Editor P G Laurie Remembered as Pioneer of Western Press
Obituary cum history recounts P G Laurie a Scots born journalist who helped build western Canadian newspapers. From Owen Sound to Winnipeg to Battleford he edited The Nor Wester and established the Battleford Herald, guiding printing, management and editorial work through upheavals and wars until his death in 1903. His son Richard C Laurie later ran theHerald continuing the legacy.
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P. G. Laurie
Scotland
Canada
Cobourg
Ont
Times
Owen Sound
Wir
Sir John Schultz
West
Fort
Nor’Wester
Laurie
Lower
Fort Garry
Ontario
Winnipeg
Genmien
Manitoba
Plains
Battleford
Herald
Winni
Richard C. Laurie
Manitoba News- Letter
Windsor
W. F. Luxton
Manitoba College
Royal Military College
George McPhillips
D. L
Macleod, A
Red Deer
Mr. Laurie
Gen. Middleton
Strathcona
Battleford Herald
Saskatchewan
Catarrh Cure and Local Business Claims
An odd mixed clip mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure offered for sale with testimonials and prices, a Toledo druggist, and a rural post office inspection anecdote. The piece combines advertising language with a punchline about a wife taking charge.
A Mother’s Word for Baby’s Own Tablets
A government analyst certifies Baby’s Own Tablets contain no opiates or poisonous substances. The remedy claims to cure stomach and bowel trouble, destroy worms, ease teething pain, and promote sound sleep. Mrs Ralph Judd of Judd Haven Ontario endorses relief from teething and constipation. Sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 26 cents a box.
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Ralph Judd
Judd Haven
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Poet's Craft Split: Born or Made Through Selling Verse
A terse exchange argues poetry's nature and value. One claims birthright defines talent while the other counters that a poet is formed by the market, by the ability to sell poems. The remark reflects debates about artistry versus commerce in creative life.
The Gas Stove Efficiency Tips
Lighting burners before use slows cooking. Bake one item at a time. Heat water or cook in uncovered vessels. Place small vessels on large burners. Use large burners only when needed. Extinguish flame after food removal. Lower flame when boiling ends. Keep oven clean to absorb heat.
Maple Sugar Pralines Method From Vassar Girls
Boil a pound of maple sugar in water to thread stage to prevent burning. Stir in a pound of blanched almonds cut in pieces and a teaspoonful of butter until it grains. Spread on a shallow plate and cool to cut into squares.
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Vassar
Wealthy Manitoba Farmer Endorses Psy chine Remedy
A Shoal Lake, Manitoba farmer Robert Squires recounts spending over three thousand dollars chasing cures for throat and lung disease. He credits Psy chine with curing his wasting illness after medical opinion deemed his case hopeless. The ad also touts Psy chine as strengthening digestion and the full system.
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Robert Squires
Shoal Lake
Man
Squires
Robert ES
English GPavIn Liniment for horse blemishes and spavin
An advertisement touts English GPavIn Liniment claiming to remove splints ringbone and other hoof and leg ailments in horses. It promises large savings and promotes itself as the “most wonderful” remedy. It also contains a racial aside about Chinese words.
Minard's Liniment Praised for Grippe and Inflammation
A letter from W A Hutchinson extols Minard's Liniment for winter grippe relief and ongoing usefulness in inflammation. The note is addressed to the Minard's Liniment Co Limited.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Saskatchewan Population and Homestead Entries Rise
Population of Saskatchewan increased by 70 000 this year while homestead entries totalled 20 401. An apenee population estimate places total around 325 000.
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Saskatchewan
Distemper Cured by Minard’s Liniment
Quotation-rich note shows old杂 text including witty exchanges about a stolen Gains borough mistaken for a hat and a man who has lost fortunes, with references from Town Country and Philadelphia Record. The item reads as a compilation of humorous lines and excerpts.
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Philadelphia Record
Consolidation of English Methodists Forms 180000 Member Church
The three minor Methodist denominations in England unite to form a church of about 180000 members. Boston Theodore Parker Memorial church includes moving pictures and social science as part of Sunday services. In England 81 ministers were admitted to the Church of England ministry last year, down from over 800 a dozen years ago. Methodist Episcopal ministers in Boston will send delegates to the Central Labor Union with a voice but no vote. Geneva will separate church and state on January 1, 1908 after a new law takes effect.
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England
Theodore Parker Memorial
Boston
Church of England
Methodist Episcopal
Central Labor Union
Geneva
Switzerland
France
His Own Critic Cites Strange Stage Cinematograph Experience
A prominent dramatic critic recalls an actor being seized by a cinematograph during a stage performance. The critic called the event the most extraordinary experience he ever witnessed, noting it altered perceptions of acting and the theater.
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Anne
Benefactor to All Eclectic Oil Praised in Toilers Ad
An advertisement extols Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal aid for workers facing injuries and ailments. It claims cures for common itch and mange and promotes lasting value for soldiers sailors fishermen miners farmers and mechanics in daily toil.
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Thomas
Canadian Pacific to Raise Capital by 28 Million
The Canadian Pacific Railway plans a capital increase of 28,320,000 dollars. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president, states the directors expect Canada to progress with no major setback. Spring should see rail traffic rebound as the railway expands facilities to handle increased load.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Thomas Shauganessy
Europe
The Fringe of Art and Elihu Vedder’s Bohemian Life
The piece describes Elihu Vedder as bohemian and thriving in Rome and Capri with a beautiful apartment and sea‑facing villa. It recalls a New York illustrator’s view and a legendary London visit to Alma Tadema, ending with Vedder’s thunderous knock asking where Alma Tadema keeps his cuff scissors.
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Elihu Vedder
Rome
Capri
New York
Alma-Tadema
London
Washington Str
Cannas in Window Gardens for Winter Color and Light
Cannas offer varied, vivid blooms rivaling orchids and gladiolus with foliage from green to purple. Roots must be repotted yearly, though can be saved indoors with ordinary care. Small plants suit window boxes for offices or halls, while low sun rooms may need more light.
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G. Laurie
The
Ayer
J. G. Aver Co
Hall
C . Cheney
Toledo
Kinnan Higevia
Druggista
Ledo
Seauaren
Atlanta Constitution
Harry
Osene
Ladies’ Home Journal
W. A. Hutchinson
Wolford
Washington Star
St. George’s
ST. George's
Weigel
A.J. Ware & Co
Oshawa
Pedlar People
Opts
Lundas W
M. U. Neo
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