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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
2
Wardrop reveals how he hid letters from Henry Butler to Mr Fleming and explains the pearls theft. He admits taking the revolver, fleeing after Fleming’s death, and being watched since that night. Knox interprets further clues and hints at Miss Jane Maitland’s unknown fate and a looming escape to Mexico.
The narrator recalls Wardrop and a shadowy accomplice as they ride into town, describing a triumphal ride and a tense confrontation. He calls Burton to discuss Wardrop’s tale and the stalled attempt to touch Schwartz, lamenting the tame ending and an everyday man-to-man feud.
By police order the occupants of St. Petersburg’s Chinese Quarter will be removed from their present homes and dispersed to various city districts. The move follows similar actions in San Francisco and New York as the quarter’s growth continues.
A Hersham, Surrey man aged fifty six lives about a mile and a half from his large residence. The Duke of Sutherland has decided to auction two hundred thousand acres of his Sutherland estate.
A church carved from a single tree stands miles away from its current site. The builder used 78000 feet of lumber from the trunk, finishing interior with wide beams and shingles. Gothic in style with heavy exterior buttresses, a seventy foot tower stood on the southwest corner until the 1906 quake.
Forestry surveys report 15 203 square miles of crown timberlands in the northwest examined last summer at low costs. Philippine Islands timber holdings are estimated at 200 billion feet, about a third of Canada's timber wealth excluding pulp wood. Canadian pulp mills and uses of excelsior span from Denmark to Switzerland.
A Christian Guardian excerpt urges sharing possessions to gain greater value. Pass along clothing, books, and other items to help others, noting unshared joys lose their impact. Spare moths and dust by not storing items, and consider how worn objects still benefit others. An emphasis on unselfish giving.
A fragment from a parish pageant shows an usher fretting over duties and speech gaffes among churchgoers. The lively chat involves Mrs Smart-George, rival financier Flibb, and Mrs Smart’s comment on hats and gowns while Hermit Rogers Enright and Lauder figures entertain, ending with a domestic quip about wearing and feeling unwell.
The Vancouver Sun reports Colorado trials in humane convict reform. A new warden placed with no prison background directs road camps where 300 of 725 inmates work unarmed, wear plain clothes, and may escape yet show minimal revocations. Eight hour days, six-man tents, and ten day penalty reductions monthly accompany night school, orchestra, business and training classes, plus medical care for addicts.
Tests in Brunswick show concentrated food pills powering a twelve hour march with six pills per man at a cost of a third of a cent each. Army officials foresee wide use due to nourishment without cooking or eating time, though soldiers oppose the plan.
The article urges careful, courteous shooting as a path to character. It advocates guiding boys to limit careless actions, share birds, and avoid water or ground shooting to teach conservation, fair play, and self restraint, framing sportsmanship as citizenship.
The Ottawa Citizen notes a high youth presence with 385 people aged 20 to 44 per 1000 in Canada. It argues this demographic vitality signals strong future potential for the country and emphasizes youth as a major national asset.
An old advertisement touts Halfs Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy for catarrh claimed incurable locally. The text urges internal doses from 1 drop to a teaspoonful and promises blood and mucous membrane effects with circulars and testimonials available.
The Catskill aqueduct nears completion as the final pair of tunnel headings meet, creating an 18 mile uninterrupted water conduit in New York. This joint blast yields an unobstructed water flow from end to end, surpassing the previous record.
A confusing exchange reveals a parent sending a child to bed as punishment while questions linger about Tommy's whereabouts. The dialogue hints at discipline and concern within a household.
The passage contrasts mere reading with the need for wholesome well grounded reflections. It emphasizes using thoughtful contemplation to bring better order into everyday life and engage in human affairs amid their turmoil.
The Farmers' Co-Operative Elevator company will construct 30 elevators in Alberta this season. The firm currently has 53 units. Total project cost is $500,000. The expansion is expected to raise capacity by 700,000 bushels to a total of 2,500,400 bushels.
Claim states Holloway’s Corn Cure destroys corn and wart roots and lifts callosity without injuring surrounding flesh.
The opera manager recalls a rough season scarred by a heated clash between leading tenor De Recker and prima donna De Squalchi. Onstage incidents included De Recker stepping on Squalchi’s train thirteen times per performance and a controversial Marguerite debut in bloomers the following night.
A reader endorses Minard's Liniment claiming a badly jammed foot improved overnight after using the product. The letter is signed T. G. McMullan and expresses strong satisfaction.
Two women call on a distant acquaintance. The maid asks them to wait while she checks if the person is in. She returns and says the lady is not at home. One caller offers to write her name on the maid’s card, but the maid, cheerful, says it isn’t necessary and adds she already knows who they are.
A Thoreau inspired meditation on painting winter light and scene. He describes two icebergs approaching, a traveler in a storm, a taper at midday through a cottage window, and a foreground harvest with spring in the background, all under a sky shaded to midnight by stars.
A venue hosts a lecture this evening titled foundational principles of architecture led by a lecturer known for engaging discourse. The event promises a guided exploration of core concepts and design thinking.
The fragment in Scots humor highlights a muse on health and aging with doctors and a joking comparison of legs. The tone mocks medical certainty and features Mrs Mac Grannie-Hoots as a comical teller.
Fragments describe a stormy trip with lines about breakfast coffee and rolic while questioning steward provisioning and ship conditions.
The piece notes a reader praising an entire library as the author’s autograph fills every book. A Belfast observer comments warmly that the scene is splendid and highlights a visitor trampling through the area with evident appreciation. A workman interrupts with a casual exchange about taking plenty.
Barbarous language aside, the ad promotes Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a quick painless treatment for corns bunions and calluses. It claims safe prompt action and lists a price of 2dr and availability through druggists.
Fragmentary remark questions the character of a lawyer named Deeds. The quoted line suggests familiarity with his habit of making salt loaf, spanning several years in the record.
A two year marriage ends a spender's era as rising living costs erase his resources and leave nothing to share. The piece notes a shift from lavish habits to frugal living as finances tighten.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Clubberly and Clubberly discussing business and a joke about a worm used by Mother Graves. No identifiable event, place, or date is present to summarize into a news item.
A youth delegates questions to a curious stranger while a colored man, Uncle Gabriel, is pressed about women’s suffrage. He affirms support, noting a local plan and the potential cost of four dollars, reflecting lively civic debate in a small community.
A shopper at a general store offered a jar of butter for a swap. She explained a mouse was found in the churn but did not injure the butter. The merchant moved the butter to a back room and returned a replacement jar to the customer with thanks.
In a hazy dialogue a speaker asks if the name John Bunyant recalls a Pilgrim Father or a Progressive, with another voice noting familiarity while the setting appears to be Washington.
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