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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1937
Page
7
An excerpt blends a quack medicine pitch with harsh frontier labor. It details a farmer’s early spring burn and land preparation on the Marshall farm, the sowing of wheat oats and millet, field clearing by oxen, and the construction of a one room log house as William Marshall seeks a wife after a hard harvest season.
The next spring William Marshall, aged 21, receives a yoke of oxen a heifer due to calve a pair of pigs and farming gear including a wagon seed wheat oats millet seed potatoes a crosscut saw and various logging tools. His brother Maxwell assists as they begin the first season on the Marshall place with cattle found grazing in an old beaver meadow.
The advertisement touts Gillett's Pure Flake Lye for weekly use to remove yellow stains and keep drains clear. It claims to banish odors, speed up cleaning, and save hours of work, advising against dissolving lye in hot water.
In case of a tie prizes are equally divided. The committee of judges comprises three disinterested persons with no connection to The Ogilvie Flour Mills Co Limited and their decisions are final. No correspondence will be entered into.
A narrative notes William Marshall travels to his home farm seeking a wife as marriage customs blend with religious awakening. The piece reflects on love, match making, and the self searching of rural folk, with commentary on gender, class, and the purpose of a fireside home. It mentions a Methodist revival and camp meeting at Hogg's Hollow.
Manufacturing in the three prairie provinces produced 235 million dollars in 1936 and employed 200000 people. John East, chairman of the prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, spoke at the annual Saskatoon meeting.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for monthly pains headaches and nervousness caused by functional disturbances. It features a testimonial from Ada Diss of Stratford Ontario who credits the remedy with restoring her health after severe symptoms. The ad urges purchase from local druggists with tablet and liquid sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar respectively.
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