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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
6
A South American traveler with a quick temper visits New York and, misinterpreting English, compels a waiter to call the chambermaid by the name Susan. The waiter, alarmed by the demand, retreats as the scene escalates into comic confusion.
An advertisement recounts recovery from acute indigestion and weakness using Williams Pink Pills. It cites a Port Maitland reader, H. Thomas Curry, and notes relief after meals, improved strength, and restored appetite. Pills sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont with prices listed.
A dispensable article argues that Earth's water is vanishing as the planet cools, forming cavities and draining the surface. In about 600,000 years, the water may sink a mile and air thins to unbreathable levels, risking a planetwide end to life as age and death approach, attributed to Bichant A Proctor.
The piece recounts the old plains practice of creasing horses by shooting the neck and tying legs, noting high fatality rates and limited use. It also mentions a mustanger who creased near Pecos and recalls a prized horse with neck scar. Separate note describes India and China ink production from vegetation oils and lamp soot, used for centuries in various districts.
In Portland a giant speaker of the house criticized a party member describe d as dirty by remarking Blank, if dirt was tramps, what a band you have. A threaten ing exchange follows as Cumrox speaks of a titled son in law using leverage to force actions.
A playful exchange questions worship of money. A haughty philosopher declares the love of money rarely remains platonic. A speaker recalls despair after a land rejection, noting the height of a window as a barrier to self harm in Lustige Blatter’s voice.
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Nerve Food as the remedy for a range of nervous troubles once blamed on evil spirits. A testimonial from Nutshaland, St Andrews, claims paralysis relief after six months and regaining use of the hand and leg, with price details listed as 50 cents per bottle and six boxes for £2.50 at Bates & Co. Toronto.
A historical note on coal dust utilization cites Ruhr region production of briquets reaching 3,000,000 tons annually and mentions coal tar pitch as a past key material. The text then discusses various remedies and advertisements, referencing Anti-Consumptive Syrup and a mix of medical and economic topics including paper money and currency, with a Philadelphia North American note touching on public figures and physical fitness.
A disputed artwork titled a storm scene faced state officials when a visitor questioned its placement in the capital. The artist pressed for a sky reflecting the state's sunny reputation, while the art committee urged rejection, citing the painting’s clash with expected state imagery.
A fragmented compilation notes wild animals in Samans and bears in the Mori Hove range, along with tragic wolf stories and traveler portents. A Philadelphia lawyer loses a cuff link, with a second to be found, while Centerville’s entertainments and local lectures emerge amid a survey of Life in America and a House of Lords tidbit.
A Detroit Free Press quote asserts pride in being short legged but long in spirit, while Epictetus contends that metric of character lies in principle rather than size or might.
Fragmentary OCR yields a surreal blend of names and snippets. It references Deanery matters in Carlisle, a Dran or Barker figure, a pet spider and odd garden scenes. Scattered lines mention sparrows ravens and a fight between child card players. The text is highly garbled with stray names and playful, nonsensical phrases.
A fragmentary passage recalls a claim that Shiloh's Cure cures coughs and colds. It mentions someone urging others to try it, a student out sick, and a teacher questioning a mother’s care as a child lies ill.
A Ontario man testifies Zam-Buk relieved severe chemical burns and a furnace injury. He describes rapid soothing from a twenty percent healing balm, noting it soothed irritation and reduced pain within forty eight hours. The letter cites widespread use and requests for free samples.
Rivers explained the new noiseless gun design saying the exhaust gases are redirected to prevent noise and recoil. Brooks affirmed there is no kick, noting the device would be smooth to fire.
A quip notes that the distinction between a fort and a fortress lies in their silence under pressure with the line suggesting a fortress is harder to silence. The remark appears in Lippincott's.
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