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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
3
An advertisement offers a palmistry service claiming to read a person’s past and future. Instructions request a 25 cent postal note and a stamped return envelope sent to Crescenta, with the address given as Crescentia and Stobart Block, Wiesipes.
A witty exchange questions rabe in a sausage and replies that progress favors automobiles over horses. The banter casts modern tech as replacing traditional transport in a humorous contrast.
A famous singer survived a car accident and appeared the next evening after the paper reported his recovery. Citizens ponder why nature did not place oceans between Mexico and Central America, noting geographic curiosities.
Reading fragments describe Kellogg of asthma remedy claims and fast relief. The text includes garbled lines about a city magnate, a country estate, and a butcher with an unclear dialogue about love and a liver.
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Ointment as the leading cure for eczema and skin irritation. It claims it soothes itching, heals raw sores, and calms the fire of eczema, citing widespread use and other minor skin uses.
In a University College address Lord Sandw claimed personal healing gifts and said he could relieve many pains in palaces and cottages. The piece notes skepticism and includes a parable about curing a whiskey drink with a wink, and ends with moral observations on riches and idle fears.
A hazy ad describes Nerviime as a tonic for toothache earache and colds while noting its long running status in the Dominion. A wandering anecdote about a man who saved health coupons and a joke about a hospital visit closes the fragment with a joke about sins before a fall.
An old advertisement fragment touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a quick, safe remedy for corns and bunions. It claims the product causes no pain and is easy to use, while other lines reference a worm exterminator and a pianist advertisement in a wavering, humorous context.
A. F Mantie addresses the Regina Board of Trade on mixed farming in Saskatchewan. He argues a mixed farm should produce grain, crops, vegetables, meat, dairy, and other products, compares livestock trends with Ontario, and lists benefits including stable income, soil fertility, and regional growth.
The piece notes numerous German associations including a "Sock try for Promoting Good Manners Amongst the Poor" and a Wilhelm name club tied to the Emperor. It mentions 22 societies in Wildau of 2000 people, chemic references like Bichloride of Mercury, and an old hunger strike by a Quaker who survived twenty days without food.
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