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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
2
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a quick cure for backache lumbago and rheumatic pains. It claims immediate soothing action penetrating through cords and muscles with strong herbal extracts, promising rapid relief and elasticity restoration. The copy promotes a large 50 cent bottle and a 25 cent trial size from Catarrhorone Co Kingston Canada.
A fragmented wartime brief urges citizens to balance duty with personal appearance and self care amid national mobilization, urging loyalty to country while maintaining trends and self in the broader great war effort.
A London review excerpt argues that Prussianism suppresses individual responsibility by enforcing blind obedience through physical power. It contrasts Luther’s liberty with a German political trend that devolves political responsibility to the state, warning of rising authoritarian influence in Germany and widespread official counsels to resist it.
Fortified site under battalion orders requires fortnightly moat cleaning. Each regiment recovers a leathered round safe from the water, opens it amid eager soldiers, and reads the taunting message Drop it in again old fool. The farmer narrator jokes about keeping his pigs and cat confined after a neighbor trade.
A long suffering couple from this place credit Todd's Kidney Pills with a near miraculous cure after ten years of invalidism. Mr Sawyer praised the remedy and his wife reported similar relief after trying several doctors and a specialist. The testimonial notes the pills’ long standing reputation in Canada and urges neighbors to inquire locally.
An assortment of vintage ad snippets with testimonials for Minard's Liniment from Amos T. Smith of Port Hood Island, plus shoe repair advice and a medical pitch for Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy, ending with a stray comic line about a stamp contest and a failed payment.
An article outlines the potential of domesticating the wild Anaphe silkworm in Uganda to supply cheap raw silk for Manchester and British lenders. It notes previous tests by the Imperial Institute, calls for government entomologist effort, and suggests Uganda could become a silk source as colonial holdings transfer.
Sir Ernest Rutherford discusses the vast energy locked in radium and the potential for cheap power if harnessed. He notes one pound of material might yield as much energy as hundreds of millions of pounds of coal, warns of unsolved challenges, and highlights the transformation of matter through radioactive substances. The talk touches on medical uses and the broader scientific interest in radioactivity.
Dated notes discuss twenty two alfalfa varieties tested in the western United States and Canada, including Sudden winter survival and performance in harsh climates. The piece cites European and North American strains, winter hardiness, and the origin of Grimmalfata and Turkestas varieties from German and Russian sources. It highlights weather influences, snow cover, and the persistence of certain strains through severe winters.
Advertisement for Baby's Own Tablets boasting safety and stomach regulation. Claims quick relief from minor babyhood ills, constipation, worms, and easy teething. Promoted by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont with 25 cent mail order option.
A historical note quotes Thomas A. Edison marking his sixty ninth birthday with a call to reduce alcohol in beer to between two and fourteen percent and to limit whiskey and strong drinks. The fragment suggests a policy shift urging long term moderation for the public good.
Russia wins rights to build a 60 mile Manchuria railway from Harbin to Aigun with a southern branch to Tsitsikhar forming a link to the trans Siberian road. Japan agrees. Funding via a 5,000,000 pound loan. Route covers northern Manchuria, with a northern and southern spur.
Soft corns are hard to eradicate but Holloway's Corn Cure claims to draw them out painlessly, offering relief for affected feet. The advertisement emphasizes ease of use and quick results for sufferers seeking a simple remedy.
Fragmentary note mentions “savage” and “uncivilized” within the Arctic Circle. Checks two dollars to read as the wretched populace starved by the “cultured” German conqueror. A paradoxical line from the year 1916.
A vintage USIT beard care ad touts a skin food and wrinkle chaser that softens the beard with a few drops before shaving. It claims easy, quick shaves with no pulling and no soreness, moisturizing skin against wind dryness. The ad invites readers to send 50c for a trial bottle sufficient for over six weeks from USIT Manufacturing Co. Toronto.
Under the Australian scheme for settling soldiers on the land and providing for dependents of soldiers killed in the war, the States will find the farms while the Commonwealth will finance the scheme.
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