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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
6
A description explains that the regulating rail supports piano action and that heat humidity or moisture cause it to warp and twist. When misaligned the action loses touch responsiveness and hammers fail to strike strings accurately.
The Mason and Risch piano uses a wooden bed encased in brass for the regulating rail to prevent warping from atmospheric changes. This ensures perfect alignment of the action. After years of use the piano remains as responsive to touch and precise as when new.
Park Ranger Mark Robinson explains two beaver classes, the industrious river beaver and the "house" beaver, noting their diggings along North Muskoka and Pettawawa rivers, the construction of long lodges up to 40 feet, and the seasonal patterns of dam and house building with summer food gathering and winter storage. Report also cites an old trapper’s observations on typical litter sizes and survival rates.
Col Steele recounts the lawless early prairie days when whisky traders corrupted Indigenous peoples near Fort Whoop Up and Drunken Lakes. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police, marching from Lake Superior to Alberta, crushed the whisky fort and ended brutal trading hubs, as Indians cheered the crackdown and awaited Queen Victoria’s protection.
A dated testimonial from Madame Zenophila Bonneville of Lancaster Ontario recounts severe constipation finally cured by Fruit-a-tives tablets. She describes taking five daily then one every two days, praises the product, and offers dealers or mail orders from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ottawa. Prices listed include 50 cents a box six for 2.50 and a 25 cent trial box.
Dr G C Simpson presents a theory of rain electricity from thunder storms. Upward air currents lift moisture forming droplets that break, separating electricity. Water gains positive charge while air becomes negative. repeated breaks heighten charges until rain reaches ground carrying positive charge. Clouds absorb the negative air, becoming highly charged, explaining violent storm electricity.
An amendment to the army annual bill clarifies that mobilization may impress motor cars and locomotives. The idea of press gangs was discussed as a means to seize vehicles rather than men, with Great Britain considering modernizing compulsory impressment procedures.
A Fox Creek New Brunswick reader credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with easing long standing back and loin pains and improving digestion and strength. The letter from Mrs Bourque urges others to try the remedy before considering surgery or giving up hope, noting Mrs Pinkham’s guidance and free advice.
A Welsh revival scene unfolds with converts convulsed by laughter and pain as one woman reports healing from cancer after a claimed blood transfusion. Onlookers scream, groan, and cry out in religious ecstasy, while leaders urge restraint and manage the chaotic gathering over three hours.
A white engineer, Vivian William Denton of Gravesend, was convicted by a jury of West African negroes for a brutal assault after aiding in a bank raid. His release followed Home Secretary intervention after appeals by friends in Africa and at home and support from Sir Gilbert Parker.
Lionel Brough born in 1836, began as a clerk with John Timbs of The Illustrated London News, pioneered street newspaper selling, spent five years at The Morning Star, then joined theatre in 1863. He toured UK, America, and South Africa and is noted for his devotion to animals with a home described as a beast and bird paradise.
Stromboli rarely erupts lava streams yet shows persistent flame and spasmodic cinders from the Aeolian crater. Referred to as the lighthouse of the Mediterranean, it has functioned as a torchbearer for about 2000 years. Ancient beliefs varied, from Vulcan's smithy to Aeolus headquarters, while medievals called it a main highway to purgatory.
The Gargoyle article explains the term roots in the French gargouille meaning throat. It traces the architectural monster through which rainwater is conducted and recalls the Gargouille de Roues dragon cast into the Seine by St. Romanus. A yearly sham gargouille procession memorializes the deliverance.
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