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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
6
An old advert discusses constipation as a root of many illnesses and promotes Dr Chase Kidney Liver Pills as a fast acting remedy that cleanses the whole excretory system and restores liver function. It includes testimonials and mentions price and availability from dealers.
The article traces London’s early food entertainment from cooks shops along East Cheap to a shift around Shakespeare’s era. Cooks offered meat with bread and pastry but no liquor, charging by the joint, before taverns expanded public hospitality and ended the cooks monopoly on hot meals.
A survey of renowned writers who produced major works despite severe illness or injury. Milton Prescott Green Brownings Barrett Heine Scott Walter Scott fought illness and debt while completing landmark histories and poems. Their courage and perseverance shaped enduring literary achievements.
Charles J. Levey MPP Cape Colony recently traveled through Toronto visiting Guelph Brantford and possibly Chatham to study the negro question and agriculture. He hailed Liberal policy as saving the African colonies predicting Union Parliament will address native administration and defense while noting Botha has gained cross community confidence amid South Africa’s race tensions.
In Corby Northamptonshire villagers reenact a yearly rite each Whit Monday. Visitors entering the village are asked to pay a fee and if refused are seized strapped to a pole and paraded amid laughter. The origin tied to historic grants remains unclear though the practice endures.
In the early 1890s Pilkerton, famed American sculler, faced a rival crew amid rumors his mate would throw the race. After discreet inquiries, Pilkerton ordered a hard challenge and the boat won. A gossiping summer hotel crowd fueled chatter about trust and betting.
A cousin of James Watt recalls his youth anecdotes. The tale notes Watt’s idle steam curiosity at tea with his aunt, a scene cited by a French savant to illustrate Watt’s early insight into steam condensation and future engineering fame.
The Cree tribe at Moose Factory near Hudson Bay faces famine as a mad member, dubbed a windage, prompts Ottawa to send Constable Giroux to move him to the Hamilton asylum. He must travel 300 miles by canoe via Moose River after routes via Missinable. The shift from killings to legal containment marks a change in tribal justice.
Dr Grace describes W. H. Murdoch’s golfing mishap as he sank in a deep bunker and then emerged amid a sand shower. The crowd applauded the recovery and Murdoch quipped that he used a double handful of sand to fling the ball out after doubting he could escape.
A. E. W. Mason MP for Coventry, novelist and playwright, uses his electoral experience in Colonel Smith. The open air enthusiast writes slowly, often two years per book, and enjoys yachts and mountaineering with Andrew Lang on Scotland’s West Coast. The landlady jokes about their fishing prowess.
A cosmopolitan English painter Sir John Sargent described as son of American parents born in Florence trained in Paris and London, speaks multiple languages, and prominent at Burlington House. A hunting tale recalls Sargent’s hat incident when his horse stepped through a top hat, prompting humor from Edwin Abbey about a near head injury.
In Gorakhpur district two boys tried to summon the water god Mahadeo by reciting mantras. When no apparition came they attacked each other with a sword, risking their lives. One boy drowned while the other recovered and told the tale.
A humorous 1910s tone outlines a man’s rush to answer a stock broker call during a bridge game. He abandons rest, grabs a fur coat and a Merry Widow hat, and, despite noise, presses through to place a required trade before the market close. The piece satirizes social norms and quick action under pressure.
A Florida man sent a photograph claiming resemblance to Mark Twain. Twain reportedly replied with humorous praise saying the admirer looks more like him than any doubles and that in a mirrorless frame he could shave beside him. The note appears in Success Magazine.
Very many persons die annually from cholera and summer complaints, who might have been saved if proper remedies had been used. If attacked do not delay in getting a bottle of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial, the medicine that never fails to effect a cure. Those who have used it say it acts promptly and thoroughly subdues the pain and disease.
A humorous remark from Philadelphia Re lcorch recounts Wilkins as the most absent minded man, recalling a barber chair incident where he wrapped a newspaper around his neck and started feeding the towel.
A Scottish American exchange mocks a Pat and Mrs Pat about a liniment ad. They discuss whether Mr Fidleman provided the job and express approval of a worker, noting the man is fair to work for and the speaker’s enthusiasm for the product.
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