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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
7
A Quebec resident from Stratford Centre Wolfe Co reports complete relief from chronic stomach indigestion after using Fruit-a-tives. He purchased six boxes and now enjoys ordinary meals with no stomach pain. Trial box offered and distribution through Ottawa.
A young farmer eager to write poetry submits verse to a western newspaper. He asserts the poem is complete and the editor agrees. The poem contains rustic imagery and a playful exchange about a dog, a pig, and how the old man might react if the pig were chased away.
An adatory note promotes Dr. Thomas selectric Oil as a universal pain reliever. It claims to ease suffering widely and blesses a continent, urging readers to buy the liniment wherever offered in markets and shops. A dialogue snippet from Fliegende Blatter appears in the text.
An 19th century ad claims deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It offers Hans Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases and invites readers to send for free circulars. A stray Irish remark closes the piece about airships and a traveler’s caution.
A Detroit Free Press item reports on a sensational claim that Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria. The piece includes a quip about a man repeatedly finding himself in trouble and a remark directed at a young mother with her baby.
A London anecdote recounts a Prince of Wales conversing with Cabinet Minister Mr Burns in the Commons smoking room. An Irish Nationalist asks for an Irish leaf cigar, Burns declines arguing it is his duty to shield the Prince from harm. A second London Opinion jab notes Cohen’s mischief with a wrong pocket cigar.
A temperance lecturer ends a talk with an offer to answer questions about the harms of intoxication. A man with a red nose questions the speaker's experience, joking whether he ever saw a drunk man holding a lamp post as pictured in cartoons.
The advert promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as purifying and beautifying for skin, scalp, hair, and hands of all ages. It claims they prevent clogged pores, pimples, blackheads, inflammation, irritation, redness, and roughness, and aid in treating eczema rashes and eruptions quickly and economically.
In a Chicago Daily Socialist quip a question about relation to Barney O Brien triggers a playful response. Thomas Obrien recalls being his mother’s first child while Barney is referenced as a distant kin.
The Nova Scotia correspondent calls Minard's Liniment the best, sharing how a jammed foot improved after a thorough bath with the liniment and was nearly normal the next day. The note is signed T. G. McMullen.
A witty remark from a clerk highlights a flood of marriage licenses issued this season. A young man asks for a license to wed the best girl, while the clerk quips that thirteen hundred licenses have already been issued this season.
An early notice promotes Barme iee’s Vegetable Pills as a speedy treatment for costiveness caused by excretory organs failing to function. The ad claims symptoms respond quickly and urges sufferers to start a course of pills promptly. A separate dialogue snippet features Mrs Wise and Miss Pert joking about domestic life and housekeeping.
A Windsor Ontario promoter offers free instructions for a home treatment claimed to cure leucorrhea ulcers womb issues and various female ailments. The offer includes a cheap weekly cost and a free book titled Woman's Own Medical Adviser, with mailing address Mrs. M Summers Box H 77 Windsor Ont.
A Washington Star quote features Mr Sirius Barker disputing the idea of counting to a hundred to cool anger. He jokes he would not stay calm if faced with his wife’s milliners tills, illustrating a punchy, domestic quip from the era.
A historical newspaper snippet features humor about spending wisely and economizing budgets. The dialogue contrasts Wise and Gaily as they debate frugality while referencing Catholic Times. The exchange hints at consumer culture and advertisements in period print.
A prescribed remedy blends two ounces glycerine half ounce Virgin Oil Pine compound pure and eight ounces whiskey. The Virgin Oil of Pine compound is made by Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati in half-ounce bottles. A Detroit Free Press cartoon notes a beef market boycott and quips about quitting beef sales.
An advertisement for Dr Williams Pink Pills contest in the Western Provinces offers 25 dollars for the best letter explaining why they recommend the remedy. Second and third prizes are 10 and 5 dollars, with five 2-dollar prizes. Letters must be true, signed, and include source paper name and date.
The boy William arrives in fancy dress, faces his father's sharp critique. Latex the neighbor offers mixed approval noting likeness to William's father. Two girls argue over truth and lies, claiming their father is a professor who knows all about lying.
A humorous exchange features Mrs. Youngbride-Mrs. Smith noting excess cream on her bottles and a milkman claiming strict honesty by filling bottles to the brim leaving no room for cream. The joke hinges on the contrast between expectations and the milkman’s stated method.
A suburban property owner challenges a real estate man after claiming assurances about a house’s value and condition were false. The excerpt also promotes patent medicines and a humorous quip about an announcer job, with other random items mentioned from various magazines.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claiming a cure for colds in one day with a money back guarantee. It notes E W Grove’s signature on each box and sets price at 23 cents. The piece also quotes a Washington Star exchange about railroad funding and public versus stockholder interests.
J G Becker of 134 Van Buren Street Chicago wholesale dry goods dealer says after thirty years of catarrh and costly treatments Peruna cured him and his wife. He swears Peruna is the only remedy that has permanently cured him and that it prevents colds in his household.
A fragmentary humorous slice shows a child retelling a visit to an ailing aunt with coy misstatements about rewards. The piece also advertises Holloway's Corn Cure and humorous exchanges about coal, credit, and a family scene from a Chicago Tribune page.
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