John Bulls Colonies and the British Empire
Pearson's Weekly recounts how John Bull’s sons seized Singapore, Malaya, India, Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea, shaping the British Empire. It notes Raffles, Brooke, Clive, Cook, and McIlwraith in bold, sometimes clashes with the home government, and concludes with a wary portrait of the imperial drive.
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Rames
Beni
Sumatra
Singapore
Johor
Stolly
John Bull
Stamford Raffles
Fiee Sultan
Straits Settlements
James Brooke
Sarawak
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
India
East India Company
du Neix
Lally
Ives
Head
Matabeleland
John
South-West Africa
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Tohn
Captain Cookh
Island
Olfe
Quebec
Hn Bull
New Guinea
Thomas Mclwraith
Queensland
Pearson’s Weekly
Health for the Baby Tablets Endorsement Ad
A mother praises Babys Own Tablets for indigestion colic constipation diarrhoea teething and colds in children. The ad cites a government analyst confirming no poison or narcotics and props selling points with a testimonial from Mrs. Wm. F. Gay. Sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. F. Gay
St. Eleanors P. E. 1
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Narrow escape from elephants on African hunt
A. Henry Savage Landor recounts a perilous close call during a hunting expedition in Africa. He nearly was crushed as a bull elephant charged, his rifle failed, and mud and marshy ground trapped him briefly. He escaped as the elephant retreated, leaving deep footprints in the mud. The piece notes population figures and British-flag status for context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
A. Henry Savage Landor
Mr. Landor
Kresh
Banish Pimples and Eruptions With a Blood Tonic
A spring health pitch touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder and purifier that purges impurities, boosts energy, and relieves pimples rheumatism and neuralgia. An Ontario testimonial from Henry Baker claims dramatic improvement after a six box course priced 2 50 with mail order available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Hind
Dr. Williams
Leap Year Proposals and Curious Marital Quirks Across Era
A historical column surveys how women proposing in leap years sparked sensational outcomes. It recounts a Vienna ball tragedy from 1904, notes bold offers to aristocrats like Earl Stowell, and relays Rome’s Signorina Colonna pursuing Guillaume the sculptor. It also mentions Baron de Lesseps and a Waterloo lineage, framing proposals as dramatic social spectacles.
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Rome
Signorina Maria Colonna
London
M. Guillaume
Guillaume
Baron de Lesseps
Waterloo
Teight
Panama
Tragic endings of famed women in love with musicians
An Austrian paper reports a Vienna social queen enamored with a popular tenor who spurned her. She funded extravagances, then pursued her stage career briefly before restraint. A Paris widow Milher loved a neighbor, faced rejection, and died on a Metz footpath. Her will named a cold heir. Feminine infatuation is sometimes inexplicable.
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Vienna
Paris
Madame Milher
Metz
England's vast egg hunger drives French farmers to enter market
French analyst G Labadie Lagave argues England's demand for newly laid eggs far outstrips supply. He notes English hens produce 2.27 billion eggs annually for market while 2.13 billion come from abroad under varied origins. Lagave urges near Channel French farmers to boost chicken raising and produce dark yolk eggs priced higher in London.
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G. Labadie- Lagrave
Figaro
England
France
London
Belgium
Tolland
Lagrave
Egypt
Morocco
Siberia
Maly
Hungary
Russia
West End
Tondon
Germany
America
Holland
Channel Ports
Zam-Buk heals skin eruptions and sores fast
Pimples and face sores common in late winter are treated by Zam-Buk with morning and night applications and Zam-Buk Medicinal Soap. The ad cites Miss Ellen Smith of Somerville Ave Toronto praising quick clearing of a months long eruption. Zam-Buk is a pure healing salve without animal products and is sold for 50c or postpaid from the Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Smith
Somerville Ave
Toronto
Zam-Buk Co
Czar's Throne Presented to Czar Alexis in 1660
The article notes Nicholas I to have three chief thrones in Russia, one in the Kremlin given to Czar Alexis in 1660 by the Shah of Persia. The throne is clad in gold plates and ivory plaques with a back inscription recording its presentation. Above it hang double headed eagles and angels supporting the imperial crown. The piece ends with an unrelated worm killer ad.
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Nicholas
Russia
Imperial Palace
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Kremlin
Moscow
Alexis
Persia
Cabinetmaker George Murr dies at 78 in England
George Murr a Grantham cabinetmaker died aged seventy eight after thirty seven years with the same firm. He worked at the same shop and bench for his entire career and took one holiday twenty six years ago to Skegness but returned the same day to continue work.
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George Murr
Grantham
England
Murr
Skegness
New Toronto firm formed by Pattison and Co
A. J. Pattison and Company, bankers and financial agents, establish a Toronto firm headed by Pattison, former railway president, selling control of his lines to a Pittsburgh magnate. The venture pledges integrity, strong finances, and direct stock exchange wires to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Chicago, and Cobalt, with conservative investment advice.
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A. J. Pattison
Toronto
Brantford Street Railway
Grand Valley Railway
Woodstock Thames Valley
Ingersoll
Pattison
Pittsburg
Mr. Pattison
Lambton County
Canadian Homestead Loan and Savings Association
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Montreal
Chicago
Cobalt
Philan
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO Ointment
An old advertisement promotes PAZO Ointment claiming cure of itching bleeding and protruding piles within 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. It also includes a short poem from The Rude Girl about flying lobsters.
Early Grand Trunk Line Promises Speed and Reach
Historical note on Canada’s first train era and the premier Grand Trunk service International Limited departing Montreal at 9:00 am, Toronto 4:40 pm, reaching Detroit by 10:00 pm and Chicago at 7:40 am, amid a collage of ads and odd anecdotes on sewing machines, cures, paint, and locust cuisine.
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Canada
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Toronto
Detroit
Chicago
Locusts and Insects as Food in Various Cultures
The text details how locusts are prepared and eaten across cultures. It notes that legs and wings are removed for cooking, bodies boiled or fried, and soups can resemble beef broth. It mentions locusts’ mild flavor when cooked and fattening effects when abundant, with mentions of grubs, caterpillars, butterflies, silkworms, and harvest flies as dietary items in different regions.
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Palestine
Arabia
Central Africa
Madagascar
Algeria
Russia
Australia
China
Ancient bread and cheese trial judged by church
A Pearsons Weekly note recalls an old method of crime punishment where a bound offender eats blessed bread and cheese on an altar in front of a parish. If he swallows easily he is acquitted. if he chokes he is condemned, leaving many innocent people harmed by superstition.
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Pear~son's
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Malay Straits
Sir Stamford Raffles
HE Company
Plassey
Imaade
John Commy
Thempany
South Africa
Cecil
J. B
Captain Cook
Wellington
Dick” Seddon
Great Britain
Rickers
Scott
Earl Stowell
Lord Eldon
Marchioness of
Sligo
Czar’s
Mother Graves
Winnipeg
KE. W. Grove
Parmielee
Tess
Ursula Hope
Jack Timmid
Jess
Ursula May Hope
Wisdom
Parmeke
Rude Girl
DODDS
Pango
Lynan Bros. & Co., Ltd
Lyman, Knox & Glarkson, Ltd
Toronto and
Toronto and Flon
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Singer | Sewing Machine Co
Manning Chambers
Ontario
E. W. Grove
Ramsay
Ramsay's
Ramsiay & Son Co
Holloway
Wolerd
Thomas
Hself
Ontreal
Rais British American Dyeing CO
Star Info
V. C. Giebner
Jumbus, O
Thomas M's’g Co
K St. Dayton
L. Darbyshire
Rochester
Erboroy ‘Canoe Uy
R. G. Dun & Company
Bradstreets Commercial Agency
Shiloh
Ures
Black Watch
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