Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Aid Aged Aches And Pains
An aged readers advertisement promotes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as the remedy for stiff joints backache rheumatism constipation biliousness and kidney and liver derangements. testimonial from James J Jenson of Olds Alberta claims the pills cured his lame back and reduced medicine use. One pill per dose costs 25 cents and is available at local dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Chase
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Tea prices provoke a punny exchange at the shop
A customer laments tea priced at a dollar per pound and the grocer replies that all tea is to steep. The exchange captures a humorous wordplay moment quoted from the Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Described as Powerful Tiny Dose
The makers claim Parmelee's Vegetable Pills pack full strength in small doses. They describe the pills as a little wonder whose potency makes up for its small size and ensures thorough work from every dose.
Neighbor Seeks Reference in Dispute Across the Way
In a terse exchange, a resident asks for a good reference as they plan to visit Mrs. Jones across the street. The speaker expresses strong dislike for the woman, calling her “the best in the world” by Life but revealing personal tension.
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Mrs. Jones
Maggie
Beaux Brummel actor Mansfield mocked by office men
Two men discuss Richard Mansfield’s death in a downtown office. A third man overhearing says he saw Mansfield in Beau Brummel and found him pretentious, reflecting a critical aside from a New York Sun report.
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Richard Mansfield
Beau Brummel
New York Sun
Mansfield
Boo Brumbel
Deafness Cure Promoted by Hall’s Catarrh Cure Claim
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes, promising a $100 reward for proven Catarrh related cures. It links deafness to catarrh and recommends Hall’s Pills for constipation, ending with a humorous teletype-style aside about courting.
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Hall
F & OO
Tse
Farmer Jones Seeks Small Change at Produce Exchange
In a humorous exchange from the Weekly Argus Intelligencer, Farmer Jones visits the Produce Exchange to renew a subscription but only has a 20-lb tub of butter. The Editor offers to make change and asks how the customer would like it settled in taturs turnips onions cabbages beets carrots pie plant or raspberry jam.
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Farmer Jones
Weekly Argus Intelligencer
Puck
Not a Nauseating Pill The Parmelee Vegetable Pills
The excipient of the pill preserves moisture and allows travel to any latitude without weakening. Other pills use nauseating powders to prevent sticking, but Parmelee s Vegetable Pills are prepared to be agreeable to the most delicate palate.
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Parmetee
Kiss the cook joke exchange in Brooklyn Life
A humorous dialogue where Smith asks about the cook’s dishes and Jones explains he kisses the cook before dinner and holds her on his knee after, noting his wife does not object as she is the cook. The gag centers on a light, playful domestic scene from Brooklyn Life.
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Smith
Jones
Jones—O
Brooklyn
Baby's Own Tablets Touted As Safe Child Remedy
An advertisement claims Sure and Safe Rebr's Own Tablets are the best medicine for minor childhood ailments with government analyst assurance of no opiate. It markets to newborns and older children, with a testimonial from Mrs. Andre Tremblay of Sarabee Que. Sold for 25 cents a box by Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont. A humorous anecdote about a Boston official and a physician asks about the shape of fresh air.
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Andre Tremblay
Sarabee
Que
Savas
Wild Woman in the Woods Reported Near Blue Sea Lake
Harvard professor MacAuley recounts a wild woman seen in the woods around Blue Sea Lake. A sun browned hermitess with leaf attire lives alone with dogs, subsisting on hunted fruits. a rifle is listed but ammunition was refused. Authorities note her isolation and prior avoidance of society.
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Prof. MacAuley
Harvard University
Blue Sea Lake
Ee Ag
Household Hints On Cleaning And Cooking Tips
Household hints offer simple methods for polish and cooking chores. Polish with alam paste, wet eggs before boiling, dust carpets with dampened powder, soothe insect stings with ammonia, scale fish by brief boiling, and clean fish by brushing gently with a whisk broom.
Steps to Whitby Parish Church by the sea
The article notes the single approach to Whitby church is 199 stone steps rising to the east cliff about 200 feet above the sea. It describes worshipers moving up and down the winding stairway as memorable. It also warns of worm symptoms in children and promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an effective remedy.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
London Strand
Inheritance Tax Debate and New Streetcar Idea
A humorous collection notes a question on inheritance tax punishment for the dead or their heirs, mentions Minard's Liniment claimed to cure cow illness, and teases a New York Sun line about a new streetcar to prevent girls from exiting backward, reflecting late 19th century chatter.
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Becker
New York Sun
Zam-Buk touted for piles and skin troubles
Medical authorities claim eight in ten suffer piles at times and Zam-Buk offers immediate relief for bleeding protruding itching or blind piles. A testimonial from Neil Devon of Webbwood Ontario says after eight years of piles he was permanently cured. The product also treats cuts chapped hands ulcers burns and other skin ailments. It is sold for 50 cents a bar with discounts for multiple boxes.
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Neil Devon
Webbwood
Ont
Zam-Buk
Imitation MINARD'S LINIMENT Sold From Toronto House
A druggist can obtain a greasy imitation of MINARD'S LINIMENT from a Toronto house at a very low price and label it as his own product. The counterfeit is described as the poorest among many attempts to peddle fake liniments. Ask for MINARD'S and you will get it.
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Minard
Toronto
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Prohibition suburb joke sparks leaking books postal gag
In a Judge excerpt Winkley jokes about Jagley and Binkley. Winkley notes ex hilaration sent by express in a plain box marked Books. A recent postal note says Dear sir your books are leaking Please come and get them.
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Jagley
Binkley
Winkley
Express
Bit of Kindness and the Call to Be Kinder
A reflection on kindness as the greatest act a man can perform for Heaven. The piece asks why people are not kinder, praising how easy it is to be kind and how quickly it leaves a lasting, honorable impact with love returning to the giver.
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Henry Drummond
Not Unspeakable in a Clerical Tourist Tale
A clerical traveler from the east contends that a plurality of wives is unspeakable. The jovial Mormon answers with a witty remark that he has never met a wife who was speaker to the point of being unspeakable.
A Frank Admission of Life-Saving Action
A dramatic exchange reveals one man admitting another saved his life after repeated near-drowning attempts. The rescuer notes the victim had nearly gone down multiple times, and the admission underscores the peril and gratitude of that moment.
Lowell Quotation On Business As Mind Ballast
The remark asserts that no stronger ballast exists to steady the mind than business. It emphasizes discipline and focus as essential for mental steadiness and resilience.
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Lowell
General Isaac Shelby and a Peach Tree Duel
In Outing Magazine Lynn Tew Sprague recounts a tale from Kentucky revolutionary days. Culbertson serves as Shelby’s scout and, while gathering intel, encounters a British dragoon who bites into a peach. A duel ends with the dragoon dead and Culbertson later spots a peach tree growing from the grave site.
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Lynn Tew Sprague
Outing Magazine
Isaac Shelby
Kentucky
Culbertson
Shelby
General Favorite Obscure Oil Earns Wide Use Abroad
Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil is described as a trusted household medicine with a growing reputation in Canada and other countries. The text claims it is in general use and that yearly demand proves its popularity wherever introduced.
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Thomas
Canada
Shoeblack Negotiates Prices With Passerby
In a brief exchange a shoeblack offers services for six sous to finish a second shoe after refusing prior offers. A passerby declines multiple prices and ultimately agrees only to clean the remaining shoe if desired. Nos Loisirs.
Spavin Liniment Promises Cure for Horse Ailments
English SPAVIN LINIMENT claims to remove lumps and blemishes from horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney sprains and throat swelling. Advertises $50 savings with one bottle and asserts it is the most wonderful blemish cure known.
Order of the Chrysanthemum Gift to France Leader
The Japanese emperor will send the Order of the Chrysanthemum to President Fallieres of France as a memento of the Franco Japanese treaty. It is the highest honor the mikado offers to distinguished heads of state. Founded about 32 years ago, the decoration features a red silk band with a violet border and a gold enamel insignia in the national emblem shape.
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Fallieres
France
Orator Cheers Hidden Assembly as Police Halt Speech
At a public meeting presided by Professor Milyoukov, eight speakers concluded with “Hurrah for the constituent assembly” but a police officer interrupted, forbidding mention of the assembly. The orator retorted with a cheer for what is forbidden, drawing a strong reaction.
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Milyoukov
Constituent Assembly
Oxford honors Mark Twain with literature doctorate
Cable reports say Oxford University Chancellor Lora Curzon awarded Mark Twain the Doctor of Literature degree, not Samuel J. Clemens, reflecting a singular scholarly recognition for Twain rather than Clemens.
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Dr. Twain
Dr. Clemens
Hancellor
Oxford University
Lora Curzon
Mark Twain
Samuel J. Clemens
Towoink Harner
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