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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
3
A chatty exchange about steak doneness leads to a joke about rare meat. The Chicago Tribune notes spring and summer bring internal ailments like dysentery and promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a standard remedy. A Washington Star quip recalls a statesman needing famous names for applause.
Detroit Free Press columns recount physicians referencing Minard's liniment with aging patient remarks. A reader quotes social chatter about reluctance to attend an opening game if the weather fails to improve.
Nerves suffer overtime with symptoms like insomnia headaches poor digestion irritability and weak memory. Cites Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a restorative that builds red blood and rebuilds nerve cells. Prevention urged with purchase details: 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from Edmanson Bates & Co. Toronto.
The article surveys little-known inventions that yielded vast fortunes, from the tin rattle and returning ball to the flying top and Dancing Jim Crow. It cites boot laces, roller skates, metal shoe plates, and Henry Corts pudling innovations, noting great wealth, public ingratitude, and long-term industry impact.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, praised for his welfare of troops, once described action with the curt phrase Beastly funky. The veteran commander, noted for signing the pledge and trusting his men, has served globally including inspections in Egypt.
Dr Addison proposes a bill in the House of Commons to require public elementary schools to teach girls about infant care and feeding. He cites 120,000 yearly deaths of one-year-olds in England and says one third are preventable due to maternal ignorance and poor sanitation.
Mrs. John Pettigrew of Central Ecology Nova Scotia reports dramatic recovery from rheumatism after two boxes of Gin Pills. The ad joins other claims for Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a digestive cure and a joke about a talking parrot from a women's club.
A collage of product pitches and cartoon quips appears. It touts Hall s Catarrh Cure with testimonials from Toledo druggists and relatives, plus a Hoax about Hall s pills and a caution on blood poisoning. The Washington Star quotes mix with a musical joke about an aria and a grandfather drummer.
Spring brings a rise in nervous disorders and related ailments. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to strengthen blood and nerves, address headaches, limb weakness, loss of appetite, tremors, and skin troubles by boosting red blood cells, with sales through dealers or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brickville Ontario.
A humorous quip features Mrs Muggins claiming severe insomnia and her husband Mr Muggins suggesting she attend church to hear his sermons as a cure. The exchange captures light domestic wit.
A humorous excerpt from Puck notes a lumberman’s friend quipping about a nephew’s marriage. The jab highlights a curly blond groom who mostly critiques and ends up marrying a female baseball player, reflecting comic wordplay on eccentric lines.
A British Charity Commission report highlights odd wills, including £25,000 for relief of suffering with no hospital or church beneficiaries, a manuscript Bible translation bequest to a Scottish university, and a widow weight‑in gold grant. Other quirks include a burial fund prank, a brass coin tribute to a wife, and a patriotic drumhead memorial that lasted five years.
Excerpt recounts George W. Smalley tale of King Edward as Prince of Wales and Duke of Devonshire at Hamburg with a quip about champagne and self restraint. It also profiles Alan Burgoyne MP, praised for travels from Manchuria to Mexico, prison stay as a spy, mountain climbs, cannibal interviews, and wartime stories.
Queensland banana growers report weekly shipments increasing from 3,000 to 8,000 bunches as prices rise. A northern farmer earned about 10,000 dollars from ten acres, selling 4,000 cases at 2.50 a case, exceeding total costs. Exports likely reach 15,000 bunches as fruit matures over six weeks.
A sociologist laments the poor living in dark rooms while a philanthropist urges adaptation and photography. The piece cites Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to combat parasites in children. A critic questions a deaf mute ball game, while a man who loves strife defends field glasses to hear umpire disputes.
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