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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1923
Page
6
A Montreal company advertises Catarrho Zone as a quick, sure remedy for catarrh bronchitis and colds. The large two month supply costs $1.00, small size is 5 cents, with druggists carrying the product and mail orders accepted. The copy touts guaranteed relief and warns against substitutes.
The narrator describes a busy home life during war with two children to care for while volunteering in home front tasks. The household becomes a sewing and packing hub for charity boxes as friends and relatives join in, with many serving overseas in France Egypt Mesopotamia and one fatal loss in 1917.
Prisoner Murray reached England early but endured serious gas injuries and an ulcerated stomach from wartime captivity and poor rations. In his first London letter he appeals to return home, hoping for recovery under medical care as Major Allardyce contemplates surgery. Margaret-Anne remains anxious.
A reader describes relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Tablets and Blood Medicine for long standing pelvic inflammation and pains. She recalls suffering since age fifteen and wartime munitions labor, noting improved health after six boxes and a bottle.
A widow describes locating a Parkview Street cottage for herself and children as Murray returns from service. He is thinner, nervier, and increasingly haunted by war memories, but his family’s support and medical guidance help them endure. Rupert notices changes as the family reunites and plans for the future.
The excerpt contrasts the father and Nicolas with a sensitive girl who nurtures her sick father. The daughter, a tomboy with a protective instinct, worries about her mother and care duties while claiming she is “my Daddy's little nurse.”
A diary excerpt from 1919 20 reflects a mother balancing marriage children and social life. She praises her husband Murray and the twins while noting plans for future happiness and a simple home with land a garden and perhaps a Ford. The piece ends with a promise to continue.
Charles Cummings and George Stewart drove a car when a escaped horse charged from a field. The horse damaged the radiator lamps mud guard and rear light but no one was hurt. The stall stalled the car as the horse smashed the vehicle and left it in scrap iron.
The article notes a striking coincidence among U.S. presidents born in Tennessee. Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, and James K. Polk were all born in North Carolina, were Democrats, and their full names each contain thirteen letters. Four others—Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant, and Woodrow Wilson—also have thirteen-letter names.
Canadians in the Commons debate access routes as the Canadian High Commissioner currently issues tickets through the Speaker. A proposal suggests allocating a special gallery section for colonial visitors while noting exceptions for fringe events and major debates.
Official dispatch confirms the Dominion Government will advance about 200000 dollars to Vancouver Harbor for finishing the Woodward elevator. The facility will operate as a private undertaking. A French collector owns a stamp collection valued near one million dollars.
Howard Carter told London listeners that less than a quarter of Tutankhamen's treasures have been removed and two more years of work lie ahead. He predicted the sarcophagus would reveal the king in regal death attire, then allow his body to sleep in its shrine.
California experts report dahlias contain sugar in their tubers and plan large scale cultivation. Dahlia sugar is about one and a half times sweeter than cane or beet sugar and is reportedly easily grown. A USC formula suggests production costs will be similar to existing sugars and the discovery offers a diabetes friendly option without harming patients.
A Detroit News quip about motherhood humorously notes a mother finds items the family spends hours seeking in the top right drawer, highlighting a common household dynamic.
A concise reflection notes that many men seek rewards or outcomes without willingness to undertake the required effort. The saying emphasizes the link between ambition and labor and warns of entitlement without work.
A Los Angeles Times editorial warns that reckless hunting could erase game and leave future generations only rats mice and sparrows. It notes past collapses of buffalo passenger pigeon and heath hen and urges legal, considerate hunting and gentlemanly sport.
A Washington Post letter argues against modernizing Bible language, equating it with updating biblical portraits to contemporary attire and habits. The author insists language and imagery should not be altered to current lingo or fashion.
The Romanoff family jewels and art treasures are moving to major auction rooms in London and Paris after two years of rising sales. A notable sale in London fetched about 50000 dollars for 42 old French snuff boxes once owned by the family, a surprisingly low price for such items. One box, a gold oval Louis XV piece with a Frederick II miniature and watch, allegedly gifted to Voltaire by Frederick II, sold for 5000 dollars.
A physician asserts soap can combat leprosy while noting few young boys contract the disease. The remark highlights hygiene's role and questions why incidence among children remains low.
A speculative notion of a top ladder rung persists as no one has yet reached it. The idea lingers in imagination with no verified ascent or public proof of achievement.
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