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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure that strengthens blood and nerves. A Moncton reader credits the pills with restoring health after a decline and preventing consumption, while noting the medicine is sold by dealers and by mail from Brockville.
A Japanese man named Yamada Katsutaro attempted self burial to die by starvation and buried himself in a nailed coffin with a bamboo pipe for air. A Tokyo police officer uncovered the box after a stakeout and rescued the man, who later claimed lack of work drove the plan. The police released him with a promise not to repeat the act.
An advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets as a cure for minor childhood ailments, soothing sleeplessness and easing teething. Mrs. Octave Paulin of Caraquet, N B, endorses their use for stomach and bowel troubles and sleep promotion. Sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at a few cents per box.
The text presents a brief stage dialogue where Gracie is reassured that her father objects to Al and Ron explains the objection. It reads like a clipped excerpt from a play with mispunctuated lines and missing context, making it hard to determine who speaks or the exact scene.
The eighteen year old Sir Richard Sutton, described as England's richest baronet, stands to gain more as leases fall in across Stratton and Curzon streets. His wealth spans Mayfair properties north of Regent Street and parts of Piccadilly, with the title and estates tied to a late father’s legacy.
Joseph Macklin of St Paul de Metis Alta says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured neuralgia cramps backache and heart disease after six years of suffering. He bought eight boxes and now feels like a new man. He urges others with kidney related troubles to try the remedy. Thousands of farmers share similar results across the region.
The piece notes Germany aims to expand seaport capacity with a Baltic maritime canal and doubles the Keiser Wilhelm canal to 40 feet deep at about 1 009 000 dollars per mile. It cites neighboring nations Brussels Ghent and Bruges pursuing similar projects while Russia considers Baltic to Caspian improvements and Britain forms a royal commission. It also mentions Dutch traffic on the River Lek and the Amsterdam canal system with vast vessel movement.
A Bromikoven landowner Arthur Kriede fell through ice on Sensburg Lake while a sentry on duty could not leave his post to help. He shouted for aid but military rules forbid leaving the post, and the officer watched as Kriede drowned, despite nearby poles that could have aided a rescue.
A collage of quotes and slogans from old advertisements and observations. Mentions Shiloh’s Cure and Holloway’s Corn Cure. Includes remarks on manners, politeness, debt, and Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills praised for digestive health and blood purification. Ends with a proverb about eggs and lids.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Shiloh's Cure cited in a casual claim about curing coughs and colds. Professor Blinkers and Miss Bayness share a brief exchange about the lecture's accessibility and intelligibility.
A London received anti English pamphlet condemns King Edward as tyrant and recalls the 1858 proclamation. It cites Bahadur Khan and other rebels, advocates united India raising the flag of liberty, and warns of seditious material proliferating from Europe to Bombay and Calcutta.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts optimism and hardship, with a brief aside praising Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a versatile remedy for pain, bruises, burns and general household use.
A French inventor, M. Edouard Cros, offers a slip of paper with a dial for travellers to write their destination and arrival time. The paper is affixed where railway staff can see it to alert passengers when their stop is reached, easing sleepiness on long journeys.
A Wales village Llangwm emerges as a suffragette utopia where women fishers run households and finances. The piece contrasts the strong Llangwm woman with the subdued man, notes Liberal politics, and ends with an advert for Bickle’s Anti-Consumption Syrup.
A fragmented clipping touts Shiloh's Cure as a cure for coughs and colds and Allen's Long Balsam as a throat remedy. It warns of opium-free formulas and urges readers to buy genuine products. The text also briefly notes a harsh remark and comments on greatness and marriage.
The Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of North American Life Assurance Company in Toronto presented year end 1908 figures: cash income 1,897,078.28 and net surplus 876,214.15 after dividends. assets at 9,590,638.09 with total insurance in force 40,341,091.00.
A fragmented exchange shows a man and woman discussing marriage with emphasis on family backing. The man mentions a mother and children while the woman hints at a widowed status and desire for a partner with a supportive clan.
A bold appeal targets women facing heavy doctor bills and pain promising a remedy with a low cost to obtain. The letter asks readers to write for a free treatment and mentions a supposed cure with a postage stamp fee. Also contains a schoolboy aside about whooping cough and a advert for Allen's Cinch? loosens the cough with no opium.
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