Dr Chase's Ointment Promises Skin Health and Beauty
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for eczema psoriasis and itching and as a skin beautifier. It claims rapid relief for minor skin troubles from chafing and blemishes and cites nurse C Stanley-Jones of Simcoe Street Toronto praising dramatic improvements in cases including a 16 month old with a scaly head and a woman with facial eczema. The product is described as pure creamy soothing antiseptic and healing and priced at 60 cents a box available through dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
C. Stanley-Jones
Simcoe Street
Stress
Teronte
Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Bay Figure Quiet Hours Dilemma In Building
In a Milwaukee Sentinel snippet, a wild eyed dweller complains to a neighbor about late night noise from a phonograph. The reply reveals the source of the sounds was actually the man’s wife reciting loudly, not an onograph.
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Ilwaukee Sentinel
Fraudulent Ointment Warnings and Colonial Snippets
A jumble of old notices warns against dangerous ointments and false cures, citing tainted compounds and deceptive claims. The collection includes quack warnings, a travel vacation aside, labor life health tips, and a 18th century threshing machine note with a price dialogue about a $1500 bungalow estimated at $8000.
Vaccination Push For Blackleg And Anthrax In Cattle
The Department of Agriculture Ottawa Health of Animals branch offers Blackleg and Anthrax vaccines at five cents per dose. Blackleg vaccine is easily administered by instrument at fifty cents, while Anthrax requires a veterinarian. Rural farmers are urged to immunize stock to reduce losses. Also included is an ad for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claiming to relieve worms in children.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Health of Animals
United States
Biological Laboratory
Nuggets from Success Magazine on Virtue and Ambition
Writings extol genius as inspiration and effort as perspiration. It warns against paying for labor with cheapenance while urging education, self faith, and prudent aims. It contrasts worry with health and notes dangers of discouragement and ignorance shaping one’s fate.
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Genius
Colorful frontier wisecracks from old newspapers
A hunter boasts of a 200 pound buck and a Colorado warden exposes the lie in a humorous clash. A Georgia student questions a tub’s purpose on a plantation as a humorous exchange with an enslaved worker reveals regional speech.
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Georgia
Jim
Marie George
George
Harper's Weekly
The Pink Pills Promise Restored Health for Weak Women
A testimonial from Mrs. James Acatz of Jovian Station praises Dr Williams Pink Pills. She says prolonged weakness and night fatigue vanished within eight boxes, restoring health, strength, and regular sleep. The ad claims the pills build new red blood nourishing the nerves and organs, curing various ailments.
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Oder
James
Acatz
Jovian Station
Wnt
Aeyear Towne
Mr. Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
London Cabs: From 1925 Hire to Restrictive Order
The piece notes London cabs or coaches began for hire in 1925 and credits London with top cab service. A decade later King Charles issued a limit on numbers, believing there were too many.
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London
Charles
Barnato Wins Literary Merit Bet
The London Telegraph recounts a humorous contest on literary value where Barnato, a sharp-witted but reportedly not highly literary thinker, backs himself to outwrite any journalist. A referee picks a winner awarding Barnato a £10 prize for acting as referee, with unanimous confirmation.
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Barnato
Barner Marnato
B. K. Barnato
Delicately Put Footman Delivers Fire News to Banker
A banker learns his house is burning and asks about his family. The footman confirms the wife and daughters are safe, then asks whether to wake the mother in law sleeping in the third story back. The line ends with the footman noting his concern for her comfort.
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James
Which Is Your Shortest Hour
A New York Sun quote explores the concept of a personal shortest hour in the day. The businessman notes the 2 to 3 pm period feels quickest and uses it to rush through disagreeable tasks like meetings and dental visits.
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New York Sun
Naked Truth in a Dinner Duel With Mr Field
A curious anecdote recalls Eugene Field debating wit with a New York woman at a dinner. The woman wore decollate dress, and Field appeared to be bested in the exchange until he quipped that she cannot laugh at him in her sleeve.
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Eugene Field
New York
Field
Miss Blank
Legend of the Violet A sixteenth century Latin poem tale
A Latin poem recounts a violet myth where the nymph Ianthis faces Apollo's gaze. She pleads to Diana to erase her beauty. Diana turns her face purple. Ianthis grieves until the goddess pities her and she becomes a violet that hides in shade from the sun.
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Lanthia
Diana
Apollo
Ianthis
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Toledo
Hawker
Soo
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Walker
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Hohlfield
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Minard
Mr. Snooks
Ayer
Ayers
Thed. D.ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Corea
Corean
Colorado
Kansas City Star
Will
New Health
Fellows
Nattene! Bros & Chemice! Limited
Montreal
London Telegraph
Wilson's Pads
Bette
Druccists
Mooney
Nrc Sart Bit Proprietors
Sat. Gombauist
Curb
Sweeny
Hock
Bertand Tendeas
Www
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