Hidden Treasure Tale at Bradley Hall in Derbyshire
Local lore centers on Bredley Old Hall near Ashbourne where treasure allegedly lurked in cellars after Cromwellian destruction. Story says Prince Charles Edward learned of it in Derbyshire in 1745 via a Scottish minister in charge of Bradley church. Highlanders supposedly pursued the booty, though Bradley residents claim valuables remained.
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Bredley Old Hall
Ashbourne
Cromwell
Prince Charles Edward
Derbyshire
Bradley Chare
Derby
Meynelis
London Standard
Reward Offered for Uncured Catarrh by Hall’s Cure
A commendation letter endorses J Cheney Co of Toledo for Hall’s Catarrh Cure claiming 15 years of honorable dealings and financial backing. The ad promotes Hall’s remedy acting on blood and mucous membranes. Separately Oregon teachers aim to raise 50000 dollars for Peary’s next North Pole voyage.
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PF. J. Cheney& CO
Toledo
Cheney
Poses & Toledo
Hall
Thon- Boerne
Oregon
Peary
North Pole
Minard’s Liniment Praised By Doctors In Public Notice
Physicians endorse Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial for dysentery diarrhoea cholera and summer complaints. It relieves promptly and cures with sea sickness and teething advises mothers to keep a bottle. Police seek eight hour day for officers while U S and Canada bishops promise 5 million francs annual contribution to the pope.
Spavin Liniment Promises Instant Horse Cleansing Cure
English Spavin Liniment claims to remove all lumps blemishes and ailments from horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone shanks and throat ailments. Grace Karl reports a robbery in New York where two men battered her stole earrings and jewelry valued at 500. Terwilliger of Eastport California touts a chicken feather picker that removes feathers in three minutes.
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Grace Karl
Sixth Avenue
New York
Terwilliger
Eastport, L.A
Hats Imperil the Entente Protest Over Sailor Hats
Paris The Matin protests French children wearing sailor hats imported from London. Hats feature ribbons named Trafalgar Victory Nile Creasy Aboukir recalling defeats. The paper condemns the fashion as unpatriotic and urges French mothers to avoid English words on caps.
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Paris
London
H.m.s. Trafalgar
Nile
Creasy
Aboukir
England
Germany
Rheumatic Cure Proves Potent Pink Pills Restore Forbes
Port Maitland fisherman Clifton L Forbes credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing three years of crippling rheumatism after hospital and multiple medicines failed. He recalls his Grand Banks attack in spring 1903, ending in full recovery and renewed health. The pills claim to build new blood and treat root causes, sold at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50.
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Williams
Clifford L. Forbes
Port Maitland
Forbes
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
Cane Breton
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Take No Other Bobby Visits Canada Curried Chicken Confusion
Minard's tale recalls Bobby's trip to Canada to visit his English aunt. At luncheon she offers curried chicken. He is speechless, then confesses he does not know if he likes it because in their family they do not curry their chicken. they pick them instead.
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Ayer
Bobby
Canada
Lippincott’s
Flat Heels Best for Foot Health Says Chiropodist
A chiropodist warns against high heels and supports low to moderately high Cuban heels for adults. He says spring or flat heels harm children’s feet, advising pliable shoes with minimal heel for toddlers to keep the arch supported and the body balanced.
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New York Press
Artistic Pillow from Heavy Fish Net Net Pillow Cover
Instructional item describes making a decorative pillow cover from heavy fish net bought in upholstery sections. Trace four leaf clover motifs fixed in twin blossoms, outlined in duchess lace braid, filled with pink rope silk stitches, with darker pink accents and irregular background stitching across the mesh. Final cover is mounted on nile green taffeta pillow and washable.
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Philadelphia Press
Laundry Tips From the Past for Garment Care
Instructions emphasize turning stockings inside out before washing, avoiding ironing knit underwear, and using a telegraph wire as a drying line. Silk stockings require no soap, bran is added to wash water, and sun drying is advised. Careful sorting removes pins and metal parts to protect launderers.
Culinary Conceits From Kitchen Tips
Practical cooking hints include using lemon juice to prevent apples from browning and trimming kidney fat for rabbit to improve flavor. A green omelet can be made by mixing parsley with beaten egg, stuffing dates with cream cheese, and frying croquettes with a small bread crumb to test fat readiness. For mutton broth, add onion studded with clove, carrot, and bay leaf, and consider barley in the soup liquor.
Richard Mansfield Returns To London After New York Visit
Actor Richard Mansfield arrived in London from New York and plans to rest a year before resuming acting. A severe thunderstorm in Eastport, New York, produced a lightning strike that killed many trout at John Rockow’s fish pond. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are advertised as a sovereign remedy for digestion in a Nature essay on medicinal plants and cures. Cornwall is noted for the highest proportion of teetotalers among English counties.
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Richard Mansfield
London
New York
Eastport
N.Y
John Rockow
Parmelee
Cornwall
Worms and a remark on an umbrella from a Tribune cartoon
The excerpt notes worms causing feverishness and restlessness at sleep and promotes Mother Graves Worm exterminator as effective. It also includes a cartoon dialogue about an umbrella, with a witty exchange about resembling one the speaker once carried and lost track of.
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Mother Graves
Chicago Tribune
Odessa detectives blown up by infernal machine
Two Odessa chief detectives and the police superintendent were killed by an explosion. The item also notes sensational patent cures and a political appointment, including Count Mazza as envoy extraordinary to Teheran.
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Odessa
Count Mazza
Canada
Teheran
Keep Minard's Liniment in the House Anniversary noted
The text marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the triple alliance signings by Germany Austria Hungary and Italy and anticipates widespread industrial lockouts in 1907 based on reports from German battlefronts.
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Germany
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Doctors Endorse Patent Medicine Psychine Despite Controversy
Dominion Parliament debates regulation of patent remedies as doctors and manufacturers weigh in. Case studies cite US and Canadian physicians endorsing Psychine for lung ailments with patient recovery and claims of systemic toning and blood purification. Available at druggists 50c and 1.00. Dr T A Slocum Ltd Toronto advertises.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Khey
T. A. Slocum
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J. C. Aven Co
Lewett
Mass
Dung &_ Chemical Co, Limited
Manel
Kendall
Emer
Baillergeros
Bettie
Japan
Leeming
Fellows
National Drug & Chemical Co., Limited
Montreal
Stoo
Coe
Mooney’s
Mooney’s Perfection Cream
Walford
Holloway
Frederick A. Burnham
The
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company of New York
Johnson
Boston
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