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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
6
Public notice touts VINOL as a reliable cod liver and iron remedy with a positive guarantee. It promises refunds if no benefit and targets families, feeble elders, delicate children, and those recovering from illness. The ad asserts honesty, urges trials, and invites readers to call and obtain a bottle today.
A domestic guide to using apples for preserves and jelly. It describes selecting tart Raj Astrakhan apples, avoiding peeling, juicing, and simmering juice with hot sugar to create firm rose pink jelly, with flavor options from pineapple to lemon or rose geranium, plus a recipe for apple jam and notes on an ornamental bogs watering pot.
An amusing anecdote from biographical reminiscences recounts John Philpot Curran being outwitted by a brisk Irish widow named Honor at a Dublin coffee house. Curran suggested “Honor and Honesty” as a toast, and the widow pressed to drink to his absent friends, provoking laughter and a clever retort.
The emperor of Austria amuses himself with editing a court journal and expanding his prized menu card collection. A rare czar Faure dinner card on black marble shows ivory labeled dishes. Meanwhile a new fashion notes five buttons on coats symbolizing Confucian virtues humanity justice order rectitude prudence. A store clerk apologizes about linen dusters as an automobile pauses by a general store.
An old advertisement argues chronic headaches stem from poisoned blood due to waste in tissues. It claims headaches vanish when digestion, liver, bowels, kidneys, and skin properly eliminate poisons. The product Fruit-a-tives is sold in 25¢ and 50¢ sizes by Frult-a-tives Limited of Ottawa.
A Scottish wife and an Irish farm woman share hardship and resilience in western Canada. The Scotswoman, burned out thrice, works ten hours a day as a charwoman in Winniper, saving clothing and wedding dress while her Oxford-educated husband and four children endure. The Irish farmer’s wife, amid debt and loan repossession near Souris, keeps humor and grit as she watches hired men and farm pupils labor long hours to keep the farm alive.
The annual report of the master general notes mail sent to Canada and Newfoundland totaling 387000 pounds with circulars books packets and papers at 368000 pounds. From Canada and Newfoundland letters weighed 304000 pounds and books papers etc 261593 with receipts 179494. Postage cuts on newspapers magazines to Canada boosted year end totals by five to six million. Hon Mr Buxton praises periodicals as high class publications.
A prominent Ontario farmer warned that a failed turnip crop, withering corn, and scarce late pasture threaten a reduced milk output this winter. Milk producers in several counties demand maintaining prices of 1.56 for winter and 1.35 for summer, seeking a new contract. The piece notes social commentary on progress and gender roles with a stray line about a woman on a streetcar.
A Canadian woman's eight year battle with feminine disorders ends after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter to Mrs Pinkham describes relief after five bottles and urges other women to seek the advice and treatment, noting the product's decades of claimed success in treating displacements, irregularities, pains, and nervous conditions. Lynn, Mass. is listed for correspondence.
A guide on workplace presence and social pride stressing personal dignity over snobbery. It argues that balance of boldness and nerves matters in interviews, with thrift and thoughtful attire guiding appearance. The piece links modest spending to better impression and eventual success.
A reflective piece on the enduring value and craft of polite praise in social life. It argues graciousness remains vital, that people imitate trends, and that thoughtful, well timed compliments strengthen friendships and daily happiness through considerate, tasteful words.
Housewife guidance covers copper kettle cleaning with bath brick and paraffin, celery garnish alternatives, preventing tea spout drips with butter, separating warm dry tumbler stacks, worm removal by soaking apples, picture wire maintenance, and avoiding sun or heat damage to mirrors and glass.
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