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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
7
A partial OCR fragment shows a grocer emphasizing community ties and adaptation to local market shifts. The text hints at grocery stores engaging residents and adjusting offerings to reflect neighborhood needs.
CPR undertakes Rogers Pass tunnel to shorten the line by four miles with a pioneer bore method. The project costs exceed ten million dollars and aims to finish by December 31, 1916, featuring side shafts and ventilating bore to speed multi‑point excavation and maintain air flow.
The Spanish government plans a centre of Jewish knowledge in Madrid to encourage the return to Spain of Sephardic Jews living in the East. The project aims to rekindle historic ties and foster cultural revival among Jewish communities.
The skeleton of a vessel believed to be the Moskva, which foundered in 3TEL, has been found near Lites. The Moskva, once commanded by Peter the …
A London inventor proposes a magnetic suspended rail system using under track magnets and tunnel solenoids to run cars at 300 miles per hour. Goods and mail traffic are planned with low costs per pound, track costs estimated at 25 000 dollars per mile plus 60 000 per power house per hundred miles. Passenger cars would have airplane like propellers and motors, with London to Manchester possible in 48 minutes, and London to Glasgow around 75 minutes. Critics acknowledge dramatic potential while calling it a sensational concept worth testing.
The piece traces horseshoe beliefs from ancient to modern times. It notes horseshoes as warding off witches, Nelson aboard the Victory displaying one, and the shift from shoeing in England after William the Conqueror. It contrasts ancient practices in Greece Rome and Japan with enduring superstition and practical hoof care.
A Washington note links April events across wars dated to April 21. The Atlantic fleet was to reach Tampico on the sixteenth anniversary of the 1898 Spanish American War declaration. The piece cites congressional actions and presidential ultimatums while recalling earlier revolutions and civil conflicts.
Dr Barthe de Sandfort advances a wax bath treatment described in detail by the London pic. He claims it offers a superior, tonic alternative to prior thermal therapies and excites attention in medical circles.
Fragmentary note announces a former adviser in Egypt and ex dean of the law faculty at the university, with years of service mentioned and missing details about current role or dates.
The piece critiques imperial pressure on Canada and asks if colonized grants can form a common devotion or a independent republic. A correspondent argues a Canada U S media shift shows Americanization trends, noting Canadians now favor British news for value. The piece cites Times' call that Canadians are passive imperialists with elements ready to reject mother country.
Sir Sydney Pocock reports data from the British Dairy Farmers association on tuberculosis testing up to September. Of 8162 cows tested, 220 milk samples were tuberculous, and compensation costs totaled £11998 with £3246 paid for slaughtered cattle, prompting calls to inform the public more accurately about milk safety.
Major General Sir Wm Otter told the Canadian Militia banquet in Toronto that Canada is unprepared for external threats. He warned of future danger, noting shortages in numbers and materials and urged definite, continuous preparation to avoid losing national identity.
Japan informs the U S State Department that it has appropriated 263,262 dollars for warship participation in the Hampton Roads naval review early in 1915 and for the voyage through the Panama Canal to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
Dr Roux of the Pasteur Institute in Paris notes from Mme Victor Henri on ultraviolet rays transforming anthrax microbes after prolonged exposure. Some microbes died while others survived and changed shape becoming round. Inoculation with transformed microbes caused a toxic illness unlike normal anthrax.
The Colonial Mining Company will distribute a 2500 percent dividend for 1913, down from 5300 percent last year. Once the largest German enterprise dividend payer, the firm originated to exploit diamonds in German Southwest Africa and has now paid substantial sums across four years.
Reports from the era indicate limited militant action connected to Queen Mary of England as authorities note reduced threats and focus on royal affairs. The scant incidents suggest a period of relative calm affecting the monarchy's public image and security concerns.
Archdeacon Whittaker recalls dramatic changes among Arctic natives since 20 years ago under Bishop Stringer. About 500 Mackenzie delta Eskimos, three-fifths baptized, pursue fur trade. many now rely on religious teaching, boats, and Eskimo language in daily life. He notes future uncertain beyond 60th parallel and details missionary efforts of W. Henry Fry to reach “Blonde Eskimos.”
A proposal aims to establish a shared chair of Anglo American history in every British university. The plan would appoint one English and one American professor to travel between campuses, with prizes awarded to students excelling in combined histories of both nations.
Bryce Duckworth Dean of St Pauls Sir Doug Las Powell and Sir Clifford lead a committee report on spiritual and mental processes aiding functional diseases. They endorse prayer and Divine power in line with natural law while urging medical treatment not to be neglected. They call for equal recognition of spiritual ministration with medical care.
Boston postmaster circulates hundreds of copies of a farmer to consumer guide titled From the Farm to the Table. The list classifies farm produce under headings and has already spurred direct deals through parcel post.
An order in council designates a ninety five square mile area in the railway belt near Mt. Revelstoke as Revelstoke National Park. The new park borders the Illicille-Wwaet river and features glaciers towering peaks and waterfalls.
Catania, Sicily’s largest city with about 140000 residents, lies south of Messina on the east coast. Since its founding in B C 729 it has endured frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions including Etna in 121, 1169, 1669, and 1693, with lava threats diverted in 1669 and wide devastation in 1693.
Lloyds appoints a daily edition titled Lieyds List spanning twenty four pages with four thousand shipping items per issue. It will use semaphore telegraph and wireless links plus foreign government arrangements. The publication began 218 years ago with Edward Lloyd printing a two page mercantile paper in London.
Irrigation for southern Alberta may be undertaken by the Dominion government or local municipalities after obtaining rights to operate irrigation systems in districts. F H Peters, irrigation commissioner at Calgary, outlined the plan.
Secretary Bryan reports Italy has sent formal acceptance of the proposal from the Italian Parliament. The move marks official participation in the proposed accord.
Quotations and reflections on sympathy attributed to Carlyle noting its role as a safeguard of the soul against selfishness and a guiding, humane virtue.
Gustave Hamel, famed British aviator, visits Martin Handady sheds to inspect a long range monoplane built with 63 foot wingspan and 250 horsepower. The craft, designed for 24 hour non stop flight, carries pilot passenger and wireless gear, aiming to surpass the 16 hour 28 minute Atlantic crossing record. Hamel plans a trans Atlantic crossing in the new aerial giant.
The first crosses of apples by Dr. William Saunders for the prairie provinces are now in the horticultural division at Ottawa. These hardy first crosses, size of large crab apples, have spread across the prairies and show promise where larger varieties fail. Named selections include Jewel, Charles, Silvia, Prince, Tony, Robin, Elsa, Alberta, Columbia, Ruby, Northern Queen and Eve. Second crosses with more apple blood fruited in 1913 and earlier, some reaching two and a half inches in diameter, are being propagated for hardiness testing on prairie farms.
Prof Matruchot reveals a new edible mushroom named tricholoma nudum grown from wild autumn fungi. Cultivated in Paris observatory cellars, the specimen thrives year round with a stem eight inches tall and a head four to six inches wide. Early specimens show purplish blue stems that fade with continued cultivation.
The ongoing destruction of American forests threatens German pencil and vehicle production. Red cedar and hickory, sourced mainly from Tennessee and nearby states, are becoming scarce. As a result, the German army and carriage industries face potential shortages within a few years due to dwindling American supplies.
Government experiments in Estevan test a carbonizing process for local soft coal led by H. Anderson Cameron of the Estevan board of trade. Results are promising with potential market release at about 3 dollars per ton, producing a harder coal suitable for mine and industrial use.
A September 1805 letter from Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton aboard the Victory fetched 1060 in a sale of autograph letters and historical documents. The item, among a Bon de Beaumost collection, is one of Nelsons last letters but not in the main set of his letters to Lady Hamilton.
The record notes that since 1878 governments have handed over more than 20 million acres to railway companies in Canada. It highlights the scale of land grants and the long span of policy directing railroad development across provinces.
Frederick Foster writes in American Magazine about rapid Western Canada expansion. He notes railways, immigration, and settlers transforming forests and prairies into thriving towns with merchant opportunities and modern farms. He contrasts traditional pioneering with the new, comfortable Pacific Northwest westward boom.
Private Paris reports say Belgium will cede the Congo Free State due to costly maintenance. France is expected to exercise priority rights from recent pacts with Britain and Germany and may acquire the African territory, enriching royal assets of King Leopold.
From Capri the renowned Russian novelist Maxim Gorki returns to his homeland after eight years abroad. He was jailed in 1906 for involvement with a revolutionary sect and held in the Petree fortress. The press’ intervention aided his release.
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