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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
2
A Toronto style dispatch outlines calls for a strengthened Meat Inspection Service under federal and provincial authorities. It details veterinary oversight, slaughterhouse checks, disease tagging, and the push for a nationwide standard to curb unsound meat and canned foods while addressing public concern and municipal roles.
Mary Anderson once called a venue a bad house after a box sat empty amid a string of triumphs. The renowned performer, famed as Miss Mary Anderson, left the stage at twenty and faced battering offers to return, with Madame de Varro noting her later birthday and enduring popularity in crowded houses.
The stage censor, Rice, earns about £300 yearly plus fees for readings. He reviews around 7,000 plays, averaging nearly ten pounds per week. Last year his earnings reached just over £1,304, with a Welsh translated work illustrating language barriers in selecting translations.
An amusing wager led to a remarkable feat as Geoffrey attempted a bold trip by air. He soared over trees and roofs to reach Bue, a distance of five miles, in six minutes after being observed at sixty yards height.
A jumble of testimonial style snippets from early 20th century notices. It cites Dr Williams Pink Pills and other patent remedies, praising their effects on nervous disorders, weakness, and digestion. Includes personal anecdotes, some prices, and references to newspapers like Chicago Tribune and Boston Transcript.
A fragment lists a Fortunate Man story about Cook Taylor and a man named Raleigh How, noting an operation for swallowing a pearl that proved valuable enough to cover costs and funeral. It mentions Parmelee's Vegetable Pills and a digressive digestive health note before a Wiggs pun about a Dutchman and an Irishman in a trial.
In a garbled notice the ad mentions Eye trouble remedies and a free Murine product offered by a company. Names and precise offers are unclear due to damaged text. The fragment suggests a promotional claim and a call to action, typical of a 1900s newspaper medical ad.
A humorous Life note on Mr and Mrs Married Bliss, once slender, now gaining weight and distressed by failed weight loss efforts. A mutual friend and a sympathetic physician remark on how their affection endures despite physical change.
Readable item notes Wilson's Fly Pads available through druggists grocers and general stores. Mentions Houston The French may now buy war stocks and suggests safer options, reflecting period commerce and satire.
A passage describes a historic superstition where a growing bough is placed on a newly built home to appease spirits. Originating in Germany and brought by immigrants, the practice aimed to calm disruptive spirits by associating them with the construction site, supposedly preventing misfortune until the roof was completed.
A report by Canadian Trade Commissioner A. Minninon to the Trade and Commerce Department notes shipments of Canadian cheese to Britain since May display the greatest improvement in quality and appearance on record. For the year ending July 30, Great Britain imported 116,224 boxes, with Canada supplying 76,440 boxes.
Sugar water is praised as thirst quencher with a simple recipe of dissolving sugar in water before topping with more cold water. Canon Lyttelton, head of Eton, recently celebrated his fifty fourth birthday and is noted for cricket and fielding feats including long throws. His skill has helped run out many batsmen, provoking jest from a retiring batsman about playing an eleven of parsons.
The article describes Eile Flowers and many edible blossoms found in the East, including a tree named Khowad. Natives collect pale yellow corollae for cakes and wines, with fresh petals fermented to produce a vine and brandy. Hindus favor these preparations as beverages and confections.
The article critiques a sensational London Times report describing an imagined French plan to invade England using thousands of aeroplanes. It analyzes costs, logistics, and the supposed feasibility, noting the financial scale and practical obstacles while presenting the idea as a highly implausible scare.
An amusing London News item recounts a Mahorn Medan servant who, when asked his religion, says he is a heathen. The master probes the meaning and the servant replies with a paradoxical shop. The story ends with a wry remark about worship and service. In Somerset England, Miss Mary Hatton wills her parrot and its legatee to her nephew Ernest Hatton with funds to feed and care for the bird for life.
In a New York storefront on Eighth Avenue a tall display of Bibles drew customers with bold pricing. The signs touted the sale as unprecedented, promising bargains that attracted the uninformed while implying superior value for the informed shopper.
Fragmentary note recounts Lionel Brough performing an onorous entertainment to inmates as a harmless demeans game of billiards. He offered 40 in 100 to a patient and was beaten easily prompting a quip about staying together in the room.
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