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Nanaimo Courier

Location

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Aug 02, 1889

Page

3

Something Made of Nothing Sweet Yet Somewhat Sour

A playful riddle notes a substance described as made of nothing tasting very sweet yet lacking lasting significance, with mixed power. The piece notes it is given, bought at times, and can ease discord, while hinting at playful mischief and words that fail to please.

City of Nanaimo S. Gough M. Bate C.m.c

Gentle Japanes cited as sign of civilization in Boston dinner talk

A Boston table recall cites Professor Morse on Japanese gentleness where a boy would not throw stones at a dog, implying high civilization in Japan. The Detroit Free Press reports the anecdote as commentary on civilization differences.

Boston Morse Boston Transcript Japan Detroit Trea Press

Origin of a Familiar Phrase from Notken Monastic Latin Antiphon

The phrase In the midst of life we are in death derives from a Latin antiphon by Notken, a St. Gall monk, written in 911 while watching workmen building a bridge at Martin's Bruecke. Mail routes now carry letters between New York and San Francisco in 113 hours.

Notken St. Gall Martin's Bruecke St. Louis Republic New York San Francisco

Stanley's Wrath Over Publishers and Livingstone Feud

The piece recounts Henry M. Stanley's anger at publisher treatment after locating Livingstone. Bradford recalls arranging a $10,000 offer from Sampson Low & Marston, the Murray rebuff, and a famed Brighton banquet clash with Mr. Markham. Stanley's blunt temper and sharp wit after fights with publishers are highlighted.

Henry M. Stanley William Bradford Bradford Greenland London Arctic Queen Victoria Stanley Livingstone Murray John Murray Mr. Murray Liberal Sol Marston Africa Mr. Stanley Mr. Marston Sampson Low & Marston John Murrey Mr. Bradford British Association Brighton C. R. Markham Royal Geographical Society Markham Baroness Burdett-Coutts Napoleon Eugenie Livingatone

A Day in Winter and Remnants of News Oddities

A mixed column surveys lyric musings by Orella Key Bell and a terse tour through short items. It notes poverty toping mourning in a New York city crime column and sketches Eskimo tools, Warren China mining, Wanamaker advertising, a psychical anecdote, prison reform thoughts, orange advertising in Florida, spelling debates, oddities from Bari and Life magazine quips about aging siblings, bees in North America and other miscellany.

New York Press

Esouimaht and Nanaima Railway Notice

Public notice from MIME GARD No 10 regarding Esouimaht and Nanaima Railway lines. Details readable are sparse but indicate an official railway matter or schedule note associated with the listed entities.

Chlorodyne promotion and cautions from 1880s notices

An OCR fragment promotes Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne as a universal remedy for coughs, bronchitis, diarrhoea, cholera, neuralgia and more with strong endorsements from Symes Co and medical figures. It warns against piracy, lists dosage and prices, and notes cautions about imitation bottles and stamps.

J. Collis Browne Army Medical Staff Symes & Co Pharmaceutical Chemists Medical Hall Simla J. T, Davenport Great Russell Street Bloomsbury London Hindostan East Collis Browne Ulen Ash Symes Ene Pharm Society of Great Britain Gially Co Victoria Aml Comox Dunsmuir Jos

Mail Schedules for Victoria and Way Stations

Daily mail closes for Victoria and way stations at 8 a.m. and 12:20 a.m. Pore. Wellington closes at 4:45 a.m. Comox Alberni and all way stations have Wednesday closing times.

Victoria Way Wellington Comox Alberni and Way

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