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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
6
A garbled ad from a historical paper promotes a herbal remedy for skin rashes, boils, and ulcers. It touts a box product and Zia Buk Soap with dubious medical claims, urging readers to buy from druggists and stores while intertwining broader health and vitality rhetoric.
A Paris detective service pay scale shows officers earning 840 to 600 francs per year with top salaries for inspectors and a daily allowance for numerous ranks. The piece notes pensions after long service and urges reform to attract men away from private work. Interleaved is a comic domestic scene about a butcher stall, a costly joint, and a tongue in cheek pastry joke about appetite and manners.
The London Museum holds a study on parasols and umbrellas showing evolution from large red velvet parasols with heavy fringes to smaller today’s models. It notes four-person parasol use in inns, the practice of balancing a parasol at each end of a bridge, and a modest fare of a single sou for bridge crossing in earlier times.
A garbled reminiscence recalls Bishop William N Me Vicant of Rhode lalaed harboring a secret and a curious visitor. The bishop, a bachelor, is described in stunned terms as a sister invites a messenger to his residence and the events spiral with astonished gazes and whispered lines.
The article promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a tonic to enrich the blood, rebuild nerves, and restore health for anaemia especially in young women. It cites a testimonial from Annie Turner and urges purchase from dealers or by mail, detailing pricing and availability from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A 19th century description explains how lightning could illuminate a two square mile area from a single flash. An electrician estimates power needs at about 14 009 horsepower per second and notes light would last a tenth of a second. The piece also mentions continuous atmospheric discharges and moisture forming thunderclouds as the source of such flashes.
During the upcoming hop season in Kent workers will use Mita while tying the vines a custom which has been in practice for several years
A Hammond Ontario reader claims relief from long standing menopause symptoms using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and accompanying Liver Pills. She endorses the remedy for female weakness and pain and invites others to publish testimonials from the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn Massachusetts.
The text mixes ancient observations of lunar cycles with solar eclipses and the idea that eclipses occur in seasons. It also describes ghee preparation and preservation, noting its long keeping quality. The passage ends with a Paris courtroom dialogue over a punishment three to seven years.
Senator La Follette criticizes hypocrisy during a Philadelphia stop. A reporter recalls a comic tale of a Newport groom and a veterinarian, where the master asks what to do with a failing horse and the groom quips that he should part with it.
A letter from St Petersburg quotes a reformer who urges reducing dialogue in favor of action music and scenery. H. Mardschanow supports a theater in Moscow producing wordless plays this month the Tears. The aim is higher art and universal understanding despite language differences.
In Belfast amid home rule agitation, Row accounts for about three quarters of Ireland's customs and excise revenue as a jeweler discusses engagement rings while a comic interlude features Mrs Knicker and a puzzled student.
A Chicagoan recalls meeting William Morgan Shuster at the Savoy in London and remarks bitterly about Russia. The exchange notes Russia as a place to avoid yet acknowledges liberal-minded people there. Wright and Penman banter about Florida writing, with Penman replying he wrote checks.
An assortment of curious anecdotes and quips. A Vienna eccentric delights in upside down life, white dress with black collar, omnibus driving, and reversed dining. The piece shifts to tales of Pekin bells and a virgin’s blood myth, then to patent remedies, a Boston spoof, and humorous dialogues about wit, modesty, and kitchen visits.
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