Dr Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine for Bronchitis
An ad touts Dr Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine as a cure for bronchitis and its progression to pneumonia. It claims rapid relief, easier expectoration, and prevention of lung inflammation, citing a testimonial from James F. Thompson of Yonge Mills Ontario and listing price at 25 cents a bottle.
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Chase
James F. Thompson
Yonge Mills, Leeds Co
Ont
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
It Will Prevent Ulcerated Throat Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil
A remedy claim advises a spoonful of Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil with sugar at first sore throat signs to ease irritation and prevent ulceration and swelling. The piece includes historical quips about a son of Professor Sonnenschein and a rural response to a wasp sting.
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Thomas
Comfort for Mothers Health for Children
Baby's Own Tablets offer prompt relief for indigestion colic constipation diarrhoea and teething troubles and may be given to newborns with absolute safety. A Ontario reader reports her baby’s colic and constipation resolved and sleep restored after use. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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C.L. Menery
Leamington
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Comedies of the North and the Toll of the Bush
A Toronto World reporter depicts ventures in the Gonganda country where hopeful miners and derelicts alike crowd the wilderness. The piece contrasts rapid fortunes from silver with rough lifestyle, notes on power of attorney humor, and a wary view of lawyers in a harsh frontier setting.
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A.C. Pulver
Toronto
Gonganda
Visitor’s Eye View of Toronto Exposes Colonial Charms
Glasgow official Mr James R Motion tours Toronto with Mr George Wright and Mrs Wright. Motion admires Montreal architecture and Toronto’s colonial sights but grows silent as Wright chats. Wright’s playful tone and gratitude reveal Canadian impressions on return to Glasgow.
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James R. Motion
Glasgow
George Wright
Walker House
Toronto
Halifax
Wright
Montreal
Motion
Toronto With Mr. and Mrs. Wright
Mrs. Wright
Mr. Wright
Mr. Motion
Colonies
Canada
Notable Educationists Retiring from Manitoba College
The West sees the retirement of Dr Bryce and Prof Hart of Manitoba College Winnipeg marking a closing chapter in education. Bryce, bold and public minded, wrote histories and pamphlets on the West while Hart, quiet and scholarly, focused on classroom work and occasional pulpit duties. Bryce hails from Brant County and is brother to a government immigration official. Hart was born in Paisley Scotland and was the lone Church of Scotland minister in Manitoba at union.
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Bryce
Hart
Manitoba College
Winnipeg
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Art
Manitoba
Hudson Bay Co
West
Dr. Bryce
Brant County
P. H. Bryce
Dominion Government
Paisley
Scotland
Church of Scotland
Marriage Links Coats Heiress to Douro Heir of Wellington
Mise Maud Coats marries the Marquess Douro son of the Duke of Wellington. Her father, a controller at J and P Coats Limited, leads a Paisley cotton firm employing over ten thousand. The business began in 1824 when James Coats started alone, later expanding under Peter and Thomas Coats. current authorized capital stands at 59.9 million.
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Mise Maud Coats
Douro
Duke of Wellington
J. and P. Coats, Limited
James Coats
Peter
Thomas
J. End P. Coats
King's Maundy Gifts Through the Centuries
A historical feature outlines the Royal Maundy from 1363 through modern times, noting king age based distributions of gold coin gifts to seniors, the ceremonial procession at Westminster Abbey, and the four children funded for education. It recalls past monarchs, gift types, and the Yeomen guard.
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England
Edward III
James II
Whitehall
Westminster Abbey
Minard's Liniment Praised by Suffering Patient
A letter from Nauwigewauk dated October 21 describes illness with quinsy and relief after using Minard's Liniment. The writer Mrs. C. D. Prince says the remedy cured her at once and she is never without it.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
C. D. Prince
Nauwigewauk
Dream Terror and Hypnotism Anecdotes From Old Papers
Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos notes dream fear can be absurd and causeless, recounting a half awake man fleeing a dread dream of being chased by blotting paper. Also cited are 19th century quips about Worm Exterminator fame and a joke exchange on perjury in a courtroom.
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John Duncan Quackenbos
New York
Dr. Quackenbos
Rochester Herald
Ask for Minard's and take no other
Teacher Tommy asks if an improper fraction should be mentioned in front of many people. The Chicago Tribune records the exchange about numbers and examples.
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Minard
Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Remarkable Removals Across Towns and Waters
A crowd gathering tale of rare church relocations and moving feats. Leigh on Sea saw a church transported by traction engine with streets blocked for days. Glasgow in 1299 moved St. Bride’s Episcopal Church up steep routes to Hyndland road using jacks pegs rails and three engines. Dalhousie New Brunswick witnessed a two story frame shifted over two miles by water using lighters and a gasoline launch. A hydro building with twenty rooms was rolled to bay edge then ferried ten miles over berges.
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Leigh-on-Sea
England
Glasgow
St. Bride's Episcopal
Beaconsfield Road
Hyndland Road
Dalhousie
New Brunswick
English novelist William J. Locke shy at public life
An anecdote portrays English novelist William J. Locke as tall and sandy complexioned, excessively timid, and reluctant to publicity. At a Lambs Club dinner he avoided time cues, then was gently ushered toward the door by a friend, arriving about thirty minutes late.
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William J. Locke
America
Mr. Locke
Locke
Liembs Club
Lambs Club
the Lambs
The
Painting Wagner Portrait From A Sittingless Start
Sir Hubert von Herkomer recounts painting the portrait of Richard Wagner without a sitting During 1877 Wagner welcomed him into his home and allowed day by day observation The artist began Friday and worked with white heat Saturday finishing in time to present the glazed framed portrait to Wagner The musician was then delighted by the result
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Wagner
Hubert von Herkomer
Richard Wagner
Wagener
Hudson Bay railway seen as wartime link to Canada
Canadian sub Arctic explorer J W Tyrell argues the Hudson Bay line could move troops from Port Churchill to Manitoba and beyond if the St Lawrence route is blocked. The line would also carry Prairie grain to Britain, with Port Churchill closer to Liverpool than Montreal and Hudson Straits stay navigable four to five months.
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J. W. Tyrell
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence
Port Churchill
Churchill River
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Liverpool
Montreal
Hudson Straits
Straits
Belle Isle
Lay for Weeks at Deaths Door in Holt Ontario
Mrs Samuel Thompson lay near death for seven months with backache swelling legs and dropsy doctors gave up but Dodd's Kidney Pills restored her health. The relief came slowly but she recovered fully and credits the pills for saving her life. If kidney disease exists Dodd's Kidney Pills may cure it.
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Bodd
Thompson
Dodd
Last Day General Miles tale of a desert cor poral
A Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a tale of a corporal in a regiment under General Miles during early Indian conflicts. He is teased for a belief in fatality and destiny. Off duty he saddles two pistols, saying they may not save him unless he meets an Apache whose last day has come.
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Miles
Enns
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Silly Silk Demand Ends With Quick Police Call
In Leeds a draper's shop used a tiny bee to run errands. A woman asked for a yard of silk and muttered nonsensical words in a loud voice. The boy fled to a nearby constable shouting that a girl in their shop had gone mad and wanted some item.
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Leeds
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New York Times
New York Sun
Holloway
Janie
Mother Graves
Cleveland
Lion‘zing Mpr
Mrs. Thompson
Poultry Peace
Carbon Oil Works, Ltd
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