Osborne shaped by Canadian press and eastern move
Bowmanville born journalist and publisher moved west in 1882 to Winnipeg. He built a career in municipal finance, ran papers in Brandon Rat Portage Rainy River Fort Frances and helped promote New Ontario. He became Fort Frances mayor in January and led Western Canada press interests and Arctic voyages.
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Osborne
Bowmanville
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Times
Amos Lowe
City of
Manitoba
Western Workman
A.O.U.W
Brandon Sun
Brandon
Sun
Rat Portage
New Ontario
Fort Frances
Times
Gazette
Rainy River
New
Ontario
Wilson
New Ontario Fair Board
Port Arthur
Fort William
Niagara
Osborns
Western Canada Press Association
Kadskis
Canada
James Bay
Findson Bay
Arctic Circle
Federal Life Assurance reports growth and strong surplus
The twenty third annual report shows 2177 new policies totaling 3010499 dollars and assets of 285979.52 dollars, with total funds 2145733.37 dollars excluding guarantee capital. Surplus stands at 1055837.81 dollars and policy holder surplus 185837.81 dollars. 82 policies matured for 157040 dollars with 12585 reinsured.
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Federal Life Assurance Company
Hamilton
David Dexter
Colons Kerns
Dr. Potts
Diggs and Biggs Quarrel Sparks Vengeful Plan
Diggs explains his approach to domestic quarrels by seeking out the man who introduced him and his wife and delivering another beating as retribution. The exchange captures a volatile mindset and potential for further conflict.
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Diggs
Biggs
Toledo Notary Public Attestation and Patent Medicine Ad
Sworn before me and subscribed in my presence December 1894. Hall's Catarrhic Cure is taken internally and acts on the system. Send for information free. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio advertise Arsenic Pills for constipation in this sparse legal notice style.
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State OF Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Apprentice’s Clever Boot Swap Doomed to Reappear
A well dressed young man tries on boots priced at 1s. 64d. He offers 12s. and promises to pay the rest next day. The youth’s boss scolds him, but the apprentice says he will surely collect the remaining cash by returning, hinting at a planned deception.
Be There a Will Wisdom Points the Way
The sick man pines for relief yet resists calling the doctor and taking foul tasting mixtures. The text promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a superior remedy for indigestion and digestive disorders.
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Wisdom
Parmelee
Father and Daughter Debate Love and Suitors
A daughter defends Spoonamore against her father’s disapproval as he weighs the suitor’s character. The exchange hints at societal expectations and parental concern over romance.
Rheumatic Cure Claims Quick Relief in Norwood Testimony
William Pegg of Norwood Ontario says he was nearly doubled by rheumatism and credits three bottles of Bent American Rheumatic Cure with swift relief. He calls it the quickest acting medicine he ever saw.
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Wren
Wm. Pegg
Norwood
Ont
Brookline Elder Urges Youth Toward Active Life
An elderly Brookline resident spoke to a class of young women at an educational institution urging them to pursue action and become “fishers of men.” He wondered why the audience tittered at his bold call to activity.
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Brookline
New York Tribune
Minards Liniment credited with saving children
A letter from Adilard Lefebvre of Mair's Mills dated June 10 99 praises Minard's Liniment for quickly relieving and curing three children dangerously ill with diphtheria after following priest advised usage.
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Minard
Adilard Lefebvre
Mair’s Mills
Sculptor R Hinton Perry and the Scrublady Tale
R Hinton Perry, the sculptor, is linked to a vignette about Mrs O Flarity who tends his studio. He asks how many children she has and she replies in a riddle like tally across marriages, noting four by the third wife of his second husband and three by the second wife of his first.
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R. Hinton Perry
Blood Builder Claims and Patient Testimony for Dr Chase Nerve Food
Advertisement extols Dr Chase Nerve Food as a blood builder and strengthener curing arsenic-like weakness. It promises weight gain and new flesh, cites Mrs M A Clock of Meaford Ontario who recovered after eleven boxes, and notes price and availability through Edmanson Bates Co Toronto with Dr A W Chase signature on every box.
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Meaford
Ont
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
A. W. Chase
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J. A. Osborne
The
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Dalia Mowat
Newark, S
Ater Co
Ayer
Shiloh
Silaore Gon
C. Werte 2 Co
LeRoy
N.Y
Can
Nansen
MN U No
Eunice
Spoonamore
Messrs
C. C. Richards & CO
DR. Ghase
Department R
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Limited
Montreal
Page Wire Fence CO. Limited
Waelkerville
St. Jonas
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