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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
6
A Collier's Weekly themed reflection doubts the public’s talent for reading aloud and laments many failings in voice and delivery. It questions how society undervalues practice and suggests reading aloud can enrich intimate moments like sickroom evenings or lovers’ meetings.
Homeless dogs appeal for food and care, and humans owe them kindness. Speak up for those who cannot, as cruelty thrives in silence. A dog’s loyalty grows from a kind word and ample food, water, warmth, and shelter. Guard and cherish him, as he guards your home.
A fragmentary testimonial from Adrian Texas describes severe illness with stomach pain and multiple hemorrhages. The writer references seeing an advertisement and hopes the account will interest others seeking relief from ongoing stomach ailments and related bleeding.
A Royal Automobile Club joint committee reports a coal by product method yielding 49 000 gallons of motor spirit annually without depleting resources. A full-scale plant is under construction, with a target price not exceeding 25 cents per gallon. Britain’s annual motor spirit use is about 100.3 million gallons, with gasoline at 42 cents per gallon today.
In a 1903 letter from Joseph Levis dated July 14, Minard's Liniment Co. Ltd is claimed to have cured a badly kicked leg after other treatments failed. The writer, a commercial traveler, says he was bedridden for two weeks and could not walk until using three bottles of the product, after which he recovered and could resume travel.
A North Carolina state trapshooting championship ended with B Pennington of Jaroore and I B Pierce of Wilmington tied for first at one dollar entry. Pennington claimed the title after a 18 of 20 score in the Club speed shells event using a Remington pump gun. Geo W Collins of Due West finished 3.0 with 71 of 400, winning high amateur average over two days. Other scores included 14 Home Clark with a Remington, yielding 119 straight in a separate event.
A Drainy yokel described blood circulation with humor saying the blood goes from the heart to the foot, then asks how it returns. He answers with a joke that it moves up the other leg, drawing a laugh from the examiner.
A letter extols Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for varicose veins and piles noting widespread sales and personal testimonials. Mrs RJ Evans of Toronto states the ointment provides relief and soothing healing when other treatments fail, with distribution through Edmanson, Bates & Co. Ltd. Med Toronto.
A Meridian Evening Star interview with Joe Clark, a Lauderdale County resident, lauds post improvement roads. He notes his four miles from town, two from school, that the harsh winter hasn’t kept children from walking to school, and that tax money should fund road extensions even beyond personal property.
The passage advises amateurs to view photography as a summer pursuit with potential earnings through selling magazine illustrations and journal engravings. It stresses clear black and white prints with centered subjects and notes photography broadens observation, adds self respect, and can fund expenses.
The article argues that banana production and its varied uses could shift global food supply dynamics, elevating the Caribbean as a key supplier. It highlights potential for direct Caribbean trade links with Europe, Western markets, and Pacific-style processing like banana chips, while noting diplomacy shapes this development and regional economic independence.
A fragmentary report describes an early speaking clock idea from Berlin, credits a Bremen man named Belen and Max Markus with developing it, and notes a U S investor forming a Berlin company with $100 capital to exploit the invention. It mentions an American ambassador’s wife and domestic duties in passing.
A fragmented note describes an evening gathering with plans for tomorrow night. It references two other good fellows and a joke about editors, hinting at community discussion and old style newspaper culture.
A busy household narrator recalls a boy named Ma and his exaggerated tale about Trever while a mother bargains a penny for truth. A conjuror boast, a torn curtain, and a landlady’s rent remark mix with an advert for Parmlee's Vegetable Pills as a household remedy.
A coachlike teacher lectures on life forms and their links to corn while students question associations with fish and other topics. A mischievous pupil mocks authority on a tennis court and discussions drift to marriage, poverty, and the price of divorce in a string of disjointed classroom anecdotes.
A young woman failed a public school teaching exam and her mother, enraged, confronted an examiner saying questions spanned events from long before the candidate’s birth. The scene underscores disputes over examination fairness and potential constitutional remedies while advertising a medical remedy and a product for deafness.
An OCR fragment appears to describe various eye remedies and products with inconsistencies. Mentions liquids and salves labeled Murine Eye and other vague preparations. The text is garbled, listing items like Eye Remedy Liquid Ze and aseptic Sic, with stray phrases about eye books and a mall setting.
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