Foster’s rise in Manitoba journalism reshapes Portage la Prairie press
William Garland Foster, long a Winnipeg Telegram and Portage la Prairie News editor, becomes editor of the Portage la Prairie Review. His career spans Ottawa Free Press and Winnipeg Telegram, with strong Conservative backing and noted organizing skill. He teams with E Burns as business manager to revitalize the Review into a daily, signaling a new era for Manitoba journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Garland Poster
Wintipes Telegram
Portage In Prairie News
Poster
Bell's Corners
Carleton County
Ottawa
Portage la
Prairie
Ottawa Free Press
Free Press
Winnipeg Telegram
Telegraph
Tor
Foster
Manitoba
Winnipeg
The
Review
Portage
News
Ole
EI. Bums
Bums
McPherson
Portagers
Dom
Failres
Arctic research station planned by Denmark and port policy shifts
Denmark will establish and maintain a permanent station for Arctic problems. A German steamer sank near Vladivostock after striking a floating mine with 100 crew dead. M. Federoff becomes minister of commerce in Russia. Porta Ricans halt buying American rice until Congress offers protection. A passenger steamer wreck off the Japan coast saves only one of twenty two onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Japan
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praise From Ontario Couple
Port Arthur reports Mr Dick Souvey and wife credit Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing their kidney troubles after two winters of grippe frost exposure and urinary pain. They say six bottles restored health and sleep, a double testimonial from a farming family nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Souvey
Port Arthur
Ont
Dodd
Liv
Earthly paradise of Biden a mystery to Orientalists scholars
Scholars debate Eden's location with proposals placing it near the Euphrates Tigris Nile Ganges and land of Ethiopia while claiming no site fits all four rivers in Genesis. Buddhist and other experts propose varied maps from Armenia to Babylon, but none locate the four rivers from the biblical account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biden
Ness
Ganges
Nile
Alto ‘Gether
Ethiopia
Armenia
Tigris
Euphrate
Babylon
Eden
Sol
Minart's Liniment Co Advertises Rheumatism Cure
A customer claims Theodore Dorats recovered from five years of rheumatism by using Minard's Liniment. The notice urges verification by contacting Dorats or a parish priest, with a date given as 12th May 98 and a merchant contact for A. Cote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minart’s
Liniment Co. Limited
Theodore Dorats
Minard
A. Cote
Merchante
I. Isadore
Fragmented ad fragment from old Mercury patent medicine
Obscure ad copy referencing mercury based cures and patent medicines. Mentions Catarrh treatment and Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Includes promises of relief and internal ingestion warnings with price per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Cheney. & Co
Toledo
Contalea
Mercury
Zeke Malls
Pink Pills Promoted as Healthful Blood Remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Williams' Pink Pills for women, claiming they restore rich red blood and vitality, curing anemia, indigestion, and nervous complaints. It cites testimonials from Miss J. Dietrich and others, notes price and mailing details, and briefly mentions various health claims and related products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
J. Dietrich
St Clements
Que
Grand Trunk
Port Colborne
Moving Brick Homes for Brooklyn Armory Annex Site
An engineering record describes securing a site for an annex to the 13th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn by relocating two rows of brick residences. The homes were moved intact to a new site with careful handling, preserving language and uniformity, and no serious damage or injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th Regiment
Brooklyn
Nrse
Western Assurance Prosperity Shown In Annual Figures
The Western Assurance Company reports strong fundamentals with a surplus over capital and liabilities of 419 836.96, fire premiums totaling 2 888 590.34 and marine premiums 708 764, while dividends reach 86 240.12 and refunds add 130 254.69. Assets include a large share of municipal bonds as shown in the annual statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Western Assurance Company
Canadian bacon ban praised by Britain, notes mislabeling
McNamara, Canadian agent in Manchester, says the government order disallowing American hogs in Canada is approved in the Old Country. He warns that Canadian carriers intention to distinguish between American bacon and Canadian product is often ignored and retail buyers are misled into buying Yankee imitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canattawa
PD. McNamara
Manchester
Canada
Psyouine Tonic Promoted For Vitality
An advertisement urges readers to treat early symptoms like cough and cold with Psyouine a tonic claimed to strengthen the system and restore vigor. It encourages keeping a bottle and asking a druggist about it.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Garland Foster
W. Garland Foster
Portage In Prairie
Ayer
Wnard
Vladivostock
M. Federoff
Russia
Theen
Commerce
Congress
Carina
Alexandra Palace
Ional
Museum of the
Kren
Moscow i
Ainard
MB Conta
Inca
Sapellaiata
Victoria
Conserve
Femare
Qu’Appelle Valley
Holloway
Albert Sonischen
Macedoni
Pauline Metternich
Napoleon
Marquise de
John Jay von Bchweidnite
Sandor
Rachctaene Neal
Metternich
Boucheron
Paris
Otly
Dodds
Louis
Western Assurance Report
Parmelee
Allan Steam Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
North-West
British Columbia
Allen Line
Atlantic Steamship Company
Henry C. Potter
New York
Europe
Idia
Walford
Veterans of IS Association
Toronto
Britain
Marseilles
Cambodia
Rang Trunk Pacific
Parliament of Canada
Grand Trunk Pack Se Branch Lines Company
Winn Horough
Mirrounding
Brandon
Pacide Railway
Calgary
Grand ‘Trank Pacifc
Hudson Bay
Grand © Fe Railway
Cabe
Egeunals
Bisa
Applicante
Montreal
Nangary
Slocum, Limited
King
Tower
Tower Canadian
Toronto, Can
Ene
Mnes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!