Pioneer Publisher J J Heaslip of Alameda Aims High
A long profile details J J Heaslip recent retirement from the Alameda Dispatch and his rise as a western publisher. Born near Peterboro Ontario he migrated west in 1882, built Alameda's first building and lumber yard, founded a bank and Crown Lumber & Coal, and led a modern newspaper with independent editorial stance. Heaslip chairs municipal matters as JP and notary, promotes hockey lacrosse and skating, operates a private bank, and champions local enterprise while maintaining a Presbyterian leadership role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Heaslip
Alameda Dispatch
Ontario
Peterboro
Toronto
Heaslip
Prairie Province
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Moose Creek
Souris
Regina
Oxbow
Alameda
Crown Lumber & Coal Company
Alameda and
Frobisher
The World’s Most Costly Key Believed Benvenuto Cellini Work
Count Adolphe de Rothschild reportedly paid 1700 pounds for a key said to be the world’s most valuable. The steel key bears the Strozzi arms and is attributed to Cellini from the 16th century, featuring two grotesque female figures and ornate masks. A second famed key once owned by the Medici is in London’s South Kensington Museum with a temple‑topped bow and a sculpted standing figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphe de Rothschild
Strozzi
Benvenuto Cellini
South Kensington
London
Letters patent establish Orange River colony on Transvaal basis
Letters patent have been issued to establish the Orange River colony on exactly the same basis as the Transvaal. The move formalizes colonial governance and aligns administrative structure with the neighboring republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Peruna and Manalin Praise From New York Woman
Mrs Aline DePasse of New York City recounts long catarrh relief after using Peruna and Manalin. She claims twelve bottles cured her condition and benefited her children, urging friends to try the remedies. A second testimonial from Miss Mildred Grey of Appleton Wisconsin credits Peruna for relief from stomach catarrh after six bottles and long suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline DePasse
New York
N.Y
Peruna
Manalin
Candid Wayfarer and Benevolent Lady Exchange Gag
Comic Cuts sketches a back and forth between a candid lodger who confesses prison time and a bemused benevolent lady who implies shame, highlighting social pretensions with crisp one liners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayfarer
Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as cure for all stages
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure fully cures catarrh by cleansing the blood and restoring the body's constitution. The piece asserts the remedy acts through the system to cure the disease and restore health, with testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and urging readers to buy from local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ikea
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Eclectric Oil advertised for household and farm use
The advertisement claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil benefits households and farms alike. It touts usefulness for injuries to stock and cattle coughs and pains, promising savings by avoiding a veterinarian. It also includes unrelated newspaper quips and jokes from Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows
The report notes Minard's Liniment used to treat garget in cattle. The French government proposes to remit land taxes for five years to revolting wine merchants. Two bubonic plague cases occurred on the island of Trinidad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard
Island of
Triniad
Suspicion and Prejudice Quote From Governor Sparks Debate
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska comments to the Indianapolis Star on judging others as always leading to error. He recounts a countryman visiting New York who discovers museum admission is free, mocks the process, and insists there was a cheat in the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Nebraska
Indianapolis Star
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Death by Explosive Under Spanish Official Bed
A Spanish government official from Lucena Castellon died by his own hand using twelve dynamite charges placed beneath his bed. The house was destroyed in the blast. A tonic claim notes Minard's Liniment and Par melee's Vegetable Pills as health aids. Simla reports that the Ameer of Afghanistan, impressed by a recent India tour, contemplates a Europe trip in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucena
Castellon
Simla
Ameer
Afghanistan
India
Europe
English Spavin Liniment Offers Billions of Benefits
ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT removes all hard soft or caloused lumps and blem ishes from horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney stifles sprains sore throat coughs etc Save 50 by use of one bottle Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known German cigar makers will now use a tinfoil cigar label instead of one of paper and gum Five Central American republics propose confederation and a congress is to be held in the City of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Common methods of capital punishment across regions
The article lists the frequent forms of execution by country and region. It notes the guillotine as common in France and several neighboring areas, the gallows in Austria and Russia, death by sword in parts of Switzerland and China, musket in Ecuador and Russia, and various private and public practices, with Italy reported as abolitionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Denmark
Hanover
Switzerland
Bavaria
Saxony
Austria
Portugal
Russia
Great Britain
United States
China
Prussia
Ecuador
Oldenburg
Spain
Brunswick
New York
Italy
Shoes Are Boots In England
An American firm learned the hard way that British language differs from American. A 100000 pair shipment labeled shoes to London failed because Brits wear boots in winter and treat high shoes as boots, not shoes, reducing demand and illustrating cross market language pitfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
America
Loncon
Queen Alexandra's Checks and Secret Expenditures
The document explains that Queen Alexandra's checks are drawn by Lord de Grey or the private secretary Mr. Greville, with vouchers for every item and never a direct signature by the queen. The treasurer can indorse incoming checks, while a few special accounts are replenished from Lord de Grey's department to fund unrecorded charitable disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexcandra
Queen Alexandra
Lord de Grey
Lord Howe
Mr. Greville
Charlotte Knollys
Preacher recalls crowd of white dressed grads
The minister described preaching to a girls college graduating class, with every graduate on the platform surrounding the pulpit in white. He told his wife he felt like a crow on a snowdrift after the service.
Progress Through Purpose Guides Life
A reflective maxim on living well by continuously striving to improve beyond past efforts. The quotation highlights rational life as a forward-moving path, urging consistent personal development and achievement.
Celluloid starch and a London barmaid joke
An ad praises Celluloid Starch as a no boil cold water starch that won’t stick and makes ironing easier. A New York interview with Viscount Turnout yields a light exchange about reporters and a joke at the Mitre bar about drinking ale from a pewter mug with a warm handle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Turnout
Earl of Winterton
New York
Oxford
Mitre
Nellie
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Ayer
fAyer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Mrs. Depasse
New York City
Pe-ru-na
Man-a-lin
Detroit Free Press
Cleveland
Johnson
Labo
Eae
Baal
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Pt Cer
Lancashire
Canada
U. S America
P. E. Picault
Itional Drug & Chemical Co
Cruccists
Crocers
Cemeral
N. U. No
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!