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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
6
The article describes Eskimo practices around death noting that households move items outside to avoid contamination and that the dying person may be carried out through a smoke hole. It mentions spirits returning, signs of impending death, and that stabbing or hanging the infirm may occur by request, framed as a primitive ritual observed by Wide World Magazine.
The article warns that drowning from cramp can strike any swimmer and recalls the risk of water inhaling. It explains cramp and the latter danger, noting water spray entering the nasal passage can reach the windpipe and cause death, mainly in the sea rather than fresh water.
A collage of quips from the Baltimore American and Boston Transcript riffs on show business, sermons, and marriage. Jokes compare a matinee idol to a house furnisher, a minister's sermons shortened by mowing, and domestic budget strains affecting seaside trips.
A comical exchange centers on a penny with a hole used to buy two doughnuts. The salesman objects claiming the penny is defective, while the buyer jokes that the doughnut has a hole too and hints at distant kinship with the Rich leighs, keeping it distant.
The article notes 33 313 Pennsylvania railway investors with 49 percent women and a 116 percent rise in US railway shareholders since 1904, urging government support. It cites Canadian Pacific with about 65 000 global holders and mentions German Belgian and French ownership, highlighting thrifty peasants among investors and their questions about dividends.
The London Telegraph notes that execution methods differ in Europe with the guillotine common in many places. Hanged in Britain, Austria, Holland, and Portugal. Oldenburg uses shooting. Brunswick uses beheading. Spain uses garroting.
A pharmacist or medicine seller will tell you that Dr Thomas Electric Oil is in greater demand than any other for pains in joints muscles nerves and for neuralgia and rheumatism due to its superior healing qualities.
The article compares caffeine in coffee and tea, noting coffee's caffeine is more readily soluble in stomach acid and may explain coffee’s restorative stimulant effects. It suggests coffee helps counteract narcotic and alcohol effects by stimulating the central nervous system. Minard's Liniment cures garget in cows.
The piece recounts Howbury history with a Rome artist Corrodi and King Edward. Corrodi carries a bouquet to impress an American lady but, lacking roses, parts with his flowers and buys more for the lady.
The Philadelphia Record notes the gyro compass outperforms the magnetic in ships and submarines by avoiding magnetic disturbances. It remains true to its course under electricity aided stabilization, unlike the magnetic device tied to magnetic poles and metal hulls.
The Rev. M. A. Cox a Methodist minister of Almena Kansas has turned 112 born July 19 1802 He reportedly still preaches drives to church and helps with his team He is father to eight children grandfather of forty five great grandfather of twenty nine and recently became a great great grandfather through a great granddaughter in Portland Oregon.
A traveler encounters a poor old woman in a desolate Irish district outside a hut. He gives her five pounds and asks the cause of her hardship. She explains she is whitewashing the interior, while her husband lies inside.
A St. Joseph Missouri mother sends her daughter to buy loose salt with six cents. The grocer has none, but the child, undeterred, offers to buy a nickel’s worth of salt by squeezing the salt tight into a smaller amount. The anecdote reflects resourcefulness in a small market moment.
An editor quizzes a reporter on a high profile scandal claim. The reporter denies facts exist, saying there is no chance of a credible story.
Mrs Edward Covell of Lombardy Ontario reports Baby's Own Tablets improved her children's health. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville offers the tablets at 25 cents per box by mail or through local medicine dealers.
An excerpt depicts a Chinese opium user's fall and a keeper's bleak counsel on addiction. The quoted talk includes promises of quitting only after suffering losses, jail, and deprivation, illustrating harsh attitudes toward the habit.
The London Mail cites classroom stereotypes noting the English produce the best handwriting, Americans are said to write quickly and poorly, French writing is poor especially among ladies, Italians very poor, and Spaniards barely legible. It also notes widespread use of contracted letters and flourishes in western Europe a century ago.
A Green Book Magazine anecdote recalls Nora Bayes on stage during a breakfast scene. A boy asks for an egg from the footlights, his mother frowning, Bayes suggests the boy take it, noting it is unique for eggs to be passed from this side.
A Chicago Post item presents a curious riddle about a steel cellar door described as a gilation’s dinner, noting it is “4olied down” as the key clue. The quirky phrasing prompts readers to parse a playful wordplay across the column.
A giant wasp in Paraguay's forests terrifies native hunters more than snakes, centipedes, or spiders, earning its fearsome reputation among local communities.
In a quirky blip from Birmingham Age-Herald, residents hear playful wordplay about minds and pies as a light note amid city life. No clear event or persons are detailed.
A reflective note about nearing a two week escape to countryside views. The speaker imagines flying away to rest on hills and plains and spending days on a porch watching rain.
A brief quotation from the Cincinnati Enquirer contrasts the early bird’s worm with the fool’s remark about waiting for dinner time, presenting a wry exchange on timing and prudence.
An advertisement touts Putnam's sinless wart remover claiming painless, rapid wart and bunion treatment with guaranteed success. It urges readers to try the product and promises quick relief within hours.
A brief verse from the Boston Transcript depicts a deserted wife lamenting betrayed trust she placed in her husband. The grocer’s curt response underscores the moment of disillusion as the woman recounts her troubles after turning a new leaf.
The fragment recalls a dialogue about sun and shade and a man nicknamed Atch described as a genius but a longtime loafer. It portrays social attitudes and home life with sparse names and local color from a Washingtonian source.
Incomplete diary style lines show a request to join a bridge game at a club. A physician mentions family and work with a sense of haste. A Squire references Mrs Wig and Mrs Appl in fragmented dialogue.
A youth on a Great Western railway carriage en route to London disturbed fellow passengers with loud and foolish behavior, causing friction among riders. No injuries or formal charges reported.
A concerned woman asks for a telegraph delivery via a noisy, incomplete note. She pleads for patience and politeness while seeking service related to a chronicler or telegraph item.
A garbled snippet hints at a speech or column from the Lewis Globe Democrat era about a bucket shop and financial talk. The readable phrase suggests a rapidly spoken style and possible critique of market practices in a historical newspaper excerpt.
The text notes worsted spinning beginning in Worst, England, and references a garbled phrase “Worsted stocking knave” from the London Telegraph. It briefly mentions a speaker muttering about tough steak and cold coffee and a line about misery encountered wherever they meet, with muddled attribution to Dryden.
A garbled OCR snippet presents scattered quotes about knowledge vows and a mother attending a meeting on duties. It includes a misattributed phrase about Pele Mele and mentions a man who achieves one tent of his aims in a day, with no clear narrative or verifiable names or events.
A soldier, nurse, and fisherman figure in a Rhyl font linked to Lord Roberts while Sir Hugh Williams’ donors used his daughters as models. At Peckham St Cecilia window the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s daughter appears organist. All Souls College Oxford features a Crusader statue modeled on the Marquis of Salisbury.
A historical tale recounts General Andrew Jackson earning the nickname Old Hickory during the Greek War era. Captain William Allen and his brother cut bark from a tree to shelter Jackson from sleet and cold as troops moved swiftly on. A drunken soldier kicked the improvised shelter,ometing Jackson’s emergence and the exclamation Hello Old Hickory Come out of your bark and find us in a drink.
A New York Sun item notes people misjudge ages by appearance. The piece reflects on how age and maturity blur, with examples of a father with gray hair at sixteen and friends read as older or younger than their years. It argues appearances mislead judgments about adulthood.
A sailor from Newport walks toward Cardiff asking a cart driver about distances. The exchange yields playful misstatements about miles and directions and ends with a joke comparing distance from New Year to Christmas with the year.
A New Jersey judge rules that every person is entitled to pay for work done as long as spouses do not claim against each other to defeat creditors. The analysis notes the danger when such bills run for years and suggests weekly salary payments to avoid issues in households.
Congressman Humphreys told a tale about an incident in a museum where a keeper angry at intruding visitors clashed with a guest over new Egyptian curios. An attendant named Smith witnessed the moment and the discussion followed.
Unable to extract a coherent event. The readable text appears mangled with misread words and incomplete phrases. No identifiable people or organizations are determinable.
The Chicago News describes two pickpocket types: small to medium statured and tall muscular individuals. They show no work signs, slender fingers except for the stall and wire, furtive eyes, and pallor from prison or drug use. Cocaine users have drawn features, pronounced cheekbones, and dark eye rings. They are high-strung yet polite, rarely use weapons, and dress inconspicuously to avoid identification.
The Houston Post reports a man and woman aboard a car clash over a proposed fare payment. She offered to pay his fare but withdrew the offer, prompting questions about her intentions and mood during the exchange. Minard's Liniment claimed to cure diphtheria in old advert context.
A quoted line from the Dearost Free Press reflects self deprecation and humility. The speaker notes many foolish acts but credits wisdom in not attempting to paper a room alone. The remark underscores cautious independence in home projects.
An observer recalls IT head Rante breaking down during a speech while a sick backup stayed home. Another attendee claims the meeting dissolved abruptly in the middle of the address.
A quirky dialogue describes a Professor discussing organic and inorganic kingdoms. When quiet, the speaker would deny being a cod, but movement provokes a playful misnaming as a bright pups clochopper.
In a witty exchange from the London press, Benedict notes that marriage can broaden life but often flattens it, while Bond counters with a different view on the social dynamics of matrimony.
In a brief exchange the speaker notes New York once held influence over reserve bank decisions and questions whether that control persists. The remark implies a shift in financial power and regional influence in monetary policy.
In a terse domestic exchange Senjanito notes a suitor in their flats while his wife teases that her husband is chasing dreams. The dialogue hints at shifting romantic attention from a duke to their eldest daughter as curiosity rises.
A mother is surprised and delighted when Sammy returns home with the declaration I got 100th s morning He earned fifty in reading and fifty in arithmetic The passage also promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming long standing use and high regard.
An old oral examination scene shows an examining board grilling a hopeful with Blackstone, eat, and local rights. The applicant boasts studying state statutes, while a stern judge warns that future legislature could repeal what he knows.
Charles K Koight, famed for prehistoric creature reproductions, prefers to be seen as a painter and sculptor of modern animals. He travels to zoos for living-model studies and recalls an Washington row where an important negro with his date observed his work, remarking he was painting a landscape of one of those habitats.
A terse exchange depicts a deserted wife voicing trouble to a grocer while she laments trusting him, and the grocer angrily retorts. The dialogue highlights strain in a personal dispute and mounting emotional tension.
The readable bits show a garbled fragment from a Canadian note or article. It mentions Canada and a repeated word pattern but lacks clear names, dates, places, or events to anchor a factual card.
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