Gluv: A Tiny Glue Ties To Daily Life In Industry
A New Orleans Times Democrat reprint notes gluv or glue sizing used across daily life and industry. It highlights widespread use from bets and shoes to carpets, furniture, cosmetics, penclix, paper, pastry, medicines, and clothing. It cites nine cent cheapness and ninety cent test. It claims sixty million pounds used, in pharmacy, coal trade, barrels, wooden boxes, and newspaper printing.
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New Orleans Times- Democrat
Catarrh Cure Ad Promises $100 Reward
An old advertisement declares a reward of one hundred dollars for information on a cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo and asserts E Wer Truax and others endorse Cheney as honorable in business. It promotes a remedy named Catarrh Cure taken internally and claims it reaches the blood and mucous membranes.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. Cheney
Wer & Truax
O. Wane
Kinnas & Manvix
Mild in Their Action Parmelee's Vegetable Pills
The piece notes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as very mild in action and free from griping or stomach disturbances, suitable for delicate readers. It asserts pills can be taken safely without fear of unpleasant results and implies careful preparation and gentle effects.
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Parmelee
The Acme of Thrift Quoted in Tribune
A Chicago Tribune blurb praises thrifty wit noting Pynchbem’s economical nature and his ability to extract more meat from a single mutton chop than others could from two.
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Pynchbem
Chicago Tribune
An Essential In Mastic Parlor Exchange
A humorous exchange credits Tommy and Jimmy with a quip about classical music. The dialogue labels classical music as something not understood without long hair, in a Pearson's Weekly style bit.
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Tommy
Jimmy
Pearson's Weekly
Parmerie's Vegetable Pills Sold For Nerve Health Claims
Dyspepsia is said to derange the nervous system and nervous debility is hard to cure. The ad asserts multiple testimonials praising Parmerie's Vegetable Pills for digestive disorders and claims they restore balance to the nerve centers.
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Parmerie
Now Is the Time Echoes in Chicago Post Quote
The Chicago Post quotes a grim exchange about dying for fame in New York's Temple of Fame and notes calls to sacrifice. The dialogue frames a fatalist moment as public discourse hints at martyrdom.
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New York
Temple of Fame
Fist
Chicazo Post
Polar remedy debate over Dr Thomas Electric Oil efficacy
Differences of opinion discuss polar internal and external remedy. The writteack asserts the oil relieves pain and lameness, cures cough, and eases rheumatic complaints, while noting no known adverse effects from daily use.
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Thomas
Diplomatic Memory Quips on Chicago Dewey Day
The Duke d Arcos jokes that Chicago invited him to Dewey Day and that he may later politely say he forgot to go. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes his courteous quips about memory and attendance in a light, diplomatic vein.
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Duke d'Arcos
Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Quinine Wine as a Restorative Remedy
The article discusses limits of universal cures and promotes Quinine Wine as a remedy for many illnesses. It claims gradual use nourishes frail systems, lifts despondent spirits, and restores nerve-driven vitality through nature's restoratives.
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Reah
McReady Arms and Cycle Co Ad At Winnipeg
An old Winnipeg advertisement lists guns bicycles revolvers and other hardware in stock with low prices and repair service. It invites trade ins including cord wood and asks readers to write with full descriptions of items for sale.
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Golph
Cone
Cready Arms & Cycle CO
Main ST
Winnipeg
Nares, Robinson & Black
Man
Had Lived in the City Conductor and Passenger Exchange
A brief quoted exchange describes a suburban resident and conductor aboard the lightning express, promising to continue to Trenton and noting past experiences riding streetcars on their last trips.
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Lawnville
Trenton
Lightning Express
Lannville
New York Weekly
One Form of Eccentricity Johnny-Paw
A Baltimore American note mocks eccentric wealth and dress as a social symptom while promoting Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a reputed remedy for coughs colds hoarseness chest pain bronchitis and consumption.
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Johnny
Paw
Baltimore American
Bickle
Napkin Etiquette Sparks Cousin Row at Angelina’s Table
Bertha and Hiram judge Cousin Angelina’s manners at table as she throws her napkin over her shoulder. The Chicago Tribune notes the family tension over decorum and early advantages.
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Hiram
Angelina
Bertha
Chicago Tribune
Dyspepsia Victims Report Relief From Pink Pills
A Quebec case describes two years of indigestion causing headaches dizziness and fatigue. Mrs. Labonte credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring appetite sleep and vitality after six boxes. The advertisement touts the pills as a cure by rebuilding blood and nerves and warns buyers to insist on the branded wrapper.
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Quebec
A. Labonte
Stadaconaque
Quebec Telegraph
Labonte
Cr.ee Medicine Co
Brockville
Winnipeg Markets Report From Manitoba Prices
The Winnipeg market notes Manitoba prices for grain and livestock with No 1 hard wheat at Fort William, oats, barley, corn and flaxseed in car lots. Butter, eggs, vegetables, meats, hides and other farm products are listed with varied per unit values. Ottawa notes include Laurier remarks on Mr Tarte translations and a parliamentary debate on emergency food and militia negligence with a committee appointed.
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Manitoba
Fort Willnam
Medora
Best Smith’s Falls
Ottawa
House of Commons
Foster
St. James
Tarte
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
Col. Prior
Gov. McInnes
British Columbia
Monk
Richard Cartwright
Louis Davies
Quinn
D. ©. Fraser
Clarke Wallace
McNeill
Dr. Borden
Fresh Eggs Probed in Witty Exchange
A humorous Chicago News snippet features a diner asking the waiter if eggs are fresh. The waiter jokes about laying the eggs on the plate, delivering a light moment for readers.
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Chicago News
Not Qualified to Answer Line About Drinking
Quote from Cleveland pinin dealer on alcohol asks if they drink to excess and deflects to wife saying he is prejudiced on the subject.
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Cleveland
Bailade and the ghostly forms of verse in London Globe
The poem recalls a youth discovering forms of verse through Ballade, Rondeau and Villanelle. The speaker laments rough early scans, sells lyrics as passion wanes, and then finds a resting place in a muse of memory. A final image notes a ghostly singing by Lethe and meads of asphodel.
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Lethe
London Globe
Fatty Tumors Removed Without Surgery Say Captain Pitt
In the past year Captain W. A. Pitt of Clifton New Brunswick reports three fatty tumors on the head removed by Minard's Liniment with no operation and no recurrence.
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Minard
W. A. Pitt
Clifton
N.B. Gondola Ferry
Astor Heirs Set To Inherit Vast Fortune
The son of William Waldorf Astor in England, aged 10, is slated to receive the bulk of the fortune, estimated at 200 million dollars. John Jacob Astor of New York, though wealthier than many, holds over 75 million, most of it for his 9 year old son. Oliver Wendell Holmes referenced a Harvard marshal as the young mustachioed marshal, prompting Burden to consider growing a mustache for class day, though he has not yet.
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William Waldorf Astor
England
John Jacob Astor
New York
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard
W. A. M. Burden
Mr. Burden
Minard’s Question on Soaring Birds
The article explores how Condors and other large birds sail long distances without wing flapping. Bartlett suggests air cells in their bodies fill with hot air as they rise into cooler air, acting like balloons and allowing gliding with minimal tail movement.
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Condo
Bartlett
Minard’s Liniment and the price of ten cents
A humorous exchange in Boston where a customer asks for ten cents worth of paregoric and the druggist quotes a quarter. The vignette plays on the old phrase about a ten cent worth of medicine in a kitchen shop setting.
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Boston Christian Register
Vinegar Use by Boers to Combat Noxious Gas Exposure
Report notes that during the war the Boers consumed large quantities of diluted vinegar to counteract lassitude from Syddite gas. The observation links vinegar use to relief from toxic vapor effects and mentions physicians advising it for ventilation.
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Edith
Lena
Kate
Nell
Montreal
Ailway & Champon
Winunipeg
Molson
Toronto R'y
Can. Pac
Main Street
Ccdes Cotees
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The
Northwest Territories
W.C. Graham
G. W. Donald
Sec. N. B
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Toronto Type Foundry Co., Limited
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