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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
7
The New York Post notes there are many acres of unappropriated public land in the United States not counting state holdings in Tejas. It compares Illinois size and Alaska figures, warns of unsurveyed regions and waste land, and argues land fever has made such lands scarce for settlers.
Quote from Chicago News shows Uncle Rastus defending washing as honorable work to support his family. The grocer questions pride in the occupation while the character affirms dignity in domestic labor. The exchange highlights attitudes toward black labor and respectability.
A boy's warning about a long tunnel leads to a humorous exchange with his mother. The youth recalls nearly suffocating while holding his breath and asks why he did so as the train exits the tunnel.
A traveler described as a wine man keeps a bottle of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial among his belongings. He notes that changing food and water in unfamiliar places with no doctors can trigger dysentery, but with the remedy on hand he can fight the illness successfully.
Brief excerpt cites an exchange about a timepiece, contrasting a silver watch with a gold one. The dialogue hints at a memory linked to past cases and circumstances, as reported by the Cleveland Leader.
An ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh, a constitutional disease, with internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents promise $100 to any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials from customers, listing F J Cheney & Co Toledo as the makers and distributors. The page also includes a short joke from The Pittsburg Observer.
A Rochester Herald item recalls the U S Senate investigation into William A Clark’s seat with witness former Governor Sam Hauser of Montana. Hauser says Hoar pressed him about talking to Clark in Butte City to loosen up Clark’s bid for election.
Griswold portrays Dolly Payne Madison born in North Carolina and educated by Quakers in Philadelphia. She married a young lawyer of the sect, became a widow, and after shedding drab attire she emerged as one of the city’s gayest women with many suitors before marrying Mr. Madison in 1801.
Park ranger Mark Robinson notes two beaver classes in Algonquin with bank beavers digging subterranean passages and constructing 40 foot long houses from sticks and mud. Trappers report littered with two young per family, while beavers prepare new dams in June and August and store wood for winter, indexing how beavers adapt to high and low water.
The Eskimo people are praised for hardiness in the Far North and their single lengthy word language. Reverend Peck studied their tongue for seven years and helped transcribe portions of the Eskimo Testament into a syllabic script, enabling reading Genesis with increasing ease.
The piece urges deep breathing to improve health by expanding the lungs and body. It claims fresh air through large window opening strengthens chest, prevents consumption, aids anemia, and improves temper.
Kelvington farmer William Wright testifies that kidney disease caused years of backache dizziness dry skin and urinary sediment. After trying many remedies he used four boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills and reports a complete cure. A Bay of Avalon sightseeing scene is also described by tourists with humorous cigar box label remark.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a curing liniment for lame back. It claims immediate skin absorption and rapid relief by penetrating tissues, with bold claims of magical touch. The piece mocks speculative sidewalk chatter about October 20, 1912 seating.
Alfred Rochav of Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables commends Minard's Liniment as the best medicine for both family use and stables after years of trial. He signs as proprietor and endorses the product.
The Chicago Tribune reports Nan and Jack plan marriage once he proposes. Fan teases that Nan knows the timing but will marry only after Jack makes the proposal.
The London Graphic recalls historic South London wells including Lambeth and St George's wells offering water for a penny a quart, and notes the charitable provision of water to the poor. Minard's Liniment remains a noted product of the era.
A Scotsman drives a wagon piled high with wife children and household goods while a neighbor questions his moving. The exchange reveals the man's lack of current employment as he insists he is simply near his work, underscoring a humorous Victorian-era depiction of mobility and work.
A mother's guide to reducing childhood illnesses highlights Baby's Own Tablets as a reliable home remedy. The ad claims they ease colic indigestion constipation diarrhoea teething irritation promote natural sleep and contain no opiate or narcotic per government analyst. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 2 cents per box.
The article explains trepang or sea cucumber gathering along the Great Barrier Reef, noting 35 varieties with only a few valuable. It covers methods, diving, curing, and the value of different species, including holothuria edulis and holothuria elegans, and describes drying, smoking, and the final soup used by epicures.
Eleven year old Francis Glaze appeared before Preston magistrates charged as a gang leader in a series of thefts from letter and pillar boxes across town. He allegedly obtained cheques and postal orders valued at hundreds of pounds, hid plunder in a school cellar, and moved with other young criminals. He was remanded for a week as an unfit ward.
The passage recounts Austen Chamberlain returning from the Continent to Birmingham and deciding to pursue politics after a brief homecoming. His old nurse questions the vocation, joking that two family politicians, his father and Mr. Richard, should suffice.
A playful exchange between two speakers centers on faults and misread intent. He jokes about being generous to a fault while she notes the errors and suggests avoiding future calls. The dialogue hints at social dynamics and humor in a domestic setting.
A dialog from Megger Gorfer Blatter centers on a gravely ill rich uncle named Tommy. The exchange hints at an attempted loan of ten dollars before an anticipated death.
A Winnipeg resident, preferring anonymity, reports sudden severe rheumatic pains vanished after taking Gin Pills. Henotes relief began within hours and complete cure in 43 hours. Gin Pills priced 50 cents a box or four for 2.50 via National Drug & Chemical Co. Toronto.
A joke attributed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer about a man testing his wife’s sense of honor. He supposedly sent himself several postcards marked Personal to see if she reads them.
A village grocer jokes about a son’s college education while Farmer Geehan estimates its cost at more than seven hundred dollars in a humorous exchange. The quip reflects rural speech and vernacular from the period.
A painful persistent rheumatism is blamed on impurities in the blood from defective liver and kidneys. The blood is tainted by uric acid causing tissue and joint pain. Meale's Vegetable Pills are claimed to have effected many cures and a trial is strongly recommended to prove their value.
An eastern college graduate hired for fay work in a Michigan lumber camp learns a hard truth from an old limberman. After two days the young man’s vigor fades and the veteran warns him, “Sonny, I don’t mind yer ridin’ on this saw, but please keep yer feet off the ground.”
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