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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
6
A Kneamstien storekeeper Mr W Grace recounts severe inflammation that left him crippled and unable to work. He credits Dod’s Kidney Pills with a complete cure, claiming rheumatism stems from uric acid and kidney misfunction and that restoring kidney health removes pain.
A snippet from Mariner's Bazaar advises parents to monitor a baby's ears as a deformity risk. It stresses keeping ears tucked back, aligning them with the head during tying, and avoiding forward binding or thick curls that push ears outward. Early attention is urged to prevent ears standing out.
A garbled old column offers culinary tips on sugar types for sweetness and stock bases, vinegar for tough meat, adding greens to bread water, and leavening with sour milk or tanlk aliases. It mentions cooking methods for fowls and beef with vinegar and resting meals, but clarity is limited by OCR errors.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder that warms the body and improves circulation. It quotes a Quebec user praising relief from cold hands and feet and various ailments after taking six boxes, urging readers to buy by mail from William’s Medicine Co.
A detailed discussion on the principles of insurance and the role of averages opens the session led by Mr. Harvey. He argues fire insurance is hardest due to changing hazards, notes rising premiums, and urges cost control and broader capital in Canada, while questioning life insurance regulation and the value of endowments and fraternal societies. The piece ends with a broader call for sickness and old age support as philanthropic goals.
Fragmented notes warn against poor hygiene and improper hair care, mentioning cleanliness, hot water, and washing frequency. The passage references concerns about body care, diet, and health effects, with scattered commentary on digestion, eyesight, and potato quality. It reads like a garbled historical consumer tip sheet.
The fifty fourth annual meeting of Western Assurance Company shareholders approved a half stock write off and a further 500000 set aside for directors to cover losses from fires in Big and Toronto. President Geo A Cox reported growth and reduced losses in the year with eight months of profit. Board re elected unanimously and Cox named President while J J Keany View was re elected Vice President and Managing Director.
An American inventor built a six foot long yacht entirely from paper using hydraulic machinery. The vessel, including masts and sails, is claimed to be a real ship rather than a toy and reportedly capable of fulfilling standard ship requirements.
Fragmented notes discuss fruit growing in Manitoba, mentioning experiments, caterer Seeman, and various researchers. The text references diverse topics from berry production to cheeses, with scattered mentions of experimental work and plant studies, lacking coherent narrative or dates.
Experiments show gooseberries currants raspberries strawberries and blackberries can be grown with protection and proper methods. Cherries especially sand cherry appear promising for this country and hardy plums and crab apples are tested. Mr Buchanan issued a catalogue listing hardy apples crabs plums small fruits and ornamental trees and shrubs for folio requests.
The April issue of The Designer features a pretty girl with a Buster rabbit hat in full color spreads. It highlights spring fashions and millinery, with sections on seashore costumes and a piece called The Millinery Lesson guiding readers to new hat ideas.
A 19th century advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets as a pleasant medicine for babies and children. It claims easy administration, no spillage, and reliable dosing for stomach and bowel ailments, with testimonials from Mrs. E. A. Jewers and a note on mail order from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Edward Irying speaks of vast cotton production claim describing miles of thread spun daily. Figures cite 156 million miles of bread and daily output enough to loop to the moon and beyond. Per year the rate would take centuries to reach Neptune, a hyperbolic comparison illustrating scale.
Theodore Dorais, once crippled by rheumatism for five years, reports recovery through Hinard's Liniment. The notice invites verification from Dorais, parish priest, or his laborers. cites A Cote, Merchant St Londore, Quebec, and dates to May 12, 1893. The text also references social rights and a distant political note on China.
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