Life Expectancy Rises with Health and Sanitation
The piece argues life spans have lengthened by about fourteen years in a century due to better health habits and sanitation. It touts Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills as aiding the first health law of daily bowel movement, claims benefits for liver and kidney cleansing, and includes testimonials from Mrs. R. Morrow of Bracebridge, Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dor. Chase
Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Hale's Catarrh Cure Ad Smeared Oath Claim 1595
An oath from J Cueney of F J Cheney & Co. claims payment of one hundred dollars for each catarrah case cured or not by Hale's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6, 1595, cites Toledo Ohio as the location and mentions testimonials and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toopo
Locas County
Pease J. Cueney
F. J. Cueney & Co
Toledo
Hale
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
Sam
A. W. Gleason
Novary
Hall
eReey &O
Hsu
Minards Liniment Cures Colds and More
Short item notes an advertisement claim that Minard's Liniment cures colds and similar ailments. The snippet includes humorous reader quips about Oriental rugs and sweeping as a metaphor, reflecting a newspaper humor page with light, casual chatter.
Lions and mortality in African hunting from Churchill to Roosevelt
The piece recalls Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt traveling Africa from Mombasa to Khartoum. It describes big game safaris around Nairobi and surrounding areas, detailing lions hunted by mounted western hunters. It portrays the dangers, methods, and brutal outcomes of such hunting as seen by the writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Mombasa
Khartoum
Col. Roosevelt
Africa
Nairobi
Mr. Churchill
London
New York
Sick Lions Sent to Africa Europe Dealers Supposedly Ship Animals
Giovanni Locatelli, a Naples trainer, says Calignari of Naples and Heggeman of Berlin bought aged animals in Europe and shipped them to East Africa to boost hunting tourism. He alleges Malta to Fort Mendi routes and a wave of tame lions and other predators entering Mombasa streets, with fears of ferocity fading.
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Africa
Europe
Calignari
Naples
Heggeman
Berlin
British East Africa
Giovanni Locatelli
Boston
East Africa
Malta
Fort Mendi
Alta
Locatelli
America
Canada
Mombasa
Guarding the Viceroy at Calcutta Convocation
Lord Minto the Viceroy of India attended a Calcutta University convocation guarded by an elaborate police escort. Security included searches of the Senate House area and galleries, following warnings from an anonymous letter. Threatening letters remain circulating and an infernal machine was found at the Englishman offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Minto
India
Calcutta
University Senate House
Woman cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills after four years of pain
Mrs James H White of near Prevelle Gaspe C Q says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her backache urinary trouble and neck pain after four years of suffering and poor relief from doctors. She trusted the pills and reports complete recovery after three boxes.
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Prevelle
Gaspe Co
Que
Fla
James H. White
Dodd
Mrs. White
Canada
Snippets and Satires From Old Paper Snips
A collage of humorous bits and ads including a teachers question about peanuts, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as household medicine, a quip about sticking to a thug, praise for Wilsons Fly Pads killing flies, and a joke about auburn hair prompting a Yonkers Statesman quip.
Murine Marine Eye Remedy Ad Cites NYC Census Eye Care Need
An old advertisement touts Murine Marine Eye Remedy for red weak weary watery eyes and eye strain. It claims relief from eye pain and granulation, with physicians noting safety and no harmful drugs. The copy asks druggists to stock Murine and offers free eye books from Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago. The piece closes with a stray Detroit quote about baseball away days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
The
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Minard's Liniment and the Leopard Escape
A Ringling brother recounts a Bill in charge of the animal tent who faced a leopard escape. The telegram asked what to do and the response urged shooting the leopard on the spot, highlighting Bill's careful concern for not making a mistake and his follow up question which spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Success Magazine
Anxious Moments for Young Mothers
The hot weather months are an anxious time for all mothers especially for young mothers. They are the most fatal time of the year for babies and young children due to stomach and bowel troubles. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted as a quick cure and preventive, with a 25 cent box available from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Year’s Patents Report Details 1908 Applications and Trends
The 26th report of the Comptroller General of Patents shows 28 598 patent applications in 1908, with 19 490 provisional and 17 746 complete. 16 234 patents sealed. Women inventors filed 573 applications, up from 560 in 1907. Total receipts reached 1 336 675 dollars, 1 314 450 from patent fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comptroller- General of
India
United Kingdom
England
Wales
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
England's Peril in Newnes Sixpenny Series
William Le Queux, famed author and favorite of Queen Victoria, offers an invasion tale in England's Peril. The piece highlights his continental experience and royal honors, praising the novel as a sharp political undercurrent story rather than typical invasion fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William le Queux
Queen Victoria
England
Newnes
Ceremony at Anfield Cemetery with Chinese grave offerings
About sixty Chinamen visit two graves in Anfield Cemetery. A large tray of foods, a roasted pig, cooked fowls, beefsteaks, oranges, and swerts is placed on a grave. Whisky, egg-cups, and liqueur glasses appear beside the foods. Spirits are poured on the meats and rice sprinkled on the grave. Joss sticks and paper offerings are burned as fireworks explode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anfield
Liver 1
Eng
A Bell of Ale and a Noted Warwickshire Curate
Dr Samuel Parr of Hatton South Warwickshire served forty years as curate and leader of church beautification. Hatton parish celebrated bells and public revelry when a new bell was installed, reportedly filled with ale, as reported by the London Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Parr
St. Paul’s
Hatton
Warwickshire
London Standard
Gin Pills Claim Cured Kidney Complaint
Letter from Dunvegan Inverness Co praising Gin Pills for kidney relief after ten months of illness. Patient advised hospital care without help, reports relief six hours after first pill and full recovery over three months. Sold by druggists or direct from National Drug & Chemical Co. Limited New York and Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunvegan
Inverness Co
Victoria Hospital
Halifax
Syd
Lewis MacPherson
Dept. N. Y. National Drug & Chemical Co., Limited
Toronto
How to Be Immune At Sea Cure Claim
An advertisement claims Holloway's Corn Cure contains no poisonous ingredient and can be used safely. It presents a dialogue about sea life and implies immunity or relief from sea sickness by using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Holloway
Razorback Stropping Self On Display At Southern Station
A Northern tourist encounters a lean hog beneath a scraggy oak at the It tle Southern station. The hog rubs against a tree while the tourist asks what the animal is doing. The guide explains the hog is stropping itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ittle Southern
The Burning Question Charley Teaches Teenperate
A Baltimore teacher asks Charley to define teenperate by linking it to night and a tired father returning home. Charley agrees and quips that his mother wants to know the same thing, highlighting a humorous mispronunciation. The vignette appears in Success Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinine
Baltimore
Charley
Success Magazine
Frisky Maid Discovers Hornet Nest on Tree
A city woman spots a strange object in a tree and, after poking it with a stick, discovers it is a hornet's nest. The incident, noted in a New Orleans Times Democrat item, ends with the nest ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orlenps ‘Times
Democrat
Parlor Visit Sparks Mention of a Kick in Boston Globe Text
In a clipped excerpt from the Boston Globe a line recalls an incident where a man named Millions kicked someone on a front step after a parlor visit with his daughter last night. The rest of the walk was completed by the speaker.
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Boston Globe
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Minard
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Winnipeg
Ancelus
Roblin House
Free Press
Garry Street
Bezes
Whaten Churenin
Grandstand
Johnny
Buffalo Express
Thomas
Dub
They
Judge
Patience
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Detroit Free Press
Versity
Kingston
Ontario
Queen’s Uni
Geo. Y. Chown
B.A
Ontari
Carbon Oil Works, Ltd
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