A Message for Pile Sufferers From Two Ladies
A Toronto area notice extols Dr. Chase's Ointment as a cure for piles. Letters from Mrs. Army of Grant Ontario and Mrs. Howe recount long battles with bleeding itching and protrusion and claim rapid relief and lasting cure after using the ointment. The ad promotes 60 cents a box at dealers and Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Ah Nana
Dr. Chase
Geo. H. Simseer
Grant
Russell County
Ont
Mrs. . Army
Howe
New Microbe Linked to Whooping Cough Claim
Dr H Albrecht of Wilhelm hospital spoke before the Vienna Medical Society claiming to have discovered the specific agent behind whooping cough and asserting the whooping bacillus is identical with influenza. He cited experiments aligning with Bordet and Gengou's Brussels Pasteur Institute work.
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H. Albrecht
Wilhelm Hospital
Vienna
Albrecht
Bordet and
Gengon
Brussels Pasteur Institute
Edmonton men plan rowboat voyage from Gulf of Mexico
Two Edmonton men plan a bold trip in a rowboat from Edmonton to the Gulf of Mexico. The clipping also advertises Catarrh Cure products and a Toledo based medicine company.
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Edmonton
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago barber drives customers to shop in free motor car
A Chicago barber operates a home service for clients by sending his own motor car to their houses at any hour. He transports customers to his shop at no charge, combining convenience with his business outreach.
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Chicago
Japanese shop attacks provoke damages claim in San Francisco
Japanese residents in San Francisco plan damages claims over attacks on their shops by American citizens. Itch cures advertised by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion claim to cure mange rash and contagious itch in 30 minutes.
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Wolford
San Francisco
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Superior for Stomach Cleansing
The text argues purgatives like Ep som and other salts are speedy but harmful or ineffective, causing chills and stomach injury with long use. It extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a superior remedy with lasting benefits and no drawbacks.
Boy Harry Answers Riddles With Hidden Coins
A mother offers five cents for a dozen pins found on the floor to keep her crawling baby from mischief. Harry, a bright youngster, promises to earn the coins by quickly scooping pins and scattering them at the house, a playful scene cited from Harper's Weekly.
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Harry
Harper’s Weekly
Rebuilt Shire Hall at Bury St Edmunds Court Complex
The old shire hall at Bury St Edmunds, once part of a monastery, has been reconstructed modernized and enlarged. Originally leased for petty sessions and assize use after a 1578 deed by Thomas Badby the feoffees later used it for county justice.
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Bury St. Edmunds
Thomas Badby
London Globe
Way to the West via the Canadian Northern Railway
Advertises daily trains from Edmonton to Winnipeg and St. Paul with dining sleeping cars and observation cars. Invites readers to visit the Saskatchewan Valley’s farm lands and asks agents for information. Mentions Mrs. Marshall Field as a Chicago tenement house visitor.
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Canadian Northern Railway
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Marshal Field
Chicago
Prince
English Spavin Liniment Promoted as Superior Blemish Cure
An advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as a cure for blood spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone, sweeney, stifles, sprains, and throat ailments in horses and promises $50 savings with one bottle. It claims a union woodworker in Chicago led to a strike by fourteen carpenter sympathizers after a quarrel.
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Chicago
Y M C A Camp Campers Benefit From Liniment
At the Yarmouth Y M C A Boys Camp at Tusket Falls in August Alfred Stokes, General Secretary, notes Minard's Liniment as beneficial for sunburn relief for colic and toothache.
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Yarmouth Y.M.C.A
Tusket Falls
Minard
Alfred Stokes
Portland dealers indicted for Sherman anti trust violations
At Portland Oregon 130 furniture dealers in Oregon Washington Idaho and California have been indicted on charges of violating the Sherman anti trust law.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
California
Holloway's Corn Cure Promises Pain Free Corn Relief
Advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Cure as a quick remedy for all corns, claiming painless removal and universal success with no known failure.
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Holloway
Senator Relates Indian Petition Letter About Cats
The senator cites a misread petition about a state library in India where rats gnawed documents. A civil servant asked for weekly cat rations to protect the library, noting the senior cat is absent without leave and seeking guidance on promoting the junior cat.
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la Follette
India
Norway's Liquor Monopoly Cuts Profligate Private Profit
The Sondag system in Norway grants retail spirit licenses to a single company bound to serve the public interest with a fixed return. State 65 percent, municipalities 15 percent, public utility 11 percent, surrounding districts 10 percent. Profits fund public projects and an old age pension plan, while per capita alcohol use fell about 45 percent in fifty years.
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Norway
Chicago Tribune
Minards and Take No Other See Here Crying Boy
A garbled collage cites a boy warned by his father with a threat of punishment, a juvenile quip about candy, and a Philadelphia Press fragment. It then notes Senator Smoot’s proposal to spend summer in Alberta and ends with a humorous aunt nephew exchange about borrowing money, attributed to Meggendorfer Blätter.
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Philadelphia Press
Senator Smoot
Mormon Plural Wife Fame
Alberta
Meggendorfer Blaetter
Irish Candidate Rejects Militia Test Mischief
A muscular Irishman enters a police physical exam, refuses several rigors, and jokes about marriage before a sergeant. Separately, Reichstag members push to elevate Alsace Lorraine to a grand duchy and appoint Prince Eitel Friedrich as its first grand duke.
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Civil Service
Sur
Ladies’ Home Journal
Reichstag
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Eitel Friedrich
Acceptance in a novel on marriage proposals from Achison Globe
The excerpt shows a woman telling a prospective groom that beyond material support he must also have a deep, faithful heart. It notes the idea of a contract to provide for a wife's needs and to stand for love, as published in the Achison Globe.
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Ular
Achison Globe
Baby's Own Tablets claim safe for babies verified by government analyst
Advertisement asserts Baby's Own Tablets are safe for children with no opiate or soothing substances. It cites a government analyst guarantee and a user testimonial from Mrs. L. F. Kerr of Green bush Ontario. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Cree Medicine Co. Brockville.
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L. F. Kerr
Greenbush
Cr.ee Medicine Co
Brockville
Mexican ambassador Enrique Creel speaks on truth at Washington dinner
At a Washington dinner Enrique Creel, the new Mexican ambassador, questioned the value of truth telling. He recalled a tale of an American noblewoman embarrassed by a husband who owed $300,000, illustrating the cost of unwelcome revelations.
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Enrique Creel
Washington
Percival
Theatre Hat Etiquette Leads to Humorous Reversal
In a scene from a Ladies' Home Journal anecdote a man asks a woman to remove her hat which blocks his view. After refusals she finally tilts the hat away and he follows, both adjusting hats as a chorus of calls to remove heads the crowd.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Safe Relief
Advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a reliable remedy to counteract illness in children by removing worms, claiming it never fails.
No Defence at All in Dinner Debate on Emotional Insanity
Senator Curtis scolds during a dinner discussion about emotional insanity. He mocks a young auto mobilist’s defense as weak, contrasting a father’s reproach with the youth’s quip about time spent in a motor car and an unseen half conquered with a monkey wrench.
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Curtis
San Antonio Express
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