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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
2
A physician warns that so called spotting medicines can harm children and that Baby's Own Tablets claim guaranteed government approval. Mrs J W Smith of St Giles Quebec testifies to their effectiveness for constipation. The Dr Rae Medicine Co advertises 26 cents a box and mail orders from Rockville.
An article describes extreme cold descriptions from Russia and Arctic expeditions. It cites Leopold McClintock and a sailor freezing his hands at severe temperatures. It promotes Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a universal cure for coughs and lung inflammation.
A famous ball player notes reduced coverage in sporting pages and comments that signing again will renew his newspaper mentions. The Chicago Tribune captures his quip about boosting attention through a new move.
A testimonial from J As Stoliker in Ridgetown Ontario dated December 19 1906 praises Psy chine as the greatest medicine and tonic for weak and run down people. The letter claims rapid recovery in three months and urges sharing with sick friends. It notes throat lung and stomach troubles and other conditions quickly cured and lists availability at druggists 50 cents to 1.00 or from Dr T A Slocum Ltd Toronto. Hyker-bronson remark adds a political jab from Chicago News.
Advertising copy promises a one day cold cure with laxative bronqoquine pills. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Groves label appears on each box and price is 25 cents.
A dialogue about a company's performance in Wagnerian opera likens the execution to an assassination. The exchange highlights a sharp contrast between artistic execution and perceived destruction of the work.
The ad asserts skin eruptions and blotches stem from impure blood due to liver and kidney imbalance. It claims Parmelees Vegetable Pills cleanse the blood and restore organ function, erasing blemishes without residue.
The Yale Record quotes humor about Blank managing a knee injury with playful mockery. A whispered line speculates on treatment by wearing pumps, reflecting campus wit and sports chatter.
A domestic quip shows Minard's Liniment advertised as widely available. A husband and wife joke about visiting Mrs. Baker's with a lighthearted dialogue, ending with the husband asking the aim of going.
The piece contrasts past Conservative and Liberal views on state aid with current government plans to tackle housing in crowded areas. It highlights debates within Labour and Liberal factions, notes sanitary reform, and cites rookeries as a long-standing problem. It mentions pensions, smallholders, and urban planning as part of broader reforms.
The piece notes how religious ideas permeate daily objects like the lota used by Hindus and Muslims. It describes brass and copper preferences, a spout added to suit ablutions in water, and parallels from Sir George Watt. It recounts Bengal jail clothing conflicts over seams and prayer-covering garments and the magistrate’s bid to resolve them.
A brief dialogue exchange shows Miss Elder and Miss Teppery joking about pretending hair to be gray. The idea of aging is treated humorously as Miss Teppery mocks the notion of buying gray hair and the two share a lighthearted moment.
A fragment from a Bridg et Yea section notes a baker sending fresh macaroons described as grand and well received by Bridg et Yea and a polite ivory tone is implied by the era of the New York Times.
A Niagara area reader testifies that Zam-Buk salve relieved five years of painful protruding piles after trying doctors and remedies with little success. He used three boxes and claims full cure, praising the product and noting its broad claimed benefits for skin and other ailments. The ad copy lists Zam-Buk as available from druggists for 50 cents or from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
The pills are praised for relieving eye inflammation and other digestive issues. Testimonials claim rapid improvement as the medicine acts on nerve centers and blood, with letters of recommendation from those cured.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt presents a brief exchange where a child confesses to giving another a black eye after being provoked. The dialogue highlights a parental questioning of the reason and escalation, with the child admitting the punch followed a return hit.
A London Pall Mall Magazine excerpt explains coal’s vast versatility from coal gas and ammonia for agriculture to asphalt and coal tar. It describes coal gas production in closed vessels and the chemist’s transformation of coal tar into medicines flavors perfumes and explosives, illustrating coal as a prolific resource.
The article argues hats serve no warmth or decency purpose and rarely display art, instead reflecting fashion and social custom. It notes hats are unattractive and unnecessary and questions why men and women persist in wearing them, wishing for a thorough Irish response.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes an editor praising a poet for a spring poem, highlighting the editor's remark about the poem’s typewritten text. The exchange features the long haired poet and the editor discussing the typewriter used.
Testimonies from Bay of Islands Springhill and Albert Coach describe relief from acute bronchitis facial neuralgia and chronic rheumatism after using Minard s liniments. Names cited include J M Campbell WM Daniels and Geo Tingley in Bay of Islands Springhill Albert Co N B.
China detains alleged smugglers amid tensions with Japan over weapons. Diplomats exchange reproaches and apologies follow as Beijing pursues a diplomatic resolution to the incident.
An advertisement promises Wolford's Sanitary Lotion cures for all contagious skin ailments in 30 minutes on humans and animals. The notice features a humorous exchange about authorship with Mr. Stormington Barnes and a playful jab at a press agent.
Public notice touts PAZO Ointment promising cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Claims guarantee and price of 60 cents.
Stable Boy I may be a fool, guve nor, but I ain't fool enough to go back and ask him.
The article describes a colossal mammoth with a head towering 300 feet high and a body spreading over acres. Bones are being excavated near Skidegate in the Queen Charlotte Islands with some fragments sent to Vancouver. Eye sockets measure 18 inches to two feet in diameter as the skeleton is recovered for shipment. Powerful light for North River: Lackawanna will install a giant arc lamp cluster at Hoboken Station. Forty nine arc lamps in a single globe of six feet diameter will deliver 2 300 volts sixteen amperes per lamp, promising a candlepower near 1 500 000.
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