Boy Declines Lend of Handkerchief to Stranger
A boy on a city streetcar responds to a haughty lady who asks for his handkerchief. He speaks in a dignified tone that he has one but will not lend it to strangers.
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Newspaper
Grand Forks Sun
Location
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
6
A boy on a city streetcar responds to a haughty lady who asks for his handkerchief. He speaks in a dignified tone that he has one but will not lend it to strangers.
A housewife recounts using Postum instead of coffee to improve guests health. She details how three coffee drinkers liked the beverage, noting caffeine harms and praising Postum cereal and instant variants. The story promotes Postum as a healthier alternative with household purchase details.
The article calls for two postwar conferences to settle territorial questions among belligerents and another broader conference with neutrals to uphold the law of nations. It urges the American people and leaders to act now in a way that secures future world stability and a renewal against militarism.
Stewart Valley Saskatchewan special reports Mrs. F J Garlis wife of a local resident says Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved her backache. She had been nearly unable to move a year ago yet after four boxes she can perform household duties and care for her baby. The article claims kidneys cause most women's ill health and Dodd's pills cure them.
A French woman who sent 200 letters without reply has learned her husband is safe in a German prison camp. Her steady perseverance is praised as proof that steadfast effort can yield results.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People as a remedy for spring fatigue. It claims the pills cleanse bad blood, strengthen nerves, and restore energy, promising clearer skin and brighter eyes. Sold by dealers or mailed for 50 cents a box, $2.50 for six, via The De Williams Medicine Co. Rockville Ont.
A partially readable note references a veterinary surgeon and pension examinations. The text mentions an office visit and a discussion about pensions for a son, with unclear spelling and missing details.
Those with weak stomachs gain strength from Varmoleo's Vegetable Pills which support stomach and liver action. They relieve irregularities causing distress and have helped many long standing dyspepsia cases where other medicines failed.
The passage reports a made up exchange with characters John-The Meeneh and Axoitle discussing four hundred metres gained from the cayins and a supposed remedy called Minard's Linimant Cures Burns. Sulior is noted as being cupped on a banana. The text reads as a surreal dialogue fragment.
The report touts a new British trench cannon as deadly and auto aimed by a peri stake, plus claims for Dr Thomas Helmint Oil with no alcohol. Other items promote wartime repairs and worm exterminator products while warning neutrality may invite torpedo attack.
A garbled excerpt shows a man with a beard and an out of date necktie recalling a fall of 400 000 feet and muttering about a dream and a cor ser it wheat while mentions of Minard s ointment and Sonia appear amid garbled phrases and stray words.
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