How Winchester Guns and Cartridges Are Made
Winchester Repeating Arms Company builds repeating rifles and shotguns plus ammunition with careful material selection and modern manufacturing. Expert testing and inspections at every stage prove Winchester cartridges are superior while remaining affordable compared with inferior makes and sold through hardware and sporting goods dealers.
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Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Winchester
Winchester Company
Lightning strikes Speeder’s automobile claim in dispute
Speeder asserts his car was struck by lightning during an event. The opposing account argues the lightning hit a neighboring object, not the vehicle, leaving the dispute unresolved.
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Speeder
Hamlins Wizard Oil Ad Quotation From Boston Transcript
A cited quotation extols Hamlins Wizard Oil as a fair family remedy and emergency aid. It contrasts a Western cyclone report with a skeptical lender remark about mortgages, framing the product as a trusted household companion.
Dolly Auber Portrait Compared By Polly
A quip about a portrait by Dolly Auber. Polly quips that the likeness resembles an old maid, while acknowledging the painting's quality and style as an old master resemblance. The exchange highlights humor over art.
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Dolly— Auber
Polly
Edo Riade
Dr Chase's Ointment Offers Relief for Eczema
The ad explains eczema causes and symptoms and touts Dr Chase's Ointment as soothing and curative. It claims rapid relief from itching, cleansing of sores, and long term improvement. It endorses home use and lists a price of 40 cents per box with Toronto distributors.
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Dr. Chase
al Cealers
Edmonseon
Toronto
Wrong House Robbery Tale Surprises In Hoodlum Fray
Robinson finishes linoleum in the kitchen then retires leaving gear about. Bill Sikes and a companion break in through a kitchen window in the early morning. A scuffle follows when Samuel slips inside and a blow strikes Bill in the eye after a miscommunication about taking off boots.
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Robinson
Bill Sikes
Bill
Samuel
Economy in Feeding With Beav er Manufacturing Co. Product
Good pasture substitutes are fragrant and sweet while dry foods lack these qualities. Proper digestion prevents waste and protects health. For twenty-five years Herbageum has reliably replaced essential digestive traits economically. Monthly costs stay below specified limits per animal class. Manufactured by Beaver Manufacturing Company Limited of Galt Ontario.
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Beaver Manufacturing Company, Limited
Galt
Ontario
Just Retribution on Verandah Heat Returns Phonograph Demand
A Buffalo Express clip quotes a sharp exchange about July heat and a phonograph. The remark questions why a man was thrown from a verandah, implying a friction over cooling and music during hot weather. The item captures colonial-era dialogue and social irony.
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Buffalo Express
Parmelees Vegetable Pills praised for stomach regulation
A historical notice extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as unmatched stomach regulators derived from vegetable compounds. It claims years of use prove faultless character and notes the pills will continue to lead standard preparat ions in maintaining normal stomachic function.
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Parmelee
Dr Deepsearch Finds New Diseases in Vast Sum
A playful Boston Tran script quotes a scientist praised for discovering over thirty new diseases. The dialogue notes the challenge of curing them all, humorously suggesting the task may belong to others.
Fire department battles distillery blaze last night
A Cleveland Plaindealer report notes the full fire department fought a severe blaze at a distillery last night. Responders worked hard to save the property, though a second alarm was not needed.
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Cleveland Plaindealer
Sunday School Tevener Question on Bible Ages
A playful exchange during Sunday school centers on belief in biblical ages. Willie asks which part is doubted, and Tevener notes the midsection contains the family ages kept as a point of curiosity.
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Wilie
Willie
Young Man Frown the Country- Quote on Cemetery Route
A quip from a city boy to a country youth prompts a cautionary exchange about directions to a cemetery. The humor hinges on the boy’s blunt streetwise remark about standing on electric car rails to reach the destination.
Fairy tale twist awakens Catherine with question about Pussy Cat
A grandmother rocking her 20 year old cousin Catherine tells a fairy story. As the tale reaches the part about a fairy with yellow eyes, Catherine, believed asleep, suddenly sits up and asks if the fairy's name was Pussy Cat.
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Grandmother
Catherine
Pussy Cat
Small Bert Says He Is Washing Rips Between Fingers
A mother asks why her son lingers at washing. He replies he is nearly finished, simply cleaning the rips between his fingers, a playful mispronunciation reflecting a child’s care of hygiene.
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Small Bert
Four Year Old Pleads For Relief From Heat
On a warm day Thelma, a four year old, ran indoors crying that she felt too hot and needed her clothes removed. Them mother complied as the child complained she was a whole petticoat too hot.
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Thelma
Pointed and Pointless Hicks You Keen Duplicates
Exchange humor notes two professors joking about old letters and self reflection. A Firet Trustee quips that the ancient institution of learning will fall unless actions are taken. A Second Trustee laments rising tuition nearly one percent of fraternity fees.
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Firet
Puck
No tender romance between Jonesey and Mrs Blondey
An exchange from Harper's Weekly portrays Witherell teasing Jonesey about a rumored romance. Jonesey denies affection toward Mrs Blondey, noting they share a birthday and implying she fears his knowledge could reveal something to others. The light exchange hints at social tension and hidden dislikes.
Not birthplace but home of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
The Washington Star notes that Canada was not the birthplace of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil, yet it is the home of the famous compound whose name spread to Central and South America, the West Indies, Australia and New Zealand. The item contrasts being a poet with a musician, suggesting poets face fewer disturbances while practicing.
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Canada
Thomas
Central
South America
West Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Reward for Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Local Druggists
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, supported by Walding Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale druggists, attest Cheney's honesty and ability. Advertises 75 cent bottle price and nationwide sale by druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Includes a rural dialect joke from Birmingham Age Herald.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Remark on rifle sighting from military humor Punch style
In a Punch cartoon fragment a private jokes that removing the bolt and locking through the barrel makes a man fit inside at 300 yards while an officer questions the remark. The exchange ends with the private noting he already knew it.
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Omver
Twins Birth Prompts Quiet Schoolyard Surprise
A white-robed nurse calmly explains to a father that the newborns are a girl and a boy, describing one ball player and one suffragette as the amusing, unexpected comparison in a Detroit Free Press excerpt.
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Detroit Free Press
Cuticura Remedies Prove Life Saving for Eczema Stricken Child
A Scottish mother writes of suffering from chronic eczema in her child and credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for soothing, healing, and curing the condition after other treatments failed. Similar testimonials from Detroit emphasize relief and calmer nights. The ad asserts Cuticura remedies offer rapid relief for itching burning and rash in children.
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Nikere
John Ewan
Victoria Mt
Inverurie
Scotland
America
Enys
M. A. Peawent
Springwells Ave
Detroit
Olied
Jane
Eqn
Touxeheid
Tapestries May Leave England For America Offer Rejected
Mortlake tapestries once saved for England face possible sale to the United States after the Duke of Rutland received a 75000 dollar bid. Booth Kensington and the National Art Collectors Fund cannot top the offer. Seven pieces, in good condition, were made for King Charles, later sold to Lord Haddon, and now reside in Belvoir Castle chapel.
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England
Raphael
America
Duke of Rutland
Booth Kensington
National Art Collectors’ Fund
Althugh
Mortlake
Victorian Albert Museum
Belvoir Castle
South Kensington
Brussels
Charles
Oliver Cromwell
Lord Haddon
Haddon Hall
Melba’s Return to Australia Sparks Delighted Anticipation
The celebrated soprano Mme Melba plans another visit to Australia where she remains immensely popular. She shares tales of her compatriots’ delightful impudence, recalling an incident in which an eager gallery patron urged her to skip the third and sing Home Sweet Home. Melba notes her father David Mitchell, a strict Presbyterian in Melbourne, never heard her sing publicly until her zenith tour years ago.
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Mme. Melba
Australia
Nelle
Sweet Holme
David Mitchell
Melbourne
Rich Duke of Westminster Faces Rugby of Danger in Sports
The Duke, famed for Mayfair Belgravia holdings, has endured polo collarbone injuries and multiple spills in hunting and boating. He has long pursued aviation and motoring, earning about $50 weekly, and once crossed the Atlantic as a ship stoker for hands-on engine experience while serving in South Africa.
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Duke of Westminster
Solent
South Africa
Atlantic
England
Mayfair
Belgravia
Kitcheners Splendid Manager at Coronation Efforts
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, famed for military organization, was chosen to manage the handling of nearly 10,000 esnidhera brought to London for the coronation. His orders filled a 912 page volume detailing army links to the week's events, and his effort ran smoothly without a hitch.
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Kitchener
Bribery on the Cricket Field
A. C. MacLaren, the famed English cricketer, was held at long on as a powerful hit came his way. He kept his eye on the ball and waited for its descent. A vociferous supporter shouted a bribe urging him to miss, but MacLaren did not falter and completed the catch.
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A. C. MacLaren
MacLaren
Pretty Forgetful Silk Reminder Causes Confusion
"You forgot w get that silk for me?" she asks. "I tied tat strip of cloth around your finger this very Morning to remind you." The husband stares at the strip and exclaims he cannot recall how he hurt his Soger, realizing his memory lapse.
The Ambassador's Trousers at Musselburga Golf Links
Golf champion Harry Varden recounts a North Berwick tale from Musselburga where a caddy, saluting a passing ambassador, is asked if he knows the ambassador. The lad replies that phase is his trousers he has on, a humorous mishearing that plays on words.
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Harry Varden
North Berwics Links
Viewan
Musselburga
Sunflower Philosophy on Reliability and Perception
Quote laden reflection notes people and objects as unreliable like thermometers. It observes a boy’s view of a policeman’s star and the healthful parity of sunrise and sunset. It warns that airplanes hurry yet may stop unexpectedly and mocks inept marksmen in a brigade at target practice on the cuspidor.
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Atchison, Kan
Globe
Jones Grumbles Over Joke In Sunday School Picnic Row
A Detroit Free Press item cites Jones grumbling that his wife cannot take a joke as he jokes about his father attaining prominence by being named chair man of the athletic events at a Sunday school picnic. The judge notes the amusing exchange.
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Detroit Free Press
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Sharpen Liver Action
Impurities in the blood stem from liver defects and show as pimples and blotches on the skin. For thin persons there is no more effective internal remedy than Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. They act on the liver to stimulate healthy processes and improve blood purity.
Not Literary Sells Wilsons Fly Pads Imitations Warned
A Boston Transcript quips about a literary man versus a novelist and warns readers against imitations of Wilsons Fly Pads. The notice emphasizes choosing Wilsons over inferior copies.
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Boston Transcript
Wilson
Would-Be Yacht Names Spark Witty Banter
In a playful exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald, a reader quips that high wealth could buy a fine yacht, while another retorts that naming it is the hard part, noting the difficulty of avoiding overused names.
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Chicago
Hera‘d
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff and a Gossip Note
A fragment from Puck quotes Mrs Tichler recalling a scandal about the Broadhead girl. Mrs Chatter recalls she married for love, reflecting society gossip about marriages and remedies.
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Minard
Say That Isn’t the Toota T Wanted Pulled
A short dialogue from the Boston Transcript features a dentist and two speakers. The exchange centers on a joke about borrowing money from a pessimist, noting that such a person never expects repayment. The piece reads like a light quip or joke item in a periodical.
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Pellent
Boston Transcript
Orator Charms Atlanta Audience Then Sparks Move to Congress
A quoted exchange from the Atlanta Constitution depicts a speaker's charm and a sharp jab about political service. The remark suggests strong oratory can propel a figure into Congress or prompt dissent about his tenure.
Parrot and Raven Trade Feathers Mocking Exchange
A feathered encounter features a parrot boasting finer plumage and a raven retorting with a sharp call about different pinions, highlighting a playful clash of avian personalities.
Banana Offer at Dawn Confused Shopper Request
A customer asks the grocer for cucumbers in an early morning exchange. The clerk replies there are only bananas available. The brief scene captures a humorous miscommunication over stock.
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Stoker
Duke
Congress
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Greener
Empire Gun
P. P.D.F
Martin Bole
Wynne Co
Winnipeg
The
National Drug and Chemical Co
Calgary
Henderson Bros. Co. Ltd
van Oaver
Wellington
Chas. C. Punchard & Co
Ont
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