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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
2
A rejected suitor, seeking marriage, proposed friendship after a unanimous vote declined the match. The fair girl declined both annexation and reciprocity, and he left sadly, unresolved and bent on leaving.
A Winnipeg reader touts Zam-Buk as highly effective for facial wounds burns boils and scalds in children and adults. She describes rapid relief healing over weeks and says her household relies on Zam-Buk daily for skin injuries and related ailments.
A New York Sun note describes many people staying in autos at home, leaving door knocking as the primary way to reach them. The piece contrasts fate with opportunity, implying dispersed living arrangements and the challenge of locating residents.
A terse item notes a broken engagement after a man took the woman to dinners theatres and gave gifts including a motor car. The father accused him of wasting the daughter's time and resources, citing the costly shows and presents as the reason.
A collage of clipped lines and quips from various period sources. Snatches of dialogue on social manners, marriage, and consumer ads mingle with quick product pitches and humorous asides. The tone echoes late 19th or early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
An ad extols Baby's Own Tablets as a universal cure for infant constipation and related woes. A Prairie Grange mother credits the product with restoring her baby’s natural bowels, selling for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. An at home concert quip notes Chopin’s supposed ongoing composing.
In a Stray Stories exchange a physician urges use of a motor car for exercise in a patient case. The patient retorts he cannot afford one, prompting a quip to dodge cars instead as an ironic cure.
A Yarmouth Nana woman reports relief from chronic rheumatism after one box of Gin Pills. She praises the medicine and urges others to try it via National Drug and Chemical Co. Toronto. Advertised price four boxes for two dollars. The piece ends with a surreal note about an Edenic apple metaphor and land offers.
A faded Life excerpt notes Shilohs Cure selling for three 25 cents and touts throat relief. The narrator describes a man with twisted fingers and a friend explains he is deaf and dumb using fingers to speak a Scots dialect.
Letter from I G McMullen extols Minard's Liniment as best for a badly jammed foot. He reports soaking the foot and waking the next day fully well, endorsing the remedy to readers.
A collage of quips from newspapers shows odd exchanges about shoes tea or coffee and a misers death. The Buffalo Express and Washington Herald quotes span jokes about tiny shoes a baby’s eye view and a landlady’s remark.
A dialogue shows one party suggesting a court win with a guaranteed verdict differing from the lawyer's response about high fees. The exchange centers on proceeding to court versus avoiding litigation. The Boston Transcript records the tension over legal strategy and assurances.
An old advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as superior for indigestion and disorders of the stomach liver and kidneys. It claims thousands have found relief when other specifics failed and offers numerous testimonials. The page also includes a humor panel about a boarding house exchange on sleight of hand tricks.
A cynical bachelor asks a female friend what she thinks about female suffrage and the lady replies calmly and firmly hold my tongue. The exchange highlights the era’s tensions over women’s voting rights in a refined social setting.
A fragmented promo mentions a single Bromo Quinine laxative with claims of a one day cure and signature by FE W Grove, cited as a world reviving remedy. The text also includes a quip about rapid inventions and future patent and legal disputes involving aviation firms and a Highflier company with dates 1914 1925 and 1954.
A fragmented tale about a boy who prefers cheese over lighting the gas when he goes to bed. The father asks which he wants and a hesitant reply suggests giving the gas light to Tommy while the narrator keeps the cheese.
A garbled fragment recalls a humorous exchange about a traveler named Butler and a bystander, followed by an advertisement urging Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a universal lung cure. The text also mentions children and sardines with stray London ideas asides.
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