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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1923
Page
6
The narrator recalls a childhood split into the impulsive Anne and practical Margaret, shaped by a scholarly father who dreamed a living language program, and a mother who built a home from modest means after the father’s death. The family moves from a cottage to a Robertson home, finding ordinary happiness amid financial constraints and community friendship.
A memoir-style sketch recounts Winnipeg’s early social climate, women’s work, and shifting class dynamics. The narrator recalls schooling, private versus public upbringing, career choices for women, financial balancing, and family support shaping a practical path in the early 20th century Manitoba.
A literary fragment contrasts two girls a socially connected one with a circle of friends and a girl who is on her own noting the need for different judgments. The text hints at deeper themes to be continued.
A bright youth outfit is described with a white silk Mandarin coat, a white Canton crepe pleated skirt, a soft black and white woolen fabric hat and scarf, and a black and white oxford finishing the ensemble with effective contrast.
In twenty years the Alaskan Eskimos have made great strides and now have churches and schools. Many read and write, with reindeer herds started by the government contributing to prosperity. Deer meat sells at seven dollars per hundred and sixty pounds, and natives own at least two hundred thousand reindeer under government supervision.
The law imposes up to a $10,000 fine on counties where lynchings occur and treats participation in a lynching as murder. It also bars attempts to rescue prisoners with at least a $10,000 fine and up to ten years’ imprisonment. Canada is larger by 102.10 square miles than the United States including Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Ontario reader Mrs Nelson Yort describes chronic cramps starting at age eleven and ongoing pains in the right side. She reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, recommending the remedy to others as a cure for irregularity nervousness headache and backache. The letter touts the product as a long used women’s medicine strengthening the system and aiding regular function.
New Jersey doctors claim many mental illnesses stem from dental problems. Dr. Draper of the State Hospital for the Insane cites that capping diseased teeth drives poisons from the body and that 85 percent of treated patients were cured. Dr. Reiss adds extractions may cure some cases and argues prevention could cut state costs.
A Brittany farmer preserves a 300 year old sealed bottle rumored to foretell weather. When rain nears, particles cluster. snow arrives as white flakes. hail thickens the mixture. Farmers call to confirm forecasts. Scientists from the Frestich Academy of Science will study it, but the owner resists opening it. A similar family bottle burst decades ago during a severe storm.
Air mail pilot Jack Knight flew from Cheyenne to Buchanan via Chicago in a single night after word of his father’s illness. Officials say the 975 mile route covered mostly in darkness marks the longest single night flight in aviation history. The Chicago stop preceded a return leg toward Buchanan, 75 miles east of Chicago. In this issue a new serial, Opening Doors, by Elinor Marsden Eliot, begins.
A Canadian newsletter reports the great new Mormon temple at Cardston Alberta costing more than 1,000,000 was dedicated August 26 and contains in construction every word mentioned in the Bible. A light year is defined as the distance light travels in 265 days at 186000 miles per second. The more a man knows the less he pretends to know.
Ad touts CA TARRHOZONE as a pine forest remedy for catarrh and colds. It claims deep lung and bronchial reach, soothing antiseptic balsam, and a two month course for $1 with a five cent trial size. Refers readers to The Catarrhozone Co Montreal.
Hundreds of engines and box cars are being concentrated at strategic western points along the Canadian National Railways to move the 1923 wheat crop. The preparations aim for a steady, uninterrupted flow from prairie fields to Great Lakes hubs and world markets, with overhauls and repairs completed and new rolling stock added to prevent blockades.
Lands department reports firefighting costs total 20000 this year versus 34000 last year. A total of 954 fires have occurred so far, compared with 2021 fires by this date.
A Pear son’s Weekly caption claims a doctor in old Mexico reveals success by forcing patients to pursue their own aims, framing a secret technique as a rule. The piece presents a provocative, period tone about medical practice and patient autonomy.
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