Zam-Buk Cures Chronic Skin Disease Says Judge
Magistrate FP Rasmussen of Marquette Street Montreal reports a lasting cure for eczema eruptions and similar skin conditions after trying several doctors and home remedies. He used Zam-Buk three boxes and recommends wider publication. The product also claims to heal cuts burns scalds piles abscesses and blood poisoning. Price is six cents per bar or factory price from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
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FP. Rasmussen
Marquette Street
Montreal
Zam. Buk Co
Justice of the Peace
Zam-Buk Co
Oronto
When Your Ten Years End You Will Return To Society
A judge tells a prisoner that after ten years he may rejoin society and likely find work, while the prisoner voice reveals this is what truly troubles him. The dialogue appears in Fliegende Blaetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia
Gested
Houston Post
Revive the Jaded Condition With Parmelees Pills
A New York World report notes a magistrate questioning a witness at the Central police court. A buxom woman identifies herself as the prisoner’s mother in law in response to a question about friendship.
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O'Connor
Central Police Station
New York
Wil son’s Fly Pads a Wide Canadian Buy
Practically all Canadian druggists grocers and general dealers stock Wil son’s Fly Pads. If your storekeeper does not ask him why. Lifebuoy Soap praised for refreshing bath and cleaning underclothing with cleansing purity.
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Wilson
When Was Rome Built
A Washington public school recitation yields a humorous exchange when a boy answers Rome was built at night. The teacher questions the idea, and the boy explains his father’s saying Rome wasn’t built in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rome
Harper’s Weekly
Peary to Try for South Pole Expedition
The main Labrador boat reaching St Johns reports Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett have prepared an expedition to reach the South Pole. They carry the Roosevelt, furs, sledges and other equipment needed for the journey.
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Peary
South Pole
St. Johns
Nfld
Labrador
St. John’s
Bartlett
Roosevelt
Griggs quips about raise as Briggs reports new assignment
In a brief exchange, Griggs jokes with an elder colleague about a salary increase, while Briggs confirms the boss issued a new assignment today. The dialogue captures a moment of workplace routine and hierarchy.
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Griggs
Briggs
Boston Transcript
Neptune Super-Dreadnought Launched At Portsmouth
Announcement that Neptune the Super-Dreadnought now nearing completion at Portsmouth will be launched in September by the Duchess of Albany. The battleship, 1960 tons, is longer and wider than the Dreadnought, with heavier water-line armour and improved protection against mines. It carries ten 12 inch guns of a new calibre and four 4 inch guns to counter torpedo attacks.
Canada claims all north polar land in dispute
In a House of Commons exchange Colonel Seeley stated that Canada regards territory from the American border to the North Pole as hers. Sir Gilbert Parker had raised the issue, and Great Britain indicated steps toward annexation of polar lands.
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Canada
London
Great Britain
North Pole
Colonel Seley
House of Commons
Seeley
Gilbert Parker
London Manchester Flight Prize Contest Details
Cody readies London to Manchester attempt with early date. The Daily Mail offers 10000 pounds to the first aviator to complete the 166 mile flight, with two en route stoppages allowed.
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London
Cody
Manchester
Daily Mail
Must Move to Canada Prophesied for Major Firms
The Glasgow Herald notes that Allan Line offices will stay in Glasgow but predicts a future shift of many rail and shipping firms to Canada, the base of their operations, as dominion control grows.
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Canada
London
The
Glasgow Herald
Allan Line
Glasgow
Dominion
Direct wireless link England to South Africa proposed
Experiments aim to establish a direct wireless telegraphic service between England and South Africa. Plans include elevating kites to 11,000 feet and, if needed, building a station at Gibraltar. A yearly subsidy of £10,000 would enable the penny words service.
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London
England
South Africa
Gibraltar
Windsor woman offers home treatment cure mail order
An advertisement from Windsor Ontario promises free instructions for a home regimen claimed to cure female ailments including leucorrhoea, ulceration, womb displacement, irregular periods, and tumors. The offer includes a book titled Womans Own Medical Adviser and a weekly cost of about 12 cents.
Reward for Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Local Druggists
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh case that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. It features F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and endorsements by WaLpinc Kirwan Marvin wholesale druggists. The ad promotes Halls Catarrh Cure taken internally at 75 cents per bottle and mentions Hall's Family Pills.
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Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
WaLpinc, Kirwan & Marvin
Druzgista
Hal
Hall
Fly Pads Sold by Druggists and Stores
A short humorous item notes Wilsons Fly Pads are sold by all druggists, grocers and general stores. A job interviewer asks the candidate how many afternoons to bug, and the applicant replies he would like to see a ball game once a week, then gets the job.
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Wilson’s
Cleveland
Say Where Is That Place Atoms Given Quote
A fragment quotes a humorist asking about a distant place and a somber response describing a site where many are hanged, framed as a dialogue from the Chicago News. The text captures a mock inquiry and stark answer about an ominous location on the other side of Effigy.
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Chicago News
Nervous disorders advertised cure in pills promising strength
The ad describes nervous system signs such as tremors weakness irritability and insomnia and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. It cites Mrs Jos H Ward of Lord's Cove NB who improved after two weeks of treatment and urges others to try the medicine, available from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Jos. H. Ward
Lord's Cove
N.B
Dr. Williams
Why Wasn't He was Lola’s cautious zoo of questions
A jumble of quirky snippets and misread lines aside from a grandfather asks if he fell into a lake. The text moves through witty asides about worms, an exasperated mother, and a ticket seller denying excursion rates at a Smith family reunion.
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Smith
Johnsons
Editorial Snippets Satirize Redrawn States and Markets
A collage of quoted editorials mocks partition schemes and economic shifts. The pieces reference Missouri Illinois Arkansas and Texas as potential carved states and note American funds flowing to French markets, with wry lines about marriage and success as work.
Cafting Caeh? Floating Slums of Canton and Hong Kong
A correspondent surveys Canton’s tankia or boat dwellers living aboard floating homes along the river toward Hong Kong. These tankia form a distinct caste with low rents and taxes, families work in factories, and boats vary from 14 to 60 feet, renting for about $20 with free anchorage enabling savings.
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Imperial Custom House
Canton
China
Hong Kong
Toronto Boy Wilfred Morrison to Tour U S on $500 Weekly Salary
The Toronto 15 year old Wilfred Morrison, hailed as Canada's greatest boy soprano, will tour the United States and Australia for a year after signing with a New York concert company. He recently performed at the Julian Walker testimonial benefit in Carnegie Hall among fifty top artists. His future vocal longevity is uncertain, though his youthful face and spiritual eyes are noted.
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Wilfred Morrison
Toronto
New York
United States
San Francisco
Australia
Wilfred
Julian Walker
Carnegie Hall
Canada
Wilfrid
Spruce Bud Worm Reported In Gatineau Timber
Senator W C Edwards cites a new tree pest attacking spruce in the Gatineau in a letter to Minister Frank Cochrane. An entomologist confirms a lepidopterous caterpillar named tortrix fumiferana, known as the spruce bud worm, with potential timber damage prompting ranger surveillance.
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New Tree Post
Gatineau
W. C. Edwards
Frank Cochrane
Ontario
Dominion
Maine
G B Lankester Named From Early Prize Victory
Edith J Lyttleton of Canterbury New Zealand writes under the pen name G B Lankester after her first short story won a prize The author praised for forceful writing and likened to Kipling travels in New Zealand while gathering material for a Canadian novel.
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G. B. Lankester
Kipling
New Zealand
Edith J. Lyttleton
Rakaia
Canterbury
Miss Lyttleton
Commercial Conference Aims to Shape Empire Policy
The congress will gain authority to speak for the business element of the British Empire. It comprises picked representatives from ports and business centres, mainly nonpublic figures, focusing on commercial and financial viewpoints. Its influence may steer Imperial legislation over the next three years. St. John.
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British Empire
Empire
St. John
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London-Manchester
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Eben
J. D. Kellogg
Scott
Jones
Matt
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Lola
Minard’s Liniment
Rhode Island
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Texas
Houston
SBS
Dept.n.a
National Drug & Chemical Co
Winnipeg Business College
Portage Ave
Fort St
Winnipeg
Man
Caiton
Lankester
Mauretania
Tooke Tlob. Limited
Illett
Llet
E. W. Gillett Co., Ltd
Ont
Rogers Bros
Meriden Brits CO
Beecham
Carbon Oil Works, Ltd
Carter
Franklin D. Carter
Chicago
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