Home Made Kidney Cure Recipe Promoted in Montreal Paper
An eminent authority outlines a home made mix to relieve early kidney trouble before Bright’s disease. The recipe combines Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with instructions to take after meals and at night. A local druggist calls the ingredients harmless and claims the mixture aids kidney and urinary health.
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Montreal
Daily News
Apaper
Bright
Laine
Correct Teacher- Oldest in Your Family
Johnny-Father asks who is the oldest in your family in a concise prompt.
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Johnny
Fisherman’s Testimony for Dr Williams Pink Pills
A Maitland Nova Scotia fisherman named R L Porter credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring strength and health after months of weakness and anemia. He outlines relief from back pain indigestion and fatigue and urges getting the genuine pills. The ad notes the pills build blood and are sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
All Medicine
Hdec
The Bell Company Monopoly Faces Government and Independent Challenge
The article argues that the Bell Telephone Company held a U S and Canadian monopoly under patent protection and resisted rural service. It notes a rise of independent companies, government systems in the West, and Bell’s shifting tactics, including underhanded branding to lure independents and farmers.
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Telephone Trust
Bell Telephone Company
United States
Canada
Bell Patents
Bell Company
States
Bell
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co
Chicago
Illinois
Northern Electric Company of
Montreal
Winnipeg
Kellogg Company
Northern Electric Company
Bell Telephone
Bar witness recounts assault in complaint
In Tit-Bits a bar patron testifies he was in the bar during the assault and followed others in noting the barman, stating he did not know the bartender’s name but copied the others’ actions.
English Spavin Liniment Claims Remarkable Horse Cure
Claims a universal blemish cure for horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney stifles sprains and throat ailments. Advertises save $50 with one bottle and hails itself as the most wonderful blemish cure known.
Hoax Chorus Girl Recall Triggers Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record references a chorus girl in pink tights and labels her a padded sell in a hoax remark. The fragment suggests a sensational or satirical critique from the era, reflecting theater or vaudeville culture and press slang.
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Philadelphia Record
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper and Goldwin Smith Praise
Minard's Liniment is credited with curing distemper in animals. Professor Goldwin Smith, Canada's elder statesman at eighty four, recounts his youth and discipline, noting he avoids night work and attributes vigor to early rising and active living. He recalls befriending rivals who worked at night and buried them.
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Goldwin Smith
Canada
Switzerland
Tyrol
Sach
Richard Bethel
Mauretania Sets Sail as World’s Largest Liner
The Cunard Mauretania, largest ship yet built, makes her sea debut on the Tyne amid massive crowds estimated at half a million. At 790 feet long and wider than the Great Eastern, she surpasses rivals in displacement and speed, with 4000 rivets and 26000 steel plates in her hull and room for 8000 passengers across classes. telephones and electric calling teams service all decks as she glides into the sea.
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Tyne
Wellsend
Shields
Mauretania
Mauretenia
Aurling-Teanis
Shortage in Crain Crowns Reforms in Canadian Agriculture
A century of data shows a $100 million drop in eastern and central Canada agri exports, with Ontario alone facing a $30 million shortfall. In the northwest yields vary but larger arable area may offset per acre losses. Net farm income could rise slightly. eastern provinces anticipate higher prices. Beef cattle exports from Saskatchewan and Alberta are forecast at 59,000 head versus 74,000 last year due to earlier shortages in yearlings after 1904.
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Canada
Ontario
James MacEvoy
Provincial Farmers’ Association
Northwest
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Highwayman Belisle Grave Marked By Cross On Dorchester
The Grey Nuns grounds in Montreal bear a red cross on Dorchester Street marking a notorious highwayman’s grave. Though legends exaggerate, Belisle committed a brutal double murder during the French regime and was executed by torture and drawing and quartering at the Custom House. His body was buried by the cross on Guy and Dorchester streets.
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Dorchester Street
Grey Nuns
Sisters of Charity of Montreal
Canada
Belisle
Grand Chemin du Roi
Jean Favre
Marie Anne
Favre
Kelisle
Guy
Dorchester
Lost Warning About Loaded Guns Near Child
A warning urges keeping loaded firearms away from children after a domestic mishap. A parent notes the son was unaware the objects were guns and had been using them as stilts, prompting a safety admonition.
Lodger Chooses Room With Piano Over Lodging
A lodger selects a room containing a piano despite the landlady noting he does not play. He insists the piano must be in his room, implying others may not use it. The exchange ends with a nod to humor.
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Bobony
It is not enough to aim you must hit Italian proverb
An Italian proverb states that merely aiming is insufficient and success requires precise execution. It emphasizes decisive action and accuracy in pursuing goals.
Little Acte of Kindness
Walter recalls his mother teaching kindness to animals and praises the neighbor girl who showed compassion by not eating a worm found in chestnuts. The anecdote highlights simple acts of empathy from a child’s viewpoint.
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Walter
Lippincott’s
Initiation Ordeal Teases New Illustrious Whang Doodies Member
A Chicago Tribune passage describes a mock initiation scene with a candidate shaved, forced to walk barefoot on gravel, slide into an ice water tank, then be saluted by a dignitary who calls him a brother. The quote adds humor as the member protests the treatment.
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Chicago Tribune
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised cure claim
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming to banish rheumatism and bodily pains upon application. It urges purchase at local stores and asserts users learn to handle pains if they return.
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Dr. Thomas
Timing and defiant clocks clash in a Bridget dialogue
A brisk exchange shows Bridget insisting she follows her own schedule while Mistress Bridget questions, with Faith interjecting, about the relevance of kitchen versus parlor clocks. The judge voice underscores a tension between personal autonomy and social timing.
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Bridget
Chinese press to be controlled by ministry new laws proposed
Native Chinese papers report that future press control will be by the Ministry of Posts and Communications. Proposed laws forbid attacks on government or administration and ban publishing secret documents. Laws to take effect after ministers’ advice.
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Ministry of Posts and Communications
Mystery Tomorrow Birthday Revelation by a Child
Five year old Sidney proclaims tomorrow as his birthday with pride. His kindergarten teacher teases that it is hers too, prompting the boy to wonder how she is so old. The exchange reflects playful humor in a light magazine vignette.
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Sidney
Lippincott’s
Holloways Corn Cure Promises Easy Relief
A humorous Washington Star item mocks patent remedies and a Yale poet recounts a fable about a tramp who spends a nickel on beer after claiming two days without food. The anecdote highlights gullibility and wit in a bygone New Haven setting.
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New Haven
Allen Updecraff
Yale
Arma
Washington Star
Gin Pills Guarantee Claim Ad Boxed Cure Offer
Advertising copy claims Gin Pills will cure kidney ailments with a money back guarantee. It promises refunds if no improvement and lists a price of 42.90 for eight boxes or six for 42.90, mentioning dealers and mail sale.
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Kendall
Thius
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N.Z
E. J. Wisbey
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