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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
6
An advertisement touts Catarrho Zone Inhaler as a fast cure for colds from nose to throat. It claims immediate relief by clearing airways, healing inflamed bronchial tubes, and preventing catarrh, with a one dollar complete outfit offered in mail order from The Catarrho Zone Co. Montreal.
In fall 1915 I meet Murray Aylwin at the head office where I work in the Savings Bank department. Our circle of friends, past suitors, and my mother’s chaperone instincts blur as BF’s matchmaking fades and romance returns to focus on work and growing responsibilities.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the Interior in Ottawa reports ongoing Mines Branch studies on the alkali lakes of Western Canada. The research aims to map distribution and quality and estimate sodium and magnesium salts available, with sodium sulphate the most abundant and crucial to future paper and glass industries.
A reflective note compares historic and modern eating habits, noting heavy medieval and Renaissance meals. Louis XIV reportedly started mornings with four chicken cutlets, several eggs, and ham, while Henry VIII’s dinner guests allegedly ate about seven pounds each, with a fish course featuring eels salmon pike barbel mullet and sturgeon.
A politician teased Judge Ben B. Lindsey about coffee being a heating drink and asked if he tried gin and ginger ale. The judge replied with a wry smile that he had tried several fellows who did.
In a Kansas City Journal excerpt a debate over Peleg’s reputation emerges with the claim that he was never as he is remembered. The text references an ancient system of charity among the Egyptians 2500 years before Christ.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service in Ottawa reports rising demand from Canadian and foreign manufacturers for precise data on forests minerals and water powers. It offers resource literature and swaps and invites readers to apply for access to these services to support industry and war debt liquidation.
RCA installs a six and a half mile long radio antenna at Koko Head to shield messages from interference and keep them absolutely secret. The line runs toward the company's San Francisco station and will receive signals at about 12 000 meters wavelength, reportedly among the world’s largest systems.
A banquet in Africa for the opening of a new coaling plant featured coal lumps as table ornaments. The coal was varnished to protect linen and holes drilled to hold water and flowers. The report notes Paris laborers earn about 3 francs a day.
Smithsonian findings show bees rely on a hive odor created by combined scents from individuals and a queen odor signaling colony health. Pores and hairs on their bodies act as nerve endings for scent recognition, shaping food choices and colony unity. Insects’ olfactory power surpasses human smell.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a shopper demanding returns for two bad eggs and a grocer’s joke about sending them back to the hen. The piece then shifts to a cheap watch joke about always knowing the time.
Norman E. Trimper of Bear River Nova Scotia praises Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Anuric Tablets after long illness and failed medicines. He reports improved health and urges others to try the remedies, offering to answer inquiries and providing trial package details.
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