Father’s Drinking Warred By Samaria Prescription
A woman describes her father’s struggle with alcohol and credits Tastekes Samaria Prescription for a quiet cure. She details secretly administering the remedy, his health and appetite improving, and asks for more literature to share with a friend. The Samaria Co. offers a free sample and confidential letters at 30 Jordan Street, Toronto.
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Samaria
Wwe
Sentinel
The
Samaria Co
Jordan Street
Toronto
Ont
Samaria Prescription endorsed by Paisley WCTU cure claim
Mrs George Grant of Paisley Ontario writes to the Samaria Remedy Co praising the Samaria Prescription for alcohol addiction. She notes a relative’s son stopped drinking after use and reports a WCTU resolution recommending the remedy to homes aiding in sobriety.
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George Grant
Paisley
Unt
Paisley Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Paisley W. Oa Ae
Witty Gertrude Sayings And Patented Cures From Advertisements
A string of humorous maxims about women and work pairs with testimonials claiming cures from Minard's Liniment. Notable lines include claims of Rheumatic Gout cures by Minard's Liniment and references to individuals such as Andrew King Flairfax Y and C. Crewe Read. The tone mimics mid century ad copy with moral quips and domestic advice.
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Minard
Andrew King
Inventions of George Terms Trouble College Dreams
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt recounts George’s boastful plan to profit from farm eggs using a hen housed basket trolley. His father doubts the idea’s practicality while noting George’s lack of business instinct and Virgilian flair from college.
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Hesertuss
West
Weil
George
Webby
Virgil
Chicago Record-Herald
Thomas Brunt Praises Dr Thomas Electric Oil Relief
Mr Thomas Brunt of Tyendinaga Ontario reports long standing bleeding piles healed after using Dr Thomas Electric Oil. He notes eighteen months of relief and thanks the product's continued recommendation to others.
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Thomas Brunt
Tyendinega
Ont
Thomas
Bedfellows in Mexico
A traveler recounts a night in rural Mexico where a dirt floor room and a swarm of lizards unsettled him. He fled the hut at dawn, then crossed back to the border, finding tropical regions no longer appealing. The piece closes with an ad for Holloway's Corn Cure.
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Mexico
Tropics
Startling Equine Sarocity at Local Theater Box Office
A horse stood near a carriage outside the theater with a tired gaze then suddenly dashed toward the box office. The crowd debated the strange act until a sharp-eyed observer noted the sign To the Stalls painted over the window, explaining the odd behavior.
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Ainst
Distemper Cure Claim From Minard’s Liniment
A historic claim states Minard’s Liniment cures distemper. The text then pivots to statistics comparing global paper production, book production, height distribution, and sugar sources across historical eras. The numbers illustrate broad shifts in manufacturing and demographics.
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Quick Relief for Children
Advertises Baby's Own Tablets as a safe vegetable remedy for fevers colic constipation and stomach upsets in children. Claims quick relief and warns against soothing medicines. Includes testimonial from Mrs. John McDwan Bathurst Village New Brunswick and instructions to buy for 25 cents or send payment to Brockville Ontario.
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John McDwan
Bathurst Village
N. B
Pr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Dept. T
Brockville
Ont
Familiar Chinese proverbs and misprinted health ad mix
A collection of Chinese New Year proverbs and maxims about virtue study and Heaven. It adds a garbled health ad promising cures with Parmeice a fills and harmful sounding claims about cleansing the stomach and bowels.
Kaffir Banking System Described in Trade Gathering
The article explains a Kaffir banking method where a designated banker holds all funds. When members purchase goods the banker withdraws the price from the bag, counts it aloud, pays the seller, and the depositors declare debt aloud with two witnesses. Final settlements occur after all purchases.
Hal's Cough Cure and Family Pills Ad Offer Reward
An old advertisement touts Hal’s Cough Cure as a positive cure for consumption with a $100 reward for proof or a remedy failure. It claims nine constitutions and internal use to destroy disease foundations, supported by testimonials and physician trust.
England residents invest billions in foreign mortgages
English residents hold about 1.106 trillion pounds in mortgages abroad. These overseas investments drain foreign economies by roughly 5.5 million pounds annually in cash.
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England
Married Man Pursues Latest Word in Use
A concise note observes it is easy for a married man to seek out the newest term in circulation. The remark hints at social expectations and evolving language in public discourse.
What the Miser Has, and What He Lacks
A concise saying notes that wealth unused by the greedy is as pointless as the want of wealth. It highlights the futility of hoarding versus appreciating and using resources. The moral contrasts possession with absence.
Candidate’s Pie Causes Buckleberry Frame Up
A gubernatorial hopeful, tired and hungry, seeks hospitality in a mountain cabin. He claims candidacy and is served a pie he cannot identify, prompting the woman to deride him for not knowing buckleberries. The incident becomes a local crisis defining his rival’s advantage.
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Kenteckty
Famed duelists Saint Georges and Labruyere sparred without taking life
The article notes two celebrated duelists, Saint Georges and Labruyere, who fought many duels yet never killed. Labruyere once pierced his opponent and himself in a duel, both surviving. It also touches on perceptions of French dueling, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and shifts in coal markets.
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Chevalier de Saint Georges
France
M. Georges de Labruyere
Mme. Seberine
Cris du Peuple
de Meuville M. Labruyere
Canadian Pacific Railway Time Table Fragment
A readable fragment of a railway timetable shows routes from Portage la Prairie to various points including Neepawa Yorkton and Winnipeg area via intermediate stops. It lists daily and certain weekday services with times and notes on connections. Names J W Leonard and C E McPherson appear as officials or agents.
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Maine
Dion
la Prairie
Brandon
Calgary
Neepawa
Rata
Cally
Shoal Lake
Yorkton
Bon
Quvid
Siniot
Tuet
Morden
Deloraine Sand i Emss
Sapinka
M ‘Lita
Siemedtn
Ture
Pipestone
Rimarcela
Thera
Bate
Corseer
St Paul
Orie Saaily
Ouawall
Tueson
Thurs
West Gelkirk
Mon
West Selkvnlk
Tues
Shurs
Gmerson
Moe
J. W. Leonard
C. E. McPherson
Pew
Pass
Frobyshire, Sh
Grant's Retreat and the Grant Policing Moment
A first hand reminiscence recounts General Grant being clubbed by a policeman near the Fifth Avenue Hotel after a fire at the Masonic Temple. The author praises Grant's quiet dignity, noting the incident as a measure of true greatness and a rare display of restraint.
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Ninsticks
General Grant
Frei Grant
Fifth Avenue
Masonic Temple
Alster
Grant
Warant
Popular Science Facts From The Modern World
Mercury’s year lasts 88 days while Venus completes its orbit in 225 days and Mars in 687 days. Cumulus clouds rarely exceed two miles in height with seven miles as an outer limit. Solar eclipse totality is affected by lunar terrain’s peaks and ridges. The sun’s heat evaporates 37 million tons of water from Earth each minute. Artificial work would require burning a cube 200 miles on each side every second. Charcoal production has shifted from beehive ovens to methods preserving ash and byproducts in Germany. The human blood contains about a million red globules per drop and these can divide into smaller units.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Germany
Conservative treatment saves sight and heals with patience
The article urges delaying radical surgery, exhausting medical methods first, and relying on careful follow up to improve outcomes. It cites a case of ten years after traumatic retinal disease and cites a Wiener Klinischer Wochenschrift report of a blind child gaining useful vision after education in 14 months.
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Wiener Klinischer Wocbenschrift
Herr Heller
Herr Heller, Director of An Asylum For
The Reef Pills Praise From Sydney Advertiser
Dr. Wm Vander voort of Sydney Crossing reports using Parmelee's Pills and calls them the best pills they have ever used. The pills are described as a tonic and stimulant for delicate and distressing conditions, in small doses they improve secretions, tone, and vigor.
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Reef
Wm. Vandervoort
Sydney Crossing
Unt
Homicide toll and punishment in five years to 1900
It notes 29 832 deaths by homicide in the United States over the five years ending 1900 and remarks that punishment figures for the crime are surprisingly small, not fabricated but startling in their sparseness.
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United States
Unclear 18th Century Trade Note and Slogan
Fragmentary text notes eighteenth century silk or silk goods sold to London at one shilling per pound. Mentions religious wrangling and a worm exterminator product named Mother Graves Worm Exterminator. Includes a vague remark about children liking it.
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London
Candy Dealer Praises American Women Consumers
A nationally known candy dealer says American women eat more candy than any other women on Earth. The remark highlights a bold claim about female chocolate and sweets consumption.
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National Repute
Winard’s Liniment Claims Cold Cure on Delaware River
Fishermen along the Delaware river report using Winard’s Liniment to ease colds and discomfort. The anecdotal remedy spreads among crews as they work on logs and nets, while nations field fleets of steamers numbered in the hundreds to thousands.
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Delaware River
Realism in Ellen Terry’s Mine. Sans-Gene performance
A Theretalian scene shows Ellen Terry as a washerwoman duchess learning to dance. Her awkward riding habit prompts comic tumbles as the train slips off her arm. In a great city performance she channels authentic naiveté, wringing a wash tub emulation that electrifies the audience.
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Ellen Terry
Sans-Gene
The Great Lung Healer and Other Anecdotes
A fragment lists Bickles Anti Consumptive Syrup praised for throat and chest relief and curing advanced consumption claims. It mocks high heels origin in Persia and contains assorted maxims on fortune, clocks, and time value, plus figures on submarine cables and global lengths.
Composition of Chimney Soot Reveals Metal Trace Elements
Analysis of a pound of soot found in chimneys shows it contained iron calcium nickel manganese copper and silver.
Metals Rated More Valuable Than Gold in 17 Entries
A list ranks seventeen metals as more valuable than gold, highlighting market demand and rarity. The compilation notes precious metal comparisons, with some metals priced higher due to supply constraints and industrial use. Further specifics on which metals and exact values are partially described.
Friends and foes shift with aid and loyalty
A proverb notes that aiding friends can turn them into enemies while assisting enemies may convert them into friends, highlighting the paradox of loyalty and alliance.
Minards Liniment Cores Diphtheria and Rabbits Fence
A brief note reports Minard's Liniment claimed to cure diphtheria. It also notes New South Wales has 15 000 miles of wire netting as fence protection against rabbits. In Russia duglists breakfast together before going out to fight.
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New South Wales
Russia
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Etter
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Holloway
Pary
Provers
China
Heaven
Four Seas
Kaffir Banking
F. J. Cheney & CO
Hali
Andrew Carnegie
Paris
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Northern RY. CO
Vanadisc
Bern Ceat
Winn
Peg
D.orrerson
St. Fa
Loavercoat Morris
Winnipeg
Ico
Wroniy
Betont Hartrey & Drayson
Weiland
Arices
Bermidgut
Stad
Winnipes
Portage Ia
Medivie
Winnipeg Dls
Sas
Besver
Delta Brani
Saver
Delta Br'ck
Winniper
Uinegio Portege
Saustone
Jouvhin
Jsuyphia
Gizastone
Try Rairie
Wianipes
Gran V
Fess Hive
Liwoal
Ween Wiwan
C. P. Depot Werreen
Shan
DB Hanna
Cleo
Popular Science
Cargo
Winard
Great Britain
Aneght Williams
Berres
Forrester & Hatcher
M.C. A. Bidg
Portage Ave
Fitch Berglon
Soeny
Wchhe
Sreay
E Sass
Assuran
Persia
Ryrie Bros
Canada
Col. Yonge
Adelaide Streets
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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