Dogs as Night Guards Set To Patrol Paris
In Paris center a private police force with guard dogs begins duties this week to protect subscribers of the Night Guards Association. Inspectors and twelve guards patrol Avenue de l Opera and nearby streets with muzzled police dogs and heavy pistols. The dogs are trained for this work and a reporter observed a guard nearly ordering a dog to attack, illustrating the scheme's infancy and potential residential patrols.
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France
Pari
Avenue de l'Opera
Paris
When Baby Is Ill and Teething
A historical ad promotes Gary's Own Tablets as a safe alternative for an ill baby or teething infant. It argues against opiates and praises the product for soothing discomfort. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario at 25 cents a box.
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Gary
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Lighter Side of Irish Life Delights Clerical Foibles
Excerpts from George Birmingham’s The Lighter Side of Irish Life amuse with clerical misadventure and a joke about the devil. Also notes on Miller’s Wort Powders claim gentle relief, worm cleansing, and safe taste for children. A brief classroom exchange ends with a Bloomfield trolley accident sparked by a seat dispute.
Minard’s Oiniment and a Postal Epidemic
Rural postmaster recalls December mail reveal of tuberculosis stamps. A New York drummer explains the stamp for bogus medicine. He confiscates the tainted mail and vows to have curbed a brewing epidemic in time.
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New York
N&ck
One Brom Quin ine Laxative Ad And Car Track Incident
An old advertisement for Bromo Quinine laxative touts a cure in one day for colds and two days for ailments. A street scene follows where Pat stands near a car track as an automobile approaches. He steps aside as the car passes. the driver turns off and the rear skids on the track, spinning and striking Pat who falls but rises to remark about drivers and passersby.
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W. Grove
Pat
Zam-Buk credited with curing severe leg ulcers
Justice of the Peace Mr J b Arignault of Well ington on the Prince Edward Island Ry recalls a four year battle with a bad leg ulcer and eczema cured by Zam-Buk after six months of poor results with doctors and other treatments. The ad touts Zam-Buk as a pure herbal balm for skin diseases, ulcers, burns and more sold for five shillings per box.
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J B
Arignault
Wellington
Prince H Edward Island
von Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Wpon Rece Pt
Scotch honesty tale from Donde boy and map prize
A small boy wins for an exceptionally drawn map. When asked who helped, the boy replies that his brother did it all, illustrating a paradox of honesty and attribution in a brief classroom anecdote.
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Donde
James
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promoted for Liver Disorder
An 19th century advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the best remedy for bilious liver derangement. It describes bile flow souring the stomach and promises speedy correction with no better medicine in the entire list of patent preparations.
Kansas City Man Seeks Churches in Odd Exchange
A Kansas City resident clung to a lamp post one Sunday morning as a stranger asked for the Second Presbyterian church. The weary man confessed he did not know where the First Presbyterian church stood.
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Kansas City
Second Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns and Shock Incident
An Irish contractor ran over an elderly man carrying blueing in his coat. He jumped from the car to inspect the fluid staining the old man and exclaimed to his companion Finnegan that they had killed a blue blooded Yankee, amid the chaos of the scene.
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Finnegan
Statue of Virgin in Cemetery Said to Come to Life
French town Rez iers is stirred by a reported miracle at an old cemetery where a moss covered statue of the Virgin allegedly moved a woman's handkerchief and cured a paralyzed daughter. Witnesses claim healings while skeptics are mobbed. The bishop and clergy have not commented.
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Paris
France
Reziers
Saas
Crean
Time and Money In Verse Echoes
A fragmentary verse notes the adage time is money and contrasts youthful rhythm with aging. It hints at a girl described by a heartbeat count and age, weaving tempo with life stages in compact poetic lines.
Selection by appearance sparks a sharp dismissal
A noted physiognomist promotes hiring based on facial traits. The experiment with Mentha Rose lasted only a week as she was chosen for her nose but fired for her cheek.
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Mentha Rose
Candidate's Manager Seeks Vote Assertion Over Elector
A candid remark from a supporter claims the candidate is asking for a cook-lady's vote and describes the individual as My Manager. The statement centers on campaign actions during the election period.
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Papa
Woman Feigns Need for Words Then Speaks to Horse
A married woman feigns hunger for affection and ends up talking to a horse, prompting local curiosity about her unusual behavior and motives. The incident reflects a quirky domestic moment making headlines in the community.
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