The Grand Arrogance of Edinburgh
A vivid sketch of Edinburgh’s grandeur built atop vales and ridges with Edinburgh Castle at its core The Royal Mile Holyrood Palace and famous figures such as Mary Rizzo Rizzio and Mary Queen of Scots are recalled along with Knox and Montrose The piece links historic personalities to the city’s storied past.
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Edinburgh
Castle Rock
Edwin
Northumbria
Scotland
Mary
Rizzio
Holyrood
Douglasea
John Knox
Jenny Geddes
Dean Hanna
Jenny
Montrose
Bonnie Prince Charley
Paroled inmate returns to prison after patent plan
Roy J. Meyers, released from Florence prison to seek patents in Washington for an atmospheric electricity collector, reports a quick demonstration after a crude model impressed patent officials. He vows to build a large machine in Phoenix once his term ends in ten months.
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Roy J. Meyers
Florence
Arizona
Hunt
Washington
Patent Office
Phoenix
Corner fruit vendor laments dip in sales
A vendor named Pietro reports poor business at the corner. He blames a woman who pinched his fruit, causing customers to flee and police involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro
Fragmented Almanac Jokes and Quips Parody Daily Life
A string of humorous exchanges covers marriage, jobs, politics, and silly misunderstandings. A married couple’s banter, a coal dealer request, magazine writing mishaps, and a late curfew joke mix social observations with light satire. The tone mimics a humor column or collage of brief gags.
Dr Hamilton’s Pills Praised By Woodstock Man In Convincing Letter
A Woodstock citizen Samuel S. Stephens Jr credits Dr Hamilton’s Pills with restoring his health after a year of overwork and biliousness. He describes chronic headaches dizziness fatigue and loss of appetite improving within a week with renewed vigor and appetite. The notice urges substitutes beware and notes pricing by The Catarrhozone Company Kingston Ont. It also touches on river place name origins Chicago and garlicky meanings.
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Samuel S. Stephens, Jr
Woodstock
Mr. Stephens
Dr. Hamilton
Catarrhozone Company
Kingston
Ont
Massive CPR Freight Car and Locomotive Order Highlights Scale
The Canadian Pacific Railway orders 12,500 freight cars and 800 locomotives at 19 million dollars. Each car 39 feet long 37,000 pounds and 86,000 pounds capacity. locomotives 69 feet long 175 tons with 15,000 horsepower. The fleet totals 250 trains with 21,250 crews. overall equipment exceeds 65,000 cars for the year, vastening CPRs colossal reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
C.P.R
Montreal
Quebec
Calgary
Rockies
Atlantic
Old Country
Montres
Globe
Equator
North America
Halifax
Vancouver
Chicago Spelt A Dozen Ways In Early Illinois History
George C. Greenville notes Chicago shifted among eight Illinois counties from Madison Territory to Cook County by 1831 and lists numerous historic spellings from Checau gou to Chicago. The account references maps and colonial maps and the Greenville treaty as sources in the Chicago Historical Society archives.
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Chicago
Illinois
George C. Greenville
Madison County
Edwards
Crawford
Clark
Pike
Fulton
Peoria
Cook
Hennepin
Checaugou
la Salle
Shecagou
Historical Society
Madison
Wis
Gravier
St. Sosme
Charlevoix
Greenville
Recalling a Lost Fishing Day by the Stream
The speaker longs to return to a past of barefoot days and handmade gear. He imagines fishing by a stream with a hickory pole and knotted line, then vows to fish at daybreak in the bay with costly gear while wishing to be the carefree boy beneath the tree. The poem contrasts old joy with present wealth and lost youth.
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Golden
Never to touched me
An eyewitness recounts an encounter at a livery stable before a marsh shootout. A seasoned guide recalls Indians in the past, mentioning Fort Ellice and a band racing across the prairie to cut him off near the Little Saskatchewan river.
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Fort Ellice
Saskatchewan River
Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor Ad
An elderly advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor promising relief within twenty four hours. It claims dissolving the corn kernel and soothing balms, with absolute satisfaction guaranteed for 25 cents.
Catarrhozone Claims Swift Cure for Winter Catarrh
Advertises Catarrhozone as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh and winter illnesses. Describes its balsam and pine essence formula, rapid relief of nasal and chest symptoms, and cites a testimonial from Miss Nora E. Jemiesen of Sangre Grande. Pricing lists large two month supply for $1.00, smaller sizes 25c and 5c, with cautions about imitations from Buffalo and Kingston manufacturers.
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Nora E. Jemiesen
Sangre Grande
Mirror
Smith Bros
Catarrhozone Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Kingston
Ont
Not a darned bit of it I was smoking my pipe all the time
A veteran describes a firefight with I ndian attackers as he rode across a bank and engaged them from water, claiming to have shot about a dozen foes and ducked under water to reload while maintaining composure, with a companion noting his fearlessness.
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Dodds
Tanna Ai
W. F. Young
Building
P.Q
Tee Tre National Rwad Chen Veal Oo
Iomlpeg Amd
Cala
Apa
Heod Rx
Bron Co. Ltd
Carter
Congo
Paris
Willie
Grandpa
Hensley
Penley
Young Wrymer
Parvenu
C.P.R. Purchase
Angus
Canada
Silver Star
The
Manitoba Gypsum Co., Ltd
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