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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
3
An ad style note promotes a clean convenient liniment for relieving aches and pains. It claims fast action for soreness cramps and muscle cramps and mentions Patersalates sites and soreness. The text references a product made in Cas aay and available at druggists.
A compact report notes an item about money orders tied to Demian and an express money order test. Names and specifics are limited by legibility, but the piece underscores money order processes and potential testing.
A society lady in France, famed for collecting photos of notable men, wrote to the Prince of Wales seeking his portrait. While awaiting a reply in the context of the Marne counteroffensive, she received a letter not from the Prince but from General Foch, shocking her collection plans.
A chaotic account describes widespread smuggling from Holland into Belgium and Germany, detailing diversions, deceptive travellers, and various schemes. The piece notes women with papers, luggage sent to Berlin, and Dutch workers crossing borders, ending with a grim note on penalties and executions.
In a Star page snippet Senator Sorghum confirms several dies are ready for delivery but remain uncalled for. The exchange suggests a partisan dispute over arms or equipment within a stalled legislative process.
Fragmented text references a Newer Dance, German goose step, and a person or event with unclear context. Mentions Sapleigh and timing notes, plus a stray phrase about Brooklyn Fagle and Foch. Details are garbled with no coherent event or date.
The text touts Mitler's Worm Powders as a delicate stomach friendly remedy that quickly kills intestinal worms, easing a child’s pain. It claims the powders are easy to assimilate and should prevent suffering when a reliable remedy is at hand.
A fragmented wartime piece discusses sugar addiction as a habit, noting restraint during the war, the mental effort required, and the idea that breaking the craving improves with time. It likens sugar to any indulgence and hints at strategies to curb intake.
A fragmentary passage notes bronze casting as an ancient craft with references to Siam and Chinese influence in the eleventh century and to sculptures of Indian deities cast for religious purposes.
An anaemic girl lacks energy and outdoor activity, her blood thin and lacking nutrients. Dr Chase's Nerve Food is claimed to restore health, improve digestion and appetite, and renew strength, with rosy cheeks and renewed vigor as the outcome.
Irrigated lands in Southern Alberta yield diverse crops beyond wheat and grains. Peas near Brooks produced about forty bushels per acre, potatoes 400 to 700 bushels per acre, with sugar beets melons cucumbers peppers and berries also thriving. Proximity to railways should boost production and market access across the region.
The Rasim-Jan-Rumiyya gun, captured during the Baghdad entry and gifted to British forces, stands on Horse Guards Parade. It bears inscriptions praising victory over the Turks and dating to the year 954 AH 1547 AD, described as an ancient weapon of Persia Ismail I.
During Sep to Nov 9 butter production in Manitoba is expected at 650000 pounds, Northern Alberta at half a million, Southern Alberta plus Saskatchewan at 2.25 million pounds. Western Canada dairy growth rises as Allied supply hinges on creamery butter from these provinces in a six week period.
A humorous exchange contrasts two men, one with a ruddy countenance and an auburn beard, the other clean shaven, prompting a boast of growing a beard after seeing a reflection. The dialogue showcases a playful brag about appearance and style.
A fragmentary Buffalo Express line recalls Allied dead with the epitaph line Nothing finer has come out of the ar than this line from an epitaph in a British graveyard in France For your tomorrow they gave their day.
An old medical ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pill as the best remedy for weak watery blood and related ailments. It claims to improve appetite digestion and energy, especially for women, and offers mail order purchase from The Dr Williams Medicine Co in Brockville at 1500 cents per six boxes.
A humorous wartime anecdote from a Yorkshire village describes two soldiers chasing a large pig during a lull in fighting. After killing the animal with a knife, they hide it under a blanket on a stretcher, encounter Brigadier General walking by, and pretend the pig is a wounded man. The brigadier, noting the stretcher bearers, salutes gravely as they pass.
Seager Wheeler of Rosthern captured the International Sweepstakes trophy for the best half bushel of spring wheat at the International Soil Products exhibition in Kansas City. He won the CPR $300 cup for the third time, with prizes extending to Birtle and Manitoba premiums, Saskatchewan seconds, and other awards across barley and wheat entries.
A Scottish steam fishing boat reports a halibut biting a cod during haulation. As the cod was pulled aboard the halibut surfaced repeatedly, attempting to swallow the catch before being snagged by the hauling clips and landed on deck. The fish weighed over a hundred and seven pounds.
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