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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
6
A London Ontario footballer describes a severe knee wound from a rough East Kent Division game. After medical treatment failed, Zam-Buk accelerated healing, stopping discharge and eliminating soreness. The ad extols Zam-Buk for wounds and skin injuries and warns against imitators.
A London dust counter study finds 20 000 dust particles per cubic centimeter in suburbs and 500 000 in central areas. In open air one microbe per 35 300 000 dust particles. in a room, one microbe per 184 000 000 dust particles. Desication and sunlight hinder bacteria. drying up helps reduce microbes.
The article notes spring and summer diets worsen weak stomachs causing inflammation, dysentery, and cholera morbus. It warns the condition will persist without care and may exhaust the body, recommending Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial to cleanse the stomach and bowels and restore health.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from stage and street unfolds. Stories include a chorus line of Victor Herbert fans praising a vast repertoire, exchanges among senators and peers about birth marks, lawyers versus doctors, firehouse tales, a courtroom mispronunciation by a young defendant, and wide-ranging comic vignettes of sailors, editors, and travelers with punchlines about trains, pilots, and whether one can swim.
Sundridge Ontario special report tells how George Vanhooser suffered back pain, bloating, constipation and bladder pain from gravel diabetes and dropsy. After doctors failed, he tried Dodd s Kidney Pills and says six boxes made a new man, praising the egg and natural remedy.
The absence of observable atmospheric effects during stellar occultations by the Moon argues against a perceptible lunar atmosphere. Photographs taken as stars approach disappearance show no intensity changes expected if an atmosphere existed.
The article notes red diamonds as the rarest and most beautiful, with blue stones like the Hope and Bismarck among the few true blue diamonds. It mentions dark blue diamonds, black and rose varieties, and compares green diamonds to emeralds, citing Paris and Dresden museums and collector Virgil von Helmreicher who gathered colored diamonds.
The article explains the wishbone or furenu lu as the fused collar bones guiding a bird’s wing stroke. It notes the wing beat can injure humans, citing swans and large birds. warns that sudden turning flight requires a warnable wishbone to reduce danger.
Mrs Mollie Dixon of West Toronto credits Gin Pills with saving her life after ten years of kidney illness. She reports relief after three boxes and promotes the product with a sample offer from National Drug & Chemical Co. Toronto.
The text contrasts the eagle wing structure with the wishbone of domestic birds. It notes the furcula of eagles forming a Roman arch, lacking the weak points found in Gothic arches, suggesting greater strength under strain.
The 1910 half mile racing term closes at Dufferin Park as debate over Miller Bill limits persists. Critics urge a government racing commission and full pari mutuel trials while noting strong American influence and key Canadian owners like Burney Schrieber R G Carman and August Belmont sending top horses.
Indigestion is a common ailment with distressing symptoms. The text promotes Paulmeloo x vegetable pills as the best remedy taken per directions to restore stomach action and health. They claim long standing use and high esteem for treating dyspepsia and indigestion.
Readers celebrate Mother Graves Worm Exterminator praised for effectiveness in controlling garden pests. Household usage cited by households and local shoppers as reliable and easy to apply.
A Haldimand farmer Mr. J. P. Poelletier recounts health decline from years of rain and hard fieldwork and credits Dr Hamilton's Pills with restoring vitality. He claims relief from stomach liver and kidney troubles and endorses the medicine as mild and effective for family use sold in yellow 25e boxes and by The Catarrhozone Co Kingston Ont.
The piece argues harness racing has avoided heavy bookmaker control by using auction-pool wagering and mutuels. It criticizes heat betting as the main evils, notes deterioration where bookmaking dominates, and calls for legislation to legalize only mutuels and auction systems while abolishing bookmakers.
An old health ad claims Paychine strengthens white blood cells or phagocytes to cure disease. It touts herbs as science backed, listing illnesses like La Grippe bronchitis and anemia and invites readers to mail in a coupon for a free trial bottle.
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