Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine Promoted for Colds
A promotional notice urges parents to use Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine to treat children's coughs colds and even severe whooping cough. It claims effectiveness and cites a testimonial from Mrs. John Che of Innerkip Ontario who says the remedy cured her child after a doctor had given up. The ad stresses keeping the bottle on hand and lists Bates Co. in Toronto as a supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Chase
John Che Innerkip
Ont
Edemanson
Bates & Co
Toronto
Running the Rhea Hunt Described By Ontrich Family
The article discusses Briar of Ontrich pursuing a rhea with a dog and Morse. It notes the rhea belongs to the Ontrich family, the houndlike stillness of the bird mirrors a gry hound, and describes the chase atop Tendoe stone. It mentions the rider and horse excrement in a race context and observes the meat of the rhea as a main Patagonian food source.
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Fotagunia
Fermi
Anausl
Iarler
Se Rhea
Hats and clergy stir in Vienna fashion critique
A Vienna paper notes clergymen and women's hats clash with church decorum as broad-brimmed 13th century styles resurface in Austria. The piece cites emphasis on visibility, humorously lamenting hats that hide faces while recalling a German writer’s satire and long remembered favors from a senator.
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Vienna
Austria
Johannes Hadlaub
Danube
Deafness Cure Claim by Catarrh Care Ad
An old advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises a cure using Mall's Catarrh Care with a money offer for unresolved cases and directs readers to buy Hall's Family Pills. Also includes a joke about a man giving a woman a diamond and a courtroom quip about gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mall
FJ. Chen
Ye CO
Toledo
Minister's Visit Beset by Haunted Room Tale
A nervous young minister staying with an elderly resident in a remote village endures a chilling room tour. She recounts sacred associations from past deaths and spiritualist beliefs, insisting the room holds spirits and relics, including bones and skulls, to amuse herself before breakfast.
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Dorks Disci
Ant
Fragmentary era notes on court, nobility, and polygamy
The text references a court case involving Henry Shevmngeovr Welderonen of Pirkhill and claims of wronged rights by the Court of Claims. It mentions Charles I and Maitland lineage, Lord Lauderdale, and a Worcester battle imprisonment. It shifts to Polygamy in Africa, describing African marital customs, workload division, and women bearing most household tasks.
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Stanlanl
Henry Shevmngeovr Welderonen
Pirkhill
Court of Claims
Thert
Det
Testar
Charles
Charles I Tah
Hatton
Farkdale
Seib
Maitland
Thirletane
Lord Lauderdale
Charles II
Worcester
Cand
Tord Taudentale
Mait
Africa
Larson
Tieeria
Jean x
Petersburg Mystic Claims Powers From Uncle Heirloom
In Petersburg a man named Lazaroff draws crowds with a repeated prayer and a sheet of paper said to ward off evil. Rich and poor gather as locals claim he inherited his abilities from an uncle. He accepts no notice for his cures.
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Petersburg
Lazaroff
Sugar Feeding Boosts Horse Endurance in Army Units
Report from Argentina notes Beery army horse supplied with two ounces of sugar to sustain endurance. The sugar feeding is intended to increase animal power and stamina for service duties.
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Argentine
A Nervous Wreck and a Tonic Claim
An old advertisement extols PSYCHINE as the greatest tonic in medical science to build up the system and restore strength after grippe. The piece urges readers to send for a trial bottle and mentions a $100 price, claiming rapid weight gain and renewed appetite as proof.
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Herron
Moby
Eloquence and verse praised among Arabs in ancient lore
Fragmentary text blends classic Arab praise of Eloquence with King David and a number of unrelated ad like lines. It mentions mis conduct and evasion, then shifts to an herbal pill recommendation and a social quip about a drunk husband from a Boston Transcript.
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David
Fragmented text depicts odd quotes and local notices
The clumsy OCR yields a jumble of lines about Shilohs Cure coughs and colds, a man named Eben-Dearest and a Christmas reference. It mentions a marriage license, an engagement ring, and a lumber king with Minard's Niment product in a New Orleans Times-Democrat fragment.
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Eben—Dearest
Flo
Dr Williams Pink Pills Help Woman Recover From Illness
A patient in a testimonial recounts severe health decline due to consumption and related ailments. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills, she improves dramatically, resumes housework, and credits the pills with saving her from the disease. The advert notes availability through medical dealers and a distributor.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr.Williams
All Medicine
Piscone G Care Ae
Mea Cos Brockeile Ont
Fruits of Queensland and the Queen’s Island sugar estate
A fragmentary account describes fruiting banana plants and sugar estates in North Queensland. It notes plant growth, ceremonial harvesting, processing stages from picking to drying, and the weighty yields of rhizomes producing large bunches, with emphasis on the labor and care involved in preserving flavor and aroma amid challenging conditions.
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Beacooomeer
Dank Island
Queensland
Queensinn
Asia
Moving Big Trees How To Transplant Large Specimens
The text explains steps for transplanting large trees including trenching around the base, cutting roots, filling with peat and manure, leaving for a year, then reopening and lifting with a derrick. It describes balling soil, securing with hay, transporting on a drag, and replanting with soil packed and frozen frost-proof steps.
Fragmented reminiscence of halls, art, and a thought-reader tale
A clipped reminiscence mentions Bud Howe and Grand Deke Michael at a plantation with Wellingtonias planted for thirteen children. Guests discuss Murillo and Van Dyck paintings, a gold dinner service, and a poem inscription. A thought-reader anecdote in Cumberland leads to a humorous exchange about possessions and illusions.
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Bud Howe
Deke Michael
Murillo
Ems Brant
Teniers
van Dyck
Chan
George HL
Pope
Howe
Black Dick
Gopsell Hall
Fascination of the Footlights in Miss Dolores’s Revival
The article recalls Dolores in February and her birthday fascination with footlights. It notes Sam Drummond’s retirement from two years of cover and his reluctant return for the Lady Ursula revival. Drummond emigrated with his painter mother to Melbourne and first appeared on stage at eighteen in Timour the Taree.
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Dolores
Sam Drummond
Mies’ Millard
Ursula
Ys Drummond
Austrvm
Melbourne
Theatre
Royal
Drummond
Airo
Indy
Trish
GV. Brooke
London
England
Col
The Resemblance A Gift With A Brassy Warning
A merchant recently gave his wife a handsome piano lamp for her birthday. She advised naming it, revealing a practical warning about brass, attention, brightness, and the risk of explosion when half full, plus smoking tendencies at bedtime.
Paris Tenants Forced Out Amid Population Drive
A garbled report hints at authorities ordering Paris tenants with children under ten to leave immediately. The text references landlords, agents of population control, and warnings, though specifics and names are unclear.
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Paris
France
Rex Boley
Kipling and a Starboard Sailor Tale From a Fragment
A damaged OCR fragment recounts a Rudyard Kipling reference amid sailor chatter about starboard bearing and a cryptic exchange. It mentions a Stockholm engineer Greti patenting a telegraphic culinary device claimed to transmit not only telegraphy but also edible spread applications.
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Cinematorrend
Stockholm
Greti
Cough remedy pitch from Windsor Ont firm thinly described
An advertisement touts a pine oil cough remedy using Virgin Oil of Pine compound with oil and whiskey. It promises to break a cold in twenty four hours and cure any curable cough, urging genuine preparation by Teach Chem Co Windsor Ontario.
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Teach Chem Eal Co
Windsor
Not Exorbitant Price for a Horse Versus Age
A Summer resident questions Mr Jameson about asking price for a horse. The horse is said to be thirty and Jameson hints the value should be around $130 while the buyer doubts the price. The dialogue shifts to reflections on cost and value, ending with unrelated ad copy about pills and digestion.
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Mr. Jameson
Mr Jameson
Shilohs Cure Repeats For Coughs And Colds
A Cleveland Leader item quotes a dubious claim that Shilohs Cure will always cure coughs and colds. The fragmentary text includes stray words about a father giving the oldest son the best of war and a reference to Robbe and a baby, with a line about being good.
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Dad
John
Nore Robbe
Beaathes
Nowheres
Cleveland
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Boston Transcript
Shiloh
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Cumberland
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R. Willams Machinery Co. Limited
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