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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
7
Mrs. Emily Logue of Hamilton Ontario proclaims Tanlac cured years of indigestion gas heart palpitations and weakness. She says her appetite is strong digestion improved and she feels robust again after using Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills. Over 37 million bottles sold. Available everywhere through druggists.
The National Cotton Spinning Association in Tokio cuts female worker hours from 12 to 10 daily starting July. Glasgow children receive dinner funds £500 from the Duke of York for his wedding day. Sheriff Tweed in Orange County New York appoints four deputy sheriffs including his wife. Professor Adam Carruthers of University College, Toronto retires after 30 years in Greek studies, an alumnus of 1880. A 12 year old Walter Greenwood drowns after a small boat capsizes near Bricksdale Manitoba. Tidewater Trading Company failure threatens famine for Azure Islands. $10,000 in corn undelivered per Portuguese consul general. England and Wales record 42,777 deaths from consumption last year, 117 daily average, per Neville Chamberlain in Parliament. George H Middlemiss dies in Vancouver. he aided transport in the 2nd Rebellion era with General Middleton. Antwerp diamond merchants plan a August festival with 3,000 merchants in a grand procession of lavish jewels.
A Brantford Ontario reader, Mrs. A. Foulger, praises Pierce's Favorite Prescription after twenty one years in nursing. She endorses it as the best tonic and nervine for health and strength, especially for prospective mothers, urging readers to try a trial package by sending ten cents.
The article recalls strict historic British laws such as no dinner courses on holidays and Sundays work bans. Punishments included fines or stocks for Sunday labor and penalties for eating meat on Wednesdays. A lavender vendor faced a license issue but the summons was dismissed.
Miss Sheila Marryat the first woman to graduate in agriculture at the University of Alberta received her degree recently. She is sister of Mrs. Parlby a minister in the Alberta Government and lives at Alix Alberta. She studied two years at Olds Agricultural School after a short course at Guelph and just completed a three year program at Alberta University.
An old advert promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills to women and girls claiming to improve complexion by cleansing bile and boosting digestion. The copy promises clearer skin, better appetite, and stronger blood, urging frequent use and noting a 25 cent price at dealers.
The Department of Extension at the University of Alberta plans extensive short courses for settlers' wives. The initiative is in cooperation with the Soldier Settlement Board Home Branch and the Provincial Department of Public Health along with Dominion and Provincial Departments of Agriculture.
The Canadian Government Air Force plans to replace large firefighting machines with single seater aircraft equipped with wireless phones. Upon fire discovery, instant contact with base allows rapid deployment of a large machine carrying crews and gear to the scene. Officials say this fits current experiments guiding future commercial forest protection ventures and notes provinces fund operation plus depreciation.
Detroit police officials tested nearly a dozen high powered motor cars with bullet proof wind shields four wheel hydraulic brakes and radio receiving sets to decide a standard police vehicle. The tests were drastic and aimed at extreme police work.
The Pittsburgh Sun defines a fey rider as someone riding while others walk and a jay walk er as a pedestrian walking while others ride. The playful term contrasts two street dynamics in urban travel.
An advertisement claims Catarrhozone clears the nose and throat and heals inflamed bronchial tubes to prevent catarrh. One inhaler costs one dollar, small size 50 cents, with mail from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal. Refuse substitutes.
Household hints describe removing seeds from fresh dates then filling with marshmallow pieces or Sun Maid seeded raisins candied cherries and walnuts. Melt chocolate and dip the prepared dates for a sweet bite.
A traditional treat recipe for cranberry pudding with raisins uses flour shortening sugar and baking powder. It details mixing sifting rubbing in shortening adding water rolling dough rolling berries and raisins, filling a buttered bowl, steaming for about forty minutes, and serving with hard sauce.
A testimonial advertises Baby's Own Tablets as a cure for infant ailments such as constipation indigestion colds and fever. The Mrs BE D Duguay of Thunder River Quebec reports relief for her crying baby after use. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A London dispatch notes a heavy influx of Canadian butter from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, exported overseas for the first time. Western grading and cooperative marketing systems produced a favorable impression and generally higher prices than eastern province butter.
Dr J D Kellogg’s asthma remedy is described as distinctly different from other treatments and credited with widespread relief. The advertisement touts it as the foremost and best option with a strong reputation among thousands who have benefited.
A visitor asks Edna her age and she replies she is five. She wishes to be six but accepts the necessity that someone must remain five. The exchange captures a child's candid humor about growing up.
An aged Cypress belonging to William Edenborn is claimed to be about 2,500 years old and survived since antiquity. Scientific estimates place it near the era of Jeru Saleu, Nebuchadnezzar, and Columbus’s discovery, with other famed ancient trees cited such as Baobab in Senegal and a dragon tree in Tenerife.
A woman's remark suggests that even without an actual advance a man on a streetcar may be perceived as wanting to flirt. The passage captures social cues and expectations around male attention in public transit.
The Circle Tours of the Canadian Pacific offer two scenic routes through Banff Lake Louise Glacier and the Crow's Nest Line with extensions to Sicamous and Okanagan Lake. Excursion fares run daily to September 30 with return by October 21, featuring deluxe travel and comprehensive holiday entertainment for a remembered vacation.
A sales pitch claims worms cause sickly children and promises relief and restored health through Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator. The ad urges parents to seek treatment to end illness blamed on parasitic worms.
Sir John Russell reports a daily census over a year finding over forty million organisms in one gram of soil. Seventeen distinct species were counted, showing a highly variable population that rises in spring and autumn and falls in winter and summer. The living soil, though felt lifeless, throbs with unseen activity governed by unknown laws.
The Basque area in British Columbia is said to host a lake of Epsom salt at least 41 feet deep and covering seven acres with a hard crystal surface. When snow melts the surface fills with brine before the sun evaporates it and a crust forms, allowing a second seven acre pan to appear after spring floods.
More than ten million pounds of cattle live weight have been sold by Western Canadian farmers under the pooling plan since it began at the St. Boniface market on February 15. Good markets emerged especially in Ontario with large feeder cattle shipments in March and April.
The Soldier Settlement Board of Canada notes 25,844 soldier settlers have claimed around 3,000,000 acres of land with about 200,000 acres under cultivation last season. Ex-soldiers produced approximately 3,000,000 bushels of grain. The article also mentions that numerals as used today are about 1,000 years old.
Miller's Worm Powders are advertised as a cure for children suffering from worms. The medicine allegedly alters stomach conditions to expel worms and acts as a tonic to restore digestive health and prevent recurrence.
A Black Orpington in Christchurch New Zealand broke the world egg laying record by producing 342 eggs in 365 days surpassing the prior mark of 339 eggs set by a Black Orpington in Australia.
Product claim states corns disappear after treatment with Holloway's Corn Remover and without leaving a scar. The notice emphasizes painless results and skin healing without complications.
Policy allows only native ownership of land in Java while foreigners may lease land up to 75 years. Conditions require half the area to be set aside free for rice cultivation by natives.
Two people discuss a cuckoo clock in their room. One notes it belongs to their space while the other gripes that the clock does not work well.
The Vulcan Iron Works begins installing what is believed to be Winnipeg’s first electric smelter plant to manufacture specified products. The plant will start operating at an early date.
The North London Railway founded by Robert Stephenson has ran for over fifty years and carried more than one billion passengers without a fatal accident. Critics may call it a toy, but its safety record speaks for itself.
Mrs John Case of St Catharines Ontario reports severe heart and nerve pains for two years improved after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She took five boxes, regained sleep and appetite, and can do her own work. Price 60 cents per box, available at dealers or by mail from The Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
Alberta Clay Products Company awarded a contract to supply a large quantity of sewer pipe to the City of Nelson. The firm also contemplates an order from Fernie, potentially totaling about twenty five cars if secured.
A historical advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a tonic working through the blood to act on mucous surfaces. It suggests the remedy restores normal conditions and offers circulars free from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
W A Lewthwaite announced on his return from England that private enterprise will bring 150 English families into British Columbia to settle in the valleys east and southeast of Fort George.
A critic described as a person unable to do a thing as he thinks it should be done comments on Minards Liniment being sold widely. The remark reflects a skeptical view of both the product and the critic.
Engineers estimate the price tag to replicate the Great Wall of China would reach 250 million dollars. The figure reflects construction costs and materials cited in a regional engineering report.
A brief, witty exchange between Willie and a suitor about marrying his sister. Willie predicts he will feel sorrow for the suitor when the marriage occurs.
The royal gardens of London employ 1,000 gardeners and laborers to maintain order and readiness. This workforce supports maintenance, landscape work, and seasonal duties throughout the year.
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