Pink Pills Promise Strength for Women Suffering
A testimonial show of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People claims to restore red blood and relieve weakness, dizziness, and fainting in women. Advert says the pill cures anaemia and related ailments and lists Dundas Ontario Mrs A Eagles as a user. Includes price: 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from The Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. Also mentions Parmelees Vegetable Pills for stomach and liver relief and cites a Kansas City Journal song line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Eagles
Dundas
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Parmelee
Reward for Catarrh Cure Not Effective
An advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The ad lists Toledo wholesalers Watovnd Kinnan Marvin and details about their firm and mail order transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Watovnd, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggista
Toledo
Minard's Liniment Advocates Storm Insurance
A marginal note extols hailstorm insurance, labeling it as crucial as fire loss coverage. It urges farmers to value comprehensive protection, arguing hail can be harder to secure than preventing a fire.
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Fliegende Blaeter
Dead Spring Echoes in Isabel Mackay Poem
The verse laments a failed rekindling of spring as winter lingers in imagery of ash wind and a dead leaf. Isabel Ecclestone Mackay contrasts longing for renewal with a specter of spring’s delay, voice aching for hopeful warmth.
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Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Old Timers Banquet Highlights Ottawa’s Dominion Day History
A historic Ottawa banquet honoring surviving Senators and the First Parliament of Canada recalls early Ottawa life and travel hardships. It notes railway limits from Prescott, the Rideau Canal's start, and Parliament’s move from Quebec, with key dates from 1812 to 1866 and the BNA Act seat clause at Ottawa.
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Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Club of
Sir Charles Dilke
Greater Britain
Dominion
Hole In the Woods
Toronto
Montreal
Bytown
Parliament House
Galt
Richard Cartwright
Ottawa and
Prescott
Sir Richard
Grand Trunk Railway
Duke of Wellington
Rideau Canal
Prince of Wales
Quebec
Legislature of
R. W. Scott
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Woman's Gentle Art of the Proposal
A gentleman recalls how his shy courtship with his mechanic wife led to an engagement. He explains that after frequent outings he asked casually if she would marry, she replied perhaps, and he replied whenever you do. They settled the day on the spot.
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Boston Transcript
Subtle Self Praise Attributed To Historic Generals
The remark recalls Moltke comparing himself to Ceresar Turenne Marlborough Wellington and others before noting he never commanded a retreat. The anecdote hints at self praise through restraint and contrasts with Bismarck at the Berlin Congress where he claimed the next to be the ablest.
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Moltke
Ceresar
Turenne
Marlborough
Wellington
Bismarck
Lord Beacon
Remarkable Zam-Buk Cure After Sixty Years Of Pain
A Providence woman recounts a six decade leg ulcer that resisted doctors in England and the U.S. until Zam-Buk provided a complete cure. The advertisement touts Zam-Buk as a pure herbal remedy sold widely, with three boxes for a dollar.
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J. Minett
Tharbers Avenue
Providence
Rhode Island
Zam-Buk
England
East Suffolk
Daughter
Zam-Buk Co
Alibi for a Library Aide Cuts Leaves to Signal Care
In a New Yorker bought library the rich man’s secretary works to show care for culture. He cuts leaves in all books so if visitors snoop they see literature is not neglected, preventing the boss’s friends from forming a poor impression.
London Stands Supreme as Finest City in Great Britain
Edinburgh noted for learning. Dublin for beauty. Oxford for colleges. Canterbury for streets and cathedral, but London is declared the finest city in Great Britain by London Captain.
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Great Britain
Edinburgh
Dublin
Oxford
Canterbury
Old Cathedral
London
A Paying Garden
A humorous exchange claims a man cleared $30,000 last summer from less than an acre by growing a garden. The Boston Transcript notes it as a real garden venture rather than a miracle.
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Boston Transcript
The Best Way Quote in Atchison Globe
The Atchison Globe quotes Benjamin Franklin affirming the wisest advice of earning money as the best path to riches. The line highlights frugality and industrious effort as core American virtue echoed in the era.
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Ben Fraklin
Atchison Globe
Talkative Judges Prefer, Silent Bench Briefly Satired
The Law Journal notes a garrulous judge can distract counsel from vital points and lengthen proceedings. It argues the silent judge is hard to praise since a lawyer cannot read what passes through the mind. Overall talkativeness on the bench may be preferable to absolute silence.
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Law Journal
Elgar Flew Kites and a Mother’s Worm Cure Ad
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes Elgar once flew kites as a hobby and recounts a witness urging Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for healthy children. A lawyer jeers as the witness defends memory trained by the union’s high-priced expert.
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Union
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Sing Ho the Suburbanite Brings Spring Home
The gay suburbanite carries a reel of hose a rake and spade a mower blade and seeds as he returns home. He bears a peck of seeds peas beans screens and various supplies. With packages galore he heads home announcing that spring has arrived once more.
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Sing Ho
A Simple and Cheap Medicine Promoted in Ad Text
An advertisement extols Dr Parmelee s Veretible Pills as a simple cheap and effective regulator of the digestive system. The copy claims universal availability and strong benefits especially for the poor and those avoiding doctors bills.
Brack Receives Comical Gift to Hide Bald Patch
A cheeky exchange leads to a plan to give Brack a pocket comb as a present so he appears unaware of his bald spot. The banter reveals the playful aim to keep the joke from being noticed.
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Mary
Atchison
Kansas City Journal
Minard
Dodds
Ian A
Aled
MN. U
First Parliament
Maine
Here
Mount Desert Island
Burvier
Loup-Cervier
House Cata
al Ornitholovista
Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
Bogland
U. S. America
New York
City Rd
East
Curzon Bros
Dlo Might Directories, Ltd
Church St
the World's Measure Tailors
Winnipeg
West
Dlo
Henderson Bros
Garry Street
Eddy
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