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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
7
A sunny afternoon street scene features a man delivering a socialistic speech to a couple of hundred listeners. A heckler notes workers hold their jobs as anti socialists, while a girl comments on proposals and a doctor promotes Dr. Thomas Electric Oil.
An old newspaper style item blends a joke about poetry with a physician’s note on prescriptions for the grip. It mentions Minard’s oiniment as household lore and leads to a witty street scene about a motor collision and a prison of old-fashioned manners.
A reminiscence on royal salutations from princes and presidents, comparing kissing hands to handshakes. It notes Taft at the inaugural ball, Queen Victoria’s relentless bows, and a young prince Eddy saluting from Buckingham Palace, illustrating court etiquette and public reception.
A noted anecdote links Lord Linlithgow to the phrase blasted hopes from a Sunday sermon. His father, the first Governor General of the Commonwealth, gained favor overseas for his playful, democratic attire on country rides. The present lord owns Hopetown House at South Queensferry with Versailleslike gardens and a Van Dyck portrait called the handleas.
The Canadian girl refuses crusts saying she prefers the soft loaf part. Her grandmother recalls eating crusts and predicts strong beautiful women, but Gladys doubts the idea and questions if crusts harmed her grandmother. The exchange shows childhood eating habits shaping opinions.
An ad style note extols Gin Pills with an ironclad money back guarantee and promises sample boxes free if readers mention the paper. It claims rapid relief for back pain bladder issues and kidney trouble and lists price options and dealer worries.
Mrs. Allen Mason of Carleton New Brunswick says she has used Baby's Own Tablets for fifteen years and finds them entirely satisfactory for all infant ailments. The tablets cost 256 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Breckville Ont.
A fragment reports a scene where a manager calls to girls in the next room asking if any would like to spend a day in the country, mentioning physicians and a servant's agency. The brief vignette implies domestic advertising or workplace chatter observed in life.
A Saskatchewan farmer writing from Indian Head to a Toronto daily refutes Western grievances against the Dominion Government. He presents a 1900 1910 account of a 640 acre section showing land value growth and profits, noting land price at 10 per acre and including 35 annual duty on implements. He argues many farmers testifying to substantial profits and questions claims of unfair treatment.
The return of Mr. J. D. Hope to succeed Viscount Haldane adds to a growing list of brother pairs in the House of Commons. Past and present, siblings sit on opposite sides or with varied constituencies, including Redmonds and McLarens, while two prominent members are each supported by a son.
Lieut Col A N Worthington M P for Sherbrooke Que is placed on the reserve list with the honorary rank of colonel. One of Canada's highest military honors, he is cited for valor and service in Africa where he treated wounded under fire at Faber's Put.
Croatian native Miss Elizabeth de Uzerkovitch graduates with distinction from the Faculty of Arts at Laval University. She is daughter of the Lieutennant-Governor of Croatia, educated at Secred Heart Convent Gaetz Austria, fluent in English French and German after time in England.
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