Novel Cure for Cute Hernia in Liverpool 1930
A 1930 Liverpool house call recounts an elderly Irish patient with acute abdominal pain from an obstructed umbilical hernia. The doctor uses ether to immobilize fleas and relieve the hernia, prompting the patient to pay him two half crowns. The tale, shared by Dr. Graham White, reflects rough realities of frontier practice.
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South Africa
Liverpool
Jesus
Mary
Joseph
Graham White
Glenboro, MB
Beef lobby gains breathing space slows cattle trade
The piece notes funds and grass roots support widening for cattle producers lobby groups, with Chambers of Commerce like Killarney and Manitoba Pork backing the industry. It urges continued beef consumption and suggests creative marinades to use less tender cuts, aiming to boost domestic beef movement toward Alberta plants.
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Chambers of Commerce
Killarney
Manitoba Pork Producers
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Century-old notes on crops and town events in South Cypress
A compiled digest traces decades of local farming, fires, weather, and notable happenings. It highlights raspberries and saskatoons struggles in 1903, a 1913 Mastodon tooth find in Qu Appelle Valley, 1923 civic holiday during harvest, 1943 wolf attack and rescue, 1953 hail damage and harvest drive, plus 100th anniversary plans for the RM of South Cypress with a pot luck in Spruce Woods Park and film listings at Glenboro's Gaiety Theatre.
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Qu’Appelle
J. Leader
Cupar
Saskatoon
R.M
South Cypress
Spruce Woods Park
Gaiety Theatre
Glenboro
Burt Reynolds
Loni Anderson
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Glenboro Gazette
Wawanesa
Thomas Rule
Lhfe
CPR
Geo. Duncan
Glencove
Treherne
Stewart Granger
Debra Kerr
Edna Lynne
E.A. Sanderson
George Barry Comish
Glenboro Gaiety
Showtime
Harrymetiloyd
Brad Pitt
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Len Rust
Total Eye Care
Brandon
Total Eve Care
Doctors of Optometry
Rosser Ave
Glenboro & Area
Area Foundation
Glenboro & Area Foundation
R.M. of
Wallis
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