Local Notes and notices from January 29 1914
A patchwork of items from The Free Press noting clerical appointments at the Baptist Church on the Blind River and property transactions on Main Street. Also reports births and deaths, a Women’s Institute banquet by the Canadian Shredded Wheat Co., a Chicago Glee Club concert, a council resignation, and Warden Hynds named for 1914.
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Women’s Institute
Shredded ‘Wheat Co
Chicago Glee Club
Harvey
Reeve Hynds
Acton
Winter hazards and a pantomime outing in Canada
A reader laments cruel winter conditions causing suffering to unshod horses on icy roads and urges shoeing for safety. The note moves to a family trip to see Robinson Crusoe pantomime in the city, praising its energy and arguing for more stage entertainment over screens, for both adults and children.
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Ww & Mah
Canada
Robinson. Crusoe
Diary of Uncertain Times in Slats Town
Fragmented diary notes recount odd events and local gossip from Friday to Thursday. Mentions Uncle Lem, unemployment fears, a trip to New York and Virginia, a gifted silver spoon, engagements broken, a cow incident, clothing mishaps, and a dogged focus on everyday life amid hardship.
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Tio
Lém
Job
Zimri Stubbs
New York
Virginia
Curt Miles
Tilly - Bloom
Tilly
Vvestinary
Teasday
Taylor
Catrys
Tag
Sandy MacDoone
Tim Glant
Persian Balm Beauty Ad Promises Smooth Soft Skin
Persain Balm offers cool refreshing soothing protection for the skin. It claims to soften and beautify the complexion, banish roughness from weather exposure, and guard the skin for hands and face with a fragrant charm.
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports strong 1932 33 year
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and its country elevators moved 87 382 000 bushels of all grains, 43.02 percent of provincial handlings, plus 3 988 000 bushels via Pool Terminal elevators. Net earnings reached 1 434 000 after depreciation and mortgage interest. pool earnings since 1925 total 13 607 000. Commitments met amount to 3 224 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Wheet Pool
Farmers’ Co-Operative
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited
Saskatchewan
Egeener
Wheat Pool
Phoenicia A Brief View Of Its Coast And Trade
Phoenicia is a narrow 12 to 20 mile coastal strip along the northern Mediterranean shore of Palestine. It features Tyre Sidon and Beyrouth harbors, fertile soil yielding oranges figs olives and grains, and a history as skilled mariners traders and colonizers with Carthage as a notable colony.
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Phoenicia
Phenice
Phenicia
Carthage
Rome
Mediterranean
Palestine
Mount Carmel
St. Jean d'Arc
Lebanon
Tyre
Sidon
Beyreout
Edison credits mother with shaping his life and success
In a memoir-like reminiscence Thomas Edison recalls how his mother’s firmness, kindness, and belief helped him through school troubles. He says a teacher’s insult nearly broke him until his mother defended him, inspiring him to live up to her confidence and his own potential.
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Thomas Edison
True to Form Green and Black Joke Reveals Grass Widow Punchline
Green quips about Brown keeping vegetarian principles while Black reacts. The joke lands with Green noting Brown has run away with a grass widow, a pun on hay and marriage.
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Green
Brown
Black
Safe simple home treatment for catarrh deafness and head noises
An advertised remedy advises using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar. Four daily tablespoons are claimed to ease catarrh symptoms including deafness head noises breathing difficulty and throat phlegm. The notice promises rapid improvement and broad cures.
Westminster Abbey Known as the Royal Cemetery
The piece covers Westminster Abbey’s history as the Royal Cemetery and Collegiate Church of Saint Peter. It notes Edward the Confessor founding the church between 1049 and 1065, his burial in 1083, and multiple reconstructions up to 1890, with thirteen centuries of church occupation and a lineage of kings and queens buried there.
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Weatminster Webbey
Resent Abbey
Edward the Confessor
Henry
Edward
Westminster Abbey
Doctor Persuades Husband to Allow Surgery in Veiled Indian Woman
At an annual British Commonwealth League conference in London Dr Arthur Lankester recounted saving a veiled Indian woman accidentally shot when her husband refused permission for a doctor to operate. He cut two small holes in the veil to access the wound and administer anesthesia, and the patient recovered.
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Arthur Lankester
India
British Commonwealth ‘League
London
Dr. Lankester
Roosevelt Quote on Change and Leadership
Franklin D. Roosevelt remarks underscore the need for steady leadership amid change. The dialogue hints at guarding secrets and balancing journalism and investigation while guiding public action.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quality Goods Versus Cheap Imports
The piece argues that buying cheap foreign goods harms both the buyer and country. It asserts that high quality local merchandise plus continuous newspaper advertising can counter foreign competition by creating sustained demand and a desire to own quality products.
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Featured in Ad Claim
An advertisement proclaims the virtues of Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, suggesting mothers can testify to its effectiveness from experience and use.
Timetables for Canadian National Railways Passage
Daily through here the eastbound Chicago filer stops at Georgetown at 9 44 p m. The timetable lists multiple daily departures including 8 05 am 2 23 pm 7 00 pm and 10 28 pm with Sunday exceptions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago’ Filer
George Town
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Ainda Oe
Clara, Alexander
Freus
Free Press
Shusdsy
Leaveng
Parry Ound
Sarah Johnston
John Leavens
Sultor
Sonny
Buckley
Buckley’s
Sarah
Anadian National Railways
Span
Sun
Savage &Co
China
Guelph
Ontario
Wyndham
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