New Blood and Vigor From Dr Chase's Nerve Food
A health advertisement explains that Dr Chase's Nerve Food builds red blood to restore vigor and address weakness. Personal testimonials from Ontario users claim relief from nervous headaches and general health improvements with this blood-building remedy priced at 50 cents per box or six for $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Gould
Purdy, Hastings Co
Ont
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Conch Shell Lore and Odd Remedies in Old Writings
A collection of brief excerpts noting the value of a right twisting conch in Indian rites, a Calcutta sale with reserve of one lac rupees bought for £4000, plus various health and satire items. The Conch piece contrasts mystic beliefs with a priced sale and other period snippets on cholera remedies and jokes from Strand Magazine and Philadelphia Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Allahabad
Witty Replies Spread Through Historic Anecdotes
A collage of classic quips from Beaton social circles and famed figures. A settlement worker references misfortune with a sharp retort to a pro tégé about a black eye. Douglas Jerrold, John Wesley, and Lord Kitchener are cited in brief, sharp anecdotes about quick, clever replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaton
Boston Record
Douglas Jerrold
a_ bore
Jerrold
John Wesley
Weasley
Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
St. James Park
Bellman
Mare heals after wire fence injury helps by Minarn's stronger
A Weymouth letter reports a mare badly bruised by a wire fence healing with Minarn's stronger salve. After three weeks the wounds improved with hair regrowth and no whitening, despite prior unsuccessful medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bell
Workmen's Compensation Act Takes Effect
The new Workmen's Compensation Act took effect on July 1. It covers manual laborers domestic servants and others earning up to 1250. Compensation caps at five dollars per week for incapacity with 50 percent of average earnings as the base. Benefits continue during incapacity and may be renewed by annuity. Death benefits range from 750 to 1500.
Australia’s wine crop in 1907 promises record quality
The 1907 vintage stands as one of Australia’s finest with abundant rains. Phylloxera in northeast Victoria damages vines gradually, but reconstruction on resistant stocks aims to boost output in a few years. South Australia reports excellent crops across districts, with some varieties failed but others abundant, yielding similar quantity but much better quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Victoria
South Australia
Health of the Human Race and a Boxing Lesson
Dr Senn in Leslie's Weekly argues disease prevention will erase consumption and that surgery has nearly reached its peak with future simplification. He predicts better public health for mankind through preventive medicine and medical progress. A boxing instructor tale follows about a student reconsidering lessons to learn to fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Senn
Leslie
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Praised For Stomach and Intestine Action
A boost-trimmed note praises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a combined laxative and alterative. The product is described as scientifically prepared to act on the stomach and maintain effect on the intestinal canals, aiding excretion. A Telegram-cut autograph confirms authenticity cited by a girl collecting autographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Mercury Free Medicine
An advertisement warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from P. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as safe and effective taken internally. It emphasizes authenticity and price 75 cents per bottle and notes testimonials are free. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.all
P. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
English Spavin Liniment Sale Crowns Blemish Cure
An advertisement touts ENGLISH SPAVIN' LINIMENT as a universal remedy for horse blemishes including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney and stifles. It promises to remove lumps and blemishes and offers a savings of $50 per bottle while claiming it is the most wonderful blemish cure known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence- Williams Co
Resourceful Lesson Teaches Courage in History Class
A history lesson prompts a teacher to test pupils on quick thinking as a tiger scenario is posed. Tommy, urged to answer, replies that he would not cry for help citing his mother’s rule that little boys shouldn’t speak at meal times.
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Tommy
Persistent Witch Hunt Across Mashona Village Court
At the Magistrate's Court eight Mashona natives from Mire district faced preliminary examination under the Witchcraft Suppression Ordinance. A witch doctor Chibanda oversaw a dangerous ordeal to test alleged witchcraft linked to a death, leading to threats against a woman who fled to the native commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirewas
Rhodesia Herald
Chibanda
Mapira
Kajiwa
Chitandaria
Denti
Katina
Lively In the Tenements on New York East Side
A new mission worker is saddened by tenement life yet a young girl reveals perky bustle and danger. She describes activity on their floor with a man suffering tremens and a neighbor intoxicated enough to nearly bite her sister’s ear.
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East Side
New York
Widow Seeks Work for Son. Man Refuses Passage
In a tense exchange, Mrs. Nuritch scolds a man for calling a poor widow’s son a mere pittance. She reports the widow’s note asking for employment at any wage, placing pressure on the man to hire. The confrontation centers on dignity and financial strain.
A Use For Poetry
A brief dialogue shows Miss Carenne praising poetry as a conversational convenience. She says it lets people quote rather than be original, highlighting its social utility in conversations.
Hidden Fossil Chalk Unveiled by Powerful Microscope
A scientist notes that all chalk is fossil based and under a strong microscope reveals countless tiny shells. The observation highlights the intricate beauty of microscopic life unveiled by powerful lenses.
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Doner
Strand Magazine
Philadelphia Ledger
Ayer
Advers
J.C
Lowell
Masa
Deus & Chemical Co
MN. U
Minard
Weymouth
Tatler
Houston
Post
Leeming
Fellows
Kendall’e Spavin
Baaser
Caeun SB
B. J. Rewdall
Moat, USA
Gomhbauit
Micoiney Balasant
Mooney Biscuit & Candy
C “Tratford
Canala
Mooney’s
Wilson
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