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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1911
Page
6
A western town mayor and his friend gamble over a queen in a euchre game. The friend bets $100 and $1,000 as the mayor bets high, then the mayor reveals four aces to win but the friend questions the queen’s value. The scene blends with unrelated ad-like chatter and fragments from the Toledo Blade.
A collage of short items includes a reward notice for a cure, a patent medicine claim by Cheney & Co, a reference to Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, a line about Dr. Seid's Family Pills, a seashore question from the Birmingham Age Herald, and a quip about marriage motives.
A quirky collection notes practical tips in plain talk. Minard's Liniment claims burn relief while jokes on hair growth and spankings tease social quirks. The willow is praised for adaptability as a switch stirs debate over small words and big plans.
A generation has trusted Cuticura products for fast economical treatment of barbing scaly and bleeding skin issues. The advertisement touts the speed and value of Cuticura Soap and Ointment as the remedy.
A Bar Harbor tale notes the widow of Thomas F. Walsh, owner of The Washington Post, at her son in law’s home. She remarks health could improve by visiting a Nevada ranch to see her flock of sheep, while a train express car with fifty four inhabitants is mentioned in the surrounding commentary.
A collection of satirical aphorisms on idleness honesty and society. Witty quips touch on fame money conscience and marriage while critiquing hypocrisy and social norms with a playful admonitory tone.
A collection of domestic tips covering ironing with damp cloths to avoid shine, making glue glycerine cement for leather and wood, shutting damoners on heater pipes in summer, keeping cookies warm in lined jars, infusing sponges in sweetened water to attract insects, removing iron rust by steam and lemon, cleaning a burnt kettle, maintaining patent leather with olive oil, and shoehorn cork hacks for kettle lids.
A Cleveland Plein Dealer reports a midday surprise as a meal stock broker recalls a late crop temperature causing wardrobe and cash mishaps. A listener asks if any of the big rolled bills were received, noting the forgotten stash.
Tokely reports sending a batch of aeronane jokes last week. Boges asks about the reception and Jokely notes the jokes mostly came back. The excerpt shows a brief exchange about comic material and its return.
A garbled quotation shows Mr Groweter supporting a yearly July 4 celebration while others favor a simpler, calmer approach. The fragment hints at a civic discussion on national celebration frequency and tone.
By George R. Staff recounts a tale of a crooked man forging checks and facing consequences as a moral vignette. The piece then advertises Parmelee's Viable Pills claiming to regulate digestion and liver function and promote wellbeing.
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that a Pottawatomie Indian may divorce his wife by remarriage if only Pottawatomies are affected. The decision states such divorce is legal and proper under the tribe’s customs and status.
A reader praises Ainard's Liniment Company Limited for relieving severe mosquito bites on a countryside trip. The letter claims the liniment not only calmed irritation but also prevented sores and deterred further bites.
In a brief Chicago Record Herald dialogue, Pa asks what Herodotus did and is told he won a purse offered for three-year-olds. The exchange contrasts Pa’s curiosity with a caller's focus on world events.
A humorous tale unfolds as a boy named Sammy, traveling with his mother through Texas, scans the forest for pineapples. He explains he has seen pine trees but not a single pineapple, highlighting the playful misidentification of fruit during a family trip.
A fragment quotes a saying about marriage aims and reform, noting the attempt to change a flawed partner by matrimony. The remark uses a witty analogy to describe the challenging, often futile effort.
A broad call urges retailers to press farmers for prompt payments of goods, issue regular statements, and personally follow up on large accounts. It argues that quick settlements prevent funds shifting elsewhere, reduce elevator delays, and boost cash discounts, stressing coordinated national action.
A veteran switchman recounts a Panama story where a water-strainer coral piece blocked engine water flow. He and the crew removed the obstruction, allowing the train to resume. The odd incident illustrates the strange yet true dangers encountered on freight runs aboard a forty-car train.
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