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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
6
Peruna is described as a household friend in over a million homes and increasing daily. The text markets Peruna as an old remedy for ca tarrhal diseases of head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs. It urges asking druggists for a free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
The Canadian Cigar and Tobacco Journal offers pipe smoking tips. It urges time as a keynote and gentleness in technique. Do not fill to the top, avoid a hot pipe, keep it cool, relight if needed, and do not refill a heated pipe after finishing.
A Chicago News correspondent from Hunan describes a brutal Chinese military drill mixing ancient and modern methods. Soldiers strip to the waist and endure repeated blows from a heavy iron truncheon on the chest arms head thighs and abdomen to prove endurance and insensibility to pain.
Observers note Russia did not erupt in panic after the Duma dissolution. The country’s vast agriculture, steel bound capital, and government controlled communications slow the peasantry’s unified action. The London Spectator says change will be gradual, moving like a glacier rather than an avalanche.
Consul Murphy notes that only one American washing machine has been introduced in Bor deaux France. He explains that publicity failed and local washer women dominate the market by boil washing chemicals whitening rinsing in streams and drying on grass hedges and barbed wire. The cleaned linen then returns to families and is often sent to an ironer for another week.
A humorous exchange shows a Police Magistrate adding ten days to a sentence while a prisoner taunts with a broad broadside remark. The banter features dialect humor and a Detroit Tribune reference.
Dr Price voices urgency for vacation but cannot leave patients due to their need for constant nursing. His exchange with Wise-Ah highlights the foxy, practical attitude toward caregiving in the Catholic Standard and Times.
A French medical journal cites a 400 B.C. hair tonic recipe claimed to be for an Egyptian queen. The instruction says to boil dogs' paws and asses' hooves with dates in oil.
A fragment from a humorous column shows Mrs Suburbs lamenting a missing china dish after a crash while Suburbs reassures there is no need to panic as the cook’s singing pauses.
The article stresses careful country road designation and proper guide boards maintained by authorities. It notes high traffic near cities and rising auto and trolley use making marked roads essential for travelers and visitors within fifty to sixty miles of home.
Frank L. Wellington of Trinity Avenue New York died after a disease caused his bones to snap like glass. The illness was linked to a mineral poison in some medicines and contrasted with herbal Bilean tonics praised by medical experts. Bileans claim to ease constipation digestion and liver function without mercury bismuth alcohol and offer post free sales from Toronto with box pricing.
The supreme court of Porto Rico rendered a decision favorable to the Catholic church in the case of the church against the people over ownership of certain properties.
The article extols Dr Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine as a preventive and remedy for colds and chest illnesses. It cites a testimonial from John Clark of Port Hope Ontario who recovered from a severe cold after using the medicine. Sold 25 cents a bottle with Dr A W Chase portrait and signature on each bottle.
A quip on Roman gladiators at odds with baseball and umpire jokes opens a column on health, purity, and remedies. It notes simple cures like Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and South American Kidney Cure as paths to vitality and beauty, while contrasting Moorish Córdoba’s numerous mosques and baths with modern wellness claims.
French senate finance committee hikes tax on both domestic and foreign insurers from six to ten francs per million of assured capital. The increase is expected to yield about one million francs annually in national revenue. The passage notes the fiscal impact and benefits to finances.
A fragment of the poem Sweet and Low by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It recalls the wind from the western sea, comforting a sleeping child with imagery of silver sails and a father's promised return. The piece centers on lullaby tones and nocturnal sea imagery.
The piece describes the five clawed imperial dragon emblem hanging from a yellow ribbon. It notes an inscription in Chinese characters reading The lion turns pale and the tiger is silent, explaining its symbolic meaning.
The widespread use of fans in China supports a large industry with about 60 000 to 70 000 workers in Nanking. Currently only simple handwork is used, but foreigners explore mechanization. Machines could cut demand for fanmakers, raising the issue of what to do with displaced workers.
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