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Newspaper
Nanaimo Courier
Location
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 29, 1889
Page
3
A collage of brief items and dialogues from a past era including hints of boarding schools, theater life, a dramatic romance, medical quips, ocean island humor, and social vignettes. The pieces mix comments on female doctors, a doomed engagement, a wary father, Victorian manners, and light-hearted sketches from newspapers and journals. The collection preserves tone and era but offers few cohesive events.
An archival note describes The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York claiming status as the largest company in the world with substantial assets and a general solicitor mentioned as Joagra Rew. It also lists the head office for British Columbia at Hemrunwax & Co No 8 Bastion Street Victoria B C.
An editor recalls a frontier paper clash over a caustic sheriff candidate editorial. The proprietor forces personal accountability, prompting a dramatic confrontation with Col Redeye. The tale highlights the front page as a powerful advertising tool and the risky edge of blunt political writing.
An adventure tale recounts Bill Nye and Mr Riley Haggard traveling from a hotel in a southern climate to a distant jungle near the Karroo. They hire elephants and a dog, camp under Vienna breadfruit trees, and pursue a dangerous encounter with a lion after a noisy jungle roar. The piece blends humor with frontier exploration, ending with a transit back toward Winnipeg and a mix of exaggerated relics and eccentric names.
A society column critiques lack of manners at balls and social events, noting women and men cut across conversations and interrupt others. Also reported is a Kennebec Me bird called a butcher bird that stalked sparrows and devoured them, with a stage driver feeding the creature. plus fraudsters forging Mont de Pi\u00f4te pawn tickets in Paris and a claim about Dickens's baptismal name Charles John Huffham Dickens.
The Herald of Health advises how to remove small particles from the eye using gentle lashes and a pencil tip, suggesting weak vinegar to neutralize and flush. It notes readers’ curiosity about soldiers and patrols, highlighting noise from clubs during patrol rounds.
Dr J Collis Browne’s Chlorodyne is advertised as the premier remedy for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma and many other ailments. A letter from Symes Co praising its efficacy across Hindostan and the East accompanies claims of superior performance and warnings against substituting other brands.
Vice Chancellor Sir William Page Wood affirmed Dr J Collis Browne as the inventor of Chlorodyne and denounced the Frewman tale as false. The notice warns bottles sold at various prices lack genuine government stamps and urges buyers to beware of imitations from Davenport of 33 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury.
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