Protruding Piles Cured by Dr Chase's Ointment Prominent letters
An advertisement style compilation asserts Dr Chase's Ointment cures protruding piles with testimonials from Captain Wm. Smith of Revelstoke and Mrs. Captain Clinansmith of Essex. It promotes the ointment as a genuine cure and lists price and availability in Toronto. The piece includes other ads for dyspepsia remedies and dental cure claims, plus a joke from the Chicago News.
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Captain Clinansmith
Salvation Army
Essex
Ont
Dr. Chase
Reading magazines burdens mind in Louisville courier tale
In a Louisville Courier Journal item Minard's Liniment is praised for cures while a man frets over business and jokes about reading six magazines. A playful exchange compares vision and sight, as the Philadelphia Record notes.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Summer Complaints Deadly to Little Ones
An old advertisement warns that early summer illness can be deadly for infants and promotes Baby's Own Tablets as preventive and curative. It urges keeping the remedy in every home with young children and cites a testimonial from Mrs. P. Laroche of Les Fonds Quebec about last summer.
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P. Laroche
Les Fonds
Perilous perch on Tyrolean pinnacle
A climber recalls a two night standoff on a sheer rock ledge near Kitzbühel in Tyrol. He jettisoned boots and rifle to avoid a dangerous drop and used a rope and improvised ascent to reach safety, surviving hunger and fear before being recognized by a peasant woman at a nearby dwelling.
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Tyrol
Europe
W. A. Baillie
Iroham
Kitzbubel
Chamois
Wanted a Clerk Who Can Increase Business Across the Trade
A merchant outlines the hunt for a skilled clerk who can grow business and be trusted to act even when the boss is away. He emphasizes fair pay for good service, noting two kinds of clerks: those in demand and those employers seek to discard.
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Twin City
His Just Deserts
Smith slaps Jones on the back in a greeting and wagers fifty dollars on whether Jones recalls him. Jones responds with an icy stare and passes on.
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Smith
Jones
Lippincott’s
Fruit Hat Described in 19th Century Banter
A Baltimore American quip recalls a wife's millinery hunt ending in a peach basket hat trimmed with apples peaches and grapes. The playful exchange asks if readers desire more fruit than that in fashion humor.
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Baltimore American
Aim to Succeed and Declare Yourself to Achieve
A Success Magazine writer argues that declaring strong ambition reshapes perception. When others see you are dead serious and focused, they respect your stand, avoid time wasters, and may imitate your disciplined example.
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Haring
Success Magazine
A Woman's Way Untangles a Busy Departure
A woman speaks of exhaustion from weeks of preparation before a planned weeklong trip, describing her fatigue to a companion in a brief conversational scene from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Fly pads claim to kill disease-carrying flies
U S government scientists warn the common house fly spreads typhoid, diphtheria, and smallpox while Wilson's Fly Pads are touted to kill flies and germs. The page also includes a cryptic joke and a cartoon caption about courting a man of means and timing of visits.
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U. S
Wilson
Dr Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial Promoted as Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr J D Kelloggs Dysentery Cordial as a standard, highly concentrated remedy for summer complaints with sedative curative qualities, trusted by thousands over many years. A separate anecdote from the Washington Star describes a barefoot boy breaking his fishing pole and pondering punishment for mischief after a day without a bite.
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J. D. Kellogg
Washington Star
Minards Liniment credited for chest injury recovery
A Digby County resident reports a fall left a bruised chest and breathing pain. After trying various liniments, one bottle of Minards Liniment heated and applied to the chest cured the injury completely, per the testimonial from H. Aaa of Rossway.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Best Friends Split Over Summer Cottage Row
A quarrel between two women over a summer rental ended friendship. One party claims the other breached terms, leading to a dispute that made headlines in their town.
Marine Eye Remedy Ad and Miscellaneous Snippets
An advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago for relieving red weak weary watery eyes with input from experienced physicians. The copy notes a illustrated Eye Book and drugstore availability. Also mentions Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for children. Contains quoted jokes from Cleveland Leader and Punch about Derby betting.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
England's Next King A Portrait From Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly portrays the Prince of Wales as intellectually different from his father. He lacks quick wit, relies on awkward public speaking, and prefers a naval life. While not scandal prone, his private remarks show blunt speech and strong political views. The piece foresees a decorous but possibly dull reign, yet manageable.
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Prince of Wales
George III
Harper’s Weekly
Motorboat weed cutter clears canals in Egypt
The London Globe notes a motorboat equipped with a weed cutting attachment operates by a V shaped knife system driven from the propeller shaft. The boat trails along the waterway bottom cutting roots, claimed to clear up to five acres per hour, tackling weed growth that chokes canals and other waterways.
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Egypt
London Globe
Washable Straps In Cars On Third Avenue Line
The New York Herald reports new open pay-as-you-enter straps in Third avenue cars covered by a white celluloid enamel. Straps will be cleaned daily washed with a sponge and can be perfumed and disinfected if needed. The board of health approves the safe sanitation innovation to prevent bacteria. The straps will be installed across the car system soon.
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Third Avenue
New York Herald
Antiquity of Tin in Phoenician Tyre Trade
The text notes tin and bronze existed in Tyre around 1000 B.C. Tyre, a Phoenician port on Syria's coast, is often cited in tin and Cornwall histories. It highlights Phoenician merchants and traders in the ancient tin trade.
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Tyre
Syria
Cornwall
Car
How did they keep the dot under him
A fragment from Circle Magazine humorously riffs on a boy turning into an interrogation point. The speaker recalls a cartoonish image and a quip about maintaining the dot beneath the figure, prompting a wry question from Cas.
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Clifford
Cas
Circle Magazine
Strathcona Gifts Push McGill Endowments Over One Million
Lord Strathcona’s latest major contributions raise McGill University’s total gifts to just over a million dollars. Notable items include 16,000 for Royal Victoria College and 104,692 to expand medical faculty facilities, plus endowments for pathology, hygiene, botany, and pension funds, among others.
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Strathcona
McGill
Lord Strathcona
McGill University
Royal Victoria College
Carleton Road
Medical
Donald
Etrathcona Hall
T YD. King
Pension Fund
Leandois Endowment
Campbell Memories
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Featured for Delicate Women
An advertisement touts Parmelees Vegetable Pills as safe for delicate women. It claims mild effective action without violent pains or purging, with thousands of female users testifying to their beneficial results for digestive disorders.
Family woes and witty quips echo in old Boston paper
Light humor and domestic anecdotes appear in a Boston Transcript item with cheeky exchanges about wills and a joke on parental tactics. A caller asks Harold how he would handle naughty children and he replies with a laconic dig at his own childhood behavior.
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Detroit Free Press
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Cleveland
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Marks
Boston Transcript
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