire
Leicester
Ottawa
St. George
Ont
Horses
Suffolk Horse Society
Great Britain
Cleveland Bay Horse Society of
Great Britain and Ireland
Yorkshire Coach Horse Society of
American Morgan Register Association
Amerean Saddle Horse Breeders’ Association
American Trotting Horse Register Association
Commission Des Agriculteurs de France
Commission Des Stud Book Des Chevaut de Demi-Sang
Landwirthschaftliche
Dublin
Ireland
Sussex Herd Book Society
Durham Breeders’ Association
United States
National
Polled Hereford Breeders’ Association
Sheep
Suffolk Sheep Society
Kent and Romney Marsh
Cheviot Sheep Society
Wensleydale
Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association
Remembered youths and modern habits clash in talk
A Washington Star exchange recalls how older generations view student seriousness. A citizen laments youth earnestness while Sirius Barker counters that youths now burn the midnight oil by spending time exploding gasoline.
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Sirius Barker
Washington Star
Prodigal Son Lamp-Blown Tale From Bucks County
A New York waiters club president recalls a Bucks County parable of a stingy son who plans his father’s death. The son sits with him to the end but secretly leaves a dim lamp lit and goes to his room, urging his father to blow out the lamp when death approaches.
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New York
Bucks County
Rare Souvenir Pote At Bank Of England Tied To Admiral Cochrane
A curious 1514 case links a 1,000 pound pote kept at the Bank of England to Admiral Lord Cochrane who paid a fine after being falsely accused of spreading a rumor that Napoleon was dead to manipulate stocks. Funds were raised by Westminster constituents. The note bears his name and a pledge of innocence, with eventual vindication by William IV eighteen years later.
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Bank of England
Lord Cochrane
Bonaparte
Westminster
Wiliam IV
London
Telegrauch
Armor plate vaults and water barriers guard bank strong rooms
A detailed look at London bank strong rooms contrasts antique oak chests with modern armor plated vaults. It describes a six foot below grade concrete foundation, a seven foot water-filled basin, and four ton doors that resist drilling. Various depositories house securities, rare books, paintings, and tapestries valued at millions.
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Bank of England
London
Gave Him Piece of Shroud in Glasgow Funeral Rite
A Glasgow funeral tale recalls an old Scottish custom. A mourner gave Rev J H Dickie a small cut of the shroud, noting it is a family tradition. An antiquarian notes a 13th or 14th century act promoted wool trade by requiring woollen shrouds and clergy to examine them.
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Kilpatrick
J. H. Dickie
Glasgow
Scotland
Queerest of Creatures Duckbill of Australia
The duckbill or mulligong of Australia is a highly unusual animal. It is aquatic and burrowing, with a highly sensitive beak used for touch as well as smell. It can run on land and swim well, is covered in thick soft fur, and feeds on worms water insects and small mollusks gathered in cheek pouches.
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Australia
Earth
The Long Lived Parrs and Their Descendants
Thomas Parr died in London in 1635 at 152 and lies buried in Westminster Abbey. His descendants also lived extraordinary lives with ages reaching 124, 127, and beyond. Robert Parr, a great grandson, died in Shropshire in 1757 at 124. his father 109 and grandfather 113. John Newell and John Michaelson, both grandsons of Parr, died at 127 in 1761 and 1763 respectively.
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Thomas Parr
London
Parr
Westminster Abbey
Robert Parr
Shropshire
John Newell
John Michaelson
Domestic Servants Questioned on Equality
Dialogue shows Mrs Newrich declaring servants as equals and Mrs Oldgold asking if they resent it. The exchange highlights social tensions and class attitudes in domestic service.
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Mrs. Newrich
Mrs. Oldgold
The Mysterious Time Boots Oversleeps
Boots complains of waking late and waking an hour later than yesterday morning. The line rhymes in a humorous dialect as the speaker asks if it is time to rise.
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Boots
Obsolete Job In Skyscraper Mrow Aboard
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation contrasts apartment views with a skyscraper plan note that the elevators are fast but there are no meal stations en route, illustrating a critique of modern urban living.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Kellogg Dy Sentery Cordial Endorsed For Summer Dysentery
The treatment of summer complaints favors Dr J D Kellogg Dy Sentery Cordial a standard highly concentrated medicine with sedative and curative qualities. It has long been popular with thousands attesting to its effectiveness against dysentery and related conditions.
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J. D. Kellogg
Sammy Faces Penny Offer in a Grim Punny Exchange
In a brief social note from the Sacred Heart Review, Sammy responds to his mean uncle with a witty remark about fainting at the prospect of receiving a penny. The exchange captures a sharp humor moment in a family scene.
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Sammy
Sacred Heart Review
Fly Pad Packets Prove Cheaper Than Paper Ties
Three packets of Wilson's Fly Pads cost twenty five cents and will kill more flies than twenty five dollars worth of sticky paper, offering a simple pest control comparison.
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Wilson
Sala da Tea Label Sparks Dating Dilemma
Young Fitzwoodie jokes about life costs while a judge and trio discuss the long running Sala da tea brand. Edyth rejects a suitor, threatening unopened letters, and Maybe jokes about mailed ice tickets amidst humorous banter from the Chicago News.
Unclaimed Money Report On Canadian Banks
Hon Mr Fielding reports five year plus unclaimed balances in chartered banks for 1907. Bank of Montreal leads with 121,688 balances 1,124 dividends and 3,988 drafts. Montreal City and District Savings Bank rises to 103,175 from 90,060 in 1906. Other large totals appear for Bank of British North America and Canadian Bank of Commerce. Smallest sums are at Bank of St John Sovereign Bank and St Stephens Bank. Total unclaimed balances 1906 554,574 and 1907 526,246.
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Fielding
Chartered Banks of Canada
Bank of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal City and District Savings Bank
Bank of British North America
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Bank of St. John
Sovereign Bank
St. Stephens Bank
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A.W. Chase
Myrtle
Chicago Record Herald
Miss Jenkins
Washington Post
Beecham
Beecgham’s
Napoleon's
Dorothy
Holloway
Philadelphia Inquirer
Parrs
Brantford
Fitzwoodie
Farmer Hardpan
Edyth
Windsor
Mamla
Arantest Cooper Cordage CO
Twine
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Miam
Ww. N. U
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