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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
2
An advertisement lists Alver's Rectorative Herb Capsules No 3 for female laxative and regulative nerve tonic use. Price two dollars to O P Alver at 601 Berbourne Street.
Fetherstonhaara and Company announce a head office located on King Street East in Toronto Canada indicating expansion of patent services.
Christian Science Monitor recounts Bertholomew Gosnold voyage to Marthas Vineyard in 1602. He describes lush soil, clear waters, vast meadows, abundant vines and fragrant groves. The article notes the enduring wild grape vines and historically productive farms, including corn shelled on early holdings.
An anecdote recalls Cecil Rhodes in prewar Johannesburg encountering a cool German clerk who refuses to rush, saying Cape Town is different from their republic. The exchange shows Rhodes’s temper and the clerk’s restraint amid a broader meditation on criticism and progress.
A wink briefly eclipses the retina yet the brain still perceives the prior image for about an eighth of a second. As new views arrive before the old vanish, darkness goes unnoticed. This persistence explains motion pictures and spinning wheels in rapid light.
A brief quip from a Philadelphia Ledger item notes a lecturer urging marriage at twenty two, while a thirty year old woman challenges the notion and directs the comment back to men. The exchange reflects society’s dated pressures on courting and gender roles.
A quotation contrasts liberty with law and power, noting that true liberty requires that citizens may act within what the law permits lest others gain undue power. It argues that liberty dissolves if only some may act freely.
A humorous exchange recalls a painter Binka who faced criticism from a critic. The critic admits respect only after a painting sells for two thousand dollars, highlighting a conflicted praise rooted in sales success rather than artistic talent.
Dialogue captures a critique about a picture with a remark that about five miles of distance would improve it. The exchange features an artist and a candid assistant-like friend exchanging light banter on perspective.
The Philadelphia Ledger comments that half the population being men and half women causes most of the trouble. The remark frames gender parity as a source of social friction and disruption.
A collage of short, quirky vignettes. A child notes a pet condition, Florence Louise boasts of local doctors, and a playful exchange reveals domestic humor about dancing and wardrobe mishaps. The piece reads as light social humor with casual dialogue.
In a terse exchange, Margaret questions Mrs Brown about suffrage. Anna notes she is torn, while Christian Berister hints she remains undecided.
Dialog shows Dinah the wastress quitting next day due to harsh duties and excess dishwashing requests. Mistress protests but Dinah cites overwork as reason.
In a crowded car a boy endures a sniffing from a haughty lady. Frustrated, the woman urges him to use a handkerchief. The boy replies with genteel wit, offering to use one yet politely asking her not to lead him.
An inmate, jailed for stealing beef, writes to a person named Psther about his health improving after being sent to the southwest for recuperation. The fragment notes his feelings and a personal update while in custody.
Harold C. Goddard argues educators misprioritize grammar and languages over inspiring imagination. He contends Greek and Italian study should spark a living sense of culture, not mechanical perfection, urging teachers to focus on wonder and creative inquiry.
The author weighs civilization by science education wealth and justice. The United States Britain and Germany score high while Norway is described as the most civilized country, praised for common sense and justice, according to the New York American.
The Chicago Tribune explains how water striders walk on ponds using microscopic hairs on their feet that trap air. Each foot forms a tiny water depression without sinking, while a hair cover keeps the body dry and appears like a white pearl beneath the surface.
The article cites Talbot on the dangers facing lightship crews during storms. It recounts an Atlantic gale near the Beven Stones between Land's End and Scilly Isles where a wave wrecked the crew, crippling two of seven men and injuring another, as a demonstration of the harsh life aboard lightships.
The Segitera temple in Ise, Japan, holds a July goma rite to honor Acalasatha, a servant of Buddha. Priests of Shin gon kindle a fire to consume desires while offerings of prayers are made, drawing farmers eager for embers or ashes from the burning area.
A cryptic witness recounts a curious scene in an alley north of Payne Avenue yesterday. Two youths are described as bothered by a tense exchange about self defense, with scattered phrases indicating a scuffle and confusion.
In a terse exchange Mason declines a joke after a difficult year. Johnny questions the remark as Mason moves toward the door saying the joke would land but not be funny.
A fragment discusses insanity with reference to Hampton and the legislature. The text questions the adequacy of any single definition and notes legislative faculties and ambiguous wording.
A traveler in Normandy mistranslates a curved carving found in an old farm. The farmer explains the object is upside down bar dating to 1801. The antiquary admits the bargain but the mix up paints his knowledge in doubt according to London Glide.
The article extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for nervous disorders rooted in stomach problems. It claims the stomach is the center of the nervous system and cites thousands testifying to the pills’ virtue.
A traveler repeatedly poked his head from a car window annoyingly forcing the conductor to warn him of danger. After a final clash the traveler refuses and quips about not damaging girders as the head returns inside.
A government official prosecutes offending authors and bans sales of books. A recent case involved a Japanese author of The Great City for realistic depictions of life in Taku. MolIsa’s works have also been forbidden for disrespect toward husbands and fathers.
A London Tatler note compares a Par beggar scenario with Verlaine who, troubled by poverty, awoke to burglars in his room after selling all furniture and sleeping on sacks. Visitors later gave him a franc each, but warned both visitors were bad.
A tale from Chios links a perfect tea to Yangtze river water and Mingshan tea leaves. De Rosthern, crossing near Cheniang, learned locals dip bay water from a bottom spring revered since ancient riverbeds. He concluded this water, with Mingshan leaves, creates the world’s best tea.
A German peasant loses his cow and his wife dies of grief. A neighbor then offers his daughter, his sister, and a niece as a wife for a while. The farmer quips it is better to lose a wife than a cow, noting no offers followed the cow's death. The tale ends from Youth's Companion.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a personal grievance involving a husband and a quoted remark about disgust. Names and places are unclear, leaving the central claim and context ambiguous.
A garbled excerpt describes an Origen Fly and a dragon motion with speed in miles per hour and changes in direction. It reads as a rough, nonsensical OCR fragment lacking clear events, entities, or contexts to form a coherent news item.
A fragmented concert snippet hints at a chaotic scene with crowd noise and poetic miswording. No clear performer, venue, or date is identified amid garbled OCR text.
Beas Drag close sparks debate as local leaders respond to a stalled conflict. Officials urge calm while community groups call for action against violence and a path to peace. Local tensions rise amid ongoing protests and council discussions.
An advertisement notes quick relief for ailing infants and warns mothers to guard against stomach illness. It promotes boxes sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The New York Sun quotes a cooperative but forgetful debtor named Neddy who reliably borrows yet never repays. A companion line recalls lending practices with installments and a confession of a $19 overdrawn account.
Survivors recall Charles Dickens's 1865 Stepiehurst crash near England where a carriage hung over the edge. He helped rescue the wounded and protect his manuscript Our Mutual Friend, then suffered lasting shock and terror during travel, dying five years later on the accident anniversary.
A humorous exchange where the wife asks why there were no cooking schools and the husband jokes Adam would have eaten the apple if Eve had baked it in a pie.
A French Bohemian Ludovic Picard posed as a distressed writer seeking counsel to obtain autographs. His letter drew responses from Beranger Heine Lacordaire and even Dickens who answered in French. The London Chronicle notes Picard was exposed by Jules Landau and left with to seek a new occupation.
An assortment of brief, misquoted lines mix Plutarch Cervantes Pele Mele and a garbled remark about a debt. The text juxtaposes learning, time, and memory in a collage of famous and erroneous attributions.
The text explains that fresh water lakes have outlets or intermittent inflows while salt lakes are closed basins with no outlets. It notes water's role as a universal solvent and how streams continually bring soluble substances to the ocean, which becomes increasingly saline through evaporation.
A Nova Scotia customer from Roseway Dirby reports severe chest injury after a fall and says one bottle of Minard's Liniment warmed and applied to the breast cured the pain and enabled breathing.
The electric ian's wife questioned his 5 am appearance as he explained he was thirsty and needed to make a short circuit. The San te Fe New Mexican reports the humorous domestic incident with a pun on electrical terms.
The electric fan is attributed to electric engines whose inventor conceived the idea while testing a propeller for an electric boat during experiments.
The text notes African teakwood is renowned for indestructibility and heavy weight, ranging 42 to 52 pounds per cubic foot, used extensively in ship hulls and East India vessels still afloat after a century, with its oil preventing iron nails from rusting.
A London Tit-Bits note describes charms using animal tongues as amulets. A fox tongue worn for disease warding allegedly brings death if a fox is met at a crossroads. A vulture tongue hung on a man’s neck is said to grant desires, while some East Indians bite animal tongues to ensure hunting luck.
A fragment recalls a cheerful telephone message from Mrs Cisy promising a visit. The hostess’s little daughter greets her at the door and the child voices relief that the visit will bring happiness to the hostess.
A fragment advises wrapping a cold water bag around a finger with a splinter under the nail. Keep it wet and cold to gradually draw out the splinter and prevent infection.
A husband returns home to find his wife in upheaval as he announces a telegram from Jane and a plan to meet at 6 30, with a note about crigraphy and a Chicago News clipping hinting at further drama.
William of Tree Fern courted Kate Ryar over two miles with moonlit nights and playful remarks. After a week Kate waited for more explicit talk and finally prompted him to speak. He confessed that a bloke wouldn’t have a dog’s chance with the pos sums tonight.
The article instructs to rub petroleum jelly onto the backs of ebony brushes before washing the bristles to protect the wood from soda or ammonia. After cleaning, wipe off the jelly with a dry cloth to finish.
A short aphorism from Des Moines promotes footwear as a mood lifter. It suggests wearing tight boots to momentarily relieve stress and forget troubles.
Fragmentary text mentions Storting, convicts and a December or September reference. Details are unreadable and no coherent event or entities emerge to summarize meaningfully.
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