Death Day of Kings Date January Twenty Eighth
On January 28 several monarchs died. Charlemagne king of France and emperor of Germany, Bluff King Hal Henry VIII, Abbes the Great of Persia, and Peter the Great of Russia all left legacies shaping church, state, and empire.
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Charlemagne
France
Germany
Hal
Rome
Henry
England
Wales
Ireland
Abbes the ‘Great
Persia
Europe
Peter the Great
Russias
Words and Wealth in a Neighborly Bargain
A dialogue hints at education costs for a daughter in music and a neighborly real estate bargaining scheme. One character reflects on pricey lessons while another reveals he finally secured a half‑price buyout by inviting the neighbor to his home.
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Amusic
Childhood Dangers Warn About Ailments Of Early Life
A reader from Martinville Que. urges prompt care for childhood ailments and promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a safe cure for both infants and older children. The ad from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont. sells boxes at 25 cents.
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H. Gendron
Martinville
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockvile
Ont
Russia weighs vast Siberian waterway project
Russia contemplates a colossal water route across Siberia roughly parallel to the Trans Siberian Railway. It would link five major rivers the Tobol Kishim Irtysh Ob and Yenisei with canals or light railways while the government orders extensive surveys for the plan.
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Russia
Siberia
Tobol
Kishim
A Splendid Prescription for Kidney and Urinary Ailments
An eminent physician endorses a simple home remedy for rheumatism and kidney liver and bladder disorders. The mixture uses one ounce of nitre one ounce of com vimosa and four ounces of syrup arb taken after meals and at bedtime. The note emphasizes the ingredients are harmless inexpensive and easy to obtain at drug stores.
Be Your Own Barometer Explain Weather Forecast Hints
The article offers practical tips for amateur weather prophets using cloud observations such as cows tails mackerel sky and cirrus. It cautions against moon-based forecasting and cites old sayings like Rain before seven fine before eleven and Thunder in spring cold will bring as reliable reminders.
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Mackintosh
Horner
Anyon
Leap Year Girl and Demons of Dyspepsia
A dialogue on a leap year girl and a demon of dyspepsia. It notes old beliefs of invisible demons moving through air and entering men, then recommends Parmelee's Vegetable as a remedy to battle the unseen ailment.
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Parmelee
Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Cure for Indigestion
Advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as the sole cure for indigestion by renewing blood. A testimonial from R McCorkell of St Thomas Ontario describes relief after twelve boxes, with claims it treats anaemia rheumatism neuralgia and other ailments. Pills sold by mail from Ville Ont and local dealers.
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Dr. Williams
What is one wheel asks a schoolroom riddle
Corns cause intolerable pain. Hollo way's Corn Cure removes the trouble. Try it and see what amount of pain is saved. Brown is selfish because he wants what I want. Money paid will be refunded where Pango fails to relieve pain. Specially recommended for neuralgia headache rheumatism gout catarrhal colds. For sale 30 cents at all druggists or Lyman Knox Clarkson wholesale druggists Toronto.
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Holloway
Lyman, Knox & Clarkson
Toronto
Lyman Bros. & Co
National Drug Co
London
Lady cooks up exit line in job swap tale
Bridget Maloney recalls quitting a previous job after the mistress said she could not do without her. She concludes her value exceeded the offer, deciding to move on for better pay and life.
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Bridget Maloney
Grow Rhubarb In Your Cellar Barrels And Boxes
A vintage guide explains growing rhubarb in a cellar corner using an old barrel or deep box. Vent holes in the barrel, layered with cin ders and soil, hosting roots side by side, with occasional watering and a carpet cover for warmth, yields nicer rhubarb than store bought.
The New Food promises prizes in every package
The pamphlet touts The New Food made from choicest white wheat steam cooked and flaked. It reports thirty six blue cards redeeming ladies watches and seventy five red cards offering prizes like gold pen sets and jewelry, urging shoppers to ask their grocer for a package.
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Almready
Nickle Watch
Paradise for Quacks Free Play in Patent Medicine Trade
English patent medicines enjoy free sale with lax regulation while poisons are controlled. A London Chemists Association member notes Britain’s $40,000,000 annual proprietary medicine trade. In England a pharmacist is treated as a poison seller, allowing unqualified supply and advertising to mislead the public.
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Great Britain
Chemists’ Association of London
Derrick
United States
England
Whiskers as Sensory Organs in Cats and Lions
The article explains cat whiskers are tactile organs connected to lip nerves, detecting contact with objects. It notes their role for a lion stalking through the jungle, using whiskers and padded feet to sense obstacles and rustling bushes, aiding silent movement.
Pattison & Co Report Cobalt Ore Shipments
Weekly and year to date totals for Cobalt camp ore shipments list many mines and companies including Crown Reserve City of Cobalt Kerr Lek Temiskaming Standard Silver Queen and Temiskaming & H B. The week’s total shipments reached 319 020 pounds or 459 tons and the year 1907 totals 28 981 010 pounds or 14 050 tons valued at about $6 million.
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Cobalt Central
City of
Cobalt
Drummond
Fuser Ven
Bullslo
Ccce
Cocsee Eocees
Coniagas Rey
Kerr Lek
King Edward's
la Rose
Novas Scours
Nancy Helen
Jo'brien
Cseccce
TOWNS
Cece Co Secees
Temiskamip
H.B
Temiskanfing
Trethewey
NARS
Stein Sheerelan
Parmelec's Vegetable Pills Promoted For Dyspepsia Relief
An old advertisement describes Parmelec's Vegetable Pills as a mild remedy for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. The copy mocks wasting time and wealth while urging use of the pill to ease digestive disorders caused by trivial influences.
Heart trouble linked to stomach and reflex disturbances
The text states that many heart complaints arise from reflex disturbances and stomach liver derangements. Catarrh of the stomach is noted as a frequent cause of sympathetic heart disease, illustrating a link between digestive issues and cardiac symptoms.
Household finances spark moral remission and spring ailments
A comical dialogue about balancing income and expenses hints at stress over finances while a health notice warns that spring diet changes worsen weak stomachs causing dysentery and cholera marbus. It promotes Dr Kelloga's Dysentry Cordis as the remedy to clear the stomach and bowels.
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J. D. Kelloga
Evening Dress Banter Between Couple
A humorous exchange unfolds as a woman in evening attire asks if her dress suits her. He replies with a witty remark about timing, suggesting parts of the outfit are “coming” but perhaps late.
Red headed virago in bank cheque ruse
A woman presenting a cheque at a bank confuses the cashier by claiming kinship with a neighbor. She jokes about a daughter and a spouse, recounting a tale of living beyond mere water and ten cents a day as she pockets the money.
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Virago
Patent medicine and social quips from old ads
An assortment of aged ad copy and quips including a pain relief claim for neuralgia and rheumatism, a sample offer from Lyman Bros Toronto, a joke about hat costs, references to Weaver's Syrup, humorous remarks from Mrs A and Mrs X, praise for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, and a call to purchase a bottle.
Graveyard of the Atlantic Sable Island Under Wireless System
The article describes Sable Island as a sand island 150 miles from Halifax known as the graveyard of the Atlantic. It notes ships rarely wreck there now and mentions a Marconi wireless station linking the island to the North Atlantic, transforming life-saving crews’ isolation.
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Sable Island
Halifax
Marconi
North Atlantic
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promoted for Wounds and Cattle Ailments
It claims to heal wounds and pains in people, respiratory ailments, and serves as a household remedy. It also advertises aid for injured horses and cattle with colds or coughs. Sample offered at 50 cents. distributed by National Drug Co. London.
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Thomas
Avery Small Wedding Report Sparks Typo Debate
A wedding notice about Mr Avery and Miss Small caused a typographical controversy when a sub-editor titled the report Avery Small Wedding and a compositor altered the spacing to Avery Small Wed ding, highlighting newsroom quirks.
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Mr. Avery
Miss Small
Avery Small
Harmonized chatter over engagement and fashion in Abyssinia
The passage mocks engagement plans between Harmonized and Simpkins and jokes about taste in spring attire. It notes Abyssinia as the setting where a house and contents belong to the wife, mentions vast consumption of TONS OF TRON in medicine, and claims the tonic Ferrovim is cleverly manipulated to benefit the weak and sickly.
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Beneft
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Hiya Ole
Libby
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Dr. William
Brown
PANGO
Dodds
Sutherland Sisters
King St. W
Wilson
Mall
Archdale Wilson
Hamilton
Paradise
Pattison & CO
Clara
Tom
Maude
Peruna
Albina Chauvin
Rue Agnes
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Montreal
Can
la Presse
Perris
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
U.S.A
Graveyard OF the Atlantic
Ringhorn
Eczema
Zam-Buk
Wilhelmina McCharles
Powassac
Pane
Abyssinia
The
Wif
Canada
Geo. T. Cole
Owen Sound
Larder City Cold Mining Co., Limited
Henry R. Darrell
Colborne St
RO Uy
Liv Senorley Aro
Gta Semryke
Prion
Peterborough
Cowboy Carriage Co., Limited
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