Old Folks' Friend Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised
An elderly Canadian veteran, Hiram Brown of Utia Place, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing gravel and kidney trouble. He reports relief from backache, headaches, dizziness, cramps, swollen limbs, and sleeplessness, calling the medicine a wonder and the Old Folks' Best Friend.
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East Mapleton
Cumberland Co
N S
Hiram Brown
Utia Place
Ives Dodd
Dsam
Dsam Seventy-Two Years of Age,” Mr. Brown
Dodd
Oil of the People Oil Ad Extols Kelectric Oil
The advertisement claims Dr Thomas Kelectric Oil endures over time, maintaining usefulness and improving its reputation each year. It asserts the product as the people’s oil, with thousands benefiting and vowing to use no other preparation.
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Thomas
Senator’s Comeback on Income Tax Stirs Debate
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, a Fellow Statesman praises a Senator’s speech supporting the income tax as one of the strongest arguments heard. The eloquent Senator responds about its effect on votes, noting its impact remains uncertain.
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Dovout
Hicago Tribune
Reward for Catarro Cure and Hall's remedy ad
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any can of Catarro not cured by Hall's Catarro Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co and Walding Kinnan & Martin Toledo as endorsers and promotes Hall's Family Pills. The clippings also include a bribery scandal anecdote and a humorous nursery exchange from the Cleveland Leader.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J Cheney
Hhis
Walding, Kinnan & Martin
Keep Minard's oiniment in the house
A traveler notes Madagascar natives perspire on one side only and muses it must be the outside. A Cajun speaker urges dancers to avoid dancing with their own sister, prompting a wry, local-voice moment.
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Madagascar
Bower Birds and Their Humorous Scrub Life
Writing to Professor James Drummond, Will Lawson details Queensland birds. He describes the bower bird colony, its elaborate woven bowers decorated with leaves and shells, and the promiscous, lively play within. The laughing jackass, stock whip bird, soldier bird, and leather-head are noted for their distinctive calls and chatter.
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James Drummond
New Zealand
Will Lawson
Queensland
Jackass
The Wonders of Tomorrow Foreseen by Edison
Edison predicts moving pictures that speak and stage effects reproduced. He envisions electric operation of trunk lines replacing locomotives and a triumphant defeat of tuberculosis and cancer. A better use of coal is anticipated to boost efficiency.
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Edison
Ills of Childhood Cure All with Baby's Own Tablets
In thousands of homes across Cana and Canada Baby's Own Tablets are touted as the sole medicine for children's ailments. The ad claims they treat stomach and bowel troubles break up worms ease teething and require no opiates or Bavonous drugs. A testimonial from Mrs. Geo Wilson of Wilsons NB endorses their reliability and urges mothers to use them. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Cana'a
Geo. Wilson
Wilson's
N.B
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Canada lacks a unifying national anthem says Colonist
The Victoria Colonist argues Canada has not yet evolved a national anthem. It notes no single figure or idea unites the public and warns that rhymesters try to fit everything in from Nova Scotia to the Klondike, producing a mere directory.
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Canada
Victoria
Nova Scotia
Klondike
Chicago Mail Order Boom Sets Postal Records
Chicago claims to be the mail order capital after a figure from the post office shows a single mailer distributed 6,000,000 catalogs weighing two ounces each. The total weight reached 450 tons with sacks at sixty-five tons. If sent by one train, thirty cars would have carried them.
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Chicago
Elderly Lady Seeks Sermon Speaks with Dr. Himself
An old woman climbs church stairs with help from a kindly man. At the top she learns the preacher is Dr. Himself and pleads to be guided away, preferring any foe to listening to him.
Spring Diet Changes and Dysentery Cure
A historically noted remedy warns that spring and summer diets irritate weak stomachs causing dysentery and cholera morbus. It urges use of Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial to clear irritants, reduce inflammation, and restore digestive function.
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J. D. Kellogg
Henpecks Plan Seaside Move Clashes With Doctor Advice
In a brief Philadelphia Inquirer exchange, Mr Henpeck declares a seaside move while the doctor cautions that the climate may not suit his wife. The couple appears confident despite medical misgivings.
Minard's Liniment Cited by Nova Scotia Horse Owners
Dalhousie and St Peter's residents report cured horses with Minard's Liniment. Christopher Saunders of Dalhousie and C B Edw Linlief of St Peter's claim relief from mange and injuries from forks. Thos W Payne of Bathurst NB notes a swelling improved by Minard's Liniment.
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Minard
Christopher Saunders
Dalhousie
St. Peter's
C.B. Edw
Linlief
Thos. W. Payne
Quote debate on voice and brains in government
A Cleveland Leader exchange notes that citizens have a voice in government while contrasting the need for brains. The dialogue reflects public sentiment on governance and competence in leadership.
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Cleveland
Fragmented Exchange Cited as a Boxing Banter
A brief, rough exchange shows taunt and plan as two boxers trade crude jests before a match. One taunts then warns against mistakes, hinting at a potential foul or error during the bout.
Holloway's Corn Cure touted for cures and own power
An old promotional excerpt praises Holloway's Corn Cure as uniquely powerful among remedies and notes its use by physicians. A classroom quip about Charles I and executioners appears, reflecting period advertising style and public trust in remedies.
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Holloway
Yule Feast Origins and the Custom of Treating
The text traces Christmas origins to Pope Telesphorus who died before 150 A D and notes the long history of Yule feasts among northern patrons. It describes wassail, carousing ale, and the house master serving a large bowl to start a circular drinking custom that evolved into the American practice of treating.
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Telesphorus
Rapid Photograph Printing Machinery Advances Amateur Photo Work
A large stereo view company operates a printing machine capable of producing 1,500 photographs per hour. The device adjusts to the required exposure length, runs continuously, and uses suction to feed sensitized paper from negative to an electric exposure, then to development and mounting.
Pigs Fattened On Grass Meet Mountain Humor
A Norfolk farmer in the Welsh mountains encounters a mountaineer driving pigs to pasture. The farmer questions the plan and is told the pigs will be fattened on grass, while the mountaineer cheekily notes that time matters little to a hang.
Quote exchange hints at blame in fate discussion
In a terse dialogue a husband and wife debate fate and responsibility. The wife asserts that what is to come will occur, while the husband questions the outcome and acknowledges possible fault or guilt.
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