Startling Diabetes Cure Claim by Thos Harrison at St Marys Ferry
The report from St Marys Ferry in York County New Brunswick chronicles Thomas Harrison’s claim that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his diabetes after severe kidney pains, blood in urine, and repeated doctor visits. He used three boxes and reports complete recovery, a testimonial linked to the pill’s efficacy.
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St. Mary’s Ferry
York County
N. B
Dodd
Thos. Harrison
Harrison
Curious Easter Customs and Folk Verses Across England
A compilation of olde worlde beliefs and rites. It recounts the origin of the verb Dun from bailiff Joseph Dun of Lincoln and notes wedding cake divinations with rings and sixpences. It describes Halaston Easter processions Hare pie Bank and rector’s glebe, Coleshill hare breakfast, Norfolk custard, and weather rhymes for Good Friday and Easter.
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Halaton
Leicestershire
Coleshill
Warwickshire
The Blind Man's Story by Bourge Marston
The Bookman recounts Philip Bourge Marston, a blind English writer, who drafted a tale with great enthusiasm only to discover the typewriter ribbon was missing. He was unable to finish the story and never regained the heart to write it again.
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Philip Bourge Marston
Marston
In the Beginning
A brief fiction snippet shows two characters discussing marriage and its early bliss. Singleton is told about the joys of a contented married life, contrasted with a question about how long they have been married. The reply notes only one month of marriage so far.
The Dirty Boots Boy and the Sixpence
A handsome Triarch-like figure, Blaikie, is accosted by a dirty boot black who offers a shine. Blaikie, impressed by the boy’s filth, offers sixpence if he washes his face. The boy returns, refuses the money, and tells the professor to keep it and get his hair cut.
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Blaikie
Forbid en fruit claim prompts summer illnesses remedy
The notice warns that cucumbers and melons are forbidden to many people but claims Dr J D Kelloges Dysentery Cordial provides immediate relief and a sure cure for summer complaints. It touts indulgence with the medicine on hand and links to cholera dysentery and griping.
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J. D. Kelloge
Senate shipping reforms hinted by Senator Gallinger
Senator Gallinger spoke of shipping reforms he favors saying they would be easy and immediate if human nature did not distort views in shipping circles. He compared critics to a Concord woman praising her awkward son enlisting for the Spanish-American war who claimed that everyone else was out of step but her Jim.
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Peel
Brixton Prison
Senator Gallinger
Concord
Jim
Baby's Own Tablets Promise Relief for Teething Suffering
A Yorkton mother praises Baby's Own Tablets for easing teething pain in her infant, noting quick improvement and almost painless tooth emergence. The medicine is guaranteed free of poisonous opiates and safe for newborns, with full directions and 25 cents per box by Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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W. G. Mundle
Yorkton
N.W.T
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Andrew Carnegie Skibo Tale Of A Dead Orangutan
The Skibo tale recalls Andrew Carnegie after buying Skibo when a circus circus orangutan fell over a cliff and died. Keepers found the body and quipped about whether the animal was Highlander or Lowlander. They then teased about consulting the minister and Carnegie for missing American gentry.
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Andrew Carnegie
Skibo
Hielander
Kirk
Carnegie
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns and a Funeral Remark
William Willard of Sturbridge Mass famed for painting Massachusetts governors and collecting colonial furniture faced an awkward buyer. A New York visitor asked to purchase his mirror and clock, but he quipped that they would be packed only after his funeral.
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William Willard
Sturbridge
Mass
Massachusett
New York
Willard
Mr. Willard
Trial Proves its Excellence for Bodily Pains
The best testimonial for Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil lies in a trial. If not sovereign remedy it is reputed to be, then praise is denounced as untruthful and rejected as useless.
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Thomas
Freak of Nature at the Pari House
Mr. Phamsey recalls a curious scene at the pari where he glimpsed Bertha with her young man. He reports seeing two heads atop one pair of shoulders in a single unusual sight.
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Mr. Phamsey
Bertha
Nordy-Even Optimism Faces Odd Public Nuisance
The piece questions public reaction to optimism amid a heat wave with a quip about a woman singing "Let a Little Sunshine In" as the thermometer soars to 97 degrees.
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Nordy
Young Man Threatens Suicide After Rejected Suitor Visit
In Gaylord Kane a young man warned a girl he would hang himself in front of her house if she did not marry him. The girl pleaded with him and cited her father’s disapproval of the relationship.
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Gaylord
Kane
Minard’s Liniment Relieves Neuralgia Briefly
A column notes Minard’s Liniment relieves neuralgia and hints at amusing social chatter about costumes for cones. The dialog references Maria and Mrs. B as part of light, mixed-interest notes in a society column.
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Minard
Maria
Mrs. B
Bonnet Blues and a Wolf Heard as Husbands Debate Gadgets
A narrator jokes about bonnet fashion for horses and modern ideas, while a wife offers singing to keep the wolf from the door and a husband doubts the plan, noting the wolf might be deaf.
Proud Father and Neighbor Debate Daughter's Voice Cost
A father proclaims spending $5,000 on his daughter's voice while a neighbor calls the effort incurable as a lighthearted exchange appears in a domestic dialogue.
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St. Louis
Ayers
Buckingham's
Spotiswood
Westminster Abbey
St. Oswald's Well
Benton
Northumberland
St. Oswald
Joseph Dun
Lincoln
Henry VI
Dun
Ali
Dodds
Millers Towarm
THE
Prince OF Wales
Ogilvie’s
Royal Household
E. B. Eddy
Tees & Persse, Limited
Winnipeg
Limited
Lover Brothers
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