Scarlet Fever Strikes in Household During Car Bon Exhibition
A diarist recounts falling ill with fever after a trip to Car bon City and the Exhibition. Dr McMurray confirms scarlet fever while Mrs Bingham, a former nurse, locates quarantine and care, keeping Sunny safe and nursing the narrator at home for six long weeks.
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Mrs. Bingham
Carbon City
Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Endorsed in Nova Scotia Letter
A Nova Scotia reader from Kirkwood Inverness County endorses Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills noting long kidney illness relief and headaches after using a few boxes. He also praises Dr Chase's Ointment and urges others with kidney problems to try the remedies. Pills priced 25 cents a box available from Edmanson Co Limited Torcate.
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Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Co., Limited
Torcate
Nursing memoirs of convalescence and letters from friends
The narrator recalls illness and a long recovery, thanking donors and friends who helped during confinement. Mr Paget Mr Livingstone and Sister Lillian send music and care. Mary Little Bear Mary Mills and Mrs Bingham provide letters meals and support while Nurse Bingham reflects on nursing life and romance among patients.
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Paget
Mr. Livingstone
Tiividson
Lee
Mary Little Bear
Gypsy Fiske
Winnipeg
Mills
Hartford
O'Hara
Mr .Livingstone
Sunny
Elinor
Don Livingstone
Sunny X Bingham
Mark
Saskatchewan
Kellogg Asthma Remedy Promises Relief At Low Cost
Thousands have spent much on asthma cures with little relief yet Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claims notable benefit for a small price. The advertisement asserts it as a nationally effective remedy and available through local dealers.
Devilfish or Skate A Brownie Tale Explains
Stella the Fairy explains to Pimzie and friends that the creature called a Devilfish is actually a Skate a batlike fish with winglike fins. The Brownies learn the skate grows up to twenty four feet long and weighs about two tons before heading to swim in the Get Little Pool.
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Pimzie
Stella
Zie
Snookums
Lorykins
Germany’s Nitrogen Output Surges Postwar
Dr. J A Marker warned the Allies that Germany’s nitrogen production has more than doubled since before the war. He said Germany could reach 200000 tons annually, enabling self sufficiency in nitrate for munitions and fertilizer, raising concern over treaty enforcement and postwar power dynamics.
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Doub
Great Britain
England
Hermany
British Association
J. A. Marker
Ministry of Munitions
Germany
Dr. Marke
Catarrhozone Promises Relief for Colds and Bronchial Ailments
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a natural remedy for throat rattles, chest soreness, and catarrh. It claims to clear the nose, ease bronchial distress, and heal throat and lung troubles with a two month supply available in small and trial sizes from dealers of the Catarrhozone Co in Montreal.
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Widow’s Mite Yields Hidden Bond Prize
A Chaleroi widow Mis queliers, facing poverty, sells her only security a $20 municipal premium bond. The broker reveals the bond was drawn 12 years ago and carries a prize of $30,000, transforming her dire situation.
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Chaleroi
Misqueliers
Miller's Worm Powders Restore Health in Children
Health cannot be looked for in the child that is subject to worm. Worms destroy health by creating internal disturbances that retard development and cause weakness. Miller's Worm Powders expel worms and restore healthfulness, removing discomforts and dangers of worm infection and assuring growth.
Mock Job Interview Echoes Harsh Recruitment
The employer declares the boy must be strong. The candidate boasts he has just thrashed thirteen others waiting to see the employer, signaling a brutal, aggressive hiring scene.
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Guv'nor
Rheumatism cure touted by Crofton resident
A Crofton reader, Melville Collinson, credits Dr. Pierces Anuric Tablets with curing years of inflammatory rheumatism and rheumatic fever after hospital treatment failed. The advertisement emphasizes kidney and uric acid links to rheumatism and urges trial by sending ten cents or requesting free medical advice.
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Crofton
B. C
Dr. Pierce
Bridgeburg
Ont
First Man Cremated in U S Began American Cremation
Col Henry Laurens revolutionary patriot was the first person cremated in the United States. Born in Charleston South Carolina he died December 8 1792 on his plantation near Charleston. In his will he asked his body be wrapped in tow cloth and burned to ashes. The request was carried out and marked the start of cremation in America.
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Molly
United States
Henry Laurens
Charleston
America
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Gains Favor in England Market
Saskatchewan butter sent to a major British house met with favorable reception in London. It is the first shipment direct from the province to a British firm under Government grade certificate this year. Saskatchewan pushes to become the Dominion’s premier dairy province with 34 of 55 creameries having mechanical refrigeration and 1,859,070 cubic feet of refrigeration space.
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Saskatchewan
England
Department of Agriculture
Dominion
The Coon Delivers Papers to J. P. Morgan
After hours at Kuhn, Loeb & Co a black porter is sent to J. P. Morgan Co with urgent papers. Morgan asks who he is and the porter replies I am the coon of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, highlighting the era's racial stereotype.
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Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. P Morgan
J. P. Morgan Company
Morgan
Rastus
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgen
de Coon
Who Helped the Turks and the Smyrna Catastrophe
A World War era critique names those who enabled Turkey to wage war despite its exhaustion. It argues those powers bear responsibility for the destruction of Smyrna, asserting creditors and allies enabled Ottoman forces to continue fighting amid debt and weakness.
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Turkey
Smyrna
Indianapolis News
New Eastern Canada booklet on agricultural opportunities
The Department of Immigration and Colonization has printed a new edition titled Eastern Canada. It provides up to date information on agricultural opportunities in the eastern Canadian provinces and is ready for distribution.
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Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
California Fig Syrup Promises Quick Relief for Constipation
Mothers are urged to use California Fig Syrup to open a child’s bowels within hours. The ad claims a fruity taste helps sick children, with dosage guidance printed on the bottle and a warning to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
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California
Audience Response Described as Gentle Noise
The remark notes the crowd’s reaction as subdued and quiet, comparing the clamor to a rubber heel on a feather mattress and indicating only modest applause.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted for Daughters
Mrs Joan Toms of Cobourg Ontario reports her daughter, weakened and nervous with back and side pain, improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy heals monthly troubles and has helped many women over fifty years.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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