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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
7
The New York Tribune reports Crystal 22 birds transformed into a singing hall with twelve hundred canaries on display. Two thirds were orange colored as the show’s president notes the birds' popularity. The orange tint is achieved by feeding cayenne pepper to young birds, a simple diet change claimed to yield vivid plumage.
An advertisement asserts the active irritant behind rheumatism is poisonous uric acid in the blood. It promotes a South American Rheumatic Cure that supposedly neutralizes the acid in six hours and cures in one to three days.
At school Wilhelm struggled with arithmetic until a teacher posed a shop scenario. If two pounds were wanted but only a pound and a half available, the father would make up the weight with his thumb the boy replied, displaying practical humor.
The advertisement claims Baby's Own Tablets cure minor childhood ailments and reduce crying by easing stomach distress. Mrs Joseph Legree of Caraquet NB reports the remedy helped a weak, failing child become thriving after use. Sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
In cross examination the plaintiff admits bankruptcy and stopping payments after he had paid all he owed. The exchange shows the shift from claimed financial stability to admitted financial obligations and cessation of payments.
A testimonial style note urges readers to try Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup to calm air passages and ease cough and irritation. The remedy is claimed to subdue stubborn coughs and colds and gradually eradicate them from the system through a trial.
A condemned inmate, in the moments before his scheduled execution, asks the jailer for a small request. He desires peaches, arguing he can wait as they are not yet ripe, highlighting his ironic steadfastness amid the sentence.
A bidder who once visited Thomas Nast at Morristown and admired his work won Lot No. 135 at the recent sale, securing a rough sketch of a cartoon showing Boulangiste defeat in the French elections, which Nast refused to part with years earlier.
A woman claims South American Nervine cured her insomnia palpitation and nervous twitching after simple indigestion. She describes the remedy as a modern miracle and reports relief after a few doses.
A town exchange reveals that Smith warned he could not live without the widow whom Green courted years ago. Jones asks if they married. Smith confirms and states Green now seeks a divorce on the ground that living with her is impossible.
An advertisement argues deafness stems from catarrh of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as the solution with a $100 promise for unresolved catarrh deafness, and promotes Hall’s at 75 cents plus Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
The Skerryvore lighthouse off Argyll shire is the tallest on British coasts at 140 feet high. It contains 4.308 tons of masonry and cost £90,268 to build.
Time notes that Dr Thomas's Eclectric Oil has expanded from a small distribution area to a widespread territory. Early adopters still prize its curative qualities and the product continues to gain new followers. Those who try it are unlikely to be without it.
In a playful exchange a singer boarder jokes about Seon joining a football team and being a quarterback while a comedian questions his role as a halfback in a light Chicago News strip.
A rural preacher recalls telling a berry riddle during a lecture. The audience guesses many berries until an old lady squeaks that he is a gooseberry and a green one at that. The line provokes laughter and the lecture continues.
The text notes that shells of certain animals like cephalopods brachiopods and some bivalves display retrogressive aging changes as they mature, with a remarked phrase about the old man returning to second childhood in cunid and body.
A lieutenant questions a recruit about wartime actions. The exchange parodies strategic responses to various foes including a cow and a fellow officer in uniform. The recruit humorously reports bluntly shooting enemies and, when facing the examiner in disguise, offers the horns tactic and leading him to camp.
Springtime eruptions and skin blemishes blamed on impurities vanish with Bileans. Purely vegetable, two taken before bed suffice. Claims relief from wage sickness debility indigestion biliousness heartburn headache constipation female ailments. Available from druggists at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. Send stamp for free sample from Bil ean Co Toronto.
In a short James Crase exchange Miss Cayenne dismisses envy of the rich and their pleasures. She states she dislikes gasoline smells. The Washington Star captures a witty vignette on wealth and taste.
The article asserts Minard’s Liniment cures distemper. It describes water action on rocks and sediments, noting that stratified rocks formed underwater show distinct layers created by water movement.
The exchange notes a reporter remark about women at a ball being elegantly gowned and questions the word dressed as too plain, recorded in the Somerville Journal with emphasis on phrasing and tone.
The excerpt blends trade quips and testimonials from era ads. Minard's Liniment proclaims diphtheria cure while Holloway's Corn Cure promises painless relief. A furnace complaint parallels a joke about wages as Leiber and others discuss costs and heating.
A freshman returning from a lecture was held up by two masked men in the city near his university lodging. The assailants took his watch and valuables before leaving. The incident was reported to the university president days later, who pressed the student about reporting sooner, joking that sophomores were behind the hazing.
A humorous exchange notes Miss Gaysett asking Mr. Slopechin about golf. He replies he plays twice weekly and has the man go around the course for him. The dialogue reflects light social banter on golf routine.
In a Tit-Bits quip a burglar pauses during a bank safe theft to ask an elderly observer if his deposit is secure, arguing that no one can trust bankers nowadays.
The ad claims Walford's Sanitary Lotion cures Itch Mange Prairie Scratches and all forms of contagious Itch in humans or animals within half an hour. In other text, quotes discuss the Duke of Argyle as a learned man with few friends and social trouble due to pride.
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