Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Advertised as Cure
Zephyr Ont businessman writes his wife was saved from surgery by Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills for bladder inflammation. The ad describes symptoms of frequent urination burning pain blood and pus in urine with fever and chills. It claims pills prevent and cure disease and lists price 25 cents a box and a Toronto address for inquiries.
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W. G. Aikens
Zephyr, Ont. Co
Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Cuase
Illustrated Advertising Photo Offer Sparks Mosquito Photo Plot
A quirky exchange from the Washington Star mentions an ad scheme about summer tea and photos. Farmers urge cooperation while noting the mosquitoes and the novelty of visitors posing for pictures.
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Farmer Corn Tessel
Washington Star
A Household Medicine and Medical Advice
The item extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a true household remedy cheaper than a doctor and useful for common ailments. A humorous exchange suggests a cure for anxiety with advice to marry the girl. Minard s Liniment claims to cure garget in cows.
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Thomas
Singleton
Minard
Intrusion Tale of an Equerry on a Royal Train
Hon John Ward recalls a royal journey when the train paused for an address to the King’s party. Ward slipped from the saloon to fetch the door as the train moved, the mayor grabbing his coat tails to halt the escape until officials stopped the train.
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John Ward
Biarritz
Enees
Ward
Post Office Deliberates Timing of Reply in Curious Letter
A young woman asks how long to expect an answer to a letter to her lover. The clerk jokingly lists varied conditions such as imprisonment illness poverty or new attachments, noting service limits and personal circumstances shape reply timing.
Royalty by Inches Prominent Monarchs Taller Than Spouses
A historical survey notes that many queens and empresses exceed their husbands in height, listing rulers from Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and Italy. It highlights Peter the Great at 6 feet 10 inches, King Christian I at just over seven feet, and Italy’s short ruler at five feet one inch, with anecdotes on notable royal figures and a final quip from Queen Isabella.
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Czarina
Nicholas II
Italy
Princess
Montenegro
Alexandra
England
Princess of
Wales
Denmark
Charles
Sweden
Ing Leopold
Belgium
Europe
John d’Oultremont
Prince George
Greece
Marie Bonapare
Crete
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Russia
St. Petersburg
Archduke Eugene
Austria
Spain
Teutonic Order
Alexander II
Roeskild
Peter the Great
Christian I
Oscar
Pau
William
Germany
Bismarck
Portugal
Don Carlos
Queen Victoria
Een
Isabella
Ness
Don Enrique de Bourbon
Seville
Stale Bread Pudding With Currants
A simple economical dessert. Slice stale bread, butter and layer in a pie dish with currants. Beat six eggs into a quart of milk with sugar and spice, pour over, then bake about an hour and ten minutes. Serve from the baking dish.
The Seventh Heaven in Mozammedan Belief
In the Mozammedan religion there are seven heavens, each finer than the one before. The last ends in the supreme glory and is full of the divine light beyond speech.
Doctor links crooked nose to single-handed handkerchief use
A physician argues the nose crookedness stems from using one hand for a handkerchief, usually the right. He recommends using the left hand and notes several young patients saw the crooked nose corrected by this practice.
Dysentery Cordial Praised As Top Remedy
The passage extols Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a potent remedy for summer ailments and bowel inflammation, claiming it is the best medicine available for both young and old. It contrasts with a cartoonish dialogue about elevators and age, noting the cordial's reputational supremacy.
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J. D. Kellogg
Philadelphia man assaulted by rowers after boat capsizes
A Philadelphia man took two girls rowing, rocked the boat, and was knocked into the water when one girl struck him with an oar. The girls fled, leaving him to swim to shore, and the remark cautions that he should not take them out again if he has any spunk.
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Philadelphia
Letter Prompts Personal and Confidential Seal Reveal
An anecdote quotes Representative Cushman and Speaker Cannon discussing a letter from Cannon. Cushman could not read it, showing it to many colleagues who spelled out most words. The three unread words were revealed as Personal and Confidential.
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Cushman
Washington
Cannon
Speaker
Joe
Studk
Chicago Evening Post
Minard's Liniment Cited For Chest Injury Recovery
A Digby County resident reports an injury this fall that left them unable to work and in pain. After trying multiple liniments, a single bottle of Minard's Liniment applied warm to the chest cured the ailment completely.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Realism in a Stevenson Playtime Snippet
A New York Sun piece recounts Robert Louis Stevenson observing his nephew Austin Strong at play. As Austin steered a chair ship, Stevenson, propped in bed, suddenly shouted for the sea captain to swim, adding a vivid glimpse of their bedside theatre.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
New York Sun
Mr. Stevenson
Austin
Meandering Mike Skeptical Of Dog After Pie Gaffe
Meandering Mike quips that a dog’s bite would reflect its intelligence after a pie handout. The remark follows a prior incident when pie was shared with the dog, provoking a sarcastic exchange. Washington Ster notes the exchange with regional tone.
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Mike
Washington Ster
Cherry Piel Harbingers Return In Maytime Verse
The fragment evokes spring motifs with violets jonquils and carols signaling Maytime renewal. It reads as poetic lines celebrating nature and seasonal returning beauty through soft imagery and birdsong.
Campers Urged to follow fire safety rules in woods
An advisory lists six不要 don ts for campers to prevent forest fires. It warns against leaving fires unattended, burning in inflammable materials, and building large fires, especially in windy or dangerous areas. It notes summers’ high fire risk in timberlands and cites recent Lake St. Clair area fires linked to fishermen.
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Angua
Lake
Leave for Winnipeg for surgical attendance
Mr. E. Williams and others depart this week for Winnipeg to receive surgical attendance from Dr. Burnham.
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Winnipeg
Routledge
Man
E. Williams
Burnham
Silver Mine Found Near California Bought For Forty Dollars
Lady de Bathe or Lily Langtry learns her California property yields silver after a broker’s cable from San Francisco announces the striking of ore. She dispatches her solicitor to intercept the Cunard mail ship and plans to supervise development on completion of her Haymarket season.
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Lady de Bathe
Lily Langtry
Durham
San Francisco
California
Pacific Coast
Queenstown
Haymarket
de Bathe
Women gain public service roles in modern Greece
Greece's Chamber of Deputies approves a law admitting women to public service for the first time. The director of posts and telegraphs may employ up to fifty women aged 21 to 35, mainly for telephone work, earning 70 drachmas monthly for six hours daily. A note on Parmelee's Vegetable Pills praises their stomach and bowel action.
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Greece
Chamber of Deputies of
Posta and Telegraphs
Parmelee
Boston man offers $500 to test honesty of peers
The Scranton Tribune notes a Boston resident supposedly offered $500 to others to see who would help or refuse to assist without instruction if cash was held out. A folk tea ad promotes Salada as pure and best quality. A boy falls into a creek and a bystander helps him out with a quip about coming to fish.
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Boston
Scranton Tribune
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Merriton
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Toton
Scott
Rube—Wazal
Puck
C.H. Eee Rossway, Digby Co
Windsor
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
G.O. Y. Chown
B.A
Canada
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Hull
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