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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
A New York Mail item challenges readers to test a flawless speller by dictating a long jumble of rare and odd words. The piece humorously catalogs misspellings amid fantastical descriptions of a scientist, eccentric objects, and archaic phrases to reveal true spelling skill.
A Caribbean cruise row reveals Canadian passengers scorn Haiti and its leaders while a 62 000 bill from Britain prompts Haiti to pay. The incident features a Haitian commander and local officials, and Canadian travelers urging a show of force as a chaos filled day unfolds in Port au Prince.
A citizen recounts a Berlin tale about Muller who drowned when his boat capsized in a river ten feet deep. Schmidt and Krauss discuss the incident in a park as the city notes stringent police ceculations.
A fragmented passage discusses the blue sky as a hemispherical wash and the air’s depth sending back sunlight. It notes particles in the air are extremely small and interact with only the emptiest portions of light, hindering fuller description.
A Toronto News account recalls the poet Alexander Somerville a Scot and former Private who refused to draw his sword during Chartist unrest. He was flogged and dismissed from the Scots Greys then sent to Canada where he sang of freedom among the fields and beasts.
Mechanics Magazine describes dangerous stage work on a suspension bridge under construction. Builders extend from towers without footing, using long derricks and beans to reach ahead, riveting girders as sections are completed and moved forward along the span.
A historic record shows the Duke of Wellington wielding near total control as the sole figure in government after the Whig ministers resigned. Sir Robert Peel sought to form a new ministry from Reno, taking several weeks for the Messenger to deliver and return, while Wellington ran the treasury and home affairs.
In a discussion on phonetic spellings, the work by Me Excott on Club Makers and Club Members traces White's club history to its current proprietor and analyst. It notes how terms annalist and gntlyst look alike but differ in pronunciation, risking clarity if printed identically.
A fragmented excerpt hints at primitive expressions of affection and jealousy. The garbled text mentions a rejected lover and a sensitive man among ancient peoples, with cryptic references to a partner and another woman.
A garbled report outlines a court or public dispute labeled right to his line. It mentions judges, testing, and a four venture or business theme with names and places unclear. The item reads like a fragment from a legal or civic notice.
Readable fragments show a garbled exchange about death and dress with no clear event or names. The text lacks identifiable people, places, or a solvable news item to summarize into a proper card.
Four men with no clear aim dismantle and relocate a damaged Oak structure. Caswa witnesses the unusual scene as onlookers watch the work unfold.
A readable reminiscence recalls Mr. Winston Churchill’s calm daylight hours at Harrow. The piece notes his conversational gifts and inquisitive mind rather than bold public feats, with a stray memory of a boy running the cricket field as a casual, faded scene.
A Country Life correspondent documents Hastings fishermen terms for weather. Pinnety describes hot moist calm air. swallocky signals sultry skies and impending storms. eddeuble marks long cloud loops. windows and messengers name cloud types. postboys are scattered clouds. smither diddies warn of bad weather. egger jagger is a thick sea mist moving ashore.
The Curragh in County Kildare spans about 4800 acres serving as a major military camp and race course. It hosts ancient chariot race legends from the first century A D and was later established as a camp during the Crimean war era. The area, once a contested royal pasture, is linked to St Bridget who secured it for common use, with locals nicknamed the lads of the short grass.
A Wytheville weather station youth Tom hoists his own weather signals from his mother’s coal shed daily. Mary, a neighbor’s daughter, times her day to Tom’s flags and spots a weather flag on a picnic day. The mother doubts the reliability of such fags while Mary trusts Tom’s guessing.
A writer in London’s T. P’s Weekly discusses Indian postcards as cheap self contained items. The piece notes stamps and envelopes must be wetted and mentions caste defilement concerns, yet praises publicity and public attention drawn by postcards.
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