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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
2
Ad for Catarrhozone claims a vapor reaches bronchial tubes and nose to treat catarrh cold and hoarseness. Offers two month guarantee, price $1, and small size at druggists with mail order from The Catarrhorone Co Montreal.
A memoir fragment recalls harsh northern winter life at Spruce Creek. The narrator describes kinship with neighbors, library access, and weekly gatherings on Tuesday nights. Reading, music, and sociable evenings sustain a close rural community during winter.
Henan bandits in Nanyang revive extortion by threatening desecration of ancestors' bones to extract ransom. Gangs number 60 widely spread with 600 to 2,000 members each, inspired by legendary figures as they terrorize wealthy Chinese and avoid military action.
The League of Nations urges all governments adopting daylight saving time to agree on identical start and end dates for the summer period to ensure uniform timekeeping across nations. The proposal aims to reduce confusion and improve international coordination during seasonal shifts.
A fragmentary note traces early shorthand from Quintus Ennius around 200 BC through Roman poets Cicero Horace and Ovid to St Luke. It cites wax tablets and wax-covered tablets joined with wire as a book form, illustrating ancient abbreviated writing practices.
Fragmentary OCR passage describes mastodons larger than elephants roaming Canada with a skeleton found near London Ontario and tusks eight feet long. It notes a mastodon cemetery near Red Deer Alberta and debates whether mastodons coexisted with early humans.
An economical republic likely pursues a strong central government like Austria. The president's bureau budget stands at 716,900,000 crowns annually about $16,000, covering the president Hainsch and 19 secretaries and servants plus all entertainments journeys vehicles and office costs.
A garbled children's poem fragment centers on a recurring refrain By and by and contrasts prompt action with laziness. It references a wealthy man named Roulis who gains fortune by quick action and includes a caricatured street scene with Old Man Wait and his sons in Turvy Street.
The province will manufacture moving picture film at its own plant after an inquiry into private operators. The Provincial Treasurer announced purchase of a small up to date plant in Trenton for 30 000 dollars from Ads Producing Company Ltd. Od Lady extraction and dialogue appear in the source but the main fact remains: Ontario aims to cost reduce by producing its own film stock.
An audience listens as a speaker notes personal change and a disruptor enters, while Finn questions a lecturer about his four years in the field. The scene closes with a remark about sticking around until the war ends and a mention of the Western Christian Advocate.
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria used for over 30 years to ease constipation flatulence and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims feverishness subsides and digestion improves through stomach and bowel regulation.
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