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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
A fragmented 1906 era collage mentions suffrage debates, women’s roles, and parables, alongside patent medicines like Bates & Dn A. W. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills and Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial. It also notes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with brief ties to Lord Roberts and rifle shooting in military contexts.
Berlin diners face two classes of eateries wine restaurants and beer restaurants. The wine trusts control fashionable spots such as Hiller's and Der Reichshof limiting beer service and food, while lodgings like the Bristol show beer on request in a stove jug, charging steeply. An American at Cafe Hiche faced a firm denial of plum pudding and food if wine is shunned.
Summer desserts rely on simple vanilla cream base, with milk sugar and fruit flavors. A note on orchid collecting recalls perilous expeditions in Madagascar and Annam with risks from tribes and wildlife faced by explorers like Falkenberg, Brown, Wallis, and Arnold.
Thomas F. Millard describes Jolo as the most interesting island in the Sulu archipelago and notes a warlike mood upon landing. He cites orders forcing soldiers to carry arms and recalls seeing enlisted men returning from a swim with revolvers. He explains the threat from the juramentado, a religious fanatic who may attack with Barong blades, especially in Moro country and on Jolo.
A fragment reflects on a dog's unfailing empathy and attachment to humans. It notes the dog’s grief and joy with his master, and contrasts dog loyalty with human indifference to a dead brother dog. The sentiment hints at deep companionship and mortality.
A compact note hints at Mars projects and recurring bacon issues affecting daily routines. It mentions a quirky habit of avoiding trouble by staying away from an advice center and references a mysterious 007 out of it.
The piece describes a new stenotypor system for rapid dictation and transcription, comparing it to Morse and shorthand, noting six-note chords and a compact silent keyboard. It discusses potential newspaper use, acquisition speed, and doubt about universal applicability, with anecdotes about Lord Northbrook and a Mohammedan banquet illustrating historical attitudes toward speed and transmission.
English naturalist Mr. R Lydekler highlights RT Pocock observations on lion cub spots signaling kinship among lions, tigers, and leopards. Lion cub markings blend tiger stripes and leopard rosettes, leaning toward tiger traits. East African lions retain faint patterns into adulthood. Puma cubs show a markedly different design from the feline group.
Latacadio Hearn notes that Japanese people smile naturally and even in danger or death. The poised expression is a centuries long etiquette, a silent language meant to spare others from sharing sorrow. It reflects a social rule to bear suffering alone while maintaining composure.
A poet struggles to sleep as he fights his inner impulse to resist rest. While composing, he resolves to confront himself and find a path toward sleep, blending turmoil with creative resolve.
A testimonial from Sylvester F. Smith of Granite Brook St Louis praises Peruna as a health aid after exposure and dampness caused bronchial catarrh. He credits an old doctor for advising the remedy, noting rapid improvement in three months and full recovery. The letter endorses Peruna and claims it helps patients with catarrh, urging trust in the product. The note is signed Brooklyn N Y and references The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio USA.
A jumble of notes argues four hours of sleep suffices and mocks long rest while urging personal health declarations. It contrasts alcohol use in remedies with a claim that a certain oil contains no alcohol and offers lasting preventive healing. A hinted wedding note and a church joke close the fragment in this Illustrated Bits item.
Fragmentary OCR records show an odd passage where a parson and a village blacksmith discuss moving an automobile repair setup behind a parsonage. The text includes garbled names and stray dialogue about profits and healing hearts of runaway couples.
F M Doucet of Weymouth reports a valuable horse named Mound Me More was badly bruised and cut by a wire fence. After trying various medicines, Dr Bell recommended MINARD'S LINIMENT. Progress came in three weeks as wounds healed and hair grew back, not white as usual in horse wounds.
A rugged exchange on the road near Sim Jones's place reveals a tale of a gifted colt and a barter gone bold. Men discuss a missing Sim, a wagon mishap, and a whispered deal that left a brace colt claimed and a midnight encounter lingered in memory.
On the Australian steamer Asturias arriving in London Sidney Kidman the famed Cattle King of Australia, with his family, plans months of travel in England. He began work at 14 as a miner and teamster, later owning 100,000 cattle and 30 cattle runs across multiple states. Kidman says his aim is to build the world’s largest stock of cattle and horses, with exports reaching India Colombo and beyond, and notes his vast holdings in South Australia New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
The writer contrasts French style apartments in St. Petersburg with Paris, noting decorated entrances and many servants. In great houses whole families of dependents live below stairs, implying generous but poorly supervised financial burdens on vast fortunes.
The tallest tree is the Australian eucalyptus at about 450 feet. California’s mammoth trees reach 276 to 373 feet in height and up to 100 feet in girth. Rings suggest some are 2,000 to 3,000 years old. The oldest tree is said to be on Kos Island near Asia Minor, though its exact age remains uncertain. The tree is protected by masonry walls around its trunk.
The article warns that carbonate lime dissolves the pinrl surface when acids like vinegar are used, and hot water can crack opal by destroying its fire. Soap harms turquoise, and wearing turquoise rings while washing can turn blue stones to a dingy green.
An exchange at a British Parliament election meeting features Dr Mac Samara being challenged by a woman who asks if he favors repealing blasphemy laws. He responds humorously that he is a golfer. The dialogue then shifts to questions about women’s rights and roles, ending with mumbled phrases on marriage and business.
Inard’s Liniment is advertised as curing diphtheria in a curious old booklet style. An amateur photographer’s cheerful line hints at domestic chatter with a humorous aside about a wife out of town and a remark about her returning tomorrow.
Pearsons Weekly notes how recent excavations reveal almost the entire city area laid bare with the wall foundations traced. It argues ancient Babylon’s size and monuments are often overstated by historians, comparing walls, gates, and statues to familiar London landmarks and showing many wonders were modest by today’s scales.
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