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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
7
An extended discussion extols bile and liver health for digestion, linking bile to relief from indigestion, constipation, and bilious headaches. It promotes Dr A W Chase Kidney Liver Pills, with price and availability notes, then includes a series of old ads and quips about remedies and a joke about a joint craving.
The Somerville Journal reports a conversation about Williams Young Asterbilt not being exclusive and mentions seeing him in an automobile with a policeman this morning.
A spoof item in the farm paper claims a recent movement among field workers sparked by labor concerns. The piece reads as humorous fiction with no verified events or identifiable groups.
The article describes lake dwellings on piles rising seven feet above water near Lake Nokune on the Guinea coast. It notes dugout canoes, pole paddles, and infants guarded by verandah fences, then explains a natural channel once connected to the Atlantic and the ecological upheaval when saltwater flooded the lake. The channel was later closed, and fish populations gradually adjusted to brackish and freshwater conditions.
The late London journalist and philatelist E J Nankivell was editor of The Captain for years. He bought a large South African stamp collection offered by a correspondent before the South African War. Dealers thought it worthless but Nankivell bought it and later resold as Boer stamps were called in, netting about five thousand dollars.
A hostess explains her husband spent the afternoon crafting a punch by hand. Guests praise the result and ask to congratulate him, but the hostess says he is unavailable and has just been put to bed.
A resident of Shubmusacadie Nova Scotia testifies that Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured his lame back kidney disease and heart flutterings after three years of illness. He states the pills purify the blood relieve the heart and restore kidney function, adding the remedy never fails. The piece also includes a light local humor aside about a marriage and song.
An Ontario ad offers free guidance and a home treatment plan for female health issues including leucorrhoea ulceration womb and ovarian concerns. It promises low weekly cost and a free book titled Woman's Own Medical Adviser sent on request. It includes a Windsor address and a side note from The Tatler about temperance and humor.
The Dr Williams Medicine Co offers a free little book on infant and child health for mothers who send name and address to Brockville Ontario. A humorous exchange about callisthenics and marriage. Dr J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial is promoted for dysentery and inflammatory stomach issues.
Louis XVIII questioned Fouche about espionage during Napoleon's era. Fouche admitted a spy named the Comte de Blacas, earning two hundred thousand francs a year. Louis replied that Blacas was honest, noting he had half of the same amount.
A Chicago News quip recounts a starving tramp refusing to share wood after a hearty dinner. The old farmer taunts the hobo about laziness, joking he would hang himself in his barn if he were as idle as the tramp. The exchange wraps in a comic regional dialect.
General Sir O'Moore Creagh VC KCB is appointed commander in chief of India to replace Lord Kitchener. Born in County Clare Ireland he is famed for colonial service with the Second Baluchis and Afghan War VC. Forty of his forty three years in service were spent in India.
The piece notes French children start school before dawn and study late into the night. It contrasts early lessons and long hours for those pursuing higher professions and the demanding, strenuous life at the conservatory. It highlights the immense labor across arts and the discipline that even German students would envy.
An old advertisement touts Murine Marine Eye Remedy for red irritated eyes among New York City schoolchildren. It claims high eye care need, promises pain relief, and lists uses for pink eye and eye strain, with pricing and a free literature offer from the Marine Eye Remedy Co. in Chicago.
The Washington Star quotes Eben urging independence and cautioning that seeking excessive advice can lead to missed trains and wasted time. He warns against delaying action by overanalyzing schedules and timelines.
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News notes Green2Smith urging Brown to forget troubles and listen to Green this morning in relation to Minard's oiniment, indicating a local exchange or courtly chatter.
Fran cis Leclare, a lumber yard worker, was crushed by a falling tree in January. He was treated with Minard's Liniment, using three bottles to deaden pain, after which he recovered enough to resume work, according to Sauveur Duval of L Islet.
A Kansas City Journal quip notes a wife who knows more about a kitchen range than a piano. The exchange prompts a playful clash over expertise and domestic interests.
A young theological student who filled Rushby pulpit for two Sundays spoke with Mrs. Kingman, noting her praise for the sermon this morning. He asked if she liked it and she affirmed his material chosen, calling it real good. The exchange reveals how his fresh approach clarified the difficulty of explaining the text.
A Kingston Ontario reader reports five years of rheumatism and kidney trouble improved by Cin Pills from National I & M Cal Co Limited. The letter praises the remedy, claims all symptoms vanished, and notes continued occasional use. It mentions price 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 and directs readers to dealers or the New York company.
A wealthy banker, famed for pocket watch thefts, abandons precautions and is robbed. That night his watch case is found to have dynamite. a man’s hand is blown apart and his left eye injured in a dramatic explosion.
A farmer and a visitor discuss moving the summer to a farmhouse. The farmer notes the scenery is limited by mountains, joking that you could see to the county seat if it weren’t for them. The Philadelphia Record quotes the exchange.
A newspaper blurb warns that many soothing syrups and powders contain poisonous opiates and may harm children. It asserts Baby's Own Tablets are free of opiates, safe for newborns, and effective for stomach and teething troubles, with a testimonial from Mia F. Young of River Hebert Nova Scotia and a 25 cent price from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A Chicago Record Herald remark notes a lawyer son has practiced nearly eleven years without election to the Legislature or appointments as receiver or railroad president. The speaker jokes he may have to rely on practicing law to earn a living.
In a terse exchange a milkman confesses finding a minnow in the milk yesterday morning. The woman admonishes him as the absurdity unfolds, joking that cows drinking from the brook rather than the trough might solve the issue.
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