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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
5
An old brevet advertisement touts Catarrh ozone cure claims with a complete outfit priced at $1 and a 50 cent smaller size, promising safety for infants and wide preventive benefits. Separately, a suspenseful scene unfolds with Foster plotting a secretive departure from the Garth, feigning calm as Daly arrives, Alice bids farewell, and a tense escape toward the station unfolds amid rain and car lights.
Dominion botany expert Professor John Macoun is tasked with selecting a national flower acceptable across provinces. Candidates include the orange red lily praised for ubiquity and beauty, the gold starred plant noted for utility, and the wild rose whose English link hinders adoption. Public debate likely.
Fuser and Foster devise a cautious scheme to trap Lawrence, with Featherstone weighing risks of sending Daly on the track. Amid warnings about delays and possible danger, Foster predicts a tense chase and hints at personal stakes, while Alice’s quiet warmth stirs mixed emotions.
A dubious remedy called Treenone is advertised by a Cincinnati chemist claiming to remove corns and calluses instantly with a drop or two on a tender spot. The text promises painless relief, claiming users will hit the sore area off root and all with Boxers, at very low cost, and urges purchase from a wholesale house.
Alberta's government reports show record growth in agriculture, with grain output rising from 19,333,200 bushels to 151,573,496 bushels across expanding acreage. The value of crops and livestock surged, and the province could feed the world while supporting a growing mixed farming base, driven by new settlers and rising demand for land and farm equipment.
A notorious poacher named O Toole meets the Duke of Norfolk on the estates at dawn. In a brief exchange the Irishman asks why the duke is out early and explains he is out to feed his appetite. The witty encounter reflects rural life and social tension in the era.
A historical note on simple memory techniques. Visual associations link new names to vivid mental images, and linking words to foreign equivalents helps recall. Ridiculous mental pairings aid memorization, with examples like Middlemarsh and canard for duck. The passage cites the familiar verse for days in months as a long-used aid.
Newfoundland resident Mrs. Samiel Milley reports years of rheumatism and heart failure eased after using twenty two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She credits the medicine for renal support and overall improved health and urges friends to consider their kidneys care.
The bread ration for French soldiers has been reduced due to a serious wheat shortage in France. The article cites Everett Colby, a New Jersey senator, noting 18,000,000 bushels per month promised from North America to Europe and a shortfall of 36,190,000 bushels since January 1. The rhetoric recalls Carlyle's critique of empty promises.
Dairy producers face marketing challenges due to demand or quality. Experi mental Farm Agassiz B C reports cream cheese as a popular, simple product from twelve pounds of cream, yielding ninety cents per pound butterfat. Weekly production about ten dozen cheeses, sold wholesale at one dollar each. cheese is durable in cool weather, though market remains limited.
The text notes thirteen as a lucky or unlucky number in national symbols. It cites thirteen original states, thirteen stars and stripes on the flag, thirteen feathers on the national seal’s eagle wing, and the phrase E pluribus unum. It reflects President Wilson’s era beliefs about the number’s significance.
Junker Revenge Strikers bar summer aid to underfed town children from districts hit by January munition strikes. The Socialist press says Germany now lets children starve unless parents are Holenzollern loyal Pan-German in politics.
A fragmentary local anecdote recalls Hen Haystack offering the mare Shi Beauty for sale in front of the post office. Cal Cornstalk expresses interest but says he has only a dollar and dislikes breaking it, ending with a hesitation about the deal amid rural dialect dialogue.
An exchange hints at a playful or teasing conversation about identity and a birthday in early spring. The speakers, Percy and a girl, discuss meaning and the wonders of nature in a light tone.
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a spring remedy to cleanse the system and restore vigor. It claims the tonic is made from flood root seal and cherry bark and is sold by druggists in the central area. The copy links lack of ambition and vitality to spring fever and urges use of the product.
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