Major Maude Honored by Prince Henry of Proesia
Major Frederick Stenley Maude, Military Secretary in Ottawa, received Prince Henry of Proesia at Miagere during the Governor General’s ban. The Irish Maude family links and Maude’s service with the Coldstream Guards are noted.
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Frederick Stenley Maude
Prince Henry of
Proesia
Miagere
Canada
Ottawa
Lord Miate
Lord Lansdowne
Major Maude
Colewtreams
Arigete
Brigade of Guards
Earl Te Mentall
Cyril Maude
Uaymarket
Maude
London Military Mall
First Electric Rail Trial by RB Davidson in 1842
The article notes RB Davidson's 1842 Edinburgh and Glasgow railway trial of an electromagnetic locomotive on four wheels weighing five tons, reaching four miles per hour. It quotes Lavater on fanaticism and Lamb on blunt fire, and mentions a Mexico City view with no chimneys or furnaces, cooking by charcoal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Minards Limiment in the House Lord Curzon Memorial Delhi 1857
Lord Curzon unveiled in Delhi a memorial honoring three Delhi signallers for their services in 1857. The event marks recognition of historic defense and telecommunication roles.
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Lord Curzon
Delhi
Valuable mare mends from wire wound with Minakims Liniment
F M Doucet of Weymouth reports his mare suffered deep cuts and bruises from a wire fence. After using Minakims Liniment under Dr Bell guidance, starting diluted and increasing strength, the sores healed in three weeks and hair grew back, not turning white. Maxim's cavalry gun fires 700 shots a minute and weighs thirty pounds, portable on a soldier’s back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Turkey
Catarrh Cure Ad and Oddities from Historical Ad Copy
An old advertisement promotes F J Cheney Co Catarrh Cure with testimonials on its reliability. It includes pricing in dollars, distribution by Toledo merchants, and mentions family pills. The text also notes curious Dutch doors once used only for funerals and weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Minard's Liniment and Quotations Display Page
A trimmed display of various quotations and ad copy style lines including references to Minard's Liniment and quotes attributed to Cohen Mme de Girardin Cervantes Bacon Carlyle Marcus Antoninus and Haliburton. The page mixes aphorisms with product branding in a period newspaper tone.
Shiloh's Cure Promises Quick Relief and Free Trial
A historic remedy, Shiloh's Consumption Cure, claims to treat coughs and colds instantly, offered at 25 cents a bottle. The ad promises refunds via druggist if unsatisfied and invites readers to request a free trial bottle from S C Writs & Co in Toronto. Karl's Clover Root Test corrects to Stomach.
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S.C. Writs & Co
Toronto
Can
Karl
Halcyon Springs Canada Ideal For Invalids
Halcyon Springs in British Columbia markets itself as the best cure for rheumatism kidney or liver troubles. It touts medicinal water qualities first rate hotel facilities ample fishing and hunting and calls itself an ideal spot for the invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Largest Mississippi raft sails toward St Louis with 11 million feet logs
The immense raft is the biggest ever sent down the Mississippi on its way to St Louis. It is hauled by two powerful steamers. Sir Robert Giffen, the statistician, estimates Britain may spend £150,000,000 annually on armament soon.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Robert Giffen
Britain
Dr Williams Pink Pills Story From Grumidge Man
Mr Orlin Post of Grumidge Manitoba recounts five years of rheumatism and failure of doctors and medicines until he used Dr Williams Pink Pills. After starting with a dozen boxes and a further supply he was cured, enabling full work. He credits the pills with curing his pain and notes others cured for anemia paralysis and nervous conditions. The genuine pills bear the full name and are sold by dealers or mailed from Brockville Ontario.
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The
Echo
Dominion City
Man
Orlin Fost
Grumidge
Post
Dr. Williams
Williams
Railways Ordered to Carry Baggage for Corpses
A Baltimore American remark notes a newly passed enactment requiring railways to transport a deceased person's baggage. The speaker praises the rule as practical, allowing trunks to accompany the deceased on any journey.
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Baltimore American
Autograph Requests Answered With Stamps and Posters
A Baltimore News excerpt describes a great man being asked for autographs by persistent fans. He notes many fans send stamps and return the autograph on a poster card, easing the signing process.
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Baitimore News
Letter praises Dodd's Kidney Pills by Paquin couple
A Quebec village letter by L A Paquin and wife endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills after their kidney troubles. They credit the medicine with restoring health and say they have used six boxes between them. They urge others to try the remedy for kidney disease.
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St. Hippolyte
Que
L. A. Paquin
Dodd
Mr. Paquin
London Fur Trade Pre-eminence and Refugee Passage Issue
London dominates fur trading with American and Russian buyers visiting to purchase furs from their homelands. Sales total about 20 million dollars annually. Reports on peace terms state burghers outside the Transvaal and Orange River Colony would be brought home, with London papers noting the refinement that changes which refugees in the United States could use to seek passage to South Africa.
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London
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
United States
South Africa
Air pressure on an average person amounts to thirteen and a half tons
A historical line states that the air pressure acting on a person of ordinary size equals thirteen and a half tons. It reflects a dramatic measure used to illustrate atmospheric force on the human body.
Man of fifty toggled dress 18 350 times in lifetime
A fifty year old man reportedly undressed and redressed in ordinary life an estimated 18 350 times, illustrating repetitive daily routine behavior. This phrasing reflects a curious historical note on habitual clothing changes.
Motion of a Person Through Space and Time
A street scene describes a person raised hat bowing as he moves with the earth a half kilometer around its axis and travels three miles around the sun, nearly a mile forward with the sun. The passage links daily gesture to cosmic motion across space and time.
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Earth
Gulls at Play and Peril Over Destruction of Sea Birds
A Toronto Star excerpt notes gulls perform ecological roles as scavengers and fish guides while recounting their playful hunting, nest on Great Lakes shores, and warn that gull populations are rapidly declining, threatening local ecosystems and human practices such as egg gathering.
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Great Lakes
Ravenspur
Toronto Star
Great Orator’s Impediment Noted in Historical Tale
In a brief exchange, a teacher asks for a celebrated man with a speech impediment and a student recalls George Washington as unable to tell out loud. The dialogue playfully explores public speakers who faced stammers or slips in speech.
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Little Willy
George Washington
Quotation Fragments on Truth and Law
A compact collection of moral maxims and historical references. The lines contrast truth as skin-deep doctrine with Beecher’s warning and Saville’s proverb about princes and law, suggesting moral hesitation in political power and friendship.
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H. W. Beecher
Manitoba Wheat Prices Slip as Market Softens at Fort William
Local market dullness persists with exporters slow to buy Manitoba wheat. June shipments to Liverpool and London fetch 11c to 2c below Fort William store prices, while in-store figures firm to 76c for hard and 74c for 1 northern. Prices for flour, bran, flaxseed, and other commodities show mixed movement amid overall tighter supply and rising costs.
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Liverpool
London
Fort William
Glenora
Alberta
Manitoba
Shorts
Winnipeg
Fresh grass cattle scarce in wholesale market report
Cattle are hard to obtain due to frequent rains. range-country reports say cattle are backward. Butchers’ grades bring 5 jc per pound delivered locally. inferior lots 3c to 5c. Sheep range 5c to 8c per pound off cars. lambs similar. Live hogs ranged 14c to 16c per pound for best weights, 64c off Winnipeg cars. milch cows scarce with good milkers at 45 dollars, others 35 to 45. Horses in strong demand. Ontario supplies most, prices high.
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Speltz
Smith's Falls
Manitoba
Deakins
Winnipeg
Cars
Ontario
A Nursery Tragedy Reveals a Dreadful Cut
A brief dramatic note describes a doll like child with a sad face and lips, a harsh scene where another girl cuts her out, leaving a poignant image of a paper doll discarded and forlorn.
Rest Hour Aimed to Balance Health Not Tonics
A rest period between meals lasting from fifteen to sixty minutes taken around midday is valued for maintaining balance more than any tonics. The practice emphasizes gentle downtime over medicinal drinks.
Garden Planning Signals Rationale for Subduing Patches
In planning the garden every bed should be utilized for grass or flowers. No corner too dark or poor for ferns and myosotis. The rubbish heap may be transformed into a charming rockery with small cost or labor.
Over Ninety Sons of Catholic Orders in Great Britain
A fragmented item notes that over ninety sons of women connected with Catholic religious orders are settled in Great Britain. An unrelated quote by Hazlitt and a note on Holoway's Corn Cure appear, alongside mentions of disinfectant soap powder and Martial prose about fortune and love.
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Great Britain
Ocean Cable Longevity on Different Sea Floors
The text notes that cable life is shorter on poor ocean bottoms, lasting three to four years, while on good bottom wire kept up over twenty years remains nearly as effective as new. It emphasizes durability differences based on seabed conditions.
Babies Treated With Worms Benefit From Tablets
Mrs A Sauve of Rowanton Quebec credits Baby's Own Tablets with curing her worm afflicted child restoring color appetite and energy. The advertisement touts safety and non opiate formula for infants and children of all ages priced at 25 cents a box. A 60 inch diameter telescope lens was cast at Standard plate glass works for the American University of Washington.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Standard Plate Glass Works
Butler
Penn
American University of Washington
Judge rules no grounds for divorce over mother-in-law living
In Chicago a judge held that a fourth wife cannot obtain a divorce because her husband requires his first wife’s mother to live with them. The court said a man may keep his mother-in-law in the home, likening it to keeping a dog, prompting speculation about wives numbered nine and beyond in Chicago.
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Chicago
England Considers Spring-Powered Tram Cars
It is proposed in England to drive tram cars by power derived from huge springs that can be wound while the vehicle is in motion or otherwise, offering a new method of propulsion for urban transit.
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England
Toronto
Canada
The
Globe
North Bay
the Globe
Woman Charged with Drunkenness Discharged After Family Tragedies
A London Highgate case saw a woman plead drink caused by severe family troubles. She testified that one daughter was poisoned, another hanged, a son killed in a railway accident, and another in an asylum. The court discharged her.
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Highgate
London
Parmelee's Dyspepsia Cure Reported Effective
Mrs Ceste Coon of Syracuse credits Parmelee's pills with ending her years of stomach pain and inability to eat certain foods. She reports complete relief and the ability to eat anything without distress. Also mentions Mother Gray's Worm Suppressor as a 25 cent remedy for worms and digestive upset.
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Ceste Coon
Syracuse
Parmelee
Pipe smoker counts smoke clouds over decades
A man who smokes four medium sized pipes daily blows out 20,440,000 smoke clouds over twenty years, assuming he exhales once per pipe fill and each pipe produces 700 clouds. This estimate illustrates long term tobacco use.
Quote on education and law in African American history
A historical note claims about 2000 negro lawyers in the United States, framing education and professional progress in the context of Black Americans. The remark contrasts college as a life force with a cautionary query about colleges influencing individuals.
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United States
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Hamiota Herald
Hamiota
Firet Electric Locomotive
F. M. Doucet
Weymouth
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
F J
Weer &4Trvax
Inwas & Manvis
Finil
Mai
Minard
Liniment Lemterman
Cohen
Mme. de Girardin
Bacon
Carlyle
Marcus Antoninus
Matthew Henry
Halburton
California
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Harvey
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Yosemite
Santa Fe
Shiloh
Halcyon OT Springs, B. C
Orlin Post
Grumidge, Manitoba
Sir. W. Temple
Saville
Market Review
Edy
Hazlitt
Lever’s
Aiany
Martial
Ogilvie’s Four
House
Ife
Ocilvie’s
Clenora
Fotatl Wakkant
Secesiers
Hana Ocharing
Minald
Dick’s
Leeming, Miles & Co
Montreal
Iti
E. B. Eddy
III
la Fontaine
Balzac
Swift
Wilson’s
Thackeray
Drayton
Liebic
Tifiepic CO
Lucina
the Office Specialty Mfg. Co. Ltd
Golden Flush
MPG. Co., Limited
R. Hamblyinnipeg
Western
J.D. Kel
Thomes
Tryon Edwards
Lamb
Lavater
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