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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
6
Advert shows Dr Hamilton's Pills for headaches indigestion and fatigue. Claims pills keep system clean tone blood and restore vigor. Offered by The Catarrhozone Co Montreal with price 25.
The narrator recalls traveling to the Indian Mission on the Reserve and explains the Bar B cattle dipping process. He describes a narrow reservoir used to bathe cattle before shipment to England to prevent disease, noting the legal requirement and the unintended humor of the scene.
Mrs. Tena A. Smith of Country Harbor Cross Roads Nova Scotia says Dr Chase s Nerve Food cured ten years of severe headaches. She notes weight gain from 109 to 121 pounds and urges others to try the 50 cent tablets sold by dealers or Bates Co Toronto.
A late night encounter with a Death's Head Hawk Moth sparks a boy to study moths and become a naturalist. The tale covers moth varieties, night flight, protective resting behaviors, and the life cycle from caterpillar to moth.
A writer visits a Canadian Indian Reserve at a hill country mission. White painted homes sit among trees and gardens. The Indian Agent and family host tea while a school serves about one hundred children with boys in blue uniforms and girls in bright ribbons. The writer critiques a sanctimonious deaconess and notes Ellen Prince of Wales and her family visiting the mission.
Curie faces impact from economic downturn in France as 60,000 government jobs are cut. The radium laboratory loses funding and struggles to retain qualified assistants. Philanthropists are urged to provide the few hundred dollars needed annually to sustain Mme Curie’s staff at its current inadequate level.
The article describes how ancient Greeks linked wind directions to weather sequences, noting their skill in predicting conditions through atmospheric patterns and seasonal winds. It highlights cultural beliefs about gusts signaling coming storms and fair skies.
Vancouver resident Mas J. C. Greaves credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with renewed strength after two years of tiredness headaches and sleeplessness. The ad claims the product helps nervousness backache and side pains and notes a fifty year history of use by women seeking relief.
The Dominion Live Stock Branch reports mixed cattle receipts with western provinces rising while eastern markets lag. Combined receipts to Sept 7 across Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton exceed last year, with calves hogs and sheep up overall. Top cattle prices fall toward Sept 14 except Calgary showing strength. Hogs rise in Toronto and Montreal but dip in Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton. Sheep and lamb prices are higher except Winnipeg where lambs weaken.
An old ad claims Pape’s Diapepsin instantly corrects indigestion sour stomach and gas. It promises rapid relief from sourness flatulence heartburn and stomach pain after taking one tablet. Druggists guarantee each package to correct digestion at once.
Lord Strathclyde 69 renounced a 3750 pound yearly pension granted seven years after retiring as Lord Advocate for Scotland. He cites inability due to weak health to take part in House of Lords duties. The piece notes generous ministerial pensions and contrasts with Speaker and Lord Chancellor salaries and retirement pay.
A vintage mother’s note markets California Fig Syrup as a trusted bowel cleanser for children and babies. It warns to demand genuine California Fig Syrup with directions on the bottle and to avoid imitation products.
Manitoba expands beekeeping into a $400,000 revenue sector this year with about 1,000 beekeepers producing 2,000,000 pounds of honey. Provincial apiarist Floyd says growth could double next year if trends continue.
The Finance Department reports a small drop in net debt for Canada in August. Net debt stood at 2,387,676,265 dollars on August 31, down from 2,392,542,628 dollars at the end of July.
Indians gather wild rice by canoe through extensive beds using snipping or pulling. In canoe, rice is dislodged with a paddle and hulled by heating in shell, then treaded by moccasined feet. Wild rice, a tall aquatic grass, has fed Indians since memory. The labor is so tedious that few whites attempt it.
Alberta coal production has risen to 6,825 tons daily in the Drumheller area and will reach between 7,000 and 9,000 tons. All coal camps in Alberta and eastern British Columbia are operating, with much of the output shipped to Saskatchewan and Manitoba to meet Western Canada demand.
A classroom joke frames a light moment as a teacher questions how the earth is divided. A student answers with a pun about earthquakes, prompting the class to move on.
Mrs James Elsworth of 902 Selkirk Ave Winnipeg recalls a costly weeklong course for a bad leg, spent on ointments that failed until a sample of Zambuk eased pain and cleansed ulcers. She praises Zambuk as effective for eczema ringworm poisoned wounds boils and other skin injuries. 0c all dealers.
An old report describes a new automatic car detective device that triggers a long-range electric horn when the car shakes or moves. Police will stop soundings, letting owners switch it off at home, and use a Yale-key switch to arm it when leaving.
A report by H. A. Chisholm states about thirty four percent of automobiles in India are made in Canada. With British preferential tariff Canada is becoming a key export center for motor vehicles as U S firms set up plants there to handle export business.
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. London's women police cost the city 150000 pounds yearly, though they lack real authority to make arrests.
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