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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
5
The Scleroscope is a device that measures hardness by dropping a small hammer with a blunted diamond tip inside a vertical tube onto a surface. The rebound height on a graded scale indicates surface hardness, with steel showing about nine tenths of the fall.
A Belfast correspondent reports that Lord Pirrie head of Harland and Wolff has become an emissary of the Liberal government to pursue a Home Rule scheme with Ulster. Pirrie, once a Belfast Unionist mayor, is seen meeting with Mayor McMordie as Belfast discussions focus on safeguarding the Protestant minority while pursuing the Home Rule bill.
The Toronto Star Weekly urges readers to begin with Lord Durham and Canada history reprints, praising Durham's report and other works. It also satirizes the 4 health insurance act's wash day shift, noting employers may move wash days to Tuesday then Wednesday to dodge costs.
The Westminster Gazette notes that many doubt the historical basis of the Doones tale and John Ridd of Oare yet the Blackmoor Exmoor legend fuels tourism. Visitors flock to the Oare church and ride Exmoor ponies along the valley to the water slide as romance sustains local interest despite doubts about the Doones.
A reader notes the author James Carlyle of Annandale and describes him as a respected, witty figure who jokes about the Carlyle clan. He mentions Jock not being a London doctor and Jamie Yon as the farm owner, praising Jamie Yon as the man of the family and noting James Carlyle feeds the best swine in Dumfries market.
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