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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
3
Crown Tailoring claims its suits are built on excellence with proper cutting and expert sewing. Each suit is tailored rather than merely assembled, ensuring permanent shape and style. The maker says the genuine quality earns it wear by Canada’s best dressed men.
Four subscription options are listed: $1.50 per annum payable in advance for two book changes each week and $2.00 per annum payable in advance for three book changes weekly. Books kept beyond fourteen days incur a five cent daily charge.
The article notes common misnomers in chemical terms such as oil of vitriol being sulfuric acid, carbolic acid as a phenol, copperas as iron sulfate, cream of tartar not being cream, and mosaic gold as tin sulfide. It contrasts popular labels with accurate definitions and cites how early vocabularies mislead about substance identities.
Champ Clark recalls how humor helped John Allen of Mississippi win a congressional seat. Tucker opposed. a stump joke about bivouac and guards trumped the general's appeal, sending Allen to Congress where he gained lasting renown.
A Chicago geographer recalls how explorer Robert Peary began each expedition with express packages from fans and cranks. George Ade once warned Peary of a shipment labeled to be opened at the farthest north, which turned out to be a small keg inscribed axle grease for the pole.
In Vienna Professor Karl Van Noorden criticizes wives who overfeed husbands insisting many gain weight after marriage as wives offer favorite dishes at every opportunity. He argues restraint is needed to preserve a husband’s slender boyish figure.
A west side mother pleads for the child to go to bed. The boy answers with a wry bargain asking to stay up an hour longer, prompting a playful exchange about rules and bedtime.
The piece depicts Hewitt Grue unable to write his own name while Jewett notes that when a man demonstrates crossing out another’s name on an Australian ballot he considers it forging his signature.
Hortense instructs Mr De Mfillyons to contact Fido by phone as Cario barks a greeting. A whimsical line about the brain sowing corn or planting thistles frames the scene.
In a fateful outburst of humor and romance, Lida Graves tests the two lawyers in a mock trial aboard a boat and later acts as judge to settle her affections. Hugo Lawrence Holland wins Lida’s favor after cross examinations turn playful, leading to a real life romance.
Earl of Kinnvoill recalls fishing trials and rare catches from Dupplin Castle. He notes peers often outfished him with salmon, including a first-timer landing a forty pounder and another friend a near fifty pounder, while his own best spring bag remains thirty one pounds.
A renowned comedian on opening night at the B theater displayed quick wit as he awaits a friend's arrival. The joke lands when he feigns surprise, claiming to have seen the guest in a distant looking glass. The spontaneous moment draws roaring laughter from the audience.
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