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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
7
A Kansas country fair tale has a man telling a keeper he cannot afford admission for his wife and seventeen children. The keeper relents and plans to bring the elk out to see the man and his many offspring.
A collection of brief clippings notes remedies and quips. The main item touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for treating dyspepsia and indigestion by restoring stomach harmony. Other lines mention Wil son's Fly Pads Canadian druggists and a few humorous quotes from Tit Bits and Chicago News.
Cheney swears as senior of the firm F. J. Co. that Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure cases of catarrh or the customer paid one hundred dollars. December 6, 1886. A. W. Gleason Notary Public. Toledo. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken and acts by absorption. F. LeCheney Toledo Take Hall's Pills for toothache?
Senator Sorghum compares an infant industry to a noisy child in the Washington tar era remark. The exchange highlights the humor used to describe new industries and their visibility as they seek attention.
A Harper’s Weekly note mocks promotional urges in the Roosevelt era while Minard’s Liniment is praised for distemper cures. The excerpt recalls a Agriculture Department clerk appealing to Secretary Wilson for recognition before turnover. The piece casually notes Wilson’s patient demeanor and the era’s political atmosphere.
The Minister of War seeks an extraordinary credit of 400000 dollars to raise pay for French officers. Since 1870 most State officials have had pay increases, but junior officers have endured low stipends from six and eight francs daily, highlighting long overdue adjustments.
Princess Juliana in the Netherlands is born nearly a month early and named after historic Dutch ancestors Juliana of Stolberg and William the Silent. The ceremony includes muisjes gifts for court members and an astrologer’s forecast praises her future virtues, arts, and social grace.
Mrs Fitenoodle hosts a playful gathering featuring Herr Schpurtz the pianist and Dr Bump feller a boastful phrenologist. The faker’s routine culminates in claiming a practical businessman is “one of the most expert typewriters in the kingdom” as guests react with amused disbelief.
An observer in Banffshire reports two rats carrying an eggshell upward from stair to stair using cooperative effort. The note adds a curious claim that rats extract oil from a flask with their tails, detailing surprising rodent ingenuity.
A fragment notes record heat and deep chill as the region endures extreme temperatures. Authorities warn of health risks and urge residents to monitor forecasts and take precautions during this unusual climate swing.
A literary feature explores the motif of dragon, moon, and year, tracing symbolic connections across cultures. The piece surveys imagery in art and folklore, noting recurring references in poetry and festival rituals.
An early 20th century style ad claims spring poisons burden the blood and clog the liver and kidneys. It promises renewed energy, better digestion, and cleansed blood by taking Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills, 95 cents a box, through Edmanson Bates & Co. Toronto.
Mr E Tiffin GTR superintendent at Allandale in a heavy grades division hurries home on a freight train. While climbing a steep grade he asks the conductor where the top is and orders a tree moved, displaying decisive authority aboard the locomotive.
An old remedy claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills restore stomach action to prevent belching from undigested food. Directions accompany each packet and a systematic course is said to effect a cure.
A barber recalls a customer who sat for thirty minutes without saying he was deaf. The group reacts with humor and disbelief as the anecdote unfolds.
F. M. Doucet of Weymouth reports a severe mare injury from a fence wire. After trying various medicines, Dr. Bell recommends Minard's Liniment. diluted initially then stronger over three weeks. Sores healed and hair grew back dark, not white, noted as unusual for horse wounds.
Mrs Jinks says her husband no longer minds night duties as he pretends the infant is a marathon. Mrs Birks quips he covered twenty six miles before 10 p m last night in a Brooklyn Life joke.
Publication notes advertise Minard's Liniment as a cure for colds and related ailments in a spoofed Victorian style line. A Cleveland Leader quotation about marriage adds a wry social quip, illustrating humor columns of the era.
An advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for red weak weary and watery eyes. It claims soothing eye pain and states it is compounded by experienced physicians and free eye books from the Marine Eye Remedy Co. in Chicago.
A brief New York Sun style note claims Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria with a playful exchange about a portrait, reflecting period advertising whimsy. The item presents a casual, domestic moment tied to a patent remedy claim.
A portly woman challenges a young operator as he explains the hydraulic lift he runs on a legal holiday. He asserts his knowledge, notes water pressure depends on column height, and boasts of being head of his class while offering the ride to the critic.
Frederick J. Maynald recounts Liebig learning that in making prussian blue the iron dust from pestles in large mortars is essential. The louder the grinding, the more iron enters the mix, yielding better color, revealing an odd link between noise and quality in early chemistry.
In a London Home Journal anecdote, Archbishop Tait travels to a Scottish hamlet and inquiries at a village store about his destination. The shopkeeper bids him speak as the archbishop replies affirmatively, noting a London-based son who praised his sermon at St Paul’s cathedral.
A University of Pennsylvania student faced a professor for excessive absences. The youth claimed the 9 to 10 hour prevented his rising, citing being constitutionally unable to hear alarms and a weak heart. The professor, recognizing ingenuity, offered another chance.
The Chicago Record-Herald recounts a financier’s quip about avoiding a stock that rose $3 per share with no setbacks, noting how refraining from a large purchase prevented a $30,000 loss in under fourteen days.
The advertisement notes Holloways Corn Cure kills the roots and removes the callosity without injuring flesh. A dialogue fragment from Yonkers Statesman is included, and Wilsons Fly Pads are sold at all Druggists Grocers and General Stores.
A rare University of Toronto ceremony was held at David Boyle's residence to confer an honorary LIL degree due to his illness. Dean Galbraith presented the candidate and Prof Ramsay Wright, acting chancellor, conferred the degree at the bedside with few senate members and close friends present.
The visiting vocalist receives heavy praise from guests while the local singer resents the attention. He complains that guests did not applaud her as they did the visitor. The hostess apologizes but the visitor leaves in a huff.
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