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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
7
A column features many lost item notices over eleven ads versus one found item, plus assorted ads for Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Lifebusy Soap and a quips-and-comics style page. It blends moral commentary with commercial pitches and light humor.
A Chicago Daily News anecdote recalls a dentist punishing his five year old son for disobedience. The boy asks for gas before the rod, prompting a humorous moment as a reminder of child wit and parental limits.
Dr. William B. Lamb visits a small inn near Hargrave during a Manitoba trip. A deaf landlord and a limping patron give conflicting directions about Brandon, offering brandy and evasive replies in a humorous exchange. The tale, as relayed by the Washington Herald, captures a quirky travel moment.
Letters praise Zam-Buk as a versatile home remedy for cuts burns eczema and skin sores citing cures from London Ontario Nova Scotia and Manitoba. The ad asserts Zam-Buk heals wounds and even piles with a 50 cent price and post free option from Toronto. A closing quip references milliner hats and price jokes.
The text combines a scene with Minard's liniment claimed to cure a target in cows and a chaotic stage moment about missing reticule and diamonds aboard a train. A mother Graves Worm Exterminator note and touring company manager exchange hint at distractions impacting travel.
The piece notes a Boer warrant describing a 25 year old Englishman Winston Churchill as five eight with a bend in posture and a lisp alongside Dutch ignorance. It recalls his early ventures from the 4th Hussars to Cuba and Spain, Malakand in India, Tirah, and Kitchener’s 21st Lancers during colonial campaigns.
W. 8. Gilbert dines with three clergymen at a country hotel. They learn his identity and ask how he feels in such a grave and reverend company. He replies with a quip, saying he feels like a hen in a den of Daniels, a playful reversal of the phrase.
A brief urban sketch recounts a lively exchange over a mule purchase with one man quipping that time flies in this country. The banter highlights local dialect and humor in everyday commerce.
A law firm debate plays on a metaphor of Greek affinities as two partners discuss one affinity suing another. A Marine Eye Remedy advertisement appears, followed by a suffragette observer noting a lack of campaign materials and loose bricks observation. The dialogue turns to a personal exchange about a letter to William and a checkbook consultation.
Worn brooms can be restored by dipping into hot water to soften the straws, then trimming uneven edges with shears. The process tightens the weave and makes the broom nearly as good as new, restoring usability.
An Australian report highlights asbestus houses as fireproof and water impervious with high insulation. They resist heat and cold and are unaffected by white ants and other insects common in southern countries.
Mexico presents climbers with a range of peaks from Joruilo in Michoacan at 4,265 feet to Popocatepetl at 17,540 feet, highlighting seventeen notable elevations nationwide as unmatched inducements for mountaineers.
A noted eye doctor advises pouring olive oil into the eye after exposure to dirt lime or sparks to remove any harmful substances. The remedy is described as painless and always effective in clearing foreign material from the eye.
The gum arabic tree is native to India. The note highlights its origin and status as a native species in that region.
A witty youth announces to a crowd that a carriage is not moving and directs people off. The station master reveals the ruse and explains the porter uncoupled the carriage, not due to real suspension but to the boy’s clever deception.
A Manitoba man credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his gravel and back pain that plagued him in 1907. He reports excessive urination improved after one box, urging others with urinary disorders to try the remedy.
The advertisement promotes Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a remedy for rheumatism, lumbago, and sciatica by toning the kidneys to filter uric acid from the blood. It claims over fifty years of use prove the product strengthens weak kidneys and alleviates joint and muscle pain.
Senator Sorghum laments not a mis understanding but the impossibility of mis understanding amid public exchanges. The Washington Star notes both sides have stated their opinions in terms clear enough to be unmistakable.
The Dr Williams Medicine Company claims Baby's Own Tablets are completely safe for newborns and older children with no opiates or poisons. A government analyst supposedly guarantees the claims. The tablets treat indigestion colic constipation diarrhoea teething and other issues and are sold for 25 cents a box by mail or through dealers.
Mrs. M. Summers of Windsor Ontario offers a free home treatment for bed-wetting and urinary difficulties in children and adults. No money required. written instructions provided by return.
A cryptic exchange from Harper’s Bazar hints at a doctor claiming “the baby” was wrought and a father remarking the child “looks just like me” in a terse telephone chat. Names and full context are unclear from the fragment.
Dialog shows Mrs McCall questioning a servant girl's progress. Mrs Hiram Offen replies the girl is getting slower, noting ongoing improvement but backsliding in pace. The Catholic Standard and Times records the exchange.
A teacher asks about steel pens and a boy answers with a wry remark about geese. In a classroom Edwin, age three, hides his scratched hand after confessing to lightly beating the cat to his mother.
A Detroit Free Press quotation contrasts a man shaving his moustache with his wife shedding wigs and hair aids, leaving both surprised by altered appearances and identities.
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