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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
2
The article argues that harsh dark, dingy workplaces harm employees’ minds and health. It compares environments to plants needing sunlight, saying optimism and mental well being rise with brightness, beauty, and culture. It cites O Marden in Success Magazine on contrasting upbringing environments.
An advertisement features a testimonial from a man claiming chronic dyspepsia left him cured by Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets. He says he bought his life for 35 cents and praises the product, noting a box price of 60 tablets for 80.
A Kansas City trial featured a young doctor as witness. The opposing counsel questioned his knowledge of concussion symptoms with a taunt about banging heads together. The physician correctly replied that both lawyers would indeed suffer concussion if they bumped heads.
Augustus Thomas, a noted para teatral figure, discusses the dread of opening nights and the fear of failure. He contrasts his nerves with Charles Reade who urged audience emotion, reflecting on the pressures of dramatic work in New York.
A dog belonging to J. N. ves objects to the sale of his horse. The dog grips the halter as the new buyer drives the horse away, then bites through the rein to rescue his companion. The horse and dog return to their old home, remaining inseparable.
A Kingston fireman J R Flanagan of Raglan Road escaped a peril at sea and fire due to Bileans. He recovered after using the remedy claiming weight gain and renewed health. The ad cites cures for piles, female ailments, anemia, spring debility, blood impurities, pimples, eruptions, and liver or kidney troubles. Sold by druggists at fifty cents a box from Bilean Co Toronto.
A rich old man in Los Angeles drafts a will, allocating legacies to his servants. The notary asks why younger workers receive larger sums. The man replies that the newer servants have had less time to rob him, underscoring a grim, darkly humorous caution about trust and earnings.
Many patent medicines have faded yet Bickle's Anti Consumptive Syrup remains a leading remedy for coughs and colds and lung decay prevention. It is described as a standard medicine expanding its usefulness yearly. Those seeking relief from a cough or cold are urged to try Bickle's Syrup.
The article recalls General B- who served as financial agent of Texas prisons and opposed Houston's bid for governor. He petitions to be retained, citing long faithful service. Houston notes B- spent eight years in the penitentiary and asks if all duties were faithfully performed.
A city visitor on a school tour watched pupils write original sentences on the blackboard. He used the moment to promote concise speech, prompting several word choice exchanges as a student challenged the placement of words like down and up.
State affair marks royal procession through decorated streets as Lord Mayor and sheriffs greet the monarch at Temple Bar. An address is presented at a pavilion before the new session house as the king praises humane penal reform toward first offenders.
A testimonial touts Dr Williams Pink Pills curing salt rheum and other skin eruptions by improving blood quality. Mrs Osborne of Kennebec Ontario reports temporary paralysis of the hands, then complete recovery after about a dozen boxes. The ad claims pills treat anemia and various pains, offering mail order at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50 from The Dr Medicine Co Brockville.
In a Philadelphia Press snippet two women spar over a bet regarding a suitor. Miss Wise notes the man is worthless, while Miss Ascum presses for the reason. The joke turns on a price misjudgment as the suitor’s worth is debated.
A claim that Itch mange prairie scratches and all contagious skin ailments in humans or animals are cured in 38 minutes by Wotford's Sanitary Lotion. The note urges immediate use and cites rapid results.
A Cincinnati suit features a German lawyer and a German witness in a court scene about doors windows and a transaction. The lawyer asks how the stairs run and the witness replies that upstairs they run down and downstairs they run up. The exchange, as recounted from Harper's Weekly, showcases a humorous miscommunication in court.
A testimonial letter praises Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills for liver and kidney relief. Mrs R Lockley Jones of Mount Tolmie British Columbia notes long use and high value, calling it a trusted family medicine. The ad claims rapid liver action, relief from constipation, biliousness, backache, and kidney disease with one pill per dose priced at 25 cents.
A girl in a meat market asks Sally the proprietor for many items including a diamond ring, sealskin sacque, a nobleman, a pug, and an opera box, but admits her only real desire is a dime's worth of bologna sausage.
An old advertisement claims South American Nervine corrects stomach trouble and restores nerve strength, promising a constitution builder for rundown people. A testimonial states one lady owes her life to it.
A reader recalls Ernest Lamson praising a small town editor whose metaphor craft delighted him. The anecdote cites a harsh line about a contemporary and ends with garbled memories of a home front image and a dog or wife watching for the master’s return.
Question raised over whether delegates from the Leghorn Society may vote in the Mothers Congress. Mrs Brahma-Indeed declares they are only lay members and should be barred.
A customer, Theodore Dorais, reports five years of rheumatism relief after using Minard's Liniment. The letter from A Cote, merchant, St Isadore Quebec dated May 12 1898 invites verification from Dorais Parish Pypest or neighbors.
When called to a disturbance it seeks the hidden pain and, like a guardian of the peace, lays hands on it and says I arrest you Resistance is useless as the law of health imposes a sentence of perpetual banishment on it Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil was created to enforce that sentence.
The text notes refined gold from different regions varies in color. It states Australian gold is distinctly redder than California gold, while Urals gold is the reddest found anywhere.
A humorous local item recounts Minard's Liniment curing garget in cows. A college settlement worker scolds dirty faces while children of the East Side respond with a folksy exchange about a visiting lady who gave a nickel to wash.
In a New York Tribune feature, Augustus Thomes, a renowned playwright, contemplates the anxiety of opening nights. He recalls feeling utterly without hope and envies Charles Reade whose margins note that if the audience does not weep at a pivotal passage the scene has failed to move them.
An old advertisement extols Holloway's Corn Cure as a sure remedy for warts and corns. It emphasizes the unattractiveness of warts covering a person and presents the product as a definitive solution.
John S Heald of Portland, longtime claim agent for the Maine Central, recalls a comic scene at the Waterville station. An old man with a bright carpet bag paid for his own lunch, then surprised the counter with a mince pie and sandwiches after declaring the bag had paid for the meal, leaving onlookers laughing.
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