Only a Boy a sermon on nurturing youth potential
The piece urges guiding a boy toward knowledge and faith, contrasting youth as potential with the bc power of character. It references historical figures and biblical themes, urging care, discipline, and education to shape a boy into a mature, virtuous adult.
Minard Liniment Publicity Letter From St Timothee Que
A testimonial cites seven years of inflammatory rheumatism with 31 months bedridden. After using Minard Liniment in May 07, the patient reports five bottles cured pain and no relapse for eighteen months. The letter, dated May 16 1800 from A Dart, St Timothee, Quebec, is presented as village proof of the product’s efficacy.
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Messrs CC. Richards & Co
A. Dart
St. Timothee
Que
Chase's Ointment and a Catarrh Cure Scams Mentioned
An 19th century style ad claims Dr Chase's Ointment cures all itching bleeding and protruding piles and pushes a constitutional catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for failure.
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Chase
F.J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Market Review Shows Wheat and Farm Goods Movements
The long extract details grain prices and market shifts in Winnipeg and port markets, noting wheat advances, export demand for flour, oats and barley prices, butter and cheese quotes, cattle and hog values, and farm produce shipping trends. It mentions nearby weather effects on prices and several supplier names and locations.
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Couthery
Dakota
Lye
Manitoba
Wednesia
Port Willian
Liverpool
Glenora
Alberta
Shorts
Carleis
Winnipeg
Shiloh's Consumption Cure Claims Quick Cough and Cold Relief
A vintage ad touts Shiloh's Consumption Cure as a half century old remedy saving hundreds of thousands of lives. It sells for 25 cents a bottle and offers a money back guarantee via the druggist. Free trial bottles are available by writing S C Werts & Co. in Toronto Canada.
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Bickle
Parmelee’s Pills Advertised Amid Odd Claims
Letters from users like Julin A Beam of Waterlon Ont praise Parmelee’s Pills for dyspepsia liver and kidney relief. The ad claims the product is a safe family medicine suitable as a cathartic. A Georgia country store note mocks varied goods from ice cream to embalming millinery and dentistry.
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Parmelon’s
Julin A. Beam
Waterlon
Ont
Parmelee
Ming
Georgia
Connecticut Law Limits Daily Trout To Thirty
Fragmented local text notes a Connecticut law allowing a man to catch thirty trout a day. It mocks the rule and comments on social behavior like mentioning catches at the grocery store. Mentions Mother Graves and a remedy, suggesting a benevolent home cure.
Wild oats sowing judged as a devilish maxim
Tom Brown at Oxford weighs in on British maxims about sowing wild oats. He declares the maxim utterly pernicious and urges burning the seeds in hot fire to prevent stubborn roots that will regrow and haunt the land, leaving future generations to till again.
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Tom Brown
Oxford
Baby constipation and remedies urged for infants
An old column discusses infant constipation, its causes, and risks if untreated. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a safe remedy, claims benefits for sleep and digestion, and notes a 25 cent price. It also includes unrelated quotes about hygiene, allergies, and tools.
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Tt. Guymer
London
Ont
Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Anti Gopher Campaign Aims to Reduce North Dakota Pests
The Soo road backs a North Dakota anti gopher effort expected to kill gophers. Tails from the campaign will be sold in Minneapolis.
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Soo Road
North Dakota
Minard’s Linment Claims Hypocrite Sighs at Old Tale
Minard's Linment asserts a stubborn hypocrite can sigh at an ancient story and pretend he never heard it before. The remark challenges the figure's memory and integrity, framing the tale as recycled to avoid accountability.
NOW TO CURE HEADACHE WITH PARMELEES PILLS
A reader testifies that headaches stem from stomach disorder and that Parmelee's Vegetable Pills containing mandrake and dandelion offer relief. The letter from Mr. Knlay Wark of Lysancer, P. Q., says the pills prove effective for bilious headaches.
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Parmelee
Knlay Wark
Lysancer
P. Q
Meanings of Highland Clan Names From Scottish Roots
The excerpt explains clan name origins: McIntosh from Meborald son of Brown Key of McKougall, McGregor from a Greek man, McCurthbert son of the Arch Druid, McKay from the Prophet, Campbell, Cameron Crooked Mouth, Cameron Crooked None, Stewart meaning stay or support.
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Scotland
Mclntosh
Meborald
Brown Key
McKougall
Black Eyes McGregor
McCurthbert
McKay
Campbell
Cameron
Stewart
Minago's Liniment for Sale Everywhere
An odd classified item notes Minago's Liniment available widely. The item hints at humor about age and love, joking that unrequited affection gains a supply of wrinkles.
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Minago's
Traditional Folk Precautions For Newborns Across Europe
The passage describes various folk beliefs to protect infants. Spanish practice uses pine boughs for luck, Ethonian mothers apply asafetida to the necks, Roumanian mothers tie red rib bons around ankles, Vosges and Welsh traditions link moon phase to a child’s temperament and safety by placing tongs or a knife in the cradle, with similar English customs noted.
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Spain
Vosges
New Moon
England
Unpoetical Poets and the Oxford Chimes
A London Globe note recalls Aubrey de Vere’s era and Newman's reply about the chimes of Oxford. Tennyson’s quips about readers of Maud reveal sharp, playful views on poetry and taste. The piece playfully questions the exact vocative of a famous line in a light literary tone.
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Aubrey de Vere
Newman
Oxford
Tennyson
Maud
London Globe
An Old Word Origin Traced to Ancient Egypt
W J Spratley argues in a letter to the Institute and Lecturers’ Gazette that the etymology of Hurrah crosses to ancient Egypt. He claims Hookat Hookat Hoorat signified The King The King The King and, with Ra meaning king and god, the cry meant For God King and country.
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W. J. Spratley
Mr. Spratley
Wedding Ring Buy Sparks Workplace Banter
An Irish foreman Pat, visiting a jeweller for a wedding ring, asks for the best ring. The clerk queries eighteen karats, but Pat retorts it should be “any of your business” noting it must be a heavy weight wedding band.
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Pat
The Cobra of India
The naja cobra is widespread across India and Ceylon, Burma, the Andaman Islands, southern China, and the Malay Peninsula. It climbs to 8000 feet in the Himalayas and ranges to Afghanistan and Persia, reaching about seven and a half feet but usually a bit over five and a half. Distinctive spectacle markings on the neck precede attacks.
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India
Ceylon
Burma
Andaman Islands
China
Malay Peninsula
Himalayas
Afghanistan
Persia
Caspian
The indispensable man a myth says Canadian Grocer
The article quotes a Canadian Grocer remark that no single person is indispensable in commerce, state, or church. It argues such thinking is dangerous and warns that anyone who believes they are indispensable risks a rude awakening when they are replaced or left out.
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