County Councillor Speaks His Mind On Health and Recovery
A long message features Bryce Allan of Haldimand County praising Psychine for his recovery from illness and urging belief in the remedy. The item also notes endorsements of Psychine for coughs and wasting diseases and lists product details. It closes with a joke about a Vermonter and a Wisconsin journalist and an ad for Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Allan
Haldimand
Jarvis
Dr. T. A. Slocum, Limited
King Street West
Toronto
Blemish Cures and Humorous Snippets Mixed in Advertisement Style
An OCR fragment promotes ENGLIGH SPAVIN LINIMENT for horse blemishes and claims dramatic cures. It also quotes light dialogue about lectures and a joke about an ironworker, showcasing miscellaneous clipped items from a periodical.
Milk as a stimulant and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills
An igned note extols milk heated to high tempera ture as a refreshing stimulant for cold or fatigue, praising hot water over alcohol and promoting Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a combined laxative and intestinal aid. It closes with a cryptic exchange about horse racing.
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows
A fragment from The Wasp features humorous dialogue and ads about veterinary liniments and fashion columns. It mentions Holloway's Corn Cure for corn relief and a joke about a fashion department in a magazine. The tone imitates light satire and brand placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard
Holloway
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted as cure for rheumatism
The advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure rheumatism by building red blood and eliminating acids. It includes a testimonial from Mr Ravel Montigny of St Jerome Quebec who says swelling and pain vanished after three months of use. It lists additional claimed benefits and price information from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravel Montigny
St. Jerome, Que
Napkin Duty Sparks Caper at Breakfast Table
At the breakfast table Georgie deflects scolding from his mother by saying he uses a napkin to tie a dot to the leg of the table. Mamma insists on proper napkin use while Georgie explains his makeshift attachment dating the moment to a playful household scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Georgie
Twain recounts Virginia City reporting days at New York dinner
Mark Twain described his early reporting days in Virginia City during a publishers dinner in New York. He recalled a horse thief hurling a studded boot at a judge, missing the judge but striking a reporter instead. He noted he wrote the incident neatly in one paragraph to outdo a rival reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
New York
Virginia City
Blackguardly
Tno
Spurious Antiquities and Clever Forgers Across Ages
Forgeries of antique furniture prints china pictures plate armor ivory bronze and tapestry fool experts. Museums such as the British and Smithsonian have exposed fake artifacts including a Pattie sy plate and a mummy effigy made of putty. Gold and silver forgeries, including a Rome forged cup with a Parthenon frieze, sparked laughter and caution among connoisseurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Isis
Osiris
Smithsonian
Tyskiewicz
Italy
Syria
Rome
Sicily
Cornmeal as Everyday Food in Uncle Remus Magazine
Joel Chandler Harris highlights versatile cornmeal dishes for all meals in Uncle Remus Magazine. From breakfast batter cakes and waffles to corn pone with butter and greens, dumplings with greens, hoecake with ham gravy, and mush and milk for supper, ending with restful slumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus’ Magazine
Oversight at Dawn: Chappie Upset by Creased Pajamas
Chappie wanders his apartment in pink pajamas dawned by a rough night. His valet Alphonse deduces the source of his distress a creased trouserine in the pajamas hanging across the bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappie
Alphonse
Her Compliment Exaggerates Praise at Reception
Mrs Hall aims to compliment friends at every chance and does so with a beaming smile. An acquaintance asks about her gown at a recent reception and Mrs Hall calls it a dream saying she praised the wearer yet realized it was not. She notes she scarcely recognized the guest.
Peruna touted by Ottawa official and editor in 1908 almanac
J C Hervus Pelletier of Ottawa's Department of Agriculture says Peruna cures bronchitis and catarrh of the lungs and bronchial tubes and he has recommended it to many friends. Potlatch Herald editor R Smith says three bottles relieved his throat and bronchial catarrh. PERUNA ALMANAC FOR 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spacer
J. C. Hervus Pelletier
Peruna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vermont
Wisconsin
Washington Star
Parme'ee
West
Fast
Pittsburg
Miss Cayenne
Dodds
Ww. NU
Parmelee
Philadelphia Ledger
Pen
Wolford
J.c.hervus Pelletier
Lunds
Kendall
Buwrro
Man
John McKenna
da. B. J. Kendall CO
Enoosbur
Falls, Vermont
U.S A
Py F & Felt Shoes
Elmira Felt
Elmira
R. J. Whitla & Co., Ltd
Winnipeg
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