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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1893
Page
4
KELL S, FOWLER & CO announce fall offerings after market scouting. Dress lengths and mantles featured along with gloves, ladies vests, carpets, curtain poles, boots, shoes and rubbers. Notable prices include tapestry carpet 50c per yard, curtain poles 25c, men's boots 1.50, ladies boots 2.00, children boots 50c. They invite customers to inspect stock with assurance of satisfaction.
The Millbrook Reporter extols Lord and Lady Aberdeen arriving as Governor General and emphasizes their role beyond figureheads. It recalls predecessors Dufferin, Lorne, Lansdowne, Derby, and Macdonald, praising Canada’s destined greatness and urging citizens to strive for their country’s ideals.
An advertisement for English Spavin Liniment promises removal of lumps, blemishes, blood spavin, curbs, splints, ring bone, sweeney, sprains and throat issues in horses. It boasts a $50 savings with one application and is warranted by A. Leach. Dated 11 1.
The siege of Sentari in Albania saw Mahomet II deploy fourteen heavy bombards with shots between 370 and 1640 pounds, plus later siege works at Rhodes in 1480 with sixteen basilisk cannons. Estimates by General Lefroy note 1000 tons of shot and 250 tons of powder used, with rock-cut projectiles and vast surface areas.
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting, gentle yet prompt remedy for kidneys and bowels, cleansing the system, dispelling fevers and headaches, and treating habitual constipation. It claims unique efficacy, pleasing taste, and broad acceptability, with 75 cent bottles sold by leading druggists and procurement offered if not in stock. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco.
A dealer announces receipt of a large coal consignment and invites customers to view before ordering. He promotes Champion Plows Points and Sole Plates by Thos Hayden of Port Hope and cites competitive prices. Also offers homemade factory yarns and blankets for sale.
A New York World quip notes street car owners view riders as passing fare in conductorless lines, reflecting a classed urban transport joke about fare collection and passenger perception.
Fragmentary ad notes Epidermia the great skin cure for eczema salt rheum and related conditions offered for sale by A Luaca with a street corner style promise of effectiveness in a historical newspaper ad fragment.
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