Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Advertised Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills for kidney and back pain linked to liver and bowel issues. It cites testimonials from Miss Della McDermott of Moncton and Mr J Edwards of Colborne praising relief after two boxes and promotes one pill per dose for 25 cents at dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Chase
Della McDermott
Main Street
Moncton
N.B
J. Edwards
Colborne, Ont
Kennedy & Davis Milling Co
Lindsy, Ont
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Mayor Coyne's four picks defy clergy warnings in Yonkers
A parish leader delegation warned Yonkers Mayor John H. Coyne about a police commission. He announced four appointments next day: a saloonkeeper, a pool room keeper, a noted sport with prior trouble, and a man with clean jail history. The four were respected citizens chosen regardless of politics. In Montreal many children under five died last week from stomach and bowel illnesses, suggesting poor food and milk safety.
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John H. Coyne
Yonkers
Montreal
Penny jokes and quips from a bustling page
A collage of light humor and wry exchanges from Illustrated Bits and Chicago Tribune cartoons. Jokes about pennies and feigned feuds with Uncle Henry, Sabin of Eglinton touting Holloway's Corn Cure, a traveler's thirst for life preservers, and a shipboard quip about too many passengers.
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Sabin
Eglinton
Holloway
Chicago Tribune
Absent-Minded Canon and a Stolen Bag Tale
A Canadian Anglican canon is described as thoughtful yet absent minded. He leaves his handbag at home and walks to the station with the coal scuttle mistaken for the bag while his daughter chases after him with the real bag. The piece also notes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills gaining popular reputation for treating dyspepsia and other ailments.
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Canada
Parmelee
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Hall's Cure
Warning against mercury in catarrh remedies and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. caution to buy genuine product. testimonials offered. Druggists sell at 1.50 per bottle. Also advices for constipation pills. Includes unrelated salesroom joke about hats and a middle aged woman.
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Hall
PF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Incurable ringbone horse cured by liniment sale
Moise Derosce of St. Phillippe Quebec recalls buying a horse for $30 believed incurably ringboned. After applying MINARD S LINIMENT worth $1.00 the horse recovered and was sold for $85.90. Profit on liniment amounts to $54.00.
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Moise Derosce
St. Phillippe
Que
Minard’s Liniment Cures Garget in Cows and a Lodger Joke
A Cleveland Leader snippet notes Minard's Liniment curing garget in cows. A humorous exchange follows a lodger choosing a room with a piano to prevent others from playing, ending in a light punchline.
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Minard
Vermonter Buys Merchants Notes After Teller’s Snub
A Vermonter in New York visits a dry goods merchant who sneers at tinware. The visitor reveals notes worth 50 000 bought at a discount, exposing the merchant’s unpaid debts and shattering his disdainful stance in a tale from the Brooklyn Eagle.
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New York
Qeels Geerchants
Brooklyn Eagle
Old Time Celebrations and Washington's Birthday Traditions
Recount of 1796 public rejoicings noting Washington birthday festivities with noon feasts and restrained Harvard student behavior. Fourth of July celebrations praised for nationwide happiness and peaceful nights, no accidents reported, per Youth's Companion.
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Washington
Harvard
The Luscious Grape Through History
The article traces the grape's origins from Persia near the Caspian south hills to Caubul and Palestine. It notes ancient uses as food and medicine, mentions Noah planting post deluge, and recalls biblical references to bread and wine amid drought.
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Caspian Sea
Caubul
Palestine
Noah
Moses
Aaron
Egypt
Man Balances on Twisting Log Over Water
A worker navigates a log on the current performing daily tasks while balancing on a rolling half submerged trunk. He uses a long pike pole and chain booms to move other logs, all with numb fingers and onshore pace.
Dangers of Aconite Leaves Warned for Children
The article warns that monkshood aconite leaves pose serious poisoning risks to children. Large palm shaped leaves with dark upper surfaces can cause severe irritation, burning in the throat and stomach, dehydration, and may lead to death if ingested or misused.
German Baron Sued for Breach of Promise of Marriage
Miss Agnes Ischen sues Baron Rudolph von Konig in the King’s Bench for £300 damages after alleged verbal engagements to marry in 1902 and 1903. The German plaintiff, who learned millinery in Germany, says the baron later married another woman. she received a cruel February 1996 letter accusing her of money greed.
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Justice Grantham
King’s Bench
Agnes Ischen
Baron Rudolph von Konig
the Tribune
Germany
London
World circumnavigator completes 41 day journey
Lieut.-Col. Burnley Campbell reports landing at Dove on June 13 after a 40 days 1912 hours world circuit. He traces May 3 Liverpool departure to June 13 Dover arrival with multiple rail sea connections, noting a near miss when his ship grounded May 30 in fog near the Sea of Japan and Vladivostok connections depended on a timely train.
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Burnley Campbell
The
Times
Dove
Berlin
Liverpool
Canadian Pacific
Quebec
Warsaw
Cologne
Ostend
Dover
Campbell
Sea of Japan
Vladivostock
Where Fielding is Buried in Lisbon Cemetery
The article notes Henry Fielding the English novelist lies buried in the English cemetery in Lisbon under cedar shade. A tomb was erected soon after his death, later obscured by weeds. In 1830 a British chaplain arranged a large sarcophagus and around thirty years ago it was repaired with Latin inscription and restored wording on the back.
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Fielding
Henry Fielding
Lisbon
London Chronicle
London Tit-Bits style jests and military quips
A London Tit-Bits item recalls a Scotchman at a fashionable restaurant who shares pastries with his four children while the waiter, offended, is challenged by the manager. The piece also parodies army banter about Trish stew, Lord Wolseley and Crimea recollections in brisk humor.
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Sandy
London
Lord Wolseley
Crimea
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Jimmie
Uncle Henry
Fereale
Ayer
Ayers
Bae
Monard
Nos_ Loisirs
Chicago Record- Herald
Cleveland
Lodger
Rire
Jules Verne
Oshawa Metal Ceilings Ly
Oshawa Montreal
P. E
Beecham
Beecham’s
Will Pads
Ceveral
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