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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement claims Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills cure biliousness by targeting the liver to filter bile, ease headaches, indigestion, and bowel issues. Endorsed by customers from Content Alta, Steinbach Man, and Toronto dealers Edmanson Bates Co. with price 25 cents per box.
A collage of jokes and quips including jokes about rot in business locations and a worm expeller remedy, a doctor scene about a dying husband, a wife lamenting funeral costs, and a exchange about poetry. Also notes beer consumption in Britain dropping from 32.29 to 27.81 gallons per head.
Forestry Branch’s tree distribution to farm owners expanded from 1880s beginnings to 2,034,000 seedlings in 1906 to 1120 applicants. Inspectors visit sites before and after planting to ensure land readiness and proper care, with high success rates and most trees grown at the Forest Nursery in Indian Head Saskatchewan.
In the Drayton home the father uses a firm ultimatum to enforce obedience. He tells Bobby that if he does not take his medicine and go to bed, he will be put to bed without medicine. The maneuver prompts Bobby to comply and he retires for the night.
Excursion tickets go on sale December 1 to many points in Eastern Canada west of Montreal at 40 dollars for a round trip. Return validity extends three months from sale. Specify the North-Western Line between Minneapolis and St Paul.
A London Notes and Queries excerpt reviews 1775 1850 charity records for West Haddon. It cites Aug 17 1776 a payment to Richard Worster for seven days work clearing thorns and stoppers, and frequent use of scouring the ditch from Jan 8 1781 through Apr 28 1820.
A brief column notes Pear-Percy Vere insisting on blowing the horn to the club with no expense involved, a peculiar echo of civic chatter in Detroit.
In a Chicago News quip Huggins asks who is the greatest man alive today. Biggs replies it is a matter of opinion and notes several contenders.
George Keymer an elderly former Australian gold miner was found dead in a Powick cottage. A carpet bag contained gold notes and a bank deposit total about $7,000. A clergyman secured the money for bank awaiting claimants. He had long feared poisoning.
The 1906 bluebook on canal statistics reveals a twenty year rise in Canadian port traffic with the United States. Upward and downward movements grew, total rail freight climbs outpacing canals, and eastbound business nearly doubles while westbound rises 368 percent, signaling canal expansion alongside railways.
A courtroom drama relayed as Lord Chief Justice Cockburn defended a Scotchman condemned for murder. An eloquent defense failed and the sentence of death was passed. The condemned man taunted his counsel, while the judge delivered a chilling retort about a forthcoming fortnight.
The Nashville American notes He Needs It Nix is praised for a sharp memory with a wife who believes his every statement.
Short, quirky clipping notes Minard's Simmer cures distemper and features a Baltimore American ad quip about teaching a parrot to say a long word. The item reflects humorous era advertising and language.
A Chicago News item touts Walford's Sanitary Lotion claiming relief from itch, mange, prairie scratches, and contagious conditions for humans and animals in half an hour. A rib onlooker and a floorwalker joke about a towel department crash accompany the ad-like snippet.
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