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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
3
A garbled clipping mixes anecdotes about a woman claiming divine messages sold to a lawyer for 35 dollars, jokes on celestial guidance and a misquoted Bible style tale. It also advertises Barnelee’s Vegetable Pills and Marine Eye Remedy amid stray quotes from a Boston Transcript and a Philadelphia paper, with cheeky lines about cranky neighbors and a clock alarm remark.
The Senate endorsed a major Canadian Pacific project along the main line between Pieht and Hee wee. Several miles of track will gain over a mile of tunnelling and a couple of Urges. Bur Ha pends will be reduced as costs rise and operations on a steep grade will be safer. The improvement costs about $1,500,000.
A Windsor woman credited Dodd's Kidney Pills with ending years of pain after doctors and various medicines failed. She details swollen feet and head pain relieved after seven boxes, and a local appeal offers free home instructions for women suffering displacements and nervous disorders, promising at home relief.
The text discusses Italian tobacco consumption, the origin and introduction of the cherry to Europe, historical notes on Turkish marriages, and a proverb about spinsterage. It references Washington Star Tobacco In Italy, Avia Mi, Henry Witt, and legal terminology for spinster status arising from a frugal era.
Fragmentary OCR yields a chaotic scene with Mr Isaacs at an inn in the early hours. A bed request leads to a confrontation about occupants and occupation. The fragment references a Methodist preacher and a comical exchange amid unrelated notices from Pittsburgh Chronicle and Chicago Tribune.
An old advertisement extolls Baby's Own Tablets as a safe remedy for stomach and bowel troubles, worms, croup, fevers, and teething pain for babies. It lists Mrs. A Weaver of Saskatchewan and Dr William's Medicine Co. as sellers, with claims of medical endorsements and a curious anecdote about a famous entomologist.
Sergt Wheeler Thos. P. Bennett RCA of 705 Albert reports relief from a severe skin disease after using DDD Prescription. He credits one bottle with ending torment and urges free samples from DDD Laboratories Toronto. The note blends medical claim with promotional copy for Dee D2 Blood medicines.
A fragmentary collage mocks medical advertisements and a Punch magazine style joke. It parodies moral health rhetoric and Beechtam's Pills while referencing Mother’s care, worm extermination claims, and a schoolgirl essay riff on Macaulay.
Health and comfort in old age depend largely on keeping the liver and kidneys active. Pains and aches stiffness of joints lumbago and rheumatic discomfort signal poisons left in the blood by sluggish elimination states.
The piece traces coal use in London from medieval bans to legal trade. It notes Parliament petitions, Queen Elizabeth’s era, and penalties for burning coal. It contrasts rail and sea transport shifts, detailing London coal flow from early rail imports to modern annual consumption around sixteen million tons split roughly equally between rail and sea.
The article describes the elder tree known as the witches tree near farm buildings. It warns against near growth and notes its scent repels cattle and drives away moles. Carters used elder branches on horses to ward off evil and states the land becomes sweet again years after removal.
A Lords discussion on the Butter and Margarine Bill recalls Margarine or Marjori Lord Onslow joking about mispronunciation in early mararine debates. The article notes the Prince of Wales’s pursuits including stag shooting in Scotland, stamp collection valued around $500,000, and a widely known hobby with the chisel, saw, and hammer.
Joseph Bradshaw earned the first prize at a local agricultural show for length of service on a single farm, marking fifty-three years of steady labor on one productive plot.
An imperfect record of expenditures reveals unclear money flow with many items left unspecified. The dialogue notes that both parties held numerous sundries and assets, illustrating difficulty tracking where funds actually went.
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