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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
4
A London hospital has launched an opsonin department where about 90 tests weekly assess blood resistance to infections. The method speeds recovery in TB and other diseases by boosting opsonin levels through serums, guiding injections to strengthen the body's white blood cell response.
An advertisement urges mothers to give Baby's Own Tablets costing 25 cents to prevent and treat infant stomach and bowel troubles. It claims safety with government analyst approval, mentions Halifax testimonial from Mrs. R. Merlin, and notes availability from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario. Keep tablets at home for use during hot weather.
The London Times says the crown now sits close to the working class. Queen Victoria’s unfailing courtesy and personal access at Osborne and Balmoral have broken barriers, with King Edward and Queen Alexandra continuing the example, making the crown politically close to all classes and earning widespread loyalty.
They caution against purgatives like Epsom salts for cleansing the stomach, citing chills and stomach injury. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are praised as superior and effective for this purpose. A separate exchange recounts Mabel and Maud joking about red paint on Maud's dress after a balcony moment during dances.
A London Standard discussion notes judges sometimes rebuke juries. It recalls a famed Dyer-era murder trial where a foreman hid the truth behind a staged verdict. The foreman confessed after a private interview, revealing the real killer used the fork and left the bloodied clothes and weapon to frame the prisoner.
The Merchants Bank of Canada held its forty second annual meeting in Montreal on the twentieth. It reports a Test fund surpassing three and a half million, deposits rising to over 33 million, total assets about 49.5 million, and capital of 6 million. Net profits near 750,000 with rest fund additions and pensions. E F Hebden’s promotion to general manager reflects stable, conservative growth.
An analysis ranks the 1902 anthracite strike among the costliest labor stoppages, noting about 140,000 idle workers for 140 days totaling 19 million lost labor days, with U.S. wages losses and fatalities suggesting striking fights may not pay. The piece ends with a quip about the deserving poor from a dialogue between Little Willie and Pa.
In Codsall near Wolverhampton England a cook Eliza Davies vanished after flames enveloped a yard heap of wood and shavings saturated with paraffin. Firelight revealed charred remains identified as the missing woman. She reportedly lit her own funeral pyre after taking paraffin from the kitchen, motive unknown.
A Vermont woman from Athol describes severe illness a year ago with paleness headaches dizziness and exhaustion and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring health. The ad claims pills create new red blood aid nerves and cure headaches indigestion rheumatism and other ailments while urging readers to buy genuine pills for 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A Fortnightly Review excerpt describes peasant girl children in Egypt as early laborers. It notes roles from sentinels over livestock to carrying bricks, gathering firewood, and hawking water and provisions along railway routes. The piece portrays harsh rural life and modest family economy in Delta villages.
The National Manufacturers’ Association and Chicago Sanitary Inspector Hedrick refute claims about canned and potted meats. They describe a vacuum sealing process with external solder, no preservatives, and that once opened the product spoils like fresh meat. Hedrick reports clean floors, good lighting, ventilation, and satisfactory general conditions at Libby McNeill Libby.
The passage extols Sunlight Soap while detailing a rural Ethiopian scene of a peasant girl carrying a water jar. It describes her attire a blue garment a coarse veil a water jar balanced on her head and her poised walk as she reaches the river to cleanse the jar and bear the load home with dexterous balance.
A collection of aphorisms and maxims on virtue, conflict, faith, and responsibility. It contrasts patience with pride, duty with display, and sacrifice with self interest, urging steadfastness and humility amid life’s tests.
The piece outlines Japanese cultivation beyond warfare noting Mungo beans used for preserved treats with seaweed gum, kudzu fiber making waterproof cloth, lily bulbs prepared as vegetables and flavorings, a white melon fried with butter and sugar, edible garlic flowers, bamboo shoots like asparagus, and pequenos of naikou radish varieties.
A medical fraud claim for Dr Leonhardt's Hem-Roid promises a cure for piles with internal use and a $1000 guarantee. Also features an insect advert and a humorous editorial exchange about love and a widow. Worm Exterminator ad costs 25 cents and a quip about a widow and her late husband.
A collage of fragmentary lines references to aging brides and grooms at weddings, health ads for Sunlight Soap and Holloway's Corn Cure, plus quips about a liver disorder and a doctor's dysentery cordial. The text reads like a page of miscellaneous old newspaper notices and promotional snippets.
Temagami offers excellent canoeing and guiding by native families who pass the birch bark craft to their children. Students camping by Temagami lakes can accomplish two years of study in one season, with prime fishing and hunting. Access via the Grand Trunk Railway. free descriptive publication available from J. D. McDonald, Union Station, Toronto, Ont.
A whale off Brazil disturbed a steamer by scraping its back with barnacles and shells. The crew saw tremors and bubbles as the whale rubbed the vessel, then soldiers of potatoes and coal rained down. The captain ignored the nuisance and steamed away after a coal piece entered his mouth.
The ad touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as pain relief after tough luck and proclaims it has helped thousands. A social host anecdote follows, joking about paying a prima donna $100 for a performance and her song choice, reflecting era humor.
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