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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
4
A collage of ad-like snippets touts Baby's Own Tablets for infant indigestion and sleeplessness, Sunlight Soap benefits, neural and digestive tonics, and humorous exchanges. It also promotes Dr Williams medicines, Armee joy, and Holloway's Corn Cure, finishing with a joke about a coal merchant mistaken for a weight lifter.
A London Chronicle correspondent recalls Parliament as seen through caricature with Balfour at the table and the mace on display. He questions the dress, bows, and swinging doors, noting dull debates and inconvenient voting methods before urging reform and efficiency. An ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for various ailments, touting blood restoration and national testimonials.
A former Japanese Army correspondent traces canteens behind Manchurian fronts. He notes frequent rear canteens supplying cigarettes writing paper beer and imitation spirits, with limited soldier pay and cheap prices. He cites balancing drinks during battles and a special sake distribution on the Mikado’s birthday.
A periodical poem on Japanese abstinence alarms officers while Commissary-General notes soldiers drink if unavailable. The text observes beer as a growing Japanese industry with beer and wine supplied at headquarters and generals drinking champagne and claret with meals, reflecting wartime tastes.
In Dresden Ontario on January 22 4 Special Mr W G Cragg a merchant and former reeve recounts severe rheumatism that left him crippled and in pain. After using six boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills he says all symptoms vanished and relief came without further medicines. He claims the pills cure rheumatism by correcting kidney function and filtering uric acid from the blood.
Count K Hirosawa a Cambridge educated Japanese nobleman warns England is in decline as religion and national spirit wane. He highlights American influence and materialism, warns of Germany’s naval buildup, and predicts Japan's growing power and a future shift in naval strength.
The Count warns that victory cannot rely on pluck alone against a first class scientific power. He urges a complete educational system revision and universal military training, plus democratic government methods where efficiency is the sole criterion for state employment, as the path to save England from collapse.
Dr. Arthur Newsholme and Dr. T H C Stevenson argue the UK and other civilized nations show a marked fall in fertility not caused by poverty. They compare with Sweden and Austria, noting no direct link between wealth and birth rate, and suggest rising comfort levels influence smaller families. France’s approach is cited as an eventual trend.
A collage of comic exchanges and medical ads from a historical Sun issue. It features quips about a Sunday school lesson, a fractured joke, and several medical remedies including Weaver's Cerate and Dr Agnew's Ointment. Parmelee's Pills claim eye inflammation relief.
In Paris Dr M Radiguet died from injuries after two years of self administered X ray experiments. He endured months of agony with amputations of two fingers and expressed gratitude that his work may prove reliable evidence on Rontgen ray effects. His papers are expected to yield important discoveries for medical science.
Egypt assigns the Esneh barrage project to Messrs John Aird & Company for four years. The irrigation work will irrigate large tracts of land year round, boosting Egypt's agricultural wealth.
A San Bernardino mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength after three months of fever and nervous prostration post childbirth. She reports weight gain from 95 to 113 pounds in two months, steadier nerves, and restored appetite in a four year old with eczema. She invites inquiries and cites Postum Co. in Battle Creek.
North Western Farms offers two land sections for sale on the Grand Trunk Pacific line just west of Portage La Prairie. Ploughing starts February and oats potatoes and alfalfa may be sown on breaking with high railroad contractor prices on the spot. Hire out teams for railroad grading at five dollars daily. Price ten dollars and fifty cents per acre with six year terms. J L R Parsons 92 Winchester Street Toronto Ont.
A train feature highlights The Los Angeles Limited electric service from Chicago to Los Angeles with luxurious Pullman cars and modern travel comforts. It notes schedules, routes, and contact for reservations, while a calendar of advertisements and health cures fills the page with varied items.
De Beer of Shiloh faced a charging lioness near Matabeleland. After a failed third shot, a small terrier leaped at the beast, allowing the man to retrieve his rifle and fatally strike the lioness, saving his life despite injuries.
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