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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
7
Montreal buyers offer 250000 to the St James Methodist Church trustees for the church site on St Catharines Street with removal rights. The city previously repurposed St Gabriel Church into a restaurant and other churches into shops and theatres. A 90000 church sale earlier reshaped local streets with new ventures.
A steer raised 30 miles north of Gleichen will travel to Alaska Yukon exposition to showcase Alberta grass potential. At 3 or 4 years old the animal stands six feet high and weighs 2,560 pounds with a long body and broad girth. It was worked in an ox team last fall, lived on grass through winter, and may reach 3,500 pounds by season's end.
A bottle of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil in the farm house saves journeys for the doctor. It aids children with coughs and croup and helps adults with frequent pains. It includes directions for use on sick cattle and should always be kept at home.
A collage of fragmented snippets from historical sources. A Toledo notice touts Cheney Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a sworn oath from 1824. Literary quips and shipboard banter appear from Chicago News and London Globe, plus ads for pills and constipation relief.
An old advertisement states how marine eye remedy relieves eye irritation from chalk dust and strain. It cites a New York City census showing thousands of children needing eye care and claims Murine soothes pain without harmful drugs. It urges use for various eye conditions and even for babies, promising free eye books from the Marine Eye Remedy Co. in Chicago.
A park scene features a dialogue about music taste with a brass band playing. One speaker loves brass, the other prefers a golden band, highlighting a humorous exchange about value and whimsy in a light moment.
The Domestic Servants Benevolent Institution cites many long serving staff. Jane Cook aged ninety three served eighty five years with the Carvalhos and in Clifton before dying at Hall Road Han nah. Caroline Chino celebrated her 101st birthday after eighty years as a servant. Susan O Hagan of Lisburn died aged 97 after ninety seven years with three generations of the Hall family.
Native Indian bettors rely on jockey colors rather than horse merit and form rings to place bets. Wealthier natives back every horse to guarantee a winner, while authorities fear a booming pool of about thirty lacs rupees lost and won per season. The craze drives petty theft and property crimes as men gamble what little they have.
Sir Robert Hart met General Gordon in Khartoum era China days. A Queen’s visit review in Quinsan had Gordon’s officers parade in varied, often fantastical uniforms. The scene drew laughter as Gosden exclaimed Go it ye cripples while the troops advanced.
An interview with J M Barrie recounts his pipe ritual. He alternates calabash and briar pipes for sixty five minutes then finishes with a cigarette, illustrating a notable daily habit pattern.
An advertorial urging avoidance of surgical piles operations in favor of Dr. Chase's Ointment. It cites patient stories from Ontario and Ottawa praising the ointment’s effectiveness and warns about the risks and costs of surgery. Details mention 60 cents a box and availability through Elimanson Bates & Co. Toronto.
A Chicago Tribune exchange highlights an oil magnate claiming to aid many youths in gaining education and preparing for life, while a muckraker counters that many poor boys study by coal oil lamp, illustrating class tension over opportunity.
An old health notice extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as essential for restoring stomach action and overall wellness. A brief dialogue references a restless night and a comic airship mishap, reflecting period humor embedded in the piece.
The capture of Surajah Dowlah follows Clive’s victory at Plassy and the recapture of Calcutta. The deposed Nabob, fleeing to Patna, is betrayed in Rajamah and brought to Moorshedabad where he is executed by order of Meer Jaffier as his successors consolidate power in Bengal.
Government researchers declare the house fly is the main carrier of typhoid diphtheria and smallpox. Wilsons Fly Pads are promoted as a solution that kills flies and the disease germs they carry.
Mrs. Von Cerious is found awake at 3 a.m. reading the encyclopaedia. She explains she could not sleep and read articles she saw recently, remarking that much learning could be gained at odd hours, prompting Mr. Von Cerious to inquire about her activity.
Drummondville Aug 3 1904 advertisement from Wilfrid Gagnf proprietor Grand Central Hotel endorses Minard’s Liniment curing a valuable hunting dog of mange after several veterinaries failed to help. The testimonial notes lasting improvement and requests future patronage.
A Kansas rail line reports an old woman passenger who nagged the conductor with questions about where to exit as the branch train reached the station. The conductor bluntly replies that both ends of the car stop to alight.
A Cleveland Leader item claims Minads Liniment cures garget in cows. The paper also notes the Equal Pichts Club passed a resolution denouncing the execution of women for murder.
Sir John Gorst, recently resigning a 6000 dollar pension, faces praise for his clever political career. He cut from the Primrose League and rival views, once eyed as a future bishop in New Zealand. He helped evangelize the Maoris with a short lived paper titled The Lone Sparrow on the Housetop, which the natives raided for bullets due to lack of lead.
The article notes royal and common practices in bathing and linen care in the eighteenth century. George IV was bathed only every two weeks as a baby. Measles prompted careful linen airing to avoid rash. People feared clean linen and full bodily ablutions. Doctors bled patients, sometimes leading to weakness or death.
Westminster Gazette notes Canewdon Essex once a power center in England's formation where Canute and his Danes defeated Edmund Ironside securing the crown. The conqueror named Capute's Down and endowed five manors to Sweyn. He embraced Christianity and founded a church, with Canewdon giving its name to a rural deanery including Southend eight miles away.
A public notice urges mothers to protect infants from diarrhoea dysentery and stomach troubles in hot weather. It promotes Kebe's Tablets and Baby's One Tablets as preventative and curative aids and notes availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 8 cents per box.
A Boston Herald item describes a tiny tugboat named Dreadnought tied up at a shabby Lone Island Sound wharf. The vessel is badly worn, unpainted for ages, and appears humble yet carries a bold stern name.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills touted as the most popular pills due to portability and ease of use. The ad claims accurate compounding and proven effectiveness in regulating digestive organs, asserting no other medicine matches it.
A historical quip notes that Columbus owes his fame to the timing of discovery, highlighting that America was not yet found. The remark appears in a Detroit Free Press snippet attributed to Sharp Pupil.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a waiter ordering doughnuts and coffee by wireless with the phrase One in the dark and two rubber tires. The humorous misheard order reflects slang from a quick lunch setting.
A terse exchange describes a young reporter claiming a humble start, contrasting a “poor plough-hirer” with a claim of being a successful citizen. The dialogue features a red-faced, yelling baby motif and a formal good-day farewell.
A scornful retort bursts from a unnamed speaker in a Chicago Record-Herald excerpt as a man is urged to visit and inspect terminal facilities in person, highlighting tension over oversight and access.
The Kansas City Journal notes a joke in Our Boarding House where newlyweds discuss housekeeping to frighten the landlady and secure top chicken portions, implying a ruse to gain better sections.
A terse dialogue exchange unfolds with Mrs Peck taunting Mr Peck about gender identity and courage amid a strained domestic moment. The conversation hints at social expectations and personal assertiveness in a New York Life context.
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