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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1910
Page
6
Alcide Hebert of Stratford Centre Wolfe Co Quebec reports complete cure from severe stomach indigestion and constant headaches after using Fruit a tives. Six boxes for 2.50 or trial box available from Fruit a tives Limited Ottawa and dealers.
A jumble of facts covering Anne Rogstad as a pioneering Storthing member and a teacher, Swiss chocolate output, Ireland apple products, British barley beer yield, U S coal imports, a day’s cod for a baby walrus, colonial treaties, New York tenement laws, and relative livestock and animal counts by country.
Life notes a string of odd items from a fabled era. Arrests for vagrancy in Atlanta appear beside a bluff of jokes about burglars, a nurse of headlines in a small town, a banker robbed and a Chinaman with laundry. Across the page, reflective quotes, mischief and manners mingle with a listing of curious anecdotes and wry comments from the era.
The article reviews debates on domestic worker rights at the Bern Convention in Madrid and discusses how mistresses should treat servants. It cites George Metlake and I W Poerster on dignity, duty, and moral uplift, arguing sympathy, respect, and personal religion are essential beyond wages.
A dubious remedy advertised for eye weakness promises to strengthen sight and relieve pain. It claims benefits for babies and grantees eye health, selling directly to customers without verifiable medical backing.
The piece argues modern trotters run shorter seasons and rarely race past October, questioning whether training methods sap vitality. It highlights Cora Temple and Flora Temple as enduring contrasts to today, noting Flora’s 1850s campaigns and the long careers of early mares and stallions, while urging breeders and trainers to study those eras to prolong modern horses’ racing lives.
A Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition features assorted Egyptian antiquities from various periods. Highlighted is a large limestone head of a king, among other notable pieces on display.
Outdoor enthusiasts are urged to keep Zam-Buk, a herbal remedy, for cuts, bruises, burns, and sprains. The product claims antiseptic protection against blood poisoning, pain relief, and tissue healing. It notes use on barbed wire scratches, insect stings, eczema, ringworm, heat rashes, chafing, piles, and other skin ailments, available at druggists.
The head of Amenophis III, B.C. 1500, from his Theban temple is a refined royal portrait in period style. Also a bronze incense burner with a kneeling Amasis II figure, B.C. 540, bears a short hieroglyphic inscription praising Khnumab-Ra. The case includes prehistoric vases and flint implements from the pre-dynastic period.
Mrs Wiggin, author of Penelope in foreign places, is in London. Her first caller, an interviewer, paused at the doorway and asked what she thinks of the city. She joked that she reminded him of a dinner companion who demanded a tale of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy by the Murine Eye Remedy Co of Toronto. It claims relief for red weak weary watery eyes and encourages readers to try Murine for eye troubles at their druggists with a free offer for eye make and samples.
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