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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
3
The Herald Circulating Library announces two subscription plans to start when enough subscribers are secured. At 1.50 per year with advance payment members may exchange books twice weekly, or 2.00 per year for three exchanges weekly. Books kept beyond fourteen days incur 5e daily charges.
Mrs Wilcox trusted her husband s fire safety plan and spread a rug over a burning hat on a gas jet then ran to phone the engines. Estelle the maid turned off the gas and stamped out the flames, noting the rug on the flame.
Captain Mahan recounts Nelson during hostilities drafting a truce proposal to the Danish crown prince. With decks cleared, Nelson copied the letter on deck and protected the seal with wax. He chose sealing wax to avoid hinting at haste, saying the wax “told no tales.”
In an advertisement the publisher touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole sure treatment for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure with testimonials available. Sold by druggists and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Judge Martin Grover of Troy New York told a young aspirant for the state assembly that he would help if the youth pledged not to steal. The answer came with resolve as the applicant declared he would go to Albany unpledged or not go at all.
The tale centers on Bromsgrove Worcestershire once the tack making hub where craftsmen forged up to 1200 tacks by hand. Each tack was minute enough to fit the barrel of a goose quill and weighed about twenty grains.
A prospective investor in Billville hears a real estate offer at two dollars per acre with a whispered claim the land is mostly gold. In a separate moment, a hurried passage discusses catching a train and a plan to see how a belky horse is started.
A minister questions a boy about his father’s employment. The boy explains his father recently found work, but the man who employed him died, leaving the father suddenly out of a job.
Fragmentary historic prose reads with archaic phrasing about divine judgment and fortifications as metaphors. The text lacks clear event dates or named persons, offering a philosophical reflection rather than a reportable incident.
A postal clerk explains common stamp fraud tricks. They describe altering stamp edges, resealing envelopes, stamping and resealing to suggest postage paid, underpaid letters, and methods to defeat canceling marks. The piece notes inspectors scrutinize returned mail and forged or altered stamps and addresses.
A humor piece from an English magazine recounts the Duke of Q's daily sustenance in exacting detail. The schedule shows meals from 7 in the morning to 1 in the morning, with coffee, eggs, jellies, veal cutlets, chocolate, claret, madeira, and a late supper. The piece jokes that life is built on eating and drinking, citing Shakespearean and Restoration references.
A humorous domestic vignette shows a wife trying on a new dress and inspecting it in a round mirror atop a high chiffonier. She laments not seeing the hem since marriage, and her husband retorts with a blunt, bracing remark about her luck.
In a Texas memor trial the defense questioned a retiree about his jury service when he sat on a trial of a black man for murder. The juror said he did not know the defendant’s whereabouts and the sheriff hanged him at the appointed time, illustrating the era's racial tensions and legal limits on asking about trial results.
A debate over social pretensions surfaces as Eikins-Smythe claims elite status while Biulkins and Wilkins scrutinize his actual means and manner. The exchange highlights class display versus real wealth in a witty dialogue.
A canned goods drummer notes the Swelltons keep up an imposing establishment and a grocer concedes with a drawn out affirmation, saying he is one of the fellows they impose on.
Bitter complaints over the mixed train on the branch report daily delays near an hour each direction. Local papers note unhappiness with schedule reliability affecting riders and freight.
Miss Sadie Armstrong returns home from a week with friends at Moosowin and Miss Mary Proctor goes back to Winnipeg after ten days at her old home. A farewell for Miss Mary was held Thursday evening with Roy Faulconer and Miss Proctor providing music. Minnie Armstrong visits Mr. Richie Leland at Arrow River, while Roy Faulconer and sister visited Mr. Gilbert Robinson near Crandall. The piece laments no young man has a chance without a new buggie, and questions why a man with such a buggy keeps a trail to Elkhorn.
Courtesy read of the first monthly issue shows the Grain Growers Association publishing the Guide edited by R. McKenzie. It aims to organize farmers for protection and advantage, keep them informed, and improve cover design and printing quality.
Arrow River and Miniota readies its first Agricultural Show on Thursday the 6th Fair Day. The prize list covers 20 classes with many sections across horses cattle sheep pigs poultry grain roots dairy produce and more plus Ladies work Home Manufacture and Fine Arts. Entries should be made early with Secretary J R Lynch Arrow River to ease preparation and boost future shows.
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