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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
7
Mr Tudhope recalls life on the farm in a fireside chat with Sol Orillia the Tudhope Car company president J B M P stands nearby and jokes with a newspaper correspondent as ash heaps smolder two hours after the blaze. He shares thoughts on capital letters life stories and lessons from the disaster.
An Englishman and an Irishman teased Miss An nette Kellermann about her Diving Venus performance at the Fifth Avenue theater. They quipped she swam the Channel farther than anyone, with the Irishman asking how close and the English coast cited as the punchline.
An advertisement extols Kelloge s Drysentery Cordial for acute summer complaints claiming immediate stomach and intestinal relief. It asserts rapid irritation and pain reduction and urges trials to prove the claims. The blurb is followed by a humorous exchange about love and a Lifebuoy soap promotion and a joke about a tug of war.
A customer reports curing a severe distemper in a valuable horse using Minard's Tivyacdont Silav Adlea de Yours tralv. Vilande Freres.
The article notes airship costs imply only wealthy individuals can afford to pose as elite aviators, highlighting class disparity in fashionable flight pursuits.
An advertisement touts Minard's Liniment as relief for neuralgia. The text also critiques small talk and self made men, detailing a stranger conversation over ten minutes. The item reads as a clipped vintage promotion with social commentary.
An Ottawa era style ad promises a free home treatment for bed-wetting by Mrs M Summers of Windsor Ontario noting it helps children and adults with urinary issues. The page also includes a joke about Gruyere cheese and a caricature caption about a boy named Bertie and his odd clothing causing concern.
Mr. Eugene Caste, a Toronto mining engineer who located the Kingsville gas field and discovered oil fields in Kent Gouge, Ontario, is engaged by Canadian Pacific to supervise drilling at Bassano and Brooks in the Bow River Valley, Alberta. Early indications of oil are favorable and CPR plans a large appropriation for further drillings at promising sites along the line.
Dr Eugene Heane director of mines says Canada will host the first electric smelting plant linked to the Sault Ste Marie and steel industries. Lake Superior company plans a furnace line like Sweden, with a $7 million venture to treat Ottawa River ores at Chats Falls. Louis Simpson leads a power-rich Ottawa site and the project could spark broader Canadian electric smelting growth.
At a Halifax session of the Grand Council of the Provincial Workmen's Association a committee discussed affiliation with the Canadian Federation of Labor and brought a unanimously supported resolution. It condemns American labor organizations for attempting to assume Canadian industrial rights.
Dr Gray, warden of Bradfield College, plans to send the first group of trained English public school youths to settle 1 928 acres of ranch land near Calgary. He bought the land for a public school settlements scheme and aims to form advisory committees in Canadian centres. One year of training at Canadian agricultural colleges will be offered for those not suited to farming.
A powerful organization led by Sir Christopher Furness plans to provide a regular weekly supply of chilled beef to England. The Federal Steam Navigation company would build nine high class steamers designed for meat transport to support the scheme.
An old advertisement from the Marine Eye Remedy Co. of Toronto markets Marine Eye Remedy for various eye troubles. The copy promises soothing effects and urges readers to buy at druggists and request eye books sent free.
Sleeplessness is treated as a vital loss and Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills are recommended. By regulating the stomach they restore normal conditions and healthful sleep follows, with a sedative effect on nerves to calm unrest.
A collage of brief humor lines and two scene snippets from judges, shoppers, and family exchanges. Witty exchanges about shoes offered with lace, boasts of drummers, stock puns, age jokes, and a lecture invitation ending with a child's quip.
The article promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood restoring tonic that cures rheumatism by purifying the blood and expelling rheumatic poisons through the bowels kidneys and skin. It cites a testimonial from Thomas McNeil of Richibucto Newfoundland showing a complete eight to ten year battle ended after ten boxes. It also includes a note on purchasing by mail from Brockville Ontario.
The clippings juxtapose jokes about harvest work and settlement workers with a Life magazine quip about noble marriages, followed by an advertisement praising Dr Thomas’ Electric Oil as a widely available, affordable remedy sold through drug stores across Canada.
A husband admits using a word that offended his wife a week ago and says she has since spoken harshly to him. The exchange is noted in Fliegende Blaetter with no further details of the incident.
An Annapolis Nova Scotia man over eighty reports relief from long standing kidney and bladder issues after using Gin Pills samples from National Drug and Chemical Co. The letter notes frequent night urination and use of devices, with improved sleep after treatment. The product is advertised with pricing 50 cents or six for two dollars fifty.
Tr W Thompson vice-president of Ogilvie Flour Mills Co visits Fort William to assess site for a new mill with at least 3000 barrels daily capacity. He and H Holt of Montreal Heat Light & Power Co arrived to discuss plans though full details are not yet public.
James R. Hoskin, 25, of Mansfield England, died near Chilliwack after hogs pulling a pig wagon gore him when he slipped. Charles Carter, a farmer, and three men with clubs subdued the animals after the attack. Hoskin had been in Canada only a short time.
In Rome the Pope praised a telegram from Quebec that shared the messages between Mgr Sbaretti and King Edward at the Canadian plenary council. He especially lauded the king for reaffirming religious freedom for all British subjects, contrasting this stance with other nations.
In a Success Magazine excerpt a lawyer asks Mr. Barnes about a prior statement before Chief Justice Fuller. The defense objects to admissibility and a half hour of argument follows. Judges retire to consider. They later permit the question and Barnes replies he was not at home.
A humorous uproar at a ball game features a man awakened by his wife yelling to kill the umpire. He claims he knocked over a washstand while reacting, and quips about smashing the pitcher. A quip about women studying astronomy and cooking follows, with a cynic's line about women and marriage offers.
A historic plea for free life readings by Roxroy, a twenty year occult researcher. He claims to reveal character through natural laws with testimonials from patrons and clergy. The notice invites readers to mail birth details and a verse to a London address with optional postage.
A witty remark on whether soda water should be written as two words or with a siphon between them. The quip showcases a playful take on punctuation from a London periodical.
A health note claims Halloway's Corn Cure tops a list of remedies for corn relief. The passage also warns that waiting passively for luck to bring success may result in only a wreck drifting in with the tide.
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