Postmaster Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills After Three Years
Alfred Crew, postmaster at Elliston Trinity Bay, says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his Lumbago and Sciatica three years ago. He endured back pains, muscle cramps, and sleeplessness before using six boxes that relieved the pains and brought permanent relief. The ad claims the pills cure kidney diseases and related ailments.
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Dodd
Elliston
Trinity Bay
Alfred Crew
Skmid
Worth Saving
A quotation from the Houston Post notes a man who once lamented life is not worth living became crippled after breaking his leg while escaping a freight train. The remark reflects on a moral turn from despair to injury.
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Houston Post
Dysentery Cordial Praised as Spring Remedy
The passage extols Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as the best medicine to subdue spring and summer dysentery. It notes winter to summer heat strains the body and claims the cordial is a standard remedy sold widely.
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J. D. Kellogg
Poem Seen in MIl Liner’s Window Sparks Bidding
A wife recalls a poem seen in a mil liner's window valued at fifty dollars, prompting her husband to exclaim with surprise. The remark appears in a Chicago News feature highlighting a curious literary find aboard a military liner during travel.
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Archibald
Chicago News
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and endorsements advertise cure
A 19th century classified style notice offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin of Toledo and notes internal action, testimonials, price and sales by druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Property rights conflict hinders Herculaneum excavation
Italian government battles landowner claims as it seeks to excavate Herculaneum beneath Portici and Resina. A pending law would claim subsoil rights by eminent domain, asserting ownership of buried treasures from the ancient town.
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Herculaneum
Portici
Resina
Roosevelt's planned African hunt requires hefty license and gear
Van Norden's Magazine outlines President Roosevelt's proposed Africa expedition with a $250 hunting license granting sixty animals including two elephants and two rhinos, and a hefty overland trip costing about $15,000. The equipment list features a Remington 35 caliber rifle, multiple 303s, and a 500 caliber English express rifle, with a retinue of 100 porters and five white aides, plus Kermit.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Africa
Kermit
Uganda
Entebbe
van Norden
A Warning Dream Lincoln Saw in Sleep
The article recounts Abraham Lincoln’s belief in dreams as warnings and notes he repeatedly described a surreal vessel moving toward a dark shore. It links the vision to major events like Antietam Fredericksburg and Gettysburg and mentions his April 14 cabinet briefing foretelling his assassination headline in dramatic fashion.
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Lincoln
Napoleon
Wilkie Collins
Armadale
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Pity of fashion question in playful exchange
In a light exchange Mrs Diggs wonders what causes men's trousers to bag at the knees. Diggs responds that nothing quickens this effect like wearing them. Houston Post.
Digging Holes at Seed and Hardware Stores
Not all digging is for gardens as crowds explore seed and hardware stores for supplies. The Kansas City Star notes the shift from yard digging to shopping for garden and outdoor project needs.
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Kansas City Star
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promoted for Many Ailments
The advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as effective both internally and externally for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and similar complaints. It claims wide curative qualities and notes a bottle is inexpensive and handy to have.
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Thomas
British Debt Soars After South African War
The South African War lifted Britain’s national debt from 335 million to nearly 797 million sterling, highlighting the war’s vast financial burden on the empire.
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Great Britain
Minard's Oiniment in the House Cited in Family Dispute
A fragment notes a household quarrel over punishment by Child and the aunt. Minard's oiniment is referenced as part of a domestic scene. The speaker recalls being punished for not completing lessons yesterday, with Auntie criticizing the fairness of the action.
Baby's Own Tablets Endorsed by Canadian Mother
Mrs Wm Bell of Falkland British Columbia praises Baby's Own Tablets for five children from one to eleven years old saying they provide prompt relief for stomach bowel and teething troubles. Government analyst guarantees safety and boxes cost 25 cents with mail order from Dr Wilne Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Wm. Bell
Falkland
B.C
Dr. Wilne Medicine Co
Brockville
Ibsen Tale Retold by a Danish Immigrant
A Danish youth in Toronto recalls meeting Ibsen when the playwright visited his Aalborg home as a boy. He notes Ibsen loved telling plodding postprandial stories and grew irate if listeners failed to laugh at them.
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Ibsen
Canada
Toronto
Copenhagen
Aalborg
Novel Favor Giving Umbrella Party Trick
Mothers plan a party game using a silk umbrella decorated with bright tissue and ribbons. Favors are tied to the ribs and distributed as children circle and dance to a lively tune while a center child raises the umbrella to reveal gifts.
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Jane
What Becomes of the Corn
A corn industry note from 1908 shows 2,666,000,000 bushels produced. Of this, 518,000,000 bushels, or 19.3 percent, went to flour and grist mill products, starch, malt liquors, distilled liquors, glucose, export, and seed. The remaining 2,148,000,000 bushels, about 80.7 percent, were mainly used for feeding purposes.
Rissole and Rissolettes for Tea Tables
A guide to making novelties for afternoon tea and card parties through rissole croquettes in pastry and rissolettes. The croquette mix uses chicken in seasoned white sauce, formed cold and fried in lard or baked. Rissolettes are thin pastry sheets with currant jelly or marmalade, sealed and baked or fried.
Bead and Toy Bracelets Replace Scoring Cards at Party
Guests at a card party wore wire bracelets as scoring souvenirs. Each won game adds a colored bead or tiny ten cent toy to the bracelet. The gold wire and bright stones made striking jewelry, and the idea drew praise as a potential hostess novelty for future gatherings.
New Artificial Stone From Blast Furnace Slag
The Denver Post reports a new stone made from blast furnace slag and lime. Slag is ground mixed with water pressed into molds, dried, then carbonated to form a hard polished rock.
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Denver Post
Prince Rupert Port Plans and 1809 Townsite Sale
The Pacific Coast terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway at Prince Rupert is outlined in a pamphlet. The land for the new city covers 24,000 acres with 2,000 acres for the first townsite subdivision set to open to the public on May 1st, 1809. Copies are available from A E. Duff, 260 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Prince Rupert
Pacific
North Pacific
Prince Rupert Harbor
E. Duff
Portage Ave
Winnipe
Man
A Pleasant Purgative from Parmelee’s Pills
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are designed to work on the stomach and bowels, acting through the alimentary and excretory tract. They are mild, not drastic, and provide relief with no risk of injury, made only from tested vegetable ingredients.
Humorous Exchange Highlights Conceit in Marriage
A playful quarrel shows a wife accusing her husband of vanity while he retorts that another man with similar gifts would be full of pride. The exchange centers on self importance and mutual teasing within a marriage.
Fraternity Pins Returned in Unlikely Places
A fraternity pin lost by an alumnus resurfaced years later when a former member spotted it on a bandanna worn by an old colored woman who had been doing washing in a Virginia town. After questioning, she surrendered the emblem, explaining how she came by it.
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Virginia
Victim of Circumstances
A humorous exchange unfolds in a hotel lobby where a hat salesman and a coffee salesman discuss an English guest who has not left his room. They recount that the guest, obeying a local custom, left shoes outside his door and a cat threw them down the area, making him a victim of circumstances.
Hadn't one of us better die London Academy
A crowded breakfast scene in a reverent London Academy setting shows a frazzled mother and a quarrelsome father with many loud children. A small child asks plaintively if someone should die to ease the burden, capturing a moment of strained family tension.
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London Academy
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Almonte
Mace Sy Tooke Bros Limited
Monitreal
Regina
William C. Brent
Canada Life
British Columbia
Minard
Fraternity
J. Young
Temple St
Springfield
Mars
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