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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
3
A wife contemplates gifts for her husband noting he has many handkerchiefs neckties cigars and suspenders. She resolves to buy a hall rug and a pair of bedroom slippers. The ad ends with a prompt for worm trouble and a remedy for relief.
For the first time in SF police history a Chinese man, Ah Chong, is under arrest for pocket-picking. A passing officer saw him grappling with a Greek man in the street. The stolen gold watch was recovered and logged as grand larceny against Ali in the city prison book.
A Nova Scotia girl Miss Mabel Morash of Dover West writes that facial pimples began in adolescence, resisted many remedies, but after using Cuticura Ointment she saw a marked improvement in a week and was cured in months, leaving no visible signs.
A mother recalls her baby’s severe facial eruption described as raw beef like pustules. After trying doctors, two tins of Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap cured the condition in two months. She endorses Cuticura for children and notes free samples and a booklet offered by Potter Drug.
Grand Trunk Pacific reports progress on its western lines with main line 1074 miles west of Winnipeg past Yellowhead Pass. Alberta coal branch 21.4 miles south of Bickerdike. Tofield branch 106.5 miles. Young Prince Albert branch 67.3 miles north. Melville Regina segment complete 98.4 miles. 52 miles Melville to Canora. Regina Moose Jaw end steel 1.1 miles west of Regina. Over 500 miles graded awaiting steel. mountain division at mouth of tunnel 104 miles east of Prince Rupert. Frasier River supply transit to Fort George region 190 miles busy until east meets west. golden spike ceremony anticipated in British Columbia. King to attend.
Parmeiee's Vegetable Pills are described as a mild purgative acting on the stomach and bowels. The compound is said to be non drastic, vegetable based, and thoroughly tested to provide relief without injury.
The city has planted over 142000 shade trees along streets and in parks during the last decade as part of beautification efforts.
A snapshot of vintage medical ads and testimonials. Claims include one hundred dollars reward for a cure and endorsements for Halis Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co and Kinnan and Marvin Toledo. Also mentions Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Niagara Falls illumination plans, and PAZO OINTMENT for piles with promise of 6 to 14 day cures.
A quotation highlights the value of a practical breadwinner. The speaker defines a food expert as any man who can stretch his wages to feed the family, reflecting mid century values on frugality and provisioning.
Members of a fashionable club include a doctor and a minister who trade repartee on their trades. The minister asks about a patient named Cunningham and the physician deadpan that the man needs the minister more than the doctor, hinting at a serious condition and insomnia.
Halifax figure Colonel Macshane recalls St John New Brunswick as an undesirable place for a young man to live telling a fellow settler if he had stayed there he would be dead by now. Three Irish Canadian lawyers present did not object. Jerusalem has adopted new calendar devices.
A humorous Egypt tale describes a new lieutenant curious about firing at noon. He learns a Swiss watchmaker nearby calibrates all his clocks by the village’s midday cannon. The exchange reveals the reliability of the gun as a timekeeping standard.
Special report cites multiple testimonials claiming Dodd's Kidney Pills cure rheumatism by removing uric acid from blood. A featured case by Mr. C Mattesen notes life-long rheumatism relieved and doctors praise the remedy. A courtroom quote on truthfulness ends the fragment.
An old testimonial notes Minard's Liniment as an effective cure for croup. The message from Chas. E. Sharp of Hawkshaw New Brunswick dated September 1 1905 endorses the product as unequalled and a sure cure.
A child raised by stern guardians sneaks to the circus with a nurse. On returning, the child declares that if the mother ever attended the circus, she would never again go to the prayer meeting.
The piece notes Minards Liniment is sold widely and describes the Rhone near Lyons as a powerful torrent fed by snowmelt, suggesting a plan to convert such forces into electricity.
A Chicago manager dictates a letter to his stenographer, instructing to meet Mr Soandso in Schenectady. When asked how to spell it, he mumbles a broken cue and then says he will meet in Albany, revealing a comical miscommunication.
An old Murine advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy and Murine Eye Salve, claiming fast relief for red weak watery eyes and granulated eyelids. The copy emphasizes non patent medicine status and availability through a druggist at 2 cents and per bottle, with illustrated package and aseptic tubes from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
A terse exchange finds one speaker apologizing to Captain Snob as he explains he cannot comply due to factors beyond his control. The other asks for specifics, but the response remains curt and conclusive with a simple sign off.
The snippet presents a dialogue where a narrator asks an officer for help while approaching a dark alley. The exchange contrasts concern over money with a humorous claim of carrying staple foods: a pound of butter, four eggs, and six slices of bacon.
The pamphlet asserts far spreading demand for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and warns against substitutes. It claims no other oil or internal medicine matches its effectiveness for certain conditions and urges buyers to insist on the genuine product.
A fashionable patient urges weekly afternoons for oxygen inhalations costing four dollars, insisting another doctor misconstrued her case and that she needs therapy beyond mere fresh air.
Mrs. D M Ritchie of Galt Ont recounts a long paralysis case beginning in May 1910. After failing hospital and home care she used Dr Williams Pink Pills and gradually recovered mobility and strength by 1911 1912. Her letters credit the pills with restoring health and even curing her husband’s kidney trouble.
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