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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
3
Wanted representative for Europe’s Greatest World War and Lord Kitchener’s career. Salary commission. Experience unnecessary. Credit given. Sample free, send postage, ten cents, Nichols Limited Publishers Toronto.
Vague ad style note with garbled text promises a free sample of a product for birds. Mentions digestion and plumage but the content is unclear and contains nonsensical phrases and misspellings. No verifiable names or concrete details.
Saskatchewan wheat earned a world contest prize at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. W. S. Simpson of Larchmount Farm Pambrun received the notification. The winning wheat sample came from the 1916 crop of registered Marquis wheat exhibited from the Empress branch of CN near Swift Current.
A Scientific American note explains how lightning and thunder distance work using simple timing. A humane society shows wild animals in a downtown window with a placard about furs, drawing a passerby who recalls his own mistreatment.
In St Isidore P Q dated August 18 1894 Dr Jos Au Sirois endorses Minard's Liniment Co Limited. He says he frequently uses the product for his patients and prescribes it for various ailments with gratifying results calling it the best all round liniment extant.
An elderly renter in a furnished summer villa clashes with a large dog over a beloved chair. To avoid conflict she shouts for cats and slips away, but the dog surprises her by occupying the chair while she looks out the window. Chicago Herald.
Dated from Breslau letters plead for peace and recount unrest across occupied Germany. Notes from Winden Poron Kiel and Berlin describe riots in mining areas and ironworks, daily troops, working stoppages, and anxious hopes for peace amid growing casualties.
A letter from Edith M. coring in Perth Ontario touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring digestive efficiency by building red blood. The testimonial describes long indigestion, nerve pain, and headaches, followed by relief, weight gain, and renewed strength after several months of use. Pills available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
In a few weeks the Minister of Munitions has become head of a colossal enterprise. His department employs about two and a half million people dedicated to producing millions of guns, shot, and shell to defeat Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
The Vossische Zeiting reports Russia uses influence to curb Romanian liquor sales to allow Russians on Romanian secret police and finance posts and as fortress and railroad administrators in the northeast. Asthma remedy claims public endorsement with Dr Kellogg promoting it as a certain cure.
The London Times argues that compromise with German militarists is impossible due to their unitarian system, mass killings, hostage taking, slavery, abductions, and other war crimes. It decries official apologies and calls for extirpation of this moral depravity to prevent future contagion to humanity.
The article states about 191 million domestic animals in the United States are worth roughly 6 billion dollars. It notes around 21 million horses representing 2.3 billion dollars, and that the despised male accounts for 500 million in total wealth among about 4.5 million individuals.
A playful exchange centers on a horn blast as the fair person explains Charley commanded it to avoid hearing his remarks while operating the machine. The scene highlights a humorous dynamic between the two speakers.
The Outlook argues Germany’s fate hinges on a domestic revolution and conversion of public sentiment, not conquest. It predicts militarism will end only when German leaders’ errors are exposed and the people awaken to the truth, possibly gradually or after a major shock. The piece cites private letters and uncensored reports as signs of change.
The Canadian Pacific Railway operates about 2000 miles of tracks and controls telegraph, lands, and shipping. It claims broad access to many sectors beyond transportation, including food production and daily comforts for passengers.
A battered ad touts Dr Hamilton’s Pills promising cleansing of impurities and improved health with gentle action and guaranteed results. It also references firearms safety, urging vigilance among hunters and the motto Safety First. A Chicago publisher criticizes reporters for not pursuing stories fully after Belshazzar’s Feast.
A historical note asserts voting rights require character, earnings ability, and civic training, referencing American Review content. It then advertises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills claiming to cleanse impurities by improving liver action and blood quality, with a period ad style.
A Portland Oregon department store idea of selling lumber in short lengths for odd jobs has led to similar departments in a dozen major cities. The Miniature Lumber Company formed in Portland now supplies cabinets for displaying such small boards in department stores. In a separate scene an old colored uncle, calmed by a preacher, explains a doctor’s order led to a late night prowling, with the man claiming the order was for chicken broth.
A quirky dialogue sketches a stage manager urging a gown change while Rita Ravengelp defends the latest fall dress she paid two hundred dollars for. The scene climaxes with a husband line that leaves the audience puzzled about what he means.
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