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Newspaper
Grand Forks Sun
Location
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
3
An old advertisement urges Spare the children from suffering from worms by using Miller's Worm Powders. The claim notes rapid action without assistance and promotes its effectiveness as a household worm destroyer amid earnest testimonial language.
A foreman tells the boss the collapse was caused by workers removing scaffolding before wallpapering, prompting an urgent workplace safety alert. The tale blends hazards with an asthma remedy promotion and a bragging actor anecdote about costly stage medicals.
Paris reports a successful anti Zeppelin defense using new airships. The craft is likened to a gigantic silver flying fish, capable of rapid takeoff and steep climbs, offering pilots freedom to engage targets at night. Two striped planes are noted in the limited description.
A fragmented 19th century style exchange hints at a mistress, a husband, and a wary speaker. The text mentions digesting dinner as key to satisfaction and jokes about prowling behavior, producing a quirky, disjointed scene.
A vintage ad touts Nerviling as an external remedy to rapidly ease child colds and grippe. It claims rubbing the throat and chest with Nerviling, followed by a hot flannel cover, prevents illness and soothes earache toothache neuralgia rheumatism and jumbago. Large bottle costs 50 cents, small 25 cents, with dealers nationwide.
The text includes scattered phrases on marriage and personal sacrifice, a claim about Minard's Liniment for neuralgia, and a note that one fourth of cultivated farmland should be devoted to legumes. The passage appears as disjointed ad hoc statements from a historical page.
A Canadian soldier in France writes to Mr Bantotals in Yarmouth NS asking if Minard's Liniment from Yarmouth can help with general aches and uninvited visitors. He notes good food and weather protection but seeks patriotic remedies and mentions his affectionate son Rob. The damaged text includes stray lines about education and roads.
A government analyst certifies Baby's Own Tablets as safe and effective for infants. A mother from Noilville writes she would not be without them and requests two more boxes. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents per box from The De Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
An advertisement extols Dr Hamilton's Pills as a universal remedy for weakness and ill health in young women, claiming renewed vigor and appetite. It touts constitutional catarrh treatment, testimonials, and a promise of cure, urging readers to buy boxes and consult Cheney Co. in Toledo Ohio.
A wartime appeal urges men to join the overseas war effort. It asks if readers will neglect their duty and details an enlistment drive led by Lieut. Col. J A Canillo of the Cameron Highlanders. About 200 men are needed for the overseas battalion with paid leave and forward transportation.
Mrs. Herbert Cox of Port McNichol Ontario endured a nine year facial abscess with failed medical advice and a non operative course. A friend’s rec unproved Zam Bak and the sore healed with scarring gone and the overall condition improved. Zam Bak advertised for eczema blood poisoning abscesses boils piles cuts and skin injuries sold by druggists or Zanilfule Co Naronton.
A pithy remark contrasts virtue in a man with skill in fishing, noting the distinction between being a good man and a good fisherman.
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