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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1923
Page
6
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone Inhaler as a fast remedy for colds. It claims to clear nasal and throat passages, heal inflamed bronchial tubes, and prevent catarrh with a single breath. The complete outfit costs one dollar and is available from The Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal.
Murray and I settle on a Manitoba farm after leaving Winnipeg to begin anew. We tour Spruce Creek, meet local merchants like David Wilson, observe a changing frontier town, and weigh early hopes for dairy and meat production in a growing farming district.
A letter from Viking Alta praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relieving abdominal pain cramps and vomiting and improving daily work life. The ad touts testimonials and invites readers to request Mrs Pinkham’s private text with product details from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Cobourg Ontario.
The narrator and Murray set out at eleven for Herringtons Hope while Mr. Herrington leaves the farm. They fear the twins Nicolas and Rupert are missing but find them safe, conversing with Swedish neighbors after clinging to a fence. Nicolas claims they came from Winnipeg to join a farm Mr. Herrington arranged.
The article notes voices preserved on phonograph records from 1890 including Gladstone Florence Nightingale F T Barnum Mrs Browning and Henry M Stanley. Gladstone’s voice comes from a speech for a New York meeting Florence Nightingale speaks of Balaclava comrades Barnum predicts future generations will hear his voice after death.
A Fort Worth church wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings of Winston-Salem was broadcast on WBAP at noon. Listeners heard the entire ceremony without attending in person, avoiding dress and attire concerns while visualizing the bride. A botanist notes every tree has a voice, jokes about bark.
At a summer camp in Upper Saranac New York guests reported clothing button thefts with one guest losing 23 buttons and a bearskin rug losing teeth. Authorities traced the culprit to chipmunks feeding only on buttons and teeth. A nationwide campaign for eye conservation is planned in America.
The excerpt urges children to avoid a careless attitude, using tales from a fox tale and a Toronto fire to warn that not caring leads to disaster. It stresses personal responsibility, attention in learning, and showing others by example, ending with a call to replace “I don’t care” with care and caution.
An air traveller in Europe must obtain passport vises for every country along potential flight paths even if no landing is planned. Officials say the rule prevents passport gaps from accidental or forced touches during passage.
Swiss settlers may be established in British Columbia as negotiations proceed between the Swiss Association for Interior Colonization and Industrial Agriculture and the British Columbia Government in a country tributary to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
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