Notable Western publisher Heaslip long tied to Alameda Dispatch
A portrait of Meastas or Heaslip, a Ontario native who helped found Alameda and Oxbow enterprises, then launched the Alameda Dispatch. Heaslip built a diversified career in lumber, hardware, banking, and municipal leadership, while steering the newspaper toward independent lines and high printing standards.
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Wno
Alamela Dispatch
Ontario
Peterboro
Lic
Toront
Heaslip
Iss
Prairie Province
Portage In
Prairie
Perm
Pleted
Oxbow
Isol
Alameda
Alamed
Messrs Cook & Deyell
Feld
Hesslip
Etre
Heasisp
Crown Lumber & Coal Company
Alameds
Contrr
Barinese Ty
Fontiena
Elgion
Heaaip
Lamp and Medicine Advice Blurts From 19th Century Ad
An ad filled with medical cures touts MINARD'S TENTMENT for sunburn and colic relief, Dr J D Kelly Dysentery Cordial urged for summer complaints while a Chicago strike story notes woodworkers protesting beefsteak quarrels, all echoing period life and marriage ambitions.
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J.D. Kelly
Ritchie and peer clash over sugar talk at dinner
An anecdote recalls Rebuke Theitchie in a past dinner where a peer mocked a fiddle class commoner and pressed about the sugar trade. Ritchie calmly answered that a pound of sugar weighs the same as a pound of valium, provoking the peer’s anger as a relative faces fraud convictions.
Minard's Liniment Endorsed by Physicians and Notables
A collage of anecdotes notes physicians in New York advising typewriter use as a nervine aid and mentions a retired army colonel praising Minard's Liniment. The item also cites人物 like Enrique Creel in Washington and a Parisian fashion chatter about aristocracy, amid assorted humorous vignettes and a statistic on Argentina's provinces and salaries.
Pink Pills Banner Ad Claims Health From Blood
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a family medicine that builds rich red blood for all ages and ailments. It includes testimonials about recovery from serious illness and claims the pills help nerves, anaemia, rheumatism, dyspepsia, and other conditions, sold at 2.50 per six boxes by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Illams
Williams
Chas
Chas. Castonguay Michipicoten
River
Ont
Soo
Feneult
Hirnach
By Nail
Soe
Dr Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Way to the West to the East and to the South via Canadian Northern
A grainy notice extols daily Canadian Northern trains from Winnipeg to St Paul with all car types and services. It invites travel to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, offering agent contact C W Cooper in Winnipeg for information and reservations. The excerpt ends with a child's question about a whipping, indicating a clipped, mixed-item page.
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Canadian Northern
Monton
Winnipeg
St. Paul
C. W. Cooper
Edmonton Men Plan Gulf Rowboat Trip for Liniment Ad
An early 20th century fragment links Kees Minard's Liniment with a voyage from Edmonton to the Gulf of Mexico in a rowboat. A humor piece notes two Edmonton men organizing the trip while another ad touts Holloway's Corn Cure claiming corn removal without pain. A brief magistrate exchange appears in the fragment.
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Edmonton
Gulf of Mexico
Holloway
The Skull Banjo and Cruel North Latin Traditions
A collection of ghastly notes on the skull banjo made from a Paraguayan warrior’s skull with skin drum, bone tones, and jaw joints, followed by a brief mention of the Bury St. Edmunds shire hall modernization and a comic joke about large portions.
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Bury St. Edmunds
Bury St Famunds
Thomas Badby
London
Questioning Details in Odd Riddle Lays Claim to Hidden Clues
A fragment lists quirky prompts about teeth on a tongue in cheek style. It asks how many teeth, battens on a waistcoat, and the directions coins face, with references to a watch, a cent, a quarter, a dime, and a two cent stamp. The passage ends with notes on a player's eyes at the nest.
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Mia
Eyes At the Nest
Fragmented Entertainment Note on Wallpaper and Pictures
An unclear passage notes wallpaper is beautiful but pictures are poor quality. A speaker doubts leaves were cut and comments on entering rooms and roasting something, indicating a disjointed, garbled editorial fragment from the entertainment section.
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Beau
Dribbies and Scribbies Trade Prices Uneven
Dialogue records a brief exchange about trading prices with Dribbies asking for a value and Scribbies replying with a low bid. Scribbles notes a batch sold at two cents per pound, reflecting a small market price.
Territorial sizes of empires compared in latest figures
The British Empire covers 112510 square tiles while the United States including Alaska spans 325834 square tiles. The figures compare imperial extent with emphasis on territorial scope.
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United States
Alaska
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Meggendorfer
J. J. Heaslip
Minard
Ing Peter of
Servin
Chicago
Gill
Achison
Thomas
Rawler
Chicago Tribune
Saya
Anny
Kansas City Times
New York
Self
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
California
Enrique Creel
Smbas
Percival
Pittsburg
Viscount Turnour
Earl of Winterin
Oxford
Ike
Mitre
Jency
Harry
Harper’s Weekly
Argentine Republic
Hihi Sa Ree
NSS
Saad
Yukon Magazine
Popul Somat
Miss Tinkler
Cleveland Plain
Leby
Tommy
Kees Minard
St. George’s
Thia
Japan
the Skull Banjo
Paraguay
South America
Coli
Puny Babini
Wurses
Wilson
Gombault
Lawrence- Willams Co
Peron
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