Western Canadian journalist rising in Warman Leader
The profile highlights Woking editor and proprietor of The Warman Leader, a self-made young newspaperman from England who grew from farming to journalism, building his career in Deloraine Times and Waskada Expositor before establishing the Warman paper in a developing town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woking
Ramsbury
Wiltshire
England
Canada
Turtle Mountains
Deloraine Times
George Patterson
Waskada Expositor
Warman
Vokins
Three Children Healed by Zam-Bak Balm Claims
A Burke's Falls woman reports her three children fully recovered from skin sores after applying Zam-Bak balm. She praises its herbal ingredients and antiseptic power, noting rapid healing within a week and urging others to use the product. The ad lists uses from eczema to skin ulcers and musculoskeletal relief, with price details and post free options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Bates
Burke's Falls
Zam-Buk
Sfe
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
China evangelization urged by Dr Griffith John after fifty years
Dr Griffith John recalls Shanghai fifty years ago and urges evangelization this century. He says the church must drive missions and warns a dead church halts progress while the China of today is lively and ready for schooling and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith John
Shanghai
China
Missionary Committee condemns San Francisco school board discrimination
The Methodist General Missionary Committee called it a shame for the San Francisco school board to discriminate against Japanese children, urging fairness in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist General Missionary Committee
School Board of
San Francisco
Pineapple Tablets and Church Art Mention in brief
An advertisement touts Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets as a safe vegetable remedy for digestive issues. A second note reports Elliott Daingerfield completing a wall painting titled The Magnificat at St Mary the Virgin Chapel in New York. Also cited are views from Bowdoin President Hyde and Methodist Bishop Fitzgerald on Christianity and race relations.
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Elliott Daingerfield
Freitarian Diet Emphasizes Fruit Foods Over Animal Products
A Freitartas Piet outlines a fruitarian diet combining fruits from trees bushes and plants along with some grains nuts and earth fruits. It notes butter milk honey and cheese may be added but warn of contamination risks and asserts healthy fruit based foods support healthier living than slaughterhouse products.
Farm Hints and Health Ads in One Fragment
A mixed page item discusses farm management, cautions against mercury in catarrh remedies, promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, notes Austria limits Protestant baptism and public worship, mentions Manila Presbyterians training school, and reports Isaac Guggenheim’s gifts to Syndenham Hospital in New York totaling 510,000 including current expenses.
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Isaac Guggenheim
Syndenham Hospital
New York
Dr Agnew Catarrhal Powder Promises Quick Relief
A booster puff of Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder claims instant relief for catarrh hay fever colds and headache with a painless nasal spray. The ad notes permanent cure claims and a 50 cent price. It also mentions the Woman's Christian Temperance Union formation in Hillsboro Ohio in 1873 with women marching to saloons to pray.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Hillsboro
Ohio
A Freak of Nature Asiatic Star Tree Described
A freak of nature tree, the Asiatic star tree, rises sixty to eighty feet high. For about forty feet the trunk is bare, then tangled limbs sprout and emit phosphorescent light from clusters of long pointed leaves at night.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promoted as Health Aid
The piece touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as preventive medicine and digestive correctives that cleanse blood and improve skin. It notes timely use can prevent sickness and save doctor costs, and ends with a Samuel Johnson quote about deep thinking and religion.
Be First Im Attack
A colorful anecdote depicts an eccentric Scotch drillmaster who trained students to thrust with the saber and left parrying to the opponent. The tale ends with the instruction that learners must perform the thrusting while the adversary handles the parry.
Bargain Talk Between Wife And Husband Over Bat Price
A humorous exchange shows a wife and husband negotiating bat purchases. The wife offers to pay 3 guineas while the husband can only muster 2 pounds and five shillings in debt, deeming five shillings too small a sum.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hubert S. Vokins
The
Warman Leader
London Independent Review
Earth
Thomas
Virginia Baptist Convention
American Bible Society
W. W. Boyd
St. Louis
Hubert
Dydds Kidney
Nes Ord
Zam-Bak
the Independent
Mrs. Eddy
Wolford
T. T. Eaton
Western Recorder
Hyde
Bowdoin College
Bishop Fitzgerald
Methodist Church
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Austria
Manila
Oshawa
Mscraigh W
Colborne S
Ottawa
Sussex
Dundas
Lombard
Pender
Shiloh
Samuel Johnson
Epps
Dr. Slocum
T. A. Slocum
Albert Townsend
Hazel Yipeon
John McKay
Shelburne County
Leander McKenzie
J.P
Green Harbor
King Street West
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