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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
3
A promotional notice extols Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for eczema psoriasis and itching while serving as a skin beautifier. It cites cases from Miss C Stanley Jones a Toronto nurse and masseuse noting rapid cures in children and adults and highlights soothing antiseptic healing properties with a 60 cent per box price at dealers and in Toronto.
A humorous exchange unfolds as two fishermen argue over a forgotten can of worms. One accuses the other of forgetting the bait, while the second quips about mistaking the phrase for a remembered newspaper. Their lighthearted bickering ends with a pun on Philadelphia Press.
Mercury in catarrh ointments harms senses and overall health. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo promises mercury free internal treatment. Testimonials and Druggist price listed. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are praised for stomach regulation and mental clarity.
In a humorous rural snippet, Farmer Hayrick asks about a summer prospect while Farmer Cornerib boasts ten cows for the railroad and hogs for auto fellers, predicting earnings of about $500. The note mentions Minard's Liniment and a statement by Vice-Admiral Ijuin on Japan's naval plans.
A wry remark from Lustige Blaetter notes that friendship is tested by finance as the speaker jokes that only money lenders remain friends and challenges the listener to join them. The quote captures satire on social bonds and economic rift.
A Honolulu blacksmith reportedly invents asbestos horseshoes to resist heat from Kilauea. Visitors ride from the Volcano House toward the Halemaui man pit, and the scorching floor heat endangers horses’ feet, creating demand for non heat conducting footwear.
A teacher asks a pupil to use fidget in a sentence. The boy writes This store will fidget June 1st provoking a laugh about a moving sign. A younger sister shows pyrography of a girl and cat by a fireplace, and the mother notes the girl looks scared, prompting the reply A burnt child dreads the fire.
An irate father ejects a suitor after a confrontation revealing the man’s quip about his objections. A Baltimore American line hints at social friction of a strict parental scene. A worm problem is advertised as the cause of children's ailments with a product claim.
A Philadelphia Press quotation debate contrasts two hours of sleep before midnight with six hours after midnight. The exchange highlights differing views on rest value and timing for physicians and callers in the morning.
A Philadelphia Leader quips that a women shirtwaist sign promising low prices fails to persuade shoppers who doubt the claim. Separately a London Tatler vignette shows a family seeking cheap lodging, learning only one bed is available and the father jokes the wife and children will sleep on the floor.
Franz Ketterer of Switzerland created the first cuckoo clock in 1735. An engraving on copper dates from 459.
A sculptor recalls dinner behavior in Rome where a Turkish nobleman rejected toothpicks while wearing gold embroidery. Tit Bits Chairman Knapp cites a French railway tale about public complaints over old dark blue rail cars bumping versus new light blue ones, urging swift repainting.
Testimonial style advert claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore red blood and cure anaemia neuralgia rheumatism nervous debility and other female ailments. A Canadian reader reports lasting improvement after eight boxes and urges others to try the remedy sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 50 cents a box or two dollars fifty for six.
A district visitor asked the wife of a well known drinker why she could not keep him from the public house. She replied that she had tried her best to make home inviting and homelike, even removing the carpet and placing a beer barrel, but nothing changed.
The practice originated in fifteenth century Italy with mercantile hubs like Venice and Florence adopting double entry bookkeeping to improve financial accuracy and recordkeeping.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote tells of a man who schemes to end a nuisance by hiring a boy to kidnap a dog. The plan backfires as the dog’s owner, the narrator’s wife, laments Fido’s absence and later reports the dog found. The tale ends with a hollow promise of payment to an honest faced boy.
A humorous exchange between a young man and an old boarder centers on a balcony signal involving a lit match. The youth explains he was punished for using the signal and kissing his sweetheart, only to discover the signal was lit by the girl’s father.
A Philadelphia Ledger note recounts Johnny being detained after school and ordered to write a fifty word tale. He describes a girl walking home who spots a cat and repeats a call to the animal in varied capitalization as she attempts to attract it.
A mother warns her son Freddy not to mention Mr M’s nose at dinner. Freddy, asked to keep quiet, blurts out that Mr M has no nose, revealing the child’s innocent honesty and the mismatch between caution and curiosity.
Two collie dogs hunt rabbits on a hilltop. A rabbit bolted into a trap and was caught. Ravens dive and croak to drive the dogs away, then begin to feast and quarrel over the rabbit.
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