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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
7
A testimonial from Elmon E. Jones of Railway Street Fames NS cites Dr Chase's Ointment as the best treatment for protruding piles after three years of suffering. He says local physicians advised surgery, but Chase's Ointment provided relief and cure, urging others to try it.
A contributor to the exchange page recommends a simple window cleaning method using three or four emery flour packets placed in a heavy sack as a tool. Rub the bag over the glass to remove streaks, claiming it works better than other methods.
A fragment lists a home remedy blend with starch orris root bergamot oil and essence for a body powder and a coarse cornmeal sachet. Other pieces reference a school scene and a smoke elimination apparatus at Waterside station with a 95 percent extraction claim.
American and Canadian firms pour money into Alaska and Pacific stations as new harpoon gun technology boosts catches. Senate considers 75 mile spacing to protect stations and whale supplies, while critics warn against over whaling and advocate cautious catch limits to safeguard future stocks.
Nationalist members have long feuded with Black Rod in the British House of Commons and pressed multiple attempts to abolish him. The controversy centers on ritual roles and parliamentary tradition.
The Panama Canal will be fully illuminated with semaphore lights and rapid flashing range beacons at each end of every tangent. Gas buoys line the sides at about mile intervals with spar buoys between them. Beacons will guide vessels through Culebra Cut and along the banks with lights fifteen feet above water level.
The Marconi company president told a London royal commission he believes wireless telephone links will connect Wales and Newfoundland before year end. He described foundations laid and the need for powerful machines to transmit sound across vast distances, arguing it will dissolve borders and reduce war while noting privacy depends on station power and company control.
Sir William Van Horne says Canada has not begun to tap its vast arable land. Official figures show 272,920,90 acres of arable soil, 69,000,000 already broken. Last year Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta yielded 231,717,000 bushels of wheat on only one-fifth of available land. Agriculture emerges as a major west resource in Canada’s unfolding development.
At a French Academy of Science meeting Professor Roule reports observations on salmon moving from sea to freshwater. The study finds dissolved oxygen in rivers entering the Breton coast determines where salmon ascend, as they require high oxygen to breathe, especially during reproduction.
During excavation at Brechin Point near Nanaimo H B Greave uncovered the bones of a skeleton. The discovery was made while workers dug for construction debris and remains are being studied by the local authorities.
The report notes Canada hosts the world’s largest forest. It mentions Labrador and nearby districts in a fragmented description of the region.
Provisional 1913 figures show a 0.1 per 1 000 rise in birth rate first increase since 1908. Marriages rise with 15 5 per 1 000 in 1912, above the 1902 11 average. Death rate 13 3 per 1 000 in 1912 is the lowest on record due to fewer deaths of children under five.
A resolution favors a bill in Congress to establish a national leper colony in the United States with leper counts estimated between 309 and 500. The piece contrasts humane care at Malaikai Hawaii with harsh treatment elsewhere and notes a proposed Essex county site funded by a $25 000 bequest from Lord Strathcona.
Western farming method ties binder to plow to quickly till soil after harvest. Engine powers seven foot binder and six bottom plow while the ground being cut is turned and harrowed. This triple setup prevents baking soil, speeds plowing, and destroys weeds per acre.
The article describes Yakutsk in Siberia as the earths coldest region where sable pelts are highly valued. It notes extreme cold with temperatures often around 80 degrees below zero and mentions White Russian traders bartering sable pelts for tea tobacco firearms and cooking utensils. The text trails into incomplete phrases about snow and bells.
London advices state that the paper cup threatens to invade England and the paper piste and tumbler. A Blackpool sanitary conference speaker warned against crockery noting even the best washed dish may carry germs and fruits come in glass or uns?
The department of lands issues three new preemption maps Nechaco Chilcotea and North Thompson districts as part of a ten map series covering about 100000 square miles. Maps outline surveyed pink available land and white taken land with guidance on where to file at the land-recording division offices. The series links with prior Fort George and Tete Jaune maps and includes notes on adjacent regions and future sheets for Quesnel.
A miscellany notes new ice cream freezers not requiring cranks, automatic telegraph printing, mental stress affecting digestion, long tin tubing filters for phonographs, alcohol as a 70 percent disinfectant, Spain’s cigarette paper exports, hand controlled drive mechanisms for legless motorists, a fatal Belgian lightning strike, drought resistant seeds surviving years, and a foldable bed for invalid transport by auto.
A German doctor argues skin color stems from diet and minerals. He claims Redskins owe hue to raw fish, Mongols to herbs with chloride, and Caucasians to salt, linking complexion to nutritional factors rather than race.
Fragmentary text discusses eugenics as a method to prevent propagation of the unfit and to manage race death through action. The exact claims and context are not clear from the fragment.
The fourth issue of the two dollar notes features portraits of Lord Dufferin Lord Lansdowne and the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII. The design is artistic and distinct from previous notes with engravings of the Duke and Duchess in corners and a replaced central scene showing the word two. The back bears the Dominion coat of arms with provincial shields. Numbers one and two were given to the Duke and Duchess of Connaught as souvenirs from their Canada visit.
Mr Abajian of Providence Rhode Island reports spending ten thousand dollars to import Persian lambs for a fur industry but only eight arrived in Montreal and were refused landing. Two survivors were given to the ship captain as authorities cite foot and mouth disease.
Professor Silvanus Thompson at the Heyal Institution in London discusses Faraday’s early life at the Royal Institution living in two rooms with $500 yearly pay and free coal and gas. He notes the Institution’s finances and recalls Davy, Faraday, Tredall, Franklin, and Rayleigh serving there while warning that science pay is often limited.
The 1914 Naval Animal issue details new weapons, including a British torpedo mine able to hover at chosen depths. It features slight negative buoyancy enabling it to drift from outside tidal harbors and threaten anchored ships. The description portrays unprecedented naval tech that would shock readers.
John Andrews a McKeesport chemist and Portuguese American asserts he has discovered a synthetic substitute car material claimed to be superior in all tested cases. He touts its potential as a practical chemical breakthrough pending further verification.
Professor Bit fell's cross bred wheats and crops shown to South African farmers touring England. A wheat cross between Red Fife and Browick promises heavy yield and good milling quality, likely to market after the 1915 harvest.
The Endurance, built of oak and pine, sails with 32 aboard including 15 officers for Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. The ship, 360 tons with three masts and steam power, is designed to reach ten knots. The mission honors Captain Scott while noting Belgian explorer de Gerlache's influence. Sir William Dunn recalls historic shipboard entertainment from 1776. Frank Wild and his brother are descendants of famed navigator. Expedition aims to return in two years with Dunn likely greeting them.
The Russian scientist Bachmetieff suggests freezing living persons as a cure for tuberculosis. The Koch Lachus is killed at six degrees below freezing, tuberculous microbes are killed by congealing, then the subject is revived by gradual reheating. He claims success in animals and envisions wide uses such as preserving cattle and transporting them in frozen states.
A humorous anecdote recalls Joseph Chamberlain crossing Whitehall when a American girl asks for his monocle for her cabinet. He hands it over guard and all then offers a spare from his pocket, remarking that prudent wearers keep a reserve. The tale ends with a quip about losing a monocle in the soup.
The king wishes to form a Windsor Castle gallery of portraits of leading soldiers and sailors of his reign. He proposes to start with portraits of Field Marshal Earl Roberts and Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, likely including Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fish.
A 30 acre field of wheat on the King farm near Grandview, Kansas yielded 37 bushels per acre with no seed or labor cost. The crop ripened late and was unusually robust, producing an unexpected harvest despite rough growing conditions.
A report from Cape Town discusses Oyone with definite statements about See Bs Gee Oyone. The article highlights regional reactions and potential implications for local stakeholders.
The Panama Pacific Exhibition race will link wireless stations from Newfoundland to Europe and across the Trans-Siberian route. Prizes total over 250000 dollars with penalties and staged awards from Chicago to New York and beyond as 50 entrants pursue a 71000 mile circuit.
Government experiments at Nicola and Lillooet stations test dry farming viability in semi arid Central B C. Records track cultivation methods and yields from oats wheat barley grasses and vegetables with seed from Fergus County Montana other western states and Australia. Early winter results show surprising resilience of soil and possible agricultural future.
The Louisville city council bans blacks from white residential areas and prohibits whites from moving into black quarters, heightening nationwide interest in the white versus negro conflict. Negroes fear limited progress in education and social integration amid legal action.
Two Philadelphia men were arraigned in the police court on cruelty to animals charges for using a small electric battery to coax a balky horse. A witness testified the horse balked and that a whip or lines had no effect, suggesting the device caused the animal distress.
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