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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
2
A miscellaneous page fragment notes Fox and Ross established in 1936 as stock brokers on Scott Street. It mentions a bicycle mishap on a country road with a rider striking a tack. Several ad-like items reference worm extermination, a quote by Rev. Dr Young, and a joke about Wilson fly pads and a new Texas town named Gratis with dubious origins.
The dialogue portrays a father warning a son about discipline, the son protesting a potential scolding, and a humorous reference to past jokes. The piece hints at broader society scenes with a Connecticut health report and a newspaper headline about strikes, plus critique of art fraud in Atlantic City.
Ernest Sinclair, a convict at Sing Sing, died while attempting to rescue a fellow prisoner from drowning in a dramatic act of bravery.
A concise medical note describes spring humors being checked and discharges reduced with sores cleaned and healed. The text emphasizes a return to health as treatments take effect.
An old advertisement touts Dr Chase's Ointment as a fast healer for pimples sores and skin eruptions. It claims internal and topical use clean sores reduce discharge and prevent infection with rapid itching relief and visible improvement daily.
A dramatic critique argues the Chicago beef packing cartel dominates U S and Western Canada markets. It details the big six firms Armours Swift Morris Cudahy and others controlling 72 subsidiaries, rail car ownership, high trade shares, and calls for anti trust action amid reciprocity talks with Canada.
An aged Scot named Duncan, famed for wealth despite no formal schooling, bets a friend he can spell bird. He spells B R D and then claims the correct spelling as RB i rd, sparking the wager turn. The tale diverges into quips about behavior and a note on Mount Ararat with seventeen recorded incidents.
A city editor questions a young reporter over the line puzzled to death and the reply ridled with bullets highlights risks of phrasing. An ad for Dr Kellogg Dysentery Cordial promises rapid relief for summer ailments, stressing immediate action and stomach relief. Nobbs and Dobbs joke about formal etiquette at a summer cottage.
A testimonial from John R Holden and Perry Baker describes using Digby N S Minard's Liniment on an injured horse. After eight weeks of various medicines, the doctor advised the liniment and all wounds healed with hair regrowth. The note praises the product's effectiveness.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised with a testimonial from Frank J. Cheney of Toledo offering one hundred dollars for each catarrh cure failure. The note cites a 1886 oath notarized by A Gleason and claims internal action on the blood. Also mentions a burglar scare in New York solved by a pantry cat.
A forgetful clergyman botanises without a vasculum using a red handkerchief to carry specimens. He encounters a sweating workman digging a trench and asks who Satan is. The workman must ask his mate Bill to answer, leading to a humorous misunderstanding.
North Portal Saskatchewan reports a faster service as a trailing car runs Monday noon to Mose Jaw, enabling Winnipeg dailies to reach readers seven hours earlier, seen as a benefit for towns along the Soo line between these points after deputation to MP J G Turriff in Estevan.
June in Winnipeg sets records with 312 marriages, 425 births, and 136 deaths. Among births, 215 males and 200 females. marriages outnumber last year’s 262 and deaths rise to 136.
Lands purchased by the Duke of Sutherland near Clyde, about fifty miles north of Edmonton, are to be divided into ready made farms for Scotch settlers he expects to bring next year. He will allot farms to tenants on easy terms with a view to expanding the venture in western lands if successful.
A fire destroyed a frame residence of Henry Counte in Portage la Prairie on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Counte and three children escaped with light injuries after waking to dense smoke in their bedroom. Only a sewing machine and two chairs survived the blaze.
A six year span shows Socialists in Germany doubling to two million The dialogue features remarks on price of men and women and installments Life quips on misers and pain A Nevada convict sentenced to hang for murder umpired a prison ball game with no disputes The piece critiques umpire fairness and prudence
Advertising copy touts Gin Pills as a cure for back pain and kidney bladder troubles among the elderly. Testimony from S Martin of Strathmey Ontario claims a three-box course cured years of misery. Box price is $2.50 with a sample free on request from National Drug & Chemical Co. Toronto.
A New York man dies from chronic heart valve and kidney disease and lung edema per doctors. A Baltimore youth named Harrison Lee reportedly caught rats at New Rochelle city hall with a cheese baited fish hook. A mole on the arm is described as a sign of wealth.
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