Dr Williams Pink Pills Advertises Grippe Cure
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure and preventive for la grippe. It features testimonial from P. E. Paulin of Caraquet about recovery after six boxes. Claims include blood building nerve restoring properties aiding anaemia indigestion rheumatism and women’s ailments. Pills priced 60 cents per box or six for 22.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Williams
P. E. Paulin
Caraquet
N. B
Bby
Dr.Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Christians of the Nile Unearth Early Christian Remains
Archaeologists at Wad-el-Hadad near Sennar on the Blue Nile uncovered graves with eastward skeletal remains and jars bearing the Coptic cross the fish and palm. Pottery linked to Nubian sites suggests a seventh or eighth century date. The Khartoum Museum received the pieces for study. Nearby mounds Beyt-el-Anak may hold a Christian church or monastery site awaiting excavation. The note adds that handshaking traces back to ancient Israel and a charity boxes collect and sell tobacco proceeds to dress 1,726 poor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wad-el-Hadad
Blue i Nile
Sennar
Immadne
Khartoum
Beyt-el-Anak
Anak
A Mother's Aid In The Nursery Promotes Child Health
A grandmothers remedy touts Baby's Own Tablets as a universal cure for infant and child ailments. The ad claims quick relief from stomach troubles colds fevers and worms and asserts use for newborns and older children without opiates. Mrs L W Smith of St Giles Quebec endorses the product and the company ships boxes by mail for 25 cents from The Dr Willa Medicine Co Brant Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Giles
Que
Dr. Willa Medicine Co
Marooned Japanese Sailors Rescued by Cable Ship Florence Ward
Three Japanese sailors marooned on Lee Hermes Island for three months were rescued by the Commercial Pacific Cable Company schooner Florence Ward after their ship Kioso Maru, of Shinagawa Tokyo, left them with a month of provisions and never returned. The crew, two sick with scurvy and one collapsed, were brought aboard and treated. one companion died. They will be sent to Honolulu for further care.
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Pacific
Liverpool
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Florence Ward
Honolulu
Midway Island
Lee Hermes Island
Lee Hermes
Kioso Maru
Shinagawa
Tokio
Bridgetown
Barbados
Postmaster Cote Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure
In Le Petit Bois Franc Que a postmaster claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his Bright's Disease and other kidney ailments after four years of backache rheumatism and poor urine. He says after eighteen boxes his symptoms disappeared and his urine improved to a child’s. He credits life saved to the pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temiscouata Co
Que
Charles Cote
Dodd
Bright
Postmaster Cove
Empire Big Figures Show Vast British Reach
The latest statistical abstracts in London reveal the British Empire covers 11,211,000 square miles with 313,748,000 subjects. British India spans 1,087,821 square miles and 231,855,523 inhabitants, while Canada and Australia contribute large shares to the totals. The West Indies hold 12,021,120 square miles and 1,527,624 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
British North America
Canada
Newfoundland
And
Labrador
Commonwealth of Australia
West Indies
Gold production and trade within the British Empire in 1907
The Empire's 1907 data show imports totaling £378,155,009 across dominions with India as the main buyer. Exports from possessions reached £589,273,000, led by South Africa and Australia. The Empire, the world’s largest gold producer, yielded about £50,000,000 in gold that year, with Transvaal and Australia as top contributors.
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British India
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Natal
Cape of Good Hope
Transvaal
West Africa
Canada
West Indies
British Dominions
United Kingdom
India
Australia
Geaes
Africa
British South Africa
British North America
British Empire
Southern Rhodesia
Shilohs Cure and quack remedies in a fragmented ad text
A collage of old ad style lines touts Shilohs Cure for coughs and colds, a Worm Exterminator by Mother Graves, Menthol Plaster, and Davis & Lawrence products. It also includes a jokey remark on insomnia cures and a South American president crediting bad mockery for his success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Graves
Ocean Tragedies and Brave Wreck Tales From the Sea
A London Answers writer recalls dramatic maritime disasters and rescues, from the Australasia mutiny at Liverpool to the Carnarvon Castle burning in the Indian Ocean. Stories include sailors surviving nineteen days at sea, mutiny, fires, wrecks, beri beri aboard ship Wray Castle, and a Welsh crew's endurance with hymn singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Russell
Liverpool
Australasia
Carnarvon Castle
Indian Ocean
Red Rock
San Francisco
South America
Beri-Beri
Wray Castle
Balloon Survey Measures London Fog Levels
Dr. William J. Lockyer ascended in the balloon Valkyrie from Battersea to 2,500 feet and topped the fog. A photograph from 3,000 feet above Bexley Heath showed London’s mist extending into the surrounding countryside. The study advances the aim to understand fog boundaries over the city.
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London
William J. Lockyer
Battersea
Bexley Heath
Doctor Lockyer
PSYCHINE touted as cure in Ontario testimonial
A Norwich Ontario resident claims PSYCHINE cured her for ten years, saying she avoided further medicines and remains healthy. The ad credits PSYCHINE with restoring throat lungs heart stomach and blood making organs and lists price and free sample offer from Dr T A Slocum Limited.
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A. E. Ternan
Norwich
Ont
Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limited
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Peary Gets North Pole Axle Grease Joke
The Arctic explorer Peary was sent an express package labeled to be opened at the farthest point north. He opened it before departure and found a small keg inscribed with axle grease for the pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Express
Coal bucket mishap leads to long recovery in Sault Ste Marie
Daniel Goddard of Bay Street Sault Ste Marie Ontario recounts a heavy coal bucket overturning during unloading at Cohen's Coal Deck. He suffered a deep leg wound, months of pain and immobility until Zam-Buk provided relief and healing. The advert then promotes Zam-Buk and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Goddard
Bay Street
Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Cohen
Zam-Huk
Soc
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Irish Soldier Recounts Baptism of Fire
An Irish veteran recalls his first battle bravery. Asked by a sergeant if he was frightened, he replies he was not and asks for support to face anything with his back to it.
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Bedad
Pat
English Visitor Robbed After Supper in Paris
A London visitor to Paris lost $1,600, his watch, and jewelry after dining at Place Pigalle. After a nap in a cab meant to take him to his hotel, he awoke to find the men who invited him to supper gone, and police are investigating.
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London
Paris
Place Pigalle
Saline Springs at St Catharines Offer Nervous Prostration Care
The article promotes the St Catharines Well saline springs on the Grand Trunk line in Ontario as a cure for nervous prostration and rheumatism. It notes St Catharines as a mild winter point and mentions The Welland treatment facilities with a resident physician. For details contact J. D. McDonald at Union Station Toronto.
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Grand Trunk Railway
St. Catharines
Ontario
Welland
Canada
J. D. McDonald
D.P.A
Union Station
Toronto
Brazil Conscription Law Applies to Men Aged Twenty-One to Forty-Four
In Brazil all men from twenty one to forty four are subject to military service. Those who object on religious grounds are exempt but lose all political privileges.
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Brazil
Lazy talk and ad copy in a breezy old column
A string of humorous and promotional snippets appears, railing against laziness and extolling elixirs and tonics. Mentions Mrs Surface and Mrs Knowwell, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil, and Allen's Lung Balsam as quick cures. Tone resembles a cheeky 19th century newspaper filler.
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Mrs. Surface
Washtub heroine promises relief from corns
The ad touts Holloway's Corn Cure as relief for torture from corns. It asserts that only experience proves the pain and claims lasting comfort for sufferers.
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Holloway
Bride’s Entrance Upstages Plan With Cavalry Remark
A lively exchange unfolds as a girl in blue questions being led to the altar. The bride’s friend insists the bride needed no guiding force, joking that if she did, a regiment of cavalry could not deter her decisive march down the aisle.
A Woman's Sympathy Offers Free Remedy Claim
A notice from a person in Windsor invites women feeling discouraged to request a free box of a remedy. The letter promises to cure pain and relieve burdens with confidential correspondence and a small 2c stamp for processing.
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Windsor
Oct
Bickle’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup Promotes Quick Recovery
A newspaper ad touts Bickle’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup as the best cure for colds and lingering germs, claiming it expels irritation from air passages. It warns that neglecting a cold is dangerous and promotes the syrup as a simple, valuable medicine. It also notes new shoes pinch the pocketbook as a light aside.
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Bickle
Shoohs Cure Claim and Global Railway Passenger Figure
A fragmented passage repeats claims about Shoohs Cure curing coughs and colds and notes a large statistic of about 4.6 billion railway passengers annually. It also includes an old fashioned remedy instruction for a painkiller, with prices 25c and 30a, and a warning against substitutes.
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LA Grippe
Frey
Upper
Egypt
iLast
Aougi
Brights
Postmaster Cote
Fide
Ramedy
Great Britain
Miles
Fred. R. Strongman
Bathurst St
Scott
Shiloh
Quack
Mrs. Mulligan
Indade
Dochter
Dale Betther
Davis & Lawrence Company
Markemanship
London’s Cloud
Dodds
Zam-Buk
Parmelee
Satah
Nuff
Bhiloh
Allen
Gough
Thermos
Fe Bivision
Fara
Huester
Cenodine Thermos Bottle Co
Liested
Montreci
FURS
A. & E. Pierce & CO
ST. Vaul ST
Montreal
Otawa
Quebec
A. J. Pattison & CO
Scott Strizz
Tonshuts
Stock Brokers
Cscobaet
Ss Peace
Orlers
Johnny
Shooh
Perry Davis
John Hallam
Toronto, Ont
The
Bell Piano
Orden Co
Guelph
Ontarioc
Traymore
Atlantic City, N. J
Atlante City
Weierortettkal
Harles
Marquette
Traymore Hotel
Conpary
White
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