Pile sufferers find cure in Chase's Ointment claims
The letters from Mrs Geo H Simeer and Mrs Capt Clinansmith praise Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for piles. Grant Ontario and Salvation Army region residents report relief within days and lasting benefits after use. Prices listed 60 cents a box at dealers and Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Geo. H. Simeer. Grant
Russell County
Ont
Dr. Chase
Capt. Clina
New Microbe Linked to Whooping Cough by Vienna Doctor
Dr H Albrecht of the Wil helm hospital told the Vienna Medical society he discovered the specific agent for whooping cough and claimed the whooping bacillus is identical with that of influenza. He cited experiments aligning with Bordet and Gengon work from the Brussels Pasteur Institute.
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H. Albrecht
Wilhelm Hospital
Vienna Medical Society
Albrecht
Bordet and
Gengon
Brussels Pasteur Institute
Reward Offered for Cure Claim in Sensational Notice
A faded ad touts a $100 reward for discovery of a cure for a supposed dread disease. It promotes Catarrh Cure and Catarrh Sn as the only positive remedy, with testimonials and a Toledo address for F. P. J. Cheney Co. and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Taniack Cs
CHENEY @ Co
Toledo
Dragg
Rake Hall
Edmonton Pair Plans Rowboat Journey to Gulf of Mexico
From Edmonton to the Gulf of Mexico in a rowboat is a trip planned by two Edmonton men. The article notes their intent, likely route, and potential challenges ahead.
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Edmonton
Gulf of Mexico
Barber Drives Customers Home Free With Car Service
A Chicago barber offers a mobile service by using his own automobile to pick up customers at their homes and give them free rides to his shop. He promotes convenience and personal service to attract clients and build business.
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Chicago
Itch and Mange Cured in Minutes by Wolford Lotion
The advertisement claims Wolford's Sanitary Lotion cures itch mange prairie scratches and all contagious skin ailments on humans and animals in 30 minutes.
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Wolford
Japanese Residents in San Francisco Seek Damages
Japanese residents in San Francisco demand damages for attacks on their shops by American citizens, signaling financial and safety concerns amid escalating tensions.
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San Francisco
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Endorsement
An advertising fragment extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as superior for stomach cleansing and purgation. It warns against Ep som and purgative salts for causing chills and stomach injury while claiming these pills act beneficially on the intestines and provide lasting results.
Young Harry Plans to Spend His Pins
A short tale from Harper's Weekly recalls Harry given five cents for a dozen floor pins to stop his crawling baby sister from finding them. He answers the neighbor by saying he will buy a paper of pins and scatter them all over the house.
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Harry
Harper’s Weekly
Reconstructed Shire Hall at Bury St Edmunds Modernized
The ancient Bury St. Edmunds shire hall, where assize judges once sat, has been rebuilt and enlarged. The site, originally monastery property, was granted in 1578 to feoffees for petty sessions and jail deliveries and later leased to county justices in 1720 for ninety-nine years at half a crown annually.
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Bury St. Edmunds
Thomas Badby
Congregational Church
London Globe
The Way to the West via the Canadian Northern Railway
Daily trains connect Edmonton Winnipeg and St Paul with dining sleeping and observation cars. Explore the Saskatchewan Valley for fertile farmland this summer. Contact local agents or C W Cooper Asst General Passenger Agent Winnipeg for details.
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Canadian Northern Railway
Edmonton
Winnipeg
St. Paul
Great Saskatchewan
C. W. Cooper
Widow of Chicago magnate to tour city tenements
Mrs. Marshal Field, widow of Chicago merchant prince, rich heiress, is to serve as a milk inspector and visit tenement houses in Chicago as part of a civic effort.
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Marshal Field
Chicago
Prince
English Spavin Liniment Performs Remarkable Cure Claims
An advertisement proclaims English Spavin Liniment removes hard or soft lumps and blemishes in horses and treats blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney stifles sprains sore throat coughs and other ailments. Save $50 by using one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure ever known.
Chicago woodworker sparks strike by carpenters
A Chicago union woodworker's objection to tough beefsteak triggered a quarrel and led fourteen carpenter sympathizers to strike, moving a labor protest into a public dispute as workers walk out.
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Chicago
Minard's Liniment Praised at Yarmouth Camp
A visitor at the Yarmouth Y M C A Boys Camp at Tusket Falls in August says Minard's Liniment gave immediate relief for sunburn colic and toothache. Alfred Stokes, General Secretary, provides the testimonial.
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Yarmouth Y.M.C.A
Tusket Falls
Minard
Indictment of 180 Furniture Dealers Under Sherman Act
At Portland Oregon 180 furniture dealers in Oregon Washington Idaho and California indicted on charges of violating the Sherman anti trust law. The notice abruptly shifts to a patent medicine promo claiming Holloway's Corn Cure removes corns without pain and guarantees failure is unknown.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
California
Holloway
Absentee Cat Tale Retold by Senator La Follette
The passage cites a government letter from India where a state library in rats’ territory prompted a civil servant to seek weekly cat rations. The senior cat goes absent without leave, provoking a comical note on promoting the junior cat and placing a probationer cat on full rations.
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la Follette
India
See Here Cry From Father Sparks Candy Promise
A boy’s father demands better behavior with a whip threat while the boy retorts that he will receive candy after the trouble ends. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange with a sharp, humorous twist.
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Philadelphia Press
Senator Smoot Proposes Summer Home Move to Alberta
Senator Smoot, famed for his stance on Mormon plural marriage, proposes establishing his summer residence in Alberta, citing strategic convenience and regional ties. The proposal signals ongoing interest in cross-border ties and seasonal relocation among political figures.
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Senator Smoot
Mormon Plural Wife Fame
Alberta
Aunt Reminds Nephew About Loan
A comic exchange shows an aunt pressing her student nephew to request money, while he replies with feigned gratitude and humor, noting that the reminder would have reminded him to forget without it. The dialogue mirrors a playful family scene from Meggendorfer Blaetter.
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Meggendorfer Blaetter
Irishman Enters Wrong Bureau in Police Exam
A muscular Irishman wanders into a civil service police exam, protests the tests, and jokes that the scrutiny has nothing to do with marriage. The exchange ends with a quip about a marriage license as he remains indignant and alive to the misunderstanding.
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Civil Service
Trishman
Ladies’ Home Journal
Movement seeks Alsace Lorraine grand duchy throne for Eitel Friedrich
Influential Reichstag figures push to create a grand duchy in Alsace Lorraine and install Kaiser Wilhelm II's second son Prince Eitel Friedrich as the first reigning grand duke, signaling a dramatic shift in the region's status.
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Reichstag
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Eitel Friedrich
Acceptance Echoed in Novel About Marriage Proposal
An Achison Globe extract warns a young man what to expect when courting. A character tells a suitor that her first and last thought is that he has a heart worthy of queenly devotion, alongside a lifelong contract to provide for her.
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Achison Globe
Baby's Own Tablets praised as safe cure for infants
Advert says Baby's Own Tablets relieve minor ailments in babies and young children. It claims government analyst endorsement that the tablets contain no opiate or poisonous soothing substances. Mrs. L. F. Kerr of Green Bush Ontario endorses them and they are sold by dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Kee Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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L. F. Kerr
Greenbush
Ont
Dr. Keee Medicine Co
Brockville
Mexican Ambassador Quips On Truth At Washington Dinner
Enrique Creel, newly appointed Mexican ambassador, remarks at a Washington dinner that unpleasant truths are unnecessary and wounding. He quotes an American noble anecdote about a costly marriage proposal, illustrating the idea with a joke involving a $300,000 debt.
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Enrique Creel
Washington
Percival
Hat dispute at the theatre ends with hat removal
A man asks a woman to remove her hat. she refuses briefly. He tries again, then covers his hat with his overcoat and sits, prompting a chorus to take off the hat. The woman quickly removes her hat, followed by the man, amid a tumult in the Ladies' Home Journal.
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Man- Ladies’ Home Journal
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Health
An old advertisement urges guardians to protect children by using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to counteract worms believed to cause illness. The copy claims the product never fails in eliminating parasites.
No Defence at All in Dinner Discussion on Insanity
Senator Curtis criticizes a weak defence during a dinner talk on emotional insanity. A dialogue about a young motorist reveals a father shaming his son for traveling by car as the youth defends his time, while a monkey wrench pun closes the exchange.
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Curtis
San Antonio Express
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