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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a remedy for nervous exhaustion and prostration. It cites patient testimonials including Mrs W R Sutherland from St Andrews Manitoba who recovered from paralysis after using the product. The ad lists price: 50 cents a box, six boxes for 2.50, sold by Edmanson Bates & Co in Toronto.
The Cleveland superintendent of streets asked an Irish officer to dispose of a reported dead dog on Horner Street. The officer replied in brief that the dog was savage, after which he telephoned his chief with the finding.
The advertisement claims catarrh is widespread and curable only by systemic treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio is said to reach blood and mucous surfaces with a 100 dollar reward for failure and includes a circular offer.
A brief dialogue notes a woman’s dictionary in contrast to existing ones. The Wife-Pancy comments on differences while The Husband-Probably jokes that a man's guesses inflate his sense of scientific contribution.
A Madison speech by Senator La Follette likens people and corporations to a mother and child debating chicken or duck. An accompanying junkyard of 19th century quack remedies touts Bickle's Anti Consumptive Syrup Minard's Liniment Mother Graves Worm Exterminator and other dubious products with brisk, satirical ads.
A dated note lists cures including a severe cold cured by Minard's Liniment in Oxford North, a terrible sprain cured by Fred Coulson of Yarmouth North, and Black Erysipelas cured by Inglesville attributed to J. W. Ruggles, indicating testimonial style recommendations.
A fragment describes Walford's Sanitary Lotion claim for itching cures and a schooner scene where a captain entrusts a boy to steer by a star. It recounts J E Clifford of Sells Floto, and a Wallace Idaho moment where cowboys review a circus act with growing impatience.
The Dominion Forest Reserves Act of 1906 created permanent forest reserves across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. Manitoba lists six reserves led by Riding Mountain 1535 square miles and Duck Mountain 1250 square miles. Saskatchewan has four reserves including Porcupine No 2 360 square miles Moose Mountain 160 and Beaver Hills 72. Alberta includes Cooking Lake 114 and Kootenay Lakes Reserve near the southeast corner. British Columbia adds eight reserves near Kamloops such as Long Lake 190 Monte Hills 106 Tranquille 149 Hat Creek 206 Donald 72 and Larch Hills 25 square miles, all within the railway belt.
A fragment quotes Mrs Oldcastle and a hostess in a social chat about pantheism and fashion. The remark about men wearing low pants and frazzled bottoms reflects a flippant, Gilded Age tone in this Chicago Record-Herald passage.
The Bishop of London notes a sly tactic of quickly stepping into homes as doors open to gain a moment of talk about religion. He cites a parable of a girl named Sally to illustrate how genuine reception may hinge on timing and calm. A student thanks a professor, who dismisses the gratitude as a trifling matter.
Picture book offers 46 colored wild animal images plus a gun and trap catalogue. Includes price list for raw furs hides and skins. Sent post paid for 4 cents in stamps. Minneapolis Minnesota advertiser N W Hide and Fur Co.
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