The Causeway Era and Montrose Figures in Scotland
A fragmentary field notes the old Royal Mile and Causeway in Holyrood aligned with legends of Mary Queen of Scots and Montrose, plus a 20th century note about Roy J. Meyers paroled to pursue atmospheric electricity patents and return to prison to finish term.
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Betnare Ty Bewin
Northumbria
Holy Food Palace
Royal Mile
Scotland
Mary
Rissio
Sui
Holyrood
John Knox
Jenny Geddes
Dean Hanna
Jenny
Montrose
Bonnie Prince Charley
Roy J. Meyers
Florence
Arizona
Hunt
Washington
Patent Office
Phoenix
Fragmented moral musings and comic exchanges in a 19th century collage
A mosaic of quotes and dialogues shows humans joking, worrying, and scheming about war, governance, writing, marriage, labor, and social status. Characters named Mrs Dashaway, Willie, Penley, a manager, and others tease, scold, or ask questions in a rapid, lighthearted street scene. The tone is satirical and domestic, blending moralizing and wit.
CPR Purchase of 12600 Freight Cars and 800 Locomotives
A Canadian Pacific Rail way Company order for 12,600 additional freight cars and 800 locomotives amounts to 19 million dollars. Details note car length 39 feet weight 37,000 pounds and capacity 60,000 pounds. Locomotive length 68 feet weight 178 tons with about 15,000 horsepower. The piece traces scale and reach to Calgary and Montreal, and the vast scope of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Via
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
CPR
C-P-R
Calgary
Momereal
Cagney
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promises Health and Vigor
A Woodstock citizen Samuel Stephens Jr credits Dr Hamilton's Pills with curing chronic biliousness headaches and poor appetite after overwork. He reports rapid recovery in one week, noting improved digestion energy mood and appetite and warns against substitutes from The Catarrhozone Company Kingston Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel & Stephens, Jr
Woodstock
Mr. Stephens
Dr. Hamilton
Catarrhozone Company
Kingston, Ont
CPR Freight Expansion Aims At Global Transport Scale
Analysis of CPR's purchase plans shows capacity for half a million tons in new cars and 450000 hp across 300 locomotives. The projected 250 train crews, 21260 workers, and 1300 trains would span eight weeks from start to finish, wrapping around the globe and across North America, carrying 2700000 tons on a single trip. Milwaukee era Chicago note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
C.P.R
Globe
Equator
North America
Halifax
Vancouver
Never To Touch Me Old Man at a Marsh Shootout
A speaker recalls meeting an old man near a livery stable before a marsh shootout. A question about Indiana appears to unsettle the man who assumes danger from Indians past. The narrator notes no current threat but cites memories of Fort Piilece and Little Saskatchewan river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fort Rilice
Little
Saskatchewan River
Putnam Painless Corn and Wart Extractor Ad Pitch
An ad touts Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor promising relief within hours and a 26 cent bottle, claiming quick healing and kernel dissolution. The copy shifts to a wild war anecdote with exaggerated Confederate or frontier warfare imagery and a hunter’s tale of shooting Indians and smoking a pipe.
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Cure for Catarrh and Cold
A vintage ad touts Catarrhozone as the sure cure for catarrh and winter colds. It claims healing vapor reaches the respiratory tract, aided by pure balsams, with a testimonial from Miss Nora E. Jemieson of Sangre Grande. Sizes priced at $1.00, 50c, and 2c, urging readers to buy only Catarrhozone from the Buffalo Kingston company and beware of imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora E. Jemieson
Sangre Grande
Mirror
Smith Bros
Catarrhosone Company
Buffalo, N.Y
Kingston
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Miu
Slittl
la Vette
Congo
Henley
Penley
Young Wrymer
Parvenu
C.P.R. Purchase
Hamilton
Shicago
Chicago
Ilinois
George C. Greenville
Madison County
Llinois
Edwards
Crawford
Clark
Pike
Pulton
Peoria
County of
Cook
Silver Star
Neation
The
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