The True Cure of Rheumatism and Dr Williams Pink Pills
An advertisement argues rheumatism stems from uric acid in blood and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as the cure. It cites Mrs Fred Sabeau of Canada Creek Nova Scotia and claims pills purify blood, ease joint pain, and restore strength, offering six box sets for $2.50. The piece also touts other medical claims and a generic Painkiller remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Fred. Sabeau
Canada Creek
N. S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Press and plant seized of Ingilab in India riot tensions rise
District Magistrate of Lahore confirms confiscation of the revolutionary Ingilab press for articles inciting rebellion. One piece urged Indian mothers to breed rebels. Hindu Muslim tensions flare in Bengal after riot and mosque desecration. Muslims back partition to aid Eastern Bengal, Hindus oppose it as a crime against India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
India
Ingilab
Bengal
Federal Life Progress Shows Strong Growth for Policy Holders
The twenty seventh annual financial statement of the Federal Life Assurance Co. reports higher income and assets, now $3 314 856 65, up $314 383 91, with policy holder security including guarantee capital at $4 184 856 65 and reserves and outstanding claims at $3 015 786 00, leaving a surplus of $1 140 070 65. Canadians prefer home companies under local charters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Life Assurance Co
Farmlands for Foxes and Other Wild Fur Trade Tales
A 19th century note describes farms in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island rearing black foxes for skins valued at 500 to 1800 dollars, kept secret and difficult to approach. It mentions artificial breeding of sea otters in Saghalien and sake in Kamchatka, and a failed ermine venture in the Hebrides. Argentina hosts the largest fur farm breeding nutria for hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Saghalien
Kamschatka
Hebrides
Argentina
San Luis
Remarkable Copenhagen dinner settles old debts
A debtor Verstreet in Copenhagen invited many tradesmen to a hotel dinner. He had left ten years earlier due to debts from luxury. At the Hotel Imperial he hosted the party, apologized for his absence, and after a grand meal announced he had inherited a fortune and paid all his outstanding bills with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Verstreet
Hotel Imperial
Verstrod
Cost of Governing France Through Ages
A statistics fan calculates the cost per hour of government in France across eras. Napoleon I era 23000 dollars per hour, Louis Philippe 30000, Second Republic 20000, third Napoleon 45000, 1870 to 1880 war charges 61400, modern time 70000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Napoleon I
Louis Philippe
Baby's Own Tablets Claim Lifesaving Cure
Mrs T Osborn of Norton Mills Vermont testifies that Baby's Own Tablets saved her weak sickly baby, noting a quick improvement from crying to bright eyes. The ad promotes the tablets as a remedy for stomach and bowel troubles, colds, and worms, available 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Earth's Worst Walk By Miss Mansfield From Congo To Khartoum
The article chronicles Miss Charlotte Mansfield a poet and novelist planning a grueling 600 mile trek from near Congo to Khartoum through tropical forests and malaria zones. It notes fierce insects deadly diseases and the giant Dinka people along the route. It recalls a previous woman traveler Mrs Hellman and cites Ewart Scott Grogan as the first to complete the full journey in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Mansfield
Cape
Cairo
Congo State
Khartoum
Tropics
Forst Belt
Nile
Dinkas
Miss Mansfield
Hellman
Johannesburg
Ewart Scott Grogan
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited For Rheumatism Cure
A Nova Scotia reader Charles Bell recounts ten years of rheumatism vanish after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The ad asserts rheumatism arises from uric acid in blood and kidney health. urges curing kidneys to end rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bell
Dodd
North Range
Digby Co
N.S
Mr. Bell
Dodd’s
Paris Con Artist Adolphe Grappe Trapped by Widow Scam
A French man described as tall dark robust and very energetic lured widows with money claims to marry, duping widow Mme Richeux for 600 dollars. He used the alias Adolphe Heane and is serving a year in prison, with others to be interviewed after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphe Grappe
Paris
France
Richeux
Mme. Richeux
A Cure for Rheumatism and Domestic Comedy
An old note describes rheumatism being caused by uric acid and a liver issue, promising Parmelees Vegetable Pills as a remedy. A light aside follows a husband and wife exchange about happiness and effort, then a theater audience quip about a hat.
Mastodon Steaks at Czar’s Table Across Centuries
A Russian court debate centers on mastodon meat served at the czar's dinner and questions the meat's age. The discussion notes that even if the steaks were 500 years old they would not top antiquities like Pompeii apples 1800 years old and bread from King John era soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Liverpool
Pompeii
Pheraoh
Joseph
Corinth
Ambaston
Derbyshire
John
Soar
Zam-Buk touted for scalp eczema cure in Winnipeg
A Winnipeg mother reports her child’s eczema of the scalp fully healed after Zam-Buk treatment. The ad claims the balm quickly relieves itching and pain, banishes sores, and promotes hair regrowth, noting further uses for ringworm ulcers and rheumatic pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
C. Keep
Alexander Avenue
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Slanderous Wit and Patent Remedies in a 19th Century Exchange
A fragment shows quips about perfection and Gilley, then advertises Holloway's Corn Cure and Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup claiming to erase cold symptoms and prevent lung inflammation. The piece mocks pretension while promoting patent medicines and cures for coughs and throat infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del
A Woman's Sympathy Offers Free Remedy Box
An Ottawa issued appeal by LRS F E Currah of Windsor Ont promises a free remedy box to relieve pain and medical bills. The offer stresses confidentiality and urges readers to write for the treatment, claiming past recipients were cured. A 2 cent postage stamp covers the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Ont
Shilohs Cure Catches Repetition And A Language Lesson
A humorous snippet reflects a repeated old advertising claim Shilohs Cure will cure coughs and colds. The text then shifts to a language lesson about listening ears and a family exchange over a chicken portion with Bessie and papa. The dialogue showcases dialect and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Papa
Economic Pessimists and Quack Remedies Featured in Pulp Advertisements
A jumble of dialogue and ads touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as household help and farm aid, claiming cures for coughs, injuries to stock, and back pain. The piece blends cynical quips about money and swindlers with promotions from Davis and Lawrence Co. of BMontcoal selling menthol plasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
D&l
Davis & Lawrence Co
Shilohs Cure and Balsam Featured in Cure Claims
The ad copy promotes Shilohs Cure as a universal remedy for coughs and colds and Atlons Balsam as a treatment for neglected coughs with many cures cited. It notes no opium and references other remedies. A joke about heredity and a worm killer product by Mother Graves is also mentioned. Optimism is linked to overcoming dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlon
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills touted as kidney regulator cure
The fragment promotes Shiloh's Cure for coughs and colds and claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills regulate kidneys to prevent blood impurities and systemic derangement, presenting them as a premier restorative with no dates or concrete proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee
Age of marriage by country and religion across Europe
The record lists varying legal marriage ages by country and faith. It notes Austria 14 for both sexes, Germany 18 for men and 14 for women, Belgium 18 and 15, Spain 14 and 12, Mexico with parental consent 16 18 or 21 otherwise, France 18 and 15, Greece 14 and 12, Hungary Catholic 14 and 12 Protestant 18 and 15, Portugal 14 and 12, Russia 18 and 15, Saxony 18 and 16, Switzerland 14 and 12.
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Austria
Germany
Belgium
Spain
Mexico
France
Greece
Hungary
Portugal
Russia
Saxony
Switzerland
Your Name Is In The Above List After Birth Notice Request
A dated notice declares your name appears in a long list of names and invites you to write for birth particulars. It asks for birth details, a stamped return envelope, and a $1 fee to receive authenticated information from LEVISON & HARPER in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridley Or
Let
Eurley
Robirson
Jammodell Harris Reynolds Coghill
Tardman
Ramsdale
Cocnor Hudter Restionut Cockburn Hughes E Battery Carpenter
Heyl Riley Chambers Bays
Robini Crawford
Ontley
Rogerson
Formes Sargeant K Tiytohins
Scottigpton
Hildred Stock Jackman Summer
Avhough Jones
Sheldon Gaynee Jackson Simons Co Joss Sebeso
Thamas Jeskins Schrader Crompton Jolly Sexton Cram , Johnston
Snith
Demaine Kelly South Davies
Keane Scholtz
Deas
Knapp
Seymour Devine
Lamb Sims Darby Lees Strong Durham
Leo By
Thomson Dale Lippshutz
Tails Lykes Long
Williera Dawson Lewis von Reidbur Corner
Little Venn Edwards Long Wilisms
Evacs Langley Winn Erens Leo Woich
Eggar Lashtrock
Whish
Elliott Lea White Read Fulton Leyne White French Light
Wilkineon
Forbs
Mallon Woodrofte
Fort McKenna
Warren Field
Meredith Walton Forrest Moseley Warschawski
Fiddes McGafan
McPhie Wislan
Fobtor Morrison Young Galloway Middleton Glissan Manger
Gilchrist
McPhillips Grainger
McMusa Greenwood
McManus
Gemmett Murray Young
Aled
Authentia Adress
All Communications
Levison & Harper
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Shiloh
Passen- Seagy
Earth
Mothers OF India
Federal Life Progress
Baby
Florence Bleeker
Myrtle Avenue
Bridgeton
N. J
Scott
Zam-Buk
Swayback
Gilley
Holloway
Bickle
Aed
Gyer
Henpeck
Mother Graves
Dinnis
Moike
Dodds
Crown Reserve Mining Company
Temiskaming & Hudson Bay Mining Company
Right of Way Mining Company
Gow Ganda
Patriarche & Company
Standard Stock Exchange
Can
Monteith, Strother Fur Co
Church St
Aman
Edward McGurk
Ontario Seed CO
Hing St
Waterloo
Gut
Canada
Tuday
The
Home Specialties Co
Trainy Avenue
Woodstock
Oht
Sats
H. J. Davis
T. XE. Robson
Cminton
J. H. Morrow
Ontalio
Reischen Wrachont Milk
Bicelo Brieze Seed Co
Li, Toronzo
Vancouver
Kendall, Ds
A. J. Pattison & CO
Scott Street
Edwards Medicins Company
Bathurst St
John Hillam
Toronto, Ont
BELL
Organ Cow
Sueleh
Ontario
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