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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1899
Page
5
A collage of children’s games and moral lessons mixed with stray anecdotes. The piece threads conversations about pets, schooling, and parental guidance, with snippets about a boy named Tom, Mary, and a nurse. It includes jokes, classroom moments, and a note on medical advice and invention.
An health article discusses how poor families feed children with diverse grains building strong teeth and bone structure. It notes chewing gum may affect jaw muscles and facial contours, and praises pure nourishing foods, phosphorus rich breads, and Diamond Dyes as safe household products.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for overwork stress fatigue and nervous conditions. It claims to restore nerve strength and mood during hot weather and urges daily use with testimonials of widespread continental popularity. The text ends with instructions for preparing an elixir from five peams or supped stock and lemon juice.
The article fragment mentions Jewish migration routes via Jerusa lem to Damascus, railway openings, and Syrian openness, with observes on Canadian trade and grain prices. It also advertises Nervillae nerve cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, plus a recipe with sour cherries and rennet, and notes on labor certificates and servant oversight in London.
Pearson's Weekly recounts a turf circle wager from 1560 where a man bet himself to smoke 40 cigars in one day, paying between London and Jelna. He began at 10 AM and finished at 7 PM after nine hours and twenty minutes, with 26 cigars smoked in the second hour and a chop at 2 PM. he claimed no discomfort and drank brandy in cold water during the day.
An eclectic 19th century collage blends musings on senses and nature with advertisements for remedies and tonics. It cites air, water, and body mechanics, warns against mercury containing cures for catarrh, and extols Minard's Liniment for tumors and pain. The piece weaves quotes from Goethe and Franklin with local anecdotes and patent medicine pitches.
Issue No 27 from 1898 explains Scott's Emulsion as a strengthening food and tonic noted for flesh forming properties. It contains cod liver oil emulsified with hypo phosphites of lime and soda, whose potency is said to be increased.
A fragment highlights a boast about a remedy that allegedly arrests flesh loss and reforms the ill into health, claiming to enrich blood, stop coughing, and ease throat and lung irritation. The speaker mocks a promise of sending a hair sample and notes repeated unfulfilled assurances.
For tickets apply to any Canadian Pacific Agent or to Ck McPHERSON, Ast Gen Passe Agent, in King Street East, Toronto.
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