New Railways in Central Canada Attract American Farmers
A Portland cartoon and article discuss a surge of U S farmers moving to Canada this fall. About 700 emigrants will take roughly 79 million dollars in cash and goods, seeking cheaper land, safer laws, and easier governance. The piece notes rail lines Canadian Pacific Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific open vast homesteads near expanding routes, with government agents ready to assist settlers.
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Portland Oregonsine
Portland
Oregon
U. S
Canada
Loring
Middle West
Pomete
Keach
United States
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Prcific
Great Canaan West
Lo Eatl
Unburdening on candidacy and speaking minds
In a brief exchange Miss Cayenne agrees that candidates deserve credit for speaking honestly. She adds it’s unfortunate that the most vocal are often those with unpleasant mentalities.
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Miss Cayenne
One Thing That Will Live Forever
A fragmented item notes PETTITS EYE SALVE and a 3807 sale a century ago with yearly sales rise. References to Gruggist or Howard Bros Buffalo N and a line about flattery becoming a guidepost. Mentions a dealer network and life’s greatest necessity tied to money.
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Howard Bros
Buffalo, N She
Christmas on the Yankee fighting ships
The article describes the Navy Christmas observances aboard Yankee ships with a lively blend of sports pranks contests and minstrel shows. It notes away-from-home sailors enjoy practical jokes festive boxing fencing races and humorous ceremonies including whitewash requests for clemency.
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Apele Sam
Navy
Tate
Shanghai
China
Boy Enlists Drum Gift Plot in Clever Swap
A Detroit boy received a drum for Christmas and, after a clever test, sold it for a dollar to a nervous neighbor. The neighbor later faced four drums at his home as the boy’s cousins arrived, explaining they bought four drums with the dollar. The drum corps reportedly remained in front of the neighbor’s house in triumph.
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Detroit
Deepair
Doctors Versus Lawyers in Courtroom Quip Retold
A Philadelphia Public Ledger quip contrasts doctors and lawyers in murder trials. The lawyer taunts a physician about mistakes, claiming doctors’ errors are buried, while the physician counters that lawyers’ mistakes swing in the same court.
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Anid
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Time to Give Christmas Message Briefly Shared
A seasonal call to children to craft a simple gift for someone else at Christmas. It urges that everyone, including those with limited means, can create something to brighten another person’s holiday season.
Magic cough cure touted by medical man for quick relief
A prominent medical figure promotes a rapid remedy for coughs and colds. The text describes a home formula using wild cherry bark, emetine, and white pine compound to be shaken and dosed every half hour for four hours, then continued to purify and tone the system, with child dosages adjusted by age. The claim is that conditions cured in hours rather than weeks.
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Aco
Revival Meeting Confession Sparks Humorous Church Moment
At a revival gathering a preacher urged troubled husbands to stand, prompting one man to reveal his physical infirmity and inability to rise. The scene drew mixed reactions as others watched, some offering sympathy while the embarrassed speaker confessed he could not get up.
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Jone Aitier
Fairy Boy Cures Rash With Soap After Severe Itching
J W Laut of Yokos Okla recalls a two year relief from a harsh skin rash in a child named Onureon two pears old. After weeks of scratching and bleeding the family sought medical help and used Cuticura Soap and Ointment which brought dramatic improvement and total cure with no symptoms since.
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J W. Laut
Yokos
Okla
Ee Pope
Fragmentary note on employment and requests for a spouse
A fragmentary message mentions a debt watcher, sleep and fear, an applicant, and a request to send a wife round. The text is unclear and reads as a private or informal note with personal references.
Old People Health Claim and Odd Grapes Tale
An aged voice warns after forty of gradual decline and pain, urging renewal of warnings and use of a claimed restorative syrup and whiskey mix. A curious tale follows Franclé, aged 21, who accepts grapes on promise not to swallow seeds, then greedily finishes them and asks his father to replace them.
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Franclé
Astonished the Company at Dinner with Mortality Remark
A famous dean at dinner, hearing a remark about mortality among lawyers, rose when grace began and offered thanks for mercy, ending with a ceremonial expression. The anecdote notes the dean’s deafness and the setting as a dinner party. The curtain closes on a moment of humorous contrast between serious talk and religious grace.
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Oorren Baen
Waldon Fawcent
New York Harbor
U. S. Navy
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Jack
POLAS
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Olvann
Ted
Melly
Helly
Misletoe
Aed
Tratinet
Boston Post
Fairy Boy
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