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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
6
Wood Stock resident Chas H Webb testifies after years of catarrh that Catarrhozone inhaler plus Ferrozone built up his system and cured him. The ad claims the remedy can help others and offers two months treatment for one dollar with a small size available. Distributed by Catarrhozone Co Montreal through all dealers.
The narrator travels from Winnipeg to Carbon City Alberta aboard the Occidental Hotel train. Sleep is poor due to train changes and cowboys singing nearby, with a private state-room felt as a luxury and concern over a noisy, snoring stranger in adjacent berths.
A reader from King Ontario promotes Chase's Kidney-Live Pill offering one pill daily for 25 cents. Edmanson Bates & Co. Lad. Tercate advertise the product to local buyers in this brief notices page.
Stella the Wishing Fairy tells how the Electrical Eel uses electricity stored in its body to stun attackers. The eel lives in fresh water, not the sea, and can immobilize enemies by delivering a powerful electric shock. South American anglers reportedly use the shocks to flood and drown horses during eel fishing.
The narrator travels from Winnipeg to Carbon City stopping at Regina and Moose Jaw noting monotone towns, a Mounted Policeman in Regina, and a palatial hotel in Carbon City. He contrasts Main Street illusions, dry climate, and wide plains with a personal unease and eventual hope to adjust as Mrs. Bingham reassures him. The piece ends with Wilmington being distant and a cliffhanger “To be continued.”
In Rome city officials consider mandating an automatic speed regulator. The device, invented by Ernesto Fragano and Ettore Villa, limits any attached car to ten miles per hour by using centrifugal force to slow the motor if the driver pushes beyond the set speed. Narrow streets hills and uneven pavements make fast driving hazardous.
The Orinoco River swelled during summer rains, flooding about 40 000 square miles of territory and impacting nearby communities and farmlands.
Arthur C. McPhail of Winnipeg testifies Tanlac restored his health after years of illness from an attack, pneumonia, and failing strength. He claims Tanlac is a wonderful medicine and credits it with his renewed appetite and energy.
Champion typist George L. Howfield of Patterson New Jersey won a 160 entrant all American typewriting speed contest at the Pageant of Progress in Chicago by typing 126 words a minute for a half hour setting a fast pace and taking the title.
Mothers are urged to use Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for summer complaints like diarrhoea and cramps in children. A Sudbury mother testimonial claims two or three doses relieve symptoms quickly. The remedy, priced at 50c a bottle, is sold only by The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto.
The Alberta Provincial Government has purchased a top Holstein bull, Sir Sylvia Car Born, from a renowned lineage for the Stony Plain demonstration farm. The one and a half year old animal comes from a distinguished line with world record milk and butter production history.
A London Daily Express excerpt urges individuals to think for themselves and act with personal initiative. It argues that trying independent reasoning and personal reflection can yield rewards for many, rather than continually borrowing others' language and ideas.
A beige Spanish lace over georgette gown is praised as the era's most attractive and satisfactory dinner and dancing attire. Lace is the craze now and used for most things with a georgette braided girdle of flowers.
Demand for Miller's Worm Powders grows nationwide as chemists stock the remedy. It is advertised as a reliable expulsion for intestinal worms and relief from worm related suffering. Mothers praise its effectiveness for children.
A call to residents to support nearby businesses to strengthen the town’s economy and foster a vibrant local community. Emphasizes buying from neighborhood shops to sustain employment and services.
Scientists identify the Ark’s wood as cypress, a timber long favored for ancient shipbuilding. Researchers note distinctive grain and resin characteristics supporting the attribution amid historical debates.
There may be other corn removers, but you will not be completely satisfied until you have used Holloway's Corn Remover.
The English toy maker, profitable until 1919, has collapsed due to a half million dollar shortage blamed entirely on German competition. The piece notes that Germany must sell abroad to repay Allied debts, or else risk driving Allied firms out of business.
Birds in Mexico store acorns by boring holes in dry agave stalks on mountain slopes. They carry nuts to yucca trees where they store and crack them for winter food. The birds travel miles to reach these hillside storehouses and retrieve acorns when food is scarce.
Advertising appeal urges early use of Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy to ease air passages and relieve exhaustion in asthma patients. Claims quick, certain relief and urges homes with asthma to keep the remedy on hand.
A Scots minister asks an old tinker if he can say the Lord's Prayer after exhortations. The tinker replies with the maxim Every man to his trade, then to illustrate his point asks if the minister can make a tin pail.
A redwood tree standing 210 feet tall was relocated 20 feet while remaining in a vertical orientation. No lowering or tilt was performed during the move, preserving its upright posture throughout the process.
The product is described as sweet and palatable for children and is claimed to work quickly and reliably in exterminating worms.
An ostrich is chosen early, before its first year, and then at nine month intervals thereafter to supply plumes.
The article notes neuralgia relief attributed to Minard’s Limmert. It also mentions the Madagascar elephant bird egg as the largest known, with a contents estimate around two gallons.
Describes Lyons streets paved with devi trified glass blocks that fit tightly enough to prevent water from seeping between them. The text notes the unusual construction and its water resistant quality in the city.
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