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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
7
A wry exchange on comic editors facing perpetual poverty and a father’s quip about lemons. The piece then notes that neglecting one’s own affairs invites others to manage them, and contrasts social encounters with the creeping feeling after taking a pill.
An advertisement claims Baby's Own Tablets cure infant indigestion, promising prompt relief and improved health. It cites Mrs. James Savoy of Little Lameque and notes availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Brockville with a 25 cent box. Also mentions Newfoundland herring-curing talks and elderly deaths, plus a line on Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a superior foot care aid for soldiers.
London Post examines how the moon's volcanic activity formed its giant craters and fissures. The theory notes lower gravity spreads ejecta and shows craters result from lava breaching a thin crust, followed by crust contraction and subsidence producing lunar seas.
The article describes the extreme long distance skee races in Norway and Sweden, highlighting the twelve mile Holmenkollen Snow Derby opening near Christiania with steep ascents and rugged terrain. It notes a Stockholm international speed event where the winner covered forty miles at about 8.5 mph.
A naturalist notes the sunflower is accused of deceit as six nations name it to reflect turning toward the sun. French tournesol, Spanish girasol, Italian girasole, Hungarian naptaforgo all imply sun facing. English speakers call it sunflower, yet belief persists only for the Ramely sun spurge.
In the Seyrences during the Lion Duke’s campaign General Picton’s reluctance to attack prompted Wellington to ride to the front and rally the troops. He predicted Soult would hesitate to press an attack, allowing the Sixth division to arrive. Soult’s cautious response led to a costly repulse rather than an easy victory.
The King of Saxony was unseated during maneuvers at Oschate after his horse threw him. He remained conscious and was assisted by attendants as he remounted and continued with drills.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches blood and mucous surfaces. It claims non quack status, praises a renowned physician, and invites free testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a Langham Saskatchewan land settlement note and a letter praising Minard's Liniment from Alfred Rochay.
The piece pairs a humorous exchange about wealth and politics with a public health notice urging Dr J D Kellegg's Dysentery Cordial as a prompt remedy for summer ailments. It juxtaposes satire and medical advertising in a single clipping.
About 12 500 women teachers in New York urge the legislature to raise salaries to match those paid to male teachers, arguing equality in pay and status across the profession.
The 1996 birth rate for England and Wales falls to the lowest on record. W. O. Douglas of New York, formerly a loan clerk for the Trust Company of America, confesses a lawyer advised him on stealing 1 million to cover minor thefts. The Chinese perfume made from water lilies costs 8 dollars per drop. Whalebone, once 125 dollars per ton a century ago, now sells for 15 000 dollars per ton.
A Boston and Maine section foreman Moynahan moved a Salem yard tool house to halfway between mileposts 15 and 16 using two men and a meeting point. Engineers later confirmed the house was sixty feet closer to milepost 16, and Moynahan claimed it was now exactly halfway. A parable ends with a witty student in a class exam.
State officials in France are prohibited from joining labor organizations, a rule that now also classifies school teachers as non members. The policy marks officials and educators as separate from collective bargaining unions.
A quip about Minards and Take and an old broker furious at a youth caught smoking reading and whistling in the office. The aside contrasts a busy young man with the boss’s demand. The item notes the world wheat crop is forecast to fall by millions of bushels from last year.
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