Rheumatism in the Blood Promised Cure
Advert suggests rheumatism is a blood problem not fixed by rubbing. Dr Williams Pink Pills claimed to cure by improving blood, with testimonials from John Evans of Halifax and notes on anemia, neuralgia, indigestion and women’s ailments. Sold by druggists or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempt Road
Halifax
N. S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
New Cavalry Sword Approved By Army Council
The Army Council endorses a straight tapering thrusting sword from a Birmingham firm. The blade eschews the long curved form used for over fifty years and features a recessed grip for thrusting power and a checkered surface for a secure hold. Production begins immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British War Office
Army Council
Birmingham
Sleepless Babies Advised For Sleep and Health
A newspaper notice promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a sleep aid for infants with sleeplessness linked to stomach or teething issues. It claims no opiate content, cites a Canadian mother’s endorsement, and notes availability from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. in Brockville, Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Reville
Gawas
Dr. Williams’ Mediane Co
Brockville
Ont
Local Scotland Notes: Populations, Events, and Notable Incidents
In Go van 20 535 houses with 1 819 empty. Patrick 67 695 and Govan 92 171. Lord Kinnaird condemns Sunday golf. Crieff hosts large yearly hiring market. A 224 pound stag shot in Monachyle Mor Glen. Fraserburgh Herald editor Donaldson jo in Calcutta. Heriot Parish lacks elders. Glasgow tram passengers top 3 000 in six months. Students Union at Glasgow University expanded. Clyde conveys 4 340 August passengers, 20 304 since year start. Glasgow plans 311 426 250 pumping projects. John Sinclair opens Stobswell school costing 150 600. A 22 pound pike caught in Delvine water Tay. sea trout in its gullet. Major-General Boswell dies at Darnlee Melrose. Annie Soutar Hardie dies at near 100 with large family. Runaway Highland heifer disrupts Dundee. boy knocked down. chimney-sweep tossed, animal shot. Lochmaben preserves old four-town land tenure Smalholm Hitne Heck Grenhiell prior to Reformation.
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Govan
Patrick
Lord Kinnaird
Werthshire
Crieff
Monachyle Mor Glen
Perthshire
Donaldson
Fraserburgh Herald
Calcutta
Heriot
Glasgow
Students’ Union
Glasgow University
Lord Newlands
Clyde
Europe
John Sinclair
Scotland
Stobswell
Delvine
Tay
Boswell
C.B
Darnlee
Melrose
Annie Soutar Hardie
Forres
Dundee
Lochmaben
Smalholm
Hitne
Heck
Grenhiell
Hungarian judge Latkoczy accused of bribe and fraud
M Latkoczy vice president of Hungary's Supreme Administrative Court faced bribery charges in a case involving a license to practice as a chemist. A feigned forged letter linked prominent names. Latkoczy allegedly fled to America after the trap.
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M. Latcoczy
Supreme Administrative Court
Budapest
Hungary
Korbuly
M. Francis Kretz
M. Latkoczy
Finance
Charles Kerkapoly
M. Tatkoezy
M. Latkoezy
Julius Andrassy
Latkeczy
M. Latkeczy
America
Costly Parliament at Coastline Capital Raised by Village
In a muddled account the town debates the cost of a grand capital building, noting millions spent on a palace structure. A city meeting contemplates future use and potential jobs such as guiding stations on an Atlantic liner.
How Mrs. Clarke Found Relief From Terrible Pains
Mrs Merril C Clarke of Pleasant Point Ontario shares her long battle with kidney related illness starting twenty years ago. She cites persistent fainting fits swelling and pain and credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with stopping fits after one box and curing her after seven boxes. She urges other women to use the product to strengthen kidneys and end painful suffering.
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Pleasant Point
Ont
Canada
Dodd
Merril C. Clarke
Salvation Army
Mrs. Clarke
Dodd’s
Tragedy on Whiddy Island Ends in Death and Fire
On Whiddy Island Kerry Ireland John Goggin who was evicted from a family farm Waylaid his cousins fired a revolver wounding Christopher Goggin and killed a horse before setting the house ablaze The Britannia battleship crew extinguished the flames A constable confronted Goggin who then shot himself dying in the officer's arms. Goggin had lost his wife and baby a week earlier and bore resentment over the eviction.
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Whiddy Island
Kerry
Ireland
John Groggin
Christopher Goggin
Britannia
Parmelees Vegetable Pills and Allen Lungs Balsam Featured
An 19th century ad style piece extols Parmelees Vegetable Pills for moisture protection and travel use while praising Allen’s Lung Balsam as a non opiate remedy. A police sergeant jokes about honesty and a lamp post watch in a cross dialogue.
Serpent saves boy during Indian school incident
A drama-like incident from Jubbulpore Malas School reports a teacher detaining a boy, forcing lessons, and injuring him with a blunt knife. The boy begged to be killed but a serpent apparently restrained the teacher as onlookers alerted police who arrested the master.
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Jubbulpore
India
Malas
Paisa Akhar
Manasar
Student lamplighter becomes doctor after exam
Glasgow News notes hardships of Scottish university students and a lampsman at Anderson's Medical College who, after serving as a lamplighter for spare income, resigns when he becomes a fully qualified doctor. Also mentions Dr Thomas Electric Oil’s long standing popularity and growing demand.
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Scotland
The
Glasgow News
Anderson’s Medical College
A Poor Medico and the Patient’s Dinner Debate
A dialogue highlights a patient doubting a doctor while joking about nutrition. The exchange underlines tension between medical advice and personal choice in diet. No further context is provided.
PILES CURED AT HOME By New Absorption Method
An advertisement offers home treatment for piles with an absorption method. It promises immediate relief and permanent care, asks for the reader’s address to send instructions and samples, and cites endorsements. It includes a Windsor Ontario return address and references other health remedies and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Summers
Windsor
Ont
Tyles
Canada
Colonial Art Co
Dept
Toronto
Experimental See barometer recipe from France notebook
A fragment describes a chemical method to make a See barometer using camphor potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate dissolved in alcohol. It notes that the liquid clears and solids settle as weather changes, implying a crude weather indicator.
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France
Eskimo Games Show Playful Life Along Bering Sea Shores
A reader notes Herbert L. Aldrich’s accounts of Eskimo children in Arctic Alaska and Siberia enjoying varied games. They play hair stuffed football, blanket toss, ice ball kicks, sled trading, archery, hand balance feats, and ringed bracelet percussion with rattling tokens.
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Herbert L. Aldrich
Arctic
Alaska
Siberia
Bering Sea
200 Varieties of Cheese in a Department of Agriculture Study
The Omaha Bee notes a USDA report describing 229 known cheese varieties with milk as the base. It traces cheese making as an ancient art found worldwide and cites storied cheeses over two centuries old. The piece mentions Swiss birth cheese custom and European divorce rates led by Switzerland.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Omaha Bee
South Africa
Mediterranean
Alps
Rhine
Rhone
Siberia
Switzerland
No Consent and Social Drama Recounts in Local Page
A stern parent rejects immediate consent to a match, insisting on proof of trust before handing over care. A suitor boasts of kissing the daughter after the pledge is granted. The page also promotes Farmelee's Vegetable Pills for liver and kidney support and mentions Milan as the source of the term millinery. Allen's Lung Balsam is advertised as a non opium cough remedy.
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Farmelee
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Villa Rica, A
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Jack
Bella
Germany
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Eizabeth Taylor
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Trinity Bay
Zam-Buk Co
Ibig Money
England
Excelsior Che Woks
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Berlin
Ontario
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AMD
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Deep Brook
Annapolis
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Zai Power
Sermed. CO
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Adelaide St. West
Frank Wilson
Adelaide Street
J. Pattison & CO
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