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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1905
Page
3
A reflective, period voice contrasts male and female behaviors. It notes men act first then consider consequences while women use all within reach. It comments on provocation, generosity, scheming, and social talk in a satirical advisory tone.
A rhetoric piece on bloodlessness in women links anemia to decline and death, promoting Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. It includes a testimonial from Miss Frances Peach of Wel land Ont who recovered after using eight boxes and gaining weight. The ad urges purchase with pricing and dealer details and mentions Weaver's Cerate and Worm Exterminator as other remedies with comic asides about engagement rings.
A survey of recent British economic and social items notes Bank of England profits for the half-year at £665,590 and major gifts, theatre spending, and public works. Highlights include Lord Mount Stephen attending Dr Barnardo’s funeral, £36,000 raised for widows in Japan, theatre admissions cut to five pence, a memorial tablet for Sidney Smith, and the London County Council acquiring Norwood park for £25,616. Messages cover temperance trends, West Africa cotton shipments, and notable profiles like Alderman Morgan as Lord Mayor. The last gibbet in England stored at Leicester jail is of renewed interest amid archival efforts.
An advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as a non opiate remedy for infants and young children. It claims to cure stomach and teething troubles and to promote sleep, with a testimonial from Mrs W E Ansel of Ayer's Flat Quebec and a mail order price of 25 cents per box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville.
A compact satirical riff on self interest, reform, and misfortune. It muses that charity starts at home, reform requires funds, and success claims glory while failure deflects blame. The speaker jokes about pessimism, borrowing trouble, and a man who runs off with another’s wife.
William Tallack formerly Howard Association secretary critiques national claims on the Anglican Church. He warns unaddressed pauperism, official extravagance, and apathy toward temperance, gambling reform, and Sunday observance while noting arms build up and conscription as global plagues impacting Britain.
Mrs. James Kinsella of St Malachie Que shares a cure claim for Dodd's Kidney Pills after suffering pain in the hip and back and frequent urination. She says the pills restored her sleep and prevented chair seating, asserting kidney health ends female weakness.
Robert H. Sherard warns in the London Magazine that copper and arsenic are used to adulterate foods and beverages, poisoning the public through preserved vegetables lemonade brandy claret and even a Paris wine trade. He cites British Trade Journal on copper greens and laments accumulative metallic poisoning harming health and life.
A covert exposé details how glucose based products and many brandies use arsenic in dyes, beetroot distillation, and cheap spirits. The piece cites methodical production flaws, “le flegme” beetroot juice, “les mauvaises odeurs” in initial distillates, and fake Cognac sold as fine brandy. It recounts personal experiences with adulterated drink grades and costings in a St Malo grocer’s shop.
A factory superintendent tries to prove brain over brawn by lifting a heavy case with a hook. He topples into rubbish when the handle proves loose. The storekeeper explains the misstep with a calm joke about not using the tool. The tale closes with the superintendent’s rueful remark.
The season’s first cold may be mild and respond to early treatment but the next could linger and be more troublesome. Do not risk a tougher second cold. Scott’s Emulsion is presented as both preventive and curative. Take it as directed to reduce illness impact.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsior to prevent colds and treat them once contracted, claiming it reduces inflammation heals throat and lung membranes and drives out the cold. Sold by druggists for 5dc and 1.00.
A quirky sample from an old paper shows a father and son joke about severing home ties and neckwear. The page promotes Dr Agnew's Ointment for skin troubles and piles, Parmeleo's Vegetable Pills for dyspepsia and biliousness, and Dr Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets as a safe digestive aid, each with short price notes.
The data traces Canada's population from 1665 3 251 to 1904 5 604 323. It notes 1901 5 371 315 and compares to U S growth. It cites foreign born figures 293 817 55 percent naturalized and 73 percent rural population with 61 centers over 5 099 and 31 over 10 000.
A Texas farm family sings praises for Postum Food Coffee noting better health for mother and baby, relief from bilious habits, and a tale of family members quitting old coffee. The testimonial credits Postum with curing constipation and becoming the favored beverage for all in the household.
A collage of vintage ad copy and anecdotes. Engaged couples joke about seventh heaven and past engagements. Sunlight Soap promotes its Sunlightway. Medical cures tout Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder and Bickle’s Syrup claim quick relief for coughs and catarrh.
A Jewish Russian soldier Private Schwarz survived eleven wounds and a daring escape from Matsuyama. He reached Moscow to visit relatives but faces expulsion to the Jewish Pale of Settlement. The piece notes Linevitch’s historic status and contemplates rewards for commanders while detailing Schwarz’s perilous journey and restraint. The second item tidily records a social dinner exchange about declarations of love at a dance.
In a humorous exchange a sergeant questions Smith about his destination and attire. Smith replies he goes to fetch water, correcting that he wears his own pail rather than ragged trousers. The vignette captures army life with coarse wit and practical humor.
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