Galbraith Miracle At Forest Ontario Reported
A Forest Ontario businessman, once given days to live, is credited with a revival attributed to PSYCHINE. The tale labels the recovery as a Galbraith miracle, noting local pastor and wife saved by the same remedy and urging PSYCHINE as a tonic and lung restorer available at druggists or Dr. Slocum Laboratory, Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne de Beaupre
Canada
J. A. Galbraith
Forest
Ont
Galbraith
Sporting Notes and Racing Lines of the Era
Hugh Jennings plans no winter trades. Parowhurst a Todd line yearling and Paronella is a full brother to Kentucky Todd. Georgetown poised to embrace basketball this year. Westerberg the new Boston shortstop from the Pacific coast is promising. Gus Rubin runs school for police candidate instruction in New York. Icon by Peter the Great, driven by Peter Y Johnston, stands among top trotters. Harvard tennis stars link to Pell. Ben Jordan now a London farmer. Alile Moore of Charlevoix sets a world roller skating pro record in Chicago at River View rink, 1 minute 2 seconds, shaving two fifths of a second.
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Hugh Jennings
Parowhurst
Todd
Diam Paronella
Kentucky Todd
Georgetown
Boston
Westerberg
Pacific Coast
Gus Rublin
New York
Tis School of Instruction
Icon
Peter the” Great
Peter Y. Johnston
N. W. Niles
Harvard
England
London
Alile Moore
Charlevoix
Mich
Riverview
Chicago
Areeeeyi Moore
McCrimmon Calls Aggressive War on Social Disease
Professor A B McCrimmon urged Canada to launch a intelligent, aggressive campaign combining repression and education to fight social evils seen as a "black plague." He warned indifference risks the nation as education and proper policy would shape future work and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrimmon
Canada
A. B. McCrimmon
Dr. McCrimmon
Canada’s imperial defense efforts praised at Empire Club
Hon. L. P. Brodeur told the Toronto Empire Club Canada has shouldered naval defences and fisheries protection. He cited 1818 treaty issues, Canadian spending on fisheries protection totaling over 3.1 million dollars, last year’s 250 thousand dollar outlay, this year’s 500 thousand including a cruiser, and the transfer of naval stations plus wireless telegraph service with Atlantic and Pacific stations planned.
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L. P. Brodeur
Canada
L.P. Brodeur
Toronto Empire Club
Empire
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Atlantic
Admiralty
Remarkable 98 Year Old French Canadian Worker in Connecticut
Charles Bolieu, born June 18 1810 in La Point Rouville Canada, is 98 and active in Stafford Springs. He sews bays at Smith and Cooley mill when he feels inclined, attends St Edward's church, reads fine print without glasses, and travels with a cane though rarely needs it. He suffered a broken leg a year ago from a cow incident but remains sharp minded and cheerful, a familiar borough figure pioneering in endurance.
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Charles Bolieu
Connecticut
Stafford Springs
Smith and Cooley
Mr. Bolieu
St. Edward's Church
la Point
County of Rouville
Canada
Birth Rate Soars in Montreal 1906 Report
In 1906 Montreal recorded a birth rate of 37.35 per 1000 with French Canadians at 47.66 per 1000 and Catholics generally higher than Protestants. The death rate fell to 19.28 per 1000, down 1.32 from the prior year, while marriages proportion among French Canadians stood at 10.83 per 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Awful Sudden Exchange at Laundry Office
A young woman asks a customer for his name and learns he is William Arrimee. She questions familiarity on first meeting, noting uncertainty about recognition as she handles the customer’s bundle. The scene hints at a tense, abrupt encounter in a laundry office.
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William Arrimee
King Edward and Democracy in the British Empire
The article argues that King Edward VII, on his 66th birthday, remains highly respected at home and abroad. It notes the rise of a Labour party and a strong democratic movement, yet asserts no threat to the crown or move toward a republic during Edward's reign, praising the monarchy's enduring popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
British Empire
Victoria
France
Edward VII
England
House of Commons
Radical
Labor Party
Great Britain
Auto Rides the Waves In A River Boat Car Test
The New York Tribune reports Waterland L. a boat on wheels driven by a 21 horse power motor and a 2 1 2 inch shaft, making several runs at Port Washington with eleven autos and enthusiasts. The boat reached the river and beach successfully, traveling nine knots on water and thirty six miles on land. The staged test impressed observers and Waterland T intends to show Washington officials the craft could aid coast life saving stations.
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Auto
The
New York Tribune
Yacht Club
Waterland L
Port Washington
Forth’ River
Julian P. Thomas
Waterland T
Washington
Ages of English Kings Reachings and Deaths Through History
A survey notes only four Heirs of Hanover reached the Psalmist’s span of life, Edward VII the seventh. Victoria, Atham IV, George III, George I in the quartet. Elizabeth died near seventy. James II and Edward I were sixty eight. Henry III and Edward II were sixty five. Edward the Confessor aged sixty two stands tall among Danes and Saxons. Ten rulers aged sixty or more. nine died in their fifties. nine in forties. four in thirties. Two died young before coronation or shortly after.
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Edward
House ‘of Hanover
Queen Victoria
Ay Atham IV
George III
George I
Elizabeth
James II
Edward I
Henry III
Edward II
Edward the Confessor
England
Edward V
Not the Right Kind of Head
An Irishman named Hickey killed by a blow to the head was found to have a skull unusually thin on surgical exam. The tale recalls a Dublin Donnybrook Fair clash where shillelagh compliments were exchanged and a youth was convicted of homicide after a surgeon described the victim’s skull as eggshell thin. The condemned O Sullivan remarks to the judge that the doctor’s findings should guide the sentence.
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Hickey
Dublin
Donnybrook Fair
O'Sullivan Z
Ireland
Why They Are All Old Sailors Speak Of Salt And Solitude
A quip notes sailors age quickly due to loneliness and scarce companionship. The joke explains: Pa asks why all sailors seem old, and the answer blames the absence of women at sea for aging beyond years.
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Salta
Animal Oddities and Size Related Animal Facts
A South African note lists baboons and KINI sheep among oddities, and notes that horses, giraffes and ostriches race in proportion to size with larger eyes than other creatures. It claims a horse can last about twenty five days without food if water is plentiful, and an elephant works from age twelve to eighty, can haul fifteen tons, lift half a ton and carry three tons on its back.
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South Africa
No sense of humor sparks tense exchange
A sharp verbal clash unfolds as one speaker taunts the other for failing to laugh at a joke. The reply reveals ongoing resentment and lingering bitterness between them.
Controversial Home Kidney Remedy Promoted in 1906 Record
An old advertisement describes a home remedy for kidney issues using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla and other ingredients. It touts relief from backache urinary trouble and weakness before Bright's disease, claims reports from major cities, and urges readers to prepare the mix at home.
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United States
Bright
Canada
The
Scranton
Minard's Liniment Cures Rheumatic Ailments Claims
Advertisements from Halifax and Sussex claim Minard's Liniment cured rheumatic gout acute bronchitis and rheumatism. Names cited include Andrew King and Lt. Col. C. Crewe Read, with locations Markham Ontario and Billing. The notices present testimonial style endorsements without clinical detail.
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Minard
Halifax
Andrew King
Sussex
Col
C.crewe Read
Markham
Onte
Billing
Koch Proposes Crocodile Egg Bounty to Fight Sleeping Sickness
Professor Robert Koch reports updated findings on sleeping sickness in the Victoria Nyanza region. He notes eight percent mortality with treated sleepers versus higher deaths untreated, and links the disease to Glossina palpalis fy. flies feed on crocodile blood, suggesting a bounty on crocodile eggs to curb breeding.
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Robert Koch
William
Victoria Nyanza
Koch
Nyanza
Premature Burial and Death Certainty in Modern Times
A Victorian critique questions burial laws and physician certainty about death. It cites Prof Huxley and Sir Henry Thompson, notes numerous near and actual premature burials, and mentions a British bill to require waiting mortuaries for conclusive death verification.
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Huxley
Henry Thompson
Basil Tozer
London
United Kingdom
Strenuous Football In China
An American official recalls witnessing Chinese football in Northern China. The game uses fifty players per side, no goals or halves, and lasts days until a team wins. A wicker ball is moved into the opponent’s half of the town, with stealth and rooftop passes noted among the giants who play.
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China
By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them Sausages Joke
Si Whipple the Benson Bend hotel landlord boasts that his sausages fed to guests were made from canines, noting every guest began to growl by Saturday after a week of tasting. Marjorie quips about a genius wife.
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Si Whipple
Benson Bend
Christmas Rates East On North Western Line
Excursion tickets on the North Western Line from Minneapolis and St Paul to many points in Eastern Canada west of Montreal are $40 for the round trip, valid three months from sale date. Specify the North Western Line between Minneapolis and Chicago. Beer consumption in Britain declined from $2.29 per head in 1900 to $27.81 last year.
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Canada
Montreal
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Great Britain
Pain Is a Punishment and More From Daily Life Fragments
A collage of quotes and ads spans pride in a son’s football, pain as a bodily protest, classical music tastes, political banter, and parrot learning. Also advertised are Eclectric Oil for pain, Minard’s Liniment for ailments, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, and English spavins liniment for horses with claims of huge savings and a guaranteed cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Mother Graves
Egyptian Misers. Cromer speech on hoards and policy
Lord Cromer, hailed as the Pharaoh of Egypt, criticizes meddling in foreign affairs while detailing hoarding of gold in Egypt. He cites coins hidden in cellars and gardens, calls for banking reform, and warns that Egyptian nationalists require careful handling by the Viceroy and Morley. He favors strong action against extremists to secure reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cromer
Earl of Cromer
London
Joseph Dimsdale
Egypt
Lansdowne
Edward Grey
Eldon
Gorst
Egyptia
Cairo
Calcutta
Dublin
India
Ireland
Keir Hardie
Bengal
Mr. Morley
Indiaco
Free Distribution of Trees by Forestry Branch
The Forestry Branch promotes free tree distribution to prairie farm owners. Since 1901, tens of thousands of trees have been sent, with inspectors visiting to ensure proper planting and care. By 1906 six inspectors reported about 35 percent flourishing, usually 76 to over 90 percent, with most stock grown at Indian Head Nursery Saskatchewan.
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Prairie Provinces
E. ‘Stewart
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Minard’s Liniment cures Distemper teach children caution
A fragmentary notice urges parents to teach children breathing exercises standing posture and hygiene. It emphasizes keeping hands and nails clean avoiding touching money or papers with dirty fingers and never mouthing unclean objects or street fruit or candy.
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Jmeneth
Young Rimer
Philadelphia Press
Parmelee
Jones
Brown
Hull
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drageists
All
Washington Herald
Sporting Notes
Ayer
Nature
J. C. Ayers
Lowell
Mos
Shiloh
Chicago News
Baltimore American
Holloway
Vie
London Tribune
Prititan
Canaa
Windsor
Madge
Geniua
Marjorie
Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Sithelinda
Sorghum
Washington “Star
Dix
Nashville
Ryrie Bros., Limited
Yonge St
Toronto
Vmte
W. Nlu
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