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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
3
A reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing long standing female weakness after doctors failed. The ad cites testimonials from Montreal and urges all sick women to try the remedy, noting forty years of use and inviting letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
Advice covers cleaning aliver with sour milk and glycerine or oil, salt in vinegar to treat discoloration, washing to remove sediment, and using beef cracklings with Indian bread as a fried mix. Hair care suggests shampooing every two weeks if oily, or about once a month if dry, and keeping scalp clean.
The article describes dissolving alum in hot water with flour and oil of cloves to make a lasting paste, warn against steaming on delicate skin, and recommends alternate hot and cold cloths for cleansing. It suggests hot water scouring with carbolic soap and bathbrick for damp ascullery floors, and praises onions as a versatile nervine aiding nervous prostration, coughs, colds, influenza, and scurvy.
A Philadelphia Ledger item explains a simple feather toy powered by two rotating screws mounted on a bow. Eight stiff feathers are fixed in corks, with one screw driven by the bow string to wind on a spindle. Release and the upper screw lifts while the lower turns opposite, letting the toy rise briefly.
A Chicago News note explains musk can diffuse odor for years from a tiny weight and compares it to blood droplets and spider silk. It describes diffusion, divisibility of matter, and the idea that 2 grains of musk could scent a room for twenty years. The tale links perfume, blood cells, and spider thread to illustrate scale.
A Cambridge astronomer and a Parisian independently predicted a hidden planet to explain Uranus disruptions. When the predicted mass and position were verified, Neptune was discovered on the specified date. The anecdote notes Leverrier and Adams as the key discoverers.
An old advertisement touts Frutt-a-tives fruit juice tablets as a cure for headaches indigestion back pain and rheumatism claiming to cleanse the body by stimulating liver bowels kidneys and skin. It markets 50c boxes or 6 for $2.50 and a 25c trial size from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ottawa.
Fort Frances Times Sept 17 carried a full report on the drowning of Harry Sissons and two others. Survivor Doyle recounted the launch from International Falls toward Christie's mill, a swerving bow, capsize, and rescue by Capt. Ek. The boat, a Detroit built 18 ft craft with 4 HP, likely submerged with air tight compartments failed to surface. Capt. Sissons, a respected barrister and civic leader, is mourned along with the community’s grief amid bush fire smoke.
A portrait of Mrs. Asquith, wife of Herbert Asquith, premier of the empire, famed for wit, charm, and influence. The piece notes her girlhood circle with Gladstone and others, her social power, and her role guiding her husband’s career thirteen years into his premiership.
Practical advice on neat openings for wash skirts using folded cloth pads, plus remarks on Minard's Liniment for horse distemper, a salt wash for fast colors, and avoiding cake sticking by flouring greased pans. Includes care tips for fabrics and baking procedures.
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