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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
3
Fragmented OCR passage blends quotes and product promotion from an old newspaper. It mentions Liniment and vegetable pills, a teacher and a boy named Tule, and a few stray name fragments. The text is garbled but preserves references to timekeeping and a school scene.
Mrs C Breeves of Hillsboro NB reports relief from stomach trouble after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The ad claims pills restore red blood and cure headaches bilIOUS ness and related distress, sold the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 80 cents a box or six for 250.
A fragmentary report discusses naval policy, budgets, and party debates over armament programs. It notes calls to increase shipbuilding, compares Britain’s fleet capacity to Germany, and mentions Lord Howard de Walden and falconry interests as side notes.
Worn by war years, survivors like Mr Thompson are noted among mutiny veterans who died recently. A lady aided siege victims at Lucknow in 1857 crossing fire to deliver nourishment. A Gibraltar report records children saved during a Buena Vista Barracks clash and a carpenter’s son noted for building the family home.
A jumble of old advertisements tout Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills claiming quick relief for constipation and related ailments. The misspelled copy promotes cure for liver impurities, biliousness, and headaches, with testimonials and various names woven through the text. It reads like a period piece of patent medicine hype.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader discusses supposed remedies and odd health claims, mentioning an onion, a treatment that supposedly helps both adults and young people with urinary issues, and a bizarre note about squash lifting heavy weights. The readable text is terse and unclear, reflecting a misread newspaper clip.
A colonial era note recounts Cox's perpetual clock and a curious telescope of mechanized balance. Dutch diplomat travel to Canton and Pekin shows the clock altered by Ho-tchang-tong. two replacement clocks later, and the original mechanism lost through faulty repairs. The tale blends a child prodigy, S. W. Gamage, and a passion for speculative enterprise with a market driven youth. The text also threads a minor anecdote of a boy buying a lamb with saved money, aiming to profit from its wool, then a dog trampling the scene, and the boy’s misfortune near a Sheen-like twist.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Lord Charles Fitzmaurice a captain in the 1st Royal Dragoons and squerry in ordinary to the Prince of Wales. An amusing railway station incident ends with a puzzled telegraphist and a quip about beginnings. Sir Frederic Hodgson governor of the Gold Coast is noted as visiting England on leave.
A Kilburn native formed a vast artificial horse by cutting away turf and covering it with limestone. The feature spans about two acres and is said to accommodate twenty men on the horse's eye, described as the biggest artificial horse in the United States and reminiscent of the White Horse of England.
A compilation of antique epitaphs from various graves and headstones. It features poems on death by William Olivier and others, humorous lines about watchmakers and aging, a Devonshire churchyard verse urging followers to prepare, and a Woolwich inscription warning mortality. It also touches on Victorian promotional prose about exotic products and distant lands with florid rhetoric.
A county magistrate Duke recalls a daring poacher with a hundred rabbits, who quips about fines. The poacher pays five pounds after the duke’s stern rebuke, claiming expertise from years of experience.
A garden party at St Dunctan's Tower Regent's Park hosted by the Countess of Lopdes is mentioned alongside a tale of a boy and family distress. Three Calcutta geographers were arrested for profiteering in London markets, accused of telephoning price changes for silver and wheat.
A fragmented local piece references prayer and the aid of a skilled worker, noting a wish that every housekeeper would use a certain aid to make wages and burdens vanish. It mentions Mrs Pat and Pat Regorra, a Mr Eudleman figure, and a claim about Liniment Cures Dandruff with a tone of casual conversation and stray quotes.
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