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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1922
Page
7
Audacious thieves entered the lost property office of Scotland Yard one night, stealing unclaimed umbrellas and overcoats from the bureau on the top floor. Access was gained through a skylight and the burglars fled onto a neighboring roof. A separate note mentions a 4 2.20 acre tax farm started near Wrangell, Alaska.
Mrs. Jesse Petersen of Jasper Minnesota reports relief from stomach pains and backache after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it enabled her to work again and that she recommended the product to friends. The ad touts nearly fifty years of service and urges other women with relocations and nervous symptoms to try the remedy.
A commercial treaty between France and Italy was signed at the Foreign Office. The Berlin government invited foreign financial authorities to discuss stabilizing the mark. The Pan Pacific Congress met in Honolulu as the Pan Pacific Commercial Congress sat in session. Saskatchewan set 1923 car license fees on wheel base with a minimum of 15 dollars.
Experiments across Canada identify suitable flax districts. Western British Columbia Ontario St Lawrence Valley and Maritime Provinces produce first class fibre, rivaling Irish and Belgian grades. Spinning tests show Canadian fibre can make the finest linen damasks.
An article explains blood color as a sign of oxygen content and health, praising Dr Williams Pink Pills to enrich blood. It cites Charles A Stayner of Glenholme NS, who reports improved health after using six boxes and recommends the medicine, sold for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 by The Dr Williams Medicine Co.
At a Swiss rifle meet marksmen saw steel jacketed bullets deflect from their path due to telegraph and telephone wires along the range. In Thus four parallel cables at forty yards produced 6,000 volts, swinging bullets up to twenty four yards off a 260 yard range. On an artillery range of 3,000 yards the electromagnetic field affected projectiles, deviating about 14 degrees and pushing them 40 yards ahead and 46 yards to the side.
London dispatch reports over a hundred Cornish miners leaving for Plymouth to travel to Northern Ontario. They will join a large Cornish community already at the Hollinger Gold Mine. The item notes early science and a medical advert for Kellogg asthma remedy.
A physician in Palmyra travels to Be Douin wandering tribes using airplane visits to locate and treat patients, mingling medical care with nomadic outreach.
A letter from Halifax Newfoundland cites Jones wanting a shock absorber mailed to his wife before a trip. The advertisement by Minard's Liniment Co praises the product as effective for bruises and pain. The testimonial claims the liniment healed wounds and provided relief after an explosion. Alfred Beatin of 184 Agricola St. Halifax endorses it.
Edinburgh radiologist Dr Johan Spence aged 50 suffered severe burns from X-ray experiments leading to the amputation of his eight forearm. A pioneer in Scotland for X-ray and medical electricity he continued work despite dermatitis. Trustees awarded a medallion and an annuity of £130.
An old advertisement touts Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor for corn removal claiming total root and stem elimination. It emphasizes that the product works quickly and costs 25 cents at all dealers with no substitutes to refuse.
Fragments discuss reading pleasure and empathy with fiction. A Boston Transcript mention notes Miss Freaman’s fascination with literature and social courage in conversation. The text references Thomas's Electro Klectrie Ol as a medical remedy claimed to heal sore throats back pain and inflammations.
At the Calgary Winter Fair the boys and girls competitions drew top notice as exhibits surpassed previous years. Verna Stankey of Cochrane won both the yearling and calf in baby beef, with Muriel Pritchard of Camrose taking the calf class grand championship. Judges praised the healthier, well fine tuned stock across 24 senior and 14 junior pig entrants and noted strong performances from Lougheed Sedgwick Alliance Killam districts.
Century old Anglo Saxon note describes King Edgar in the tenth century ordering all work to stop at noon on Saturdays and not resume until sunrise on Saturday.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and aid natural restoration. It states the product is a liquid taken internally and mentions J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The text ends with an offhand note about men fishing while wives opt not to join.
Advertisement promoting Cascarets as a pleasant tasting laxative for adults and children. Claims relief from constipation and associated symptoms without griping, highlighting an “Ioca” box and candy-like taste.
A Mexican weed yields candelila wax as the main ingredient in shoe polishes for brown and tan footwear.
The mayor, riding a new bicycle at dusk, travels far from home to find water for his acetylene lamp. A laborer at the cottage door questions the request, and the mayor is reproved by the worker for his improvised journey and age.
An advertisement-like fragment warns that 8,000 die yearly from rupture and attacks neglect of self care. It promotes the PLAPAO self treatment using the PLAPAD pad, claims no slipping or chafing, and invites readers to send ten cents for trial information from PLAPAO Co in St. Louis.
A pair of buffalo donated by the Canadian Government to London's Zoological Gardens left Wainwright Park and were shipped to Montreal where they will be berthed on board ship in pens 10 by 12 feet.
A new oil lamp, claimed to emit brilliant white light superior to gas or electricity, has been tested by the U. Government and 35 universities. It uses 94 percent kerosene, burns odorless with no smoke and little noise, and offers free trials plus potential local agency with earnings of 250 to 500 dollars monthly.
Between September and October Saskatchewan points loaded 25,500 cars of grain out of 44,817 cars loaded across the three prairie provinces on Canadian Pacific Railway lines. Total grain moved on CPR lines to October reached 65,219,493 bushels, averaging 1,455 bushels per car and totaling 37,102,500 bushels in Saskatchewan for the season.
Money is almost unknown on Norfolk Islands in the Pacific Ocean where about twenty five dollars is the total annual cash handled by the entire population. The note highlights extreme monetary scarcity and the community’s reliance on barter and noncash exchange.
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