Pink Pills Promise Health For Women Of All Ages
A testimonial style advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for correcting a link between weak blood and female health problems. It claims to restore color, reduce fainting, and improve digestion, with a personal endorsement from Mrs Eagles of Dundas Ontario and a Dec 19 historic tone. The piece also mentions prices and the Brockville Ontario company.
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Dr. Williams
A. Eagles
Dundas
Ont
Beneft
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co
Brockville
Parmeless Vegetable Pills Advertises Quick Stomach Relief
The Kansas City Journal cites Parmeless Vegetable Pills as a fast remedy for melancholy and disordered stomach, claiming they restore stomach action and bring relief. The ad asserts thousands of proven cases and urges use by the wise.
Reward for Catarrh Cure Ad From 19th Century Notice
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The notice, signed by F. J. Cheney and the firm Walding Kinnan Mangty, claims honesty and financial ability to fulfill promises and markets the product at 75 cents per bottle, with testimonials free and Druggists selling Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A humorous quote about beginning and ending a novel follows.
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Hal
Cheney
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Waalding, Kinnan & Mangty
Hall
Minards Liniment Lumbermans Friend Advertisement
An old advertisement proclaims Minards Liniment as a lumberman’s friend, pairing it with a joke about hailstorm insurance being as vital as fire insurance. A farmer dismisses the hailstorm idea as impossible, reflecting the era’s didactic marketing tone.
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Fliegende Blaeter
Dead Spring Ghost Herald by Isabel Mackay
A poem recalls last spring’s promise as I hear the season’s approach. The door opens to welcome Spring yet a dead ash figure chills the heart. The speaker longs for song and glow while the ghostly sign of renewal lingers as a remembered hope.
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Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Old Timers Banquet Marks Ottawa Heritage and Ottawa’s Rise
The Canadian Club of Ottawa hosted a banquet for surviving Senators and the First Parliament members on November 6, recalling Ottawa’s early days. It traces Ottawa’s growth from a small rail hub to Canada’s capital, noting key milestones from 1357 to 1866 and the legal seat of government clause in the British North America Act.
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Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Club of
Sir Charles Dilke
Cra
Greater Britain
Dominion
Hole In the Woods
Toronto
Montreal
Bytown
Parliament House
Galt
Sir Richard Cartwright
Ottawa and
Prescott
Sir Richard
Rideau Canal
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Legislature of Canada
R. W. Scott
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Woman's Gentle Art Propels Bashful Suit
A gentleman recalls how his shy approach to proposing to his wife worked. He walked out with her often, she inferred intent, and when he casually asked if she would marry, she replied she might. He then proposed, and they fixed the day on the spot.
Subtle Self Praise by Moltke and Beacons Geid Quip
The passage notes Moltke resisting grand comparisons by claiming he never commanded a retreat, a sly self compliment. It also cites Bismarck’s wry remark that the next ablest plenipotentiary at Berlin was Lord Beacons Geid, delivered with a grim smile.
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Moltke
Caesar
Turenne
Marborough
Wellington
Bismarck
Lord Beacons Geid
Zam-Buk Claims Cure After Sixty Year Leg Ailment
Mrs J Minnwtt of 199 Thurbers Ave Providence Rhode Lefanc says Zam-Buk cured a leg infection that resisted doctors for sixty years. She describes years of pain, hospital stays, and a voyage bed confinement before Zam-Buk eased discharge and pain and finally cured the wound. Zam-Buk promotes herbal power for sores eczema ringworm varicose ulcers and more with outlets at 50c per box or three boxes for $1.25 from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
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East Suffolk
Zam-Buk
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Alibi for a Bound Library Leaves Cut by Secretary
A New Yorker buys a bound library and its wealthy owner assigns his secretary to cut the leaves in every book. The secretary says family members may not read them, but he wants visitors to see at least that literature is not neglected in the house.
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Linew
London Finest City of Great Britain
London stands supreme as the finest city of Great Britain. The note contrasts Edinburgh Dublin Oxford and Canterbury for learning beauty streets and cathedrals, but London is proclaimed the top city.
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Great Britain
Edinburgh
Dublin
Oxford
Canterbury
Old Cathedral
London
Root garden turns profit claims $30,000 in a summer
A Boston Transcript quip asserts a gardener earned thirty thousand dollars in one summer from less than an acre by cultivating roots. The claim is presented as a humorous comparison about gardening profitability.
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Boston Transcript
The Best Way Says Franklin on Earning Money
An Atchison Globe quotation credits Ben Franklin with the idea that the best way to find money is to earn it, praising his wisdom as timeless guidance for wealth.
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Ben Fraiklin
Atchison Globe
Talkative Judges or Silent Ones Debate Bench Demeanor
A Law Journal note weighs talkative judges against silent ones. It argues that a garrulous judge may divert counsel from vital points and lengthen proceedings while a silent judge leaves advocates guessing what is on the mind. Overall talkativeness may be preferable to complete quiet.
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Law Journal
Elgar Flew Kites and Wit in a Philadelphia Ledger
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes Sir Edward Elgar once enjoyed kite flying and naturalist interests. The piece moves to a mother’s care for healthy children free of worms, touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, and includes a courtroom quip about memory and lawyers. It ends with an advertisement urging Minard's products.
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Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Animals that Kill for Sport Across Species
A nature writer recalls numerous instances of predators and birds killing animals not for food. Wolves, wildcats, raccoons, foxes, martens, mink, otters, house cats, squirrels, and birds such as shrikes and goshawks are cited as killing hens, ducks, fish, and poultry for sport rather than sustenance.
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Maine
Mount Desert Island
Soup-Cervier
Loup-Cervier
Adventurous French climber plants blue flag on Basel peak
In Basel Switzerland a bold French traveler pursued a difficult ascent despite danger. After two attempts he reached the summit and claimed triumph by planting a blue silk flag bearing his name. An English guest at the same hotel later seized his prize through daring theft.
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Basel
Switzerland
Gopaltenborn
Hote
Sing Ho the Suburbanite Brings Home Spring Goods
Sing ho the gay suburbanite carts hoses rakes mower blades seeds peas beans screens and other items. He carries packages homeward as Spring returns, marking the season in the suburbs with plenty.
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Sing Ho
Simple and Cheap Dr Parmelees Vegetable Pills
Simple cheap medicine praised as effective for digestive regulation. The ad touts Dr Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as easy to obtain and suitable for the poor, claiming they offer beneficial relief and avoid doctor bills.
Unclear dialogue excerpt with Brack-Ins remark
A fragmentary exchange describes a character Brack-Ins as bald and a plan to make another person believe the speaker never noticed it. The line ends with a truncated quote, indicating a tense, sly moment in a larger conversation.
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Mary
Atchison
Kansas City Journal
Minard
Dodds
N. U. No
Sia
First Parliament
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
England
U.S. America
New York
Llnite
East Canada
Church St
the World's Measure Tailors
Winnipeg
The
West
Curzon Bros
Henderson Bros
Garry Street
Eddy
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