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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
6
A night train wreck unfolds with ringing alarms and brakes as several cars derail. Passengers search debris, a moaning sound is heard, and a sleeping power is dragged free amid burning rails and extinguished lights. The chaos prompts urgent questions about the collision.
In a Manchester Guardian snippet a husky voice recalls a man who left Bill on a doorstep after a late visit. The tale notes a stray 11 pence and a stern parent questioning romantic pursuits as a young man tries to swap $150 and the old piano for a new model.
A London YMCA study found 60 percent of unmarried women were wage earners. It cites 620,481 women under middle age in London employed as typists and clerks and 111,232 in dress trades.
A man asks for two seats in the balance at a box office and the clerk finally understands the wordplay. Also advertised is Parmelee's Vegetable Pills praised as a small yet effective stomach remedy popular with many users.
Dr. Ernest Selin, an Austrian theology professor, reports excavations in Balanta hill Samaria uncovering foundations of the ancient Israelite capital Shechem. In three weeks he revealed artifacts from Canaanite, late Israelite and Hellenic periods including arrows rings pitchers jogs and various household utensils mostly of silver or bronze.
In a brief description a chicken in flight is depicted with quick explosive wing beats. The motion suggests momentum similar to a motorcar as the bird leaps several yards with a flicker of five strokes before jumping forward.
A humorous note from the paper claims women work as car conductors in Chilean cities. The banter includes a Yonkers Statesman quip about men preferring women saying Move up. A married exchange mentions a dress suitcase filled with clothes for a missionary society, with a sepulchral retort about hosting an English guest.
The Rev. Dr. Wiliam S. Rainsford reports after two years among East Africa's wild inhabitants that the colony's soil is richer than the Canadian northwest with crops two to three times yearly and corn growing 12 to 15 feet high in four months. He notes trees reaching 98 feet in four months and claims one acre yields strong profits, predicting cotton and coffee could flourish.
Fragmentary note discusses sound speed 400 yards per second in a dated context. Mentions Pennsylvania and a clock percentage symbol, suggesting a measurement or timing puzzle from a historical newspaper brief.
The wounded man Rastus recounts a brutal beating with the doctor noting the attack was terrifically brutal. Rastus vows to avoid such trouble but admits he cannot afford a divorce, while the doctor cautions him to stay away from those who indulge in such violence.
An advertisement argues rheumatism is blood borne and only blood purification cures it. It promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People as the best blood building medicine and cites a testimonial from R. J. Sinclair of Gothen Nova Scotia who allegedly recovered after using the pills. The text gives price and mail order details for Brockville Ontario.
The American Machinist argues that manufacturers err in dismissing outside inventors ideas. It cites numerous improvements born in minds outside the direct industry, noting such cross fertilization fuels revolutionary gains in industrial processes and products.
A muddled antique passage shows Shiloh Misa Wheer asking a pupil about Washington's farewell address while a young man gives a dimly illuminated, half heard answer. The scene shifts to quirky banter in a village shop and casual gossip about Beulah, Belle, and weather as Mr Brown exits registration.
A husband asks the butcher for meat and quotes praise for the best ever. The butcher responds with compliments about velvet texture and tenderness before the husband requests sausage.
Prof Day reports Iowa records show lightning rods cut claims sharply with 98.7 to 99.9 percent efficiency in inspected builds. Michigan data show high protection. figures from 1905 to 1912 indicate rodded buildings avoided major losses while unrodded buildings matched them. Day urges proper metallic attachment with no insulators.
An old advertisement claims Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor cures inflammation from pinched toes in twenty four hours. It promises healing and soothing effects with a 25 cent price and warns to accept no substitute.
Visitor asks about a wild man in a strait jacket. Keeper explains he rages from trying to understand the income tax law while the smiling man imagines he understands it.
The piece argues that if Sirius as near as Earth, land and sky would be overwhelmed. A 25 times larger sunlike globe would emit vast fiery rays and coronal streams, heating Earth to red hot ruin with atmosphere loss and oceans turning to waste while iron flows. Sirius is extremely distant, with light taking eight and a half years to arrive.
The text discusses the Saxon word inn existing before the conquest and the French term hotel describing stylish inns. It notes British officers returning from Paris popularized Meurice and other hostleries by Rue de Rivoli and Rue St Honore, highlighting a shift from humble inns to upscale accommodations at the start of the nineteenth century.
An elderly colored man accused of stealing chickens faced arraignment in court. He incriminated himself as the judge pressed for a lawyer. The judge quipped about assigning counsel, while the defendant admitted he had no lawyer, prompting the formal next step in the case.
The University of Wisconsin proposes a correspondence course to train women to identify good cotton, linen, wool and silk. It defines fabric qualities, explains tests for adulteration, and covers laundering hygiene and economic shipping issues.
The article describes a Welsh Fusileers St David's Day dinner ceremony with a drum major and mascot goat parading rosettes while guests must eat a leek on one chair and one foot on the table. Officers toast with St David as the honored name, and Highland honors follow in a similar ritual with pipers marching and drums beating behind chairs.
At a Greenwich political gathering Sir Donald Currie faced a heckler who asked if his father had been a barber. Currie quipped that had the barber existed the heckler would be the same. Lloyd George answered similarly, noting his humble upbringing. The question about his grandfather driving a donkey cart prompted a witty retort about the donkey still alive.
The renowned French scientist Henri Poincare searched a closed bookcase for a manuscript and, in a moment of abstraction, left the lamp burning inside. He then believed he had gone blind as darkness fell. After pondering, he realized his sight returned with the lamp still hidden.
George Lansbury urged British workers in New York to back the Labour Party, arguing Conservatives and Liberals offer little but promises. A Liberal speaker at a workers meeting attacked Conservatism and Liberalism, calling for votes for a Liberal candidate and mocking Conservative policy.
The passage notes the first serious start of canal construction in Britain with an 1755 parliamentary act. It references inland waterways and national boast, mentioning England and related expansion. The fragment hints at early engineering, commerce, and infrastructure pride.
During his first stay in Washington as Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang attended a wedding at the home of the chief justice. He teased a bridesmaid about becoming a bride and asked a group of young men if they would marry a beautiful lady. A few months later the bridesmaid and a young man married.
Advertising copy touts the original Dr. J. D. Kellogg Asthma Remedy as consistently effective. It claims yearly sales rise and urges readers not to suffer another attack but to obtain the remedy today.
In a playful dialogue a father explains allegro as a musical tempo while a child mishears and riffs on impossible places and titles such as Hampton Court Palace London and Lady Scott. The exchange blends humor with a lesson on linguistic nuance.
A city man was seen roaming a swamp near town causing a scene. Officials pursued him as neighbors watched, uncertain of his intentions and next move.
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