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Newspaper
Moyie Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1900
Page
3
In a library discussion on forming a new club on the Lower East Side the group debates officers plans a treasurer and a fiscal year. Members struggle with basic terms and how to present their club to the mayor, then adjourn amid questions of organization and funds.
A collage of ad copy and chatter appears with testimonials for Minard's Liniment claiming arm restoration after a strain. The jumble includes snippets from Cleveland Plain Dealer and Atlanta Constitution style chatter and a diet pill pitch.
A garbled Montreal text fragment references the Toscana and Beliance factories, with unclear names and phrases. It mentions Hart, min of peculiar views, and possibles about meeting someone named Hicks, but the overall meaning remains uncertain.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for dull eyes sallow skin and weariness claiming to restore color to cheeks brighten eyes and renew appetite. A testimonial from Mrs Fran cia Poirier of Valleyfield Que describes years of illness improved after using the pills and urges other sick women to try them. Sold nationwide by dealers or direct from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont with 50 cents a box or six for 2 50.
Cur tain raisers mention Jess of the Bar Z and Belle Archer on the stage Jess Duse studies Beatrice Cenci and Bernhardt’s translation of Comedy and Tragedy. The Christian enters its thousandth English performance. Japanese touring actors now in London. A G Wheeler writes a New York life play for next season. Huntly McCarthy’s Startled Pawn produced by Bree Sothern in the U.S. Sherlock Holmes longest running New York play ends its 32nd week. Charles B Hanford set to star in Private John Allen by Lee Arthur. An awaiting A Midsummer Night’s Dream with James Kidder Davis slated next year. Jessie Bartlett Davis donates $1000 to the Actors Home fund. Indian theatres reportedly free. Curtain rises 9 pm and runs until 5 am. seven nights to present a drama.
A garbled excerpt suggests chatter about a neighbor named Bunkine and a man trying to drive a spigot into a barrel. The text also references a western woman with a baby and a quip about gloves and honesty as a premium.
The Winnipeg Free Press promotes a fine plate depicting the capture of Commandant Botha by the Canadian Mounted Rifles. The image, though copyrighted, is offered to readers at a low price with a weekly Free Press subscription included through 1900. The piece has proven popular with the public and is framed as a desirable keepsake.
The passage surveys authors and artists including Joaquin Miller, Andrew Lamy, Froude, Bourget, Tennyson, Gourget, Sir John Tenniel, Dr S Weir Mitchell, and others. It notes a London exhibition of Tenniel’s 2,000 cartoons, biographical details of Mitchell, and a general critique of literature, art, and satire with mixed emphasis on Catholic currents and public opinion.
A reflective sketch from Ladies' Home Journal on Queen Victoria's long life, noting she outlived numerous chancellors and leaders, and witnessed many political shifts and social changes. It contrasts old finery with simpler cultured living and the evolving nature of social gatherings.
A collage of quotes shows social wit about philosophy and women speaking sharply. An advertisement touts Bickles Anti-Consumption Syrup as a lung healer promising relief from coughs hoarseness and bronchitis and claims cures for advanced consumption.
The Detroit Free Press quotes Bainbridge and Goldsborough discussing an unnamed Turk. The snippet then shifts to a health notice praising Dr Thomas Eclectric for coughs bronchitis asthma and related ailments as a safe speedy remedy.
Mattie a trained farmhand monkey on Samuel Farren's Tremley farm milks cows feeds swine and tends vegetables. She keeps nearly $200 deposited in an iron church bank by her owner Raysy and admires finery while performing daily chores and supervising birds rabbits and pigeons.
A United States marshal in Salt Lake City recalls a cordial yet puzzling visit by a Kansas acquaintance who turns out to be Pete Curry, a famed mail robber. The piece adverts Northrop & L n Quinine Wine, praising its restorative powers and noting druggists carry it amid assurances of near perfection. An Indianapolis salon anecdote ends with a census memory quirk from a woman who repeats a self story from ten years prior.
A fragment from the Washington Star notes a joke about a doctor ordering a European trip and the bill being presented by the doctor who trips there himself. The text then references Nervrela and a shocked sight of Geraldine with a toothpick or cigarette, within a society setting.
A humorous census themed ad card promotes Minard's Liniment with playful exchanges about age and neighbors. The light voice imitates a census taker’s interaction and ends with jokey banter. The item reads like a small, antique classified-style blurb.
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