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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1938
Page
7
An old advertisement advises taking two Aspirin tablets with a full glass of water and repeating in two hours if symptoms persist. It claims rapid throat relief and urges following package directions, noting Bayer is the registered trademark of Bayer Company Limited Windsor Ontario and to look for the Bayer cross.
The comptroller-general reports the coronation cost £1,355 less than the Parliamentary grant with total expenditures £150,615 versus £152,000 estimated. Office of Works spent £149,224, Earl Marshal's office £535, and £856 in miscellaneous items. Government sale of scata grossed £2,709. Charing Cross Station unveils an electric information machine guiding travel and fare.
Ernest learns Crump’s dog Elaine has died after twenty years of companionship. Elaine, a pug with royal lineage, rested in Crump’s room and was buried after a brief illness. The ghost of Sir Rufus Bingley is suspected in Elaine’s disappearance, prompting Crump to seek answers and a wigging for dusting.
Crump and Mrs. Featherby argue over a ransom of Elaine as Crump suspects Sloat then Gillis and others while a handprinted poem points to possible mounts of the culprit. The Earl of Bingley interrupts the kitchen clash as plans continue.
A wireless set is newly installed in a house with a perceptive four year old daughter. The girl listened to an afternoon program then, before bed, offered her nightly prayer and ominously added that tomorrow night at this time there will be another prayer.
A reader recalls buying patent medicine that failed to cure his aunt. He reports that upon reading the circular wrapped around the bottle she contracted two additional diseases, illustrating the danger or deceit of such remedies.
In Sacramento California Annie Hansche left 55000 to kin and 5000 to her cat Lily. Executor Claude Bidwell invited applicants for Lily care offering 50 dollars monthly. Three hundred thirty applicants responded with varied promises and motives. Bidwell selected his wife, Mrs Claude Bidwell, as Lily caretaker.
Transport Minister Howe announced in the House of Commons that two new high powered radio stations would be built within a year if CBC funding is increased. He stressed urgency to raise station numbers. At Havana, Canada was allotted seven clear channels, but require Canadian stations of 50,000 watts or more to keep them respected by other American countries.
Anuric Tablets are advertised to flush kidneys and stop getting up at night by relieving irritation and diluting acids. A testimonial from Mrs. H. Mead of Metcalfe Se Toronto notes improved sleep, reduced aches, and swelling after using the remedy. Buy at drug store.
Bands of butchers serenaded bridal couples by pounding marrow bones against cleavers. Each cleaver was ground to produce a distinct tone, creating a mass effect akin to bells in 19th century Lonin.
Despite London being the world’s largest city, its skyline remains capped at nine or ten stories in height, with no towering high rises dominating the capital.
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