Night Passion and Spying at Edelweiss Park
In dim rain under a lamp Baldos confesses longing to Beverly the princess as he climbs to her veranda then steals a rose before slipping away. General Marlaux and a spy loom, while Beverly fears discovery and plots revenge against Marlanx and the Iron Count.
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Baldos
Bonn
Earth
Tambi
Marlanx
Edelweiss
Heaven
Sbe
Stagn
Marlaux
Count Marlaux
Hawk and Raven
Colonel Quinnox
Quinnox
Beverly
Marlonx
Iron Count
Graystark
Marlans
Towns With Troubles in Global Weather Folklore
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt catalogs city woes from London's fog and Tokyo earthquakes to Calcutta cholera and Bombay plague. It humorously lists annual mortal tributes, Baghdad’s Baghdad button scar, Madrid’s sultry solano wind, and other environmental hazards shaping urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokyo
Marseilles
Celcutta
Bombay
Bagdad
Madrid
Philadelphia Bulletin
A Lesson In Ornithology Tale From a Banter
A gentleman overvaluing himself asks about a bird in a humorous exchange. An ornithologist identifies the creature as a magpie, prompting a quip about wagpie and God’s idea of a magpie. The brief tale ends with a playful moral.
Cochineal Insects Flee When Heat Rises
The text explains that cochineal is produced from a scale insect where only females remain after males flee due to smoky conditions below host trees. Females lack wings and dominate after males battle in warm air. This explains why only females are harvested for coloring and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indies
Witty Exchange On Married Men And Postscript
In a humorous dialogue Mrs Stubb notes many married men and asks what they do with receipts. Mr Stubb replies charity, sent to bachelor clubs to warn reckless members about marriage. A postscript joke follows about women adding final words to letters.
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Stubb
Trouble Between Poet and Husband Sparks Split
A quarrel unfolds between Mrs. Poet and her husband Smith over selling and consuming poems. The exchange cites gambling folly and repeated losses as a fault line in their relationship with a wry remark on gambling sensibilities.
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Jones
Smith
Alzen Verana Cast Iron: New Alloy from Aluminium and Vine
A German discovered metal called alzen from aluminium and vine promises broad industrial impact. It is claimed to rival cast iron in strength yet remain more elastic and highly polishable while resisting rust, signaling potential applications across multiple industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Return Address Placement Rules Advocated by Post Office
The Post Office Department rules that misdirected letters should not have return addresses on the back. Clerks are not expected to check both sides, so the proper return address must be on the upper left corner of the front of the envelope.
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Post Office Department
Presbyterian Assembly condemns Sunday breakfast measure
The article notes a General Assembly censuring a proposed Sunday breakfast ban and predicts it would be equally effective if enacted. It includes ads for travel on the Canadian Northern Railway and a note on agriculture employing 7.8 million in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Portland
Oregonian
Canadian Northern Railway
Edmonton
Winnipeg
St Paul
Great
Saskatchewan
W. Coorer
Mother praises Baby's Own Tablets for infant health
A Canadian mother from St Benoit Quebec writes of dramatic infant gains after using Baby's Own Tablets. She cites improved digestion sleep and growth and recommends other mothers keep a box at home. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells boxes for 25 cents.
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Vs. Chevret
St. Benoit
Que
Canada
Dr. Williams” Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Never Leave the Back Uncovered Against Cold
Advice warns against exposing the back to cold and urges keeping the chest protected. It cautions about breathing through the mouth in cold rooms and recommends nasal breathing. It warns against riding in open carriages or near open windows after exercise and warns of hazards when moving from warm to cool air.
Canadian National Exhibition Prizes Expanded for Horse Section
The prize list for Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition shows boosted awards in breeding classes by over 600 dollars and new classes including strings of turn horses. Speed division prizes rise by 1,000 dollars with an added class for faster horses. harness hunter and jumping prizes remain, King Edward Hotel Cup retained. Cattle judging by A T Gordon of Combueauseway Scotland, overall prize total reaches 39,000 dollars plus 3,000 in speed, making the largest agricultural prize list in the Americas.
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Toronto
Cliss
A.T. Gordon
Combueauseway
Scotland
Clifford W. Robinson New Brunswick Premier Biography
Clifford W. Robinson born near Moneton on September 1, 1286, son of William J. and Margaret Trenholm Robinson, rose from teacher and bookkeeper to lawyer in Moncton. He served Moncton as Councillor and Mayor, held Westmoreland seat since 1897, became Speaker in 1901, Provincial Secretary in 1907, and succeeded Premier Pugsley as premier after Pugsley resigned to seek a St John seat.
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Clifford W. Robinson
Pugsley
Nion
Clifford
W. Robinson
New Brunswick
Moneton
William J
Margaret Tren
Holm Robinson
University of Mount Allison
Moncton
Westmoreland
Robinson
H- A. Powell
St. John
Britain owes France for shaping ideas and culture
The piece argues France nurtures and transforms British thought, likening it to France transplanting the Renaissance. It notes inherited prestige and commerce fuel disputes with the “sweet enemy,” while a Back Talk quip about joining a club riffs on appetite for company.
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Britain
France
Birrell Attacks the Rich at Bradford Liberal Banquet
British Cabinet member Mr Augustine Birrell urged reform of the idle rich at a Bradford Liberal Association banquet. He derided the so called smart set and proposed punitive reform measures while praising the improving tastes and temperance of the broad body of the people.
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Augustine
Birrell
Bradford
Father Vaughan
Contents of King Edward VII Pockets Curiously Listed
A curious hunter claims he can list the ordinary items carried by King Edward VII. The king keeps a gold pencil case a cigar cutter a secret coffer key a regularly timed watch and a handful of gold and silver coins. He also carries a thin pocketbook for notes in winter gloves in his overcoat pocket and saccharine tablets as a sugar substitute ordered by his Godor.
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Edward
Greenwich
Edward VII
Godor
Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Cited For Longstanding Stomach Sickness
Doctors failed to cure Mr. De Courcy and Mrs. Monteith until Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills addressed liver and kidney function. Letters claim relief from stomach troubles, biliousness, and headaches, with renewed energy and digestion. One pill daily, 26 cents a box, at dealers or Edmanson, Bates & Co. Toronto.
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DR. Ghase
da Courcey
Dr. Chase
Patrick De.Courcey
Midgell
Lot 40
P.W
Chase
James Monteith
Saurin
Simcoe County
Ont
Chise
Obill
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Modern Shark Tales and Ancient Burglary Report
The discourse on the aging great white mentions seventy foot fossils and teeth five inches long. An Orange France Roman theatre is broken into with a bronze statue weighing a quarter of a ton stolen. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are promoted as a remedy for bilious headaches and nerves. Chinese navy reconstruction funds are being collected across provinces.
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Orange
France
Minard's Liniment Company Letter and Humorous Exchange
In a letter, Alfred Rochav of Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery praises Minard's Liniment as the best medicine. The scene shifts to a child and irate parent quarreling as a locomotive toy is playfully referenced, followed by a note about illustrated bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Rochav
Roxton -Pond Hotel
Bobby
Hopping bet ends with a clever forty step feat
A tale shows Capt Bragge outwitting an opponent who bet he could climb forty steps in twenty hops. Bragge repeats the feat, hopping up and down to win the bet and disdain sharp practice. The clip ends with a quip about money and staying awake in Cleveland Leader style.
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Bragge
Bragge v
Fragmentary Irish Messenger Tone Cited in Philadelphia Press Item
In clipped picaresque phrasing a Cassidy or Minard named figure comments on arrangements and a dull inquiry follows. A reference to red buckets marked Pur Fire Only and weather in a prior day scene appears, with a lone mention of Willis and Casey in a casual, rural-urban dialogue style.
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Cassidy
Willis
Casey
Philadelphia Press
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Severly of
Ranstark
George Barr M'Gutcheon
Henry Sutphin
W. MU
Inard
Nature
Emerson
New- Brunswick
Wigg
Palmer
Minard's- Liniment Co., Limited
Minard’s Liniment
Parmelee
Cleveland
Minard
Vaal Ulan
the Record Foundry & Machine CO
N.B
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Bales
N.G
Montreal
P.C
Man
Calgary
Alta
Vancouver
B.C
Lac, &Carton
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