Exempt Propaganda and Quips From Early 20th Century Clippings
A collage of humorous and sensational lines from Success Magazine and Chicago News items. An evangelist warns of wrath while a witty gallery heckler jokes about teeth. An ad touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for common ills and injuries with famed no testimonial claim. A western mayor quips about a bankrupt telephone firm and a hung up receiver.
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Success Magazine
Dr. Thomas
Jourist
Chicago News
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper
A quirky note from Tit Bits recounts a digression about a health remedy and a humorous street incident. The tale mentions a tramp exchanging a small coin and a mistaken arrest following thanks.
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Ends in Cautionary Cure
A historical warning advises against catarrh ointments containing mercury due to damage to smell and the body. It promotes Hal's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney Co Toledo as a mercury free internal remedy claimed to work on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials and price are noted along with an additional product for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Halls
F J. Chesey & Co
Druresta Price
Jabe Hal
Reverend Sipprell Praises Rockies Then Faces Brakeman
The article recalls Rev Dr Sipprell, head of Columbian College in New Westminster, praising the Canadian mountains during a Rockies trip. A brakeman bluntly counters his grand vista remark by noting the hard work beneath the rock pile.
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Dr Sipprell
Columbian Col
New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Sipprell
Rockies
Canadian
Place For Dullards and a Canadian Navy Proposal
Admiral Kingsmill argues for a Canadian navy to provide roles for dullards, a theory backed by antiquity's voice. The Kincardine Review recalls a shipboard tale in which a captain questions a middy about who is sent to sea, and the reply suggests changing times.
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Admiral Kingsmill
Kincardine Review
Saloon Closures Prompt Cummings Challenge to Reporter
A Western reporter recalls Amos J. Cummings urging star reporter Murray Tom to check if saloons would be self liquidating after the city announced a new closing order. Tom returned Friday with the finding that the saloons were indeed self liquidating.
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Washington
Amos J. Cummings
New York
The
Sun
Cummings
Murray
Tom
City Desk
Success Magazine
Kellogg Dysentery Cordial Promoted For Digestive Ailments
Dr J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial is claimed to combat dysentery cholera morbus and inflammatory stomach and intestinal disorders from changes in diet or water It is advertised as giving speedy relief especially in summer though not limited to warm months when laxness of the bowels may occur.
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J. D. Kellogg
Beasie-Oh and Mabel Dispute Over Ring Return
The speaker recounts a quarrel with Harry who asks for the return of his ring. Bessie realizes she has forgotten which ring is meant, creating a dilemma and prompting a search for clarity about ownership.
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Beasie
Mabel
Harry
Bessie
Minard’s Liniment Cures Garget in Cows
A Washington Star quips a farmer jokes about his garden being a decoy while noting Minard’s Liniment curing garget in cows. The farmer dismisses feeding summer boarders from the garden as he has orders for canned goods.
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Minard
Washington Star
Murine Marine Eye Remedy Ad Targets NYC Eye Care Need
An old advertisement promotes Murine Marine Eye Remedy claiming relief from chalk dust eye irritation and eye strain. It cites a NYC census showing 17 928 children needing eye care and promises soothing effects without injury and doctors’ backing. Druggists sell Murine at 50c and offers free eye books from The Marine Eye Remedy Co. in Chicago.
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New York City
The
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Tennyson’s Own Copy of Maud Headlines New York Sale
Lord Alfred Tennyson’s first edition copy of Maud and Other Poems with his autograph on the title page drew attention at Anderson’s New York sale. Other rarities included a first Maud edition with Tennyson’s letter to Bulkeley Platt and a Browning-poem containing copy of Helen’s Tower from 1861. The Browning-linked copy sold for $390 at a previous Lapham sale.
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Tennyson
Bulkeley Platt
Baby's Own Tablets promise safety for little ones
An old ad proclaims Baby's Own Tablets cost 5 cents and prevent summer stomach and bowel troubles in newborns and children. It urges mothers to keep a box handy, warns trouble may come suddenly, and lists The Dr Williams Medicine Co as seller. The piece includes unrelated Civil War era copy about a Southern raid and ends with Hoelloway's Corn Cure claim.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Seating rule sparks clue on hat wearing buyers
In a New York Evening Journal piece, Mr Parkar and a ticket seller discuss seating, noting one seat is for a lady and that buyers with a large hat may be placed behind her, illustrating the era's ticketing practices.
Minard’s Liniment Proves Efficacious in Wound Recovery
A. E. Roy of St. Antoine Quebec writes that after a horse bite in June 1898 he used Minard’s Liniment and saw pain cease in five hours and wounds fully heal within two weeks, restoring his hand and arm.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
A. E. Roy
St. Antoine
P.Q. Carriage Maker
Scott's Summer Country Insight On Cows
Scott spent a portion of one summer in the country gaining practical knowledge in farming. He advises milking a cow from the side farthest from the animal and closest to the softer area of the pasture.
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Scott
Fly Pads Sold by Canadian Retailers Questioned
Practically all Canadian druggists grocers and general dealers stock Wil son s Fly Pads and customers are urged to ask stores why if unavailable.
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Wilson
Why He Was Big
A tall muscular man walked through the office with a visitor noting his physique. The art editor explains they hire for strength to force engravers to redo work rather than for knowledge of art.
Mary Refuses Aunt's Offer Over Plate Donation
Little Mary examines a penny for the collection plate and asks how much her aunt will give. The aunt displays a quarter, and Mary protests that it isn’t worth it, showing a child’s blunt view of value.
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Mary
What Good Taste Means in Social Conduct
A discussion of good taste outlines how proper restraint and fitness shape behavior. It notes that tasteful individuals avoid loud display, controversy, and ostentation, while acting with propriety, discretion, and consideration for others.
Brief Proper Names Across Global Places
A discussion notes brief proper names used in locations from the Zuyder Zee to Amsterdam and China and Henan. It recalls a Brussels shopkeeper Theresa O and a Paris Madame O, plus an amusing impressment anecdote about a son who could not write and signed with a cross on military papers.
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Zuyder Zee
Amsterdam
China
Henan
France
Sweden
Rue de Louvan
Brussels
Theresa O
Madame O
Paris
Veneered Graffiti Offends St Peter’s Chancel Glass
A St Peter’s Church inspection notes vandal glass in the choir chapel where grisaille panels show scratched inscriptions. Names of tribes and tongues cover panes as a record of folly, marking the medieval light with modern disrespect.
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St. Peter's
Robinson
St. Peter’s
Osgoode Hall Gets Its First Office Telephone
J A C Cameron from Cornwall arrived to replace the old facilities at Osgoode Hall Toronto as referee and clerk to the Master in Ordinary. He installed Osgoode’s first business telephone and improved ventilation and furniture. The Law Society’s three phones remained separate until government offices were equipped.
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Osgoode Hall
Toronto
J. A. C. Cameron
Cornwall
Neil McLean
Cameron
Osgoode
Law Society
Kidney Suffering in the Spring
An ivalidated 19th century tone ad promotes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a quick cure for spring kidney weakness. It claims pills awaken the liver and bowels, cleanse the excretory system, and cites a testimonial from Mrs F C Bacon of Baldwins Mills Quebec who recovered after using the pills. They are sold for 25 cents a dose box through dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
The Ever Delicate Question In Court
A cross examiner asks a woman her age. She blushes and stammers J-1 before stopping. The attorney urges her to answer quickly as the moment grows more uncomfortable.
Costiveness and Its Cure Promoted by Pills
An advertisement describes costiveness from failing excretory organs and urges immediate treatment with Par melee's Vegetable Pills. It promises speedy improvement and urges the patient to begin a course of pills at first warning of the ailment.
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Parmelee
Freeholder Questioned in Talisman Case
A judge asks if the Talisman is a freeholder and about his marital status. The witness confirms he is married, three years last June, and states he has formed or expressed no opinion for three years.
Fly Pads Promise Relief for Summer Houseflies
If every housekeeper would use Wil son’s Fly Pads freely during the summer months the house fly peril would soon be a thing of the past.
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Wilson
Time travel at the Montenegrin border tale
A reader imagines entering Montenegro and stepping into the fifteenth century at the Montenegrin Albanian border. He witnesses border raiding and vendetta practices once described in ancient history, recalling clashes between Englishmen and Scots as part of a distant past.
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Montenegro
Wide World Magazine
Nightingale Reaches 90 Amid Global Tributes
Miss Florence Nightingale, aged 90, receives countless presents and telegrams from worldwide admirers. She remains frail and confined to her room after a period of illness.
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Florence Nightingale
Tosted
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Corntester
Exchequer Court of Canada
Winnipeg Ceiling & Roofing Co
Eastlake
Metallic Roofing Co. Unuies
Winnipeg
Fredericksburg
Johnny
Hoelloway
Directoire
Carbon Oil Works, Ltd
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