Gambled Around the World and a Western Canada Farm Tale
A Dallas era note recounts Count Visone denying a globe circling piquet tale. The column also prints Elias Kost’s letter from Western Canada describing farm life in Saskatchewan near Edmonton, with details on homesteads, hay meadows, Chinook winds, building a log house, and abundant wild fruit and game in 1904 Canadian Northwest settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Visone
New York
M. le Comte
Francis H. Leggett
Madison Avenue
Francesca di Rimini
Marseilles
Rio Janeiro
Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Colombo
Aden
Suez
Alexander
Rio
Monsieur A
Monsieur B
Pacific
South Seas
Auckland
Monsieur
Woolmaloo Bay
M. A
Australia
Point de Jalle
Bah-e] Manedeb
Red Sea
West Thirty-fifth Street
Western
Shelbyville
Sitsoif, Democrat
Elias Kost
Canada
Kost
Canadian Northwest
Edmonton
Lake St. Anne
Ilinois
Blue Ridge Mountains
Pennsyvania
St. Albert
Calgary and
Eddsonton
Assiniboia
Canadian Pacific Railroad
No Man Can Hold Back the Hands of God's Clock
A short reflective line proclaims fate and divine timing, suggesting the inexorable progression of events beyond human control. The phrase evokes a sense of inevitability and spiritual perspective without citing people places or dates.
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pepsin Endorsed As Safe Tonic
A periodical urged readers to use Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pepsin as a mild booster for the season, warning against fake tonics like Sarsaparillas and Blood Purifiers and noting genuine bottles cost one dollar.
Bookkeeper Discusses a Labor League Idea
A bookkeeper muses aloud about forming a Bookkeeper's Labor League while Miss Hunter the typewriter reacts to the sudden proposal, reflecting workplace union talk in a Philadelphia Ledger context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor League
England pensions her authors
Excerpt discusses pensions for authors and public opinion on whether financial support discourages writing. Includes a quip about authors quitting and a short note on personal worth versus wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Weird Exchange Sparks Dodo Joke in Pittsburg Post
A quirky exchange in the Pittsburg Post features exaggerated banter about a dodo and large eggs. The dialogue includes playful lines about extinction and a character named Yorick Hamm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorick Hamm
Hamlet
Scott
Pittsburg Post
Doctor's relentless pace drives endless operations
A physician performed a dozen procedures daily without breaks, ceaselessly cutting as meals were skipped. The narrator emphasizes the surgeon's focus and exhausting schedule, portraying a grueling, unsustainable workload.
Deafness cure touted with catarrh claim and cures
The notice promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for deafness caused by Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any case of deafness cured by catarrh that the cure cannot address. It also includes various medical and consumer statements and anecdotes from the era.
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Vom
Peruna
Woo
Agnes Miller
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
AcNres Milner
Potomac Ave
Hall
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St. Buffalo
University of Buffalo
Rachel J. Kemball, M. D
Vou Atiseases
Lyr. Wartman
Lr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Peru-Na
DR. Kemball
Virginia
Buffalo
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
U.S. A
Boves
Achievement Co
R. FT
FELUX
Gouraud
Ami &Kia
L. A. Sayre
Goorsud
Ferd
T. Mopking
Eleanor R. Parker
Indianapolis
Mrs. Prxxham
Neas Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Cheney & CO
Toledo, C
Red Cross
Berkeley
Cal
Mr. Brown
Jones
Mrs. Brown
St. Jacobs Oil
Canfedian Atlas
Oemmigra& Tion
Orriva
CANAD
Big Pour
Vy AM
Duncen
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