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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
7
Francis Cardinal a London postman who delivers letters on Gerwell Road has taken special leave to open a cottage hospital for women lepers in Manamadura leper colony Southern India. He funded it with his savings and a small legacy from an elderly neighbour.
Helmi finds Jack Doran unconscious during a Sunday thunderstorm and carries him to her room for shelter. As he recovers, she keeps vigil while the boarding house staff assess his condition and advise rest and quiet.
An Ottawa area reader reports relief after using Gin Pills to treat inflamed kidneys. The testimonial, from Mr. W. McArthur of St John New Brunswick, claims rapid improvement after three doses and credits the product with avoiding surgery and easing symptoms such as backache and painful urination.
In Westminster Abbey Britain honors the Unknown Soldier with the inscription After the shadows light. Under Paris Arc de Triomphe the Unknown French Soldier rests with a burning light and the pledge Here Lies a French Soldier dead for his country.
The article warns Niagara Falls may erode from a grand waterfall into a rapid within 50 years. Erosion has deepened the brink to about 15 feet, drying ends of the horseshoe at times, alarming geologists studying the curve and its future.
A passenger motor bus accommodating 30 persons operates between London and Folkestone England offering a complete dining service. The text also notes that language in India may or may not guide the race.
Oxford undergraduates are taking to aviation with more than 75 certified pilots in the student body. The government has assigned four aeroplanes to the Oxford air squadron and 75 more undergraduates receive air training. Ground training occurs in Oxford with five engines and full aeroplane parts before flying at a nearby Royal Air Force station. Aviation during school time is encouraged to stimulate interest, with potential for Oxford Cambridge aeroplane races becoming as popular as major sports.
Louisa de Butignies of Lille risked death daily during war to aid allied forces. She crossed the Dutch frontier to bring troops and vital military information behind German lines. After sixteen months of daring escapes and clever subterfuge she died in a Cologne prison from pleurisy just before Allied victory.
Commander Richard Byrd earns praise for three life saving acts during Atlantic flights. He twice saved drowning men, once amid sharks, and rescued a man from under a collapsing theatre roof by crawling under a heavy iron beam for three hours amid danger.
Frederick Hoelzel of the University of Chicago physiology lab presents a fasting rule based on 500 days of experiments including 41 days without food. He claims hunger is a cue to eat and can be trained to be less urgent by repeated fasting.
Mrs M F Slack of St Catharines testifies that Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription restored her strength and sleep after being run down. The ad touts the tonic and nervine benefits for weak women and offers free advice from the Dr Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York. Also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets at 60 for 30 cents.
French war widow Mme Prieur files suit against Wilhelm II for manslaughter over the Sussex submarine attack that sank the liner in the English Channel during the war, claiming her husband drowned. The piece notes Ministry of Justice study and includes unrelated ad-like lines about Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil for athletes.
Demand boosts fur trade with dog and cat skins in use, goat skins processed into imitation leopard, and gray rats turned into baby seal products, says the National Association of the Fur Industry.
Jene Savard, a French youth, rode a water bicycle from Calais to Dover adding another chapter to channel crossing history. The exact trip time is not obtainable, and this is claimed to be the first crossing of the channel by this method.
Canadian graduates are deemed unfitted for business by some critics yet authorities say Canadian college youths are snapped up by industry as fast as produced. C W Barron questioned modern universities while noting the growing demand and the asset value of Canadian students in business.
Mr. Marry Tate, famed as victim in many yarns, quips over a boy offering to carry his bag for two pence. The eager youngster presses the offer, but Tate declines and questions why anyone would carry it, prompting a sharp exchange.
Bayside's corner store opened by John Hope 35 years ago was torn down marking the end of a rural outpost. The building persisted amid modernizing blocks, still heated by a large iron stove and lit by kerosene lamps.
A devotional reflection cites Henry Vaughan and Julius Hare on loving God and neighbor as life’s core. It compares religious duty to an ocean, urging trust and active pursuit beyond first impressions to explore a vast moral sea.
An advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as safe for babies and kids, free from opiates, offering mild laxative action to regulate the stomach and bowels, ease teething, and relieve colds. It cites a Ontario mother’s testimonial and notes a 25 cent price for mail order from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
A German report describes a cow near Bremen that ate five geese from a crate by the barn. The farmer noticed only after the deed, with the animal calmly chewing hay beforehand. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil marketed as a remedy for inflammation and as a general healer for cuts and bruises.
Alberta's total land area is 252 925 square miles with 86 650 square miles covered by forest. Softwood stands amount to 11 700 900 000 feet BM and hardwood to 5 200 000 000 as reported in a resume by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Saskatchewan means rapid in Cree or Sioux languages. The article explains the river name Saskatchewan derives from an Indian word meaning swift flowing.
Mrs. Geo McKenzie of Campbellford Ontario writes she suffered weakness, melancholy, and extreme nervousness during the change of life. She could hardly bear sounds or sleep well and was advised to try a remedy though specifics are not included.
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