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Newspaper
Chilliwack Free Press
Location
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
6
A new half billion dollar Jefferson Hotel in Peoria reports heavy electrical charges on all mezzanine metal columns and pillars. Guests describe shocks when leaning on columns or touching railings, attributed to carpet friction charging the body and completing a circuit with metal structures.
The Provincial Department of Agriculture will fund two thirds of prize money for Good Farming and standing crop competitions run by Manitoba agricultural societies this year. Max grant is 50 dollars. The extension section of agricultural colleges will manage the contests with guidelines sent to each society secretary. The aim is widespread participation and improved farming and home surroundings.
A collage of light humor and vignettes reads like a late era column with puns jokes and brief narratives. It covers marriage mischief and mishaps civic tales and gentle satire featuring a minister relative of Dickens and a water problem plan in Santa Monica with distillation of ocean water.
A Newton mother details long illness from anemia and headaches, praising Dr Hamilton's Pills for restoring strength and color. She claims the pills cured pallor and fatigue and urges readers to obtain them from Catarrhozone Company dealers in Kingston Ontario.
The article explains long haul teams with up to eighteen horses under one teamster. It describes stretched lineups with four wagons, heavy forward positions, and devices like stretchers and jerk lines. Guidance uses ribbons or checks for road work and a five foot off leader rod for field handling.
In St Yvon Quebec a resident Ludger Cote reports kidney pills cured four years of backache joint stiffness and Bright's Disease after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He describes relief from hip knee pain swollen eyes fatigue and nervousness and notes complete recovery. The ad-style piece urges early treatment to prevent kidney decline.
The piece explains long-team driving for heavy loads, detailing roles from leaders to wheelers, and how lines and “jerk” devices train horses. It covers rider position, crowding on turns, keeping followers clear, and timing of signals like gee and haw to maintain control on dangerous roads.
The text traces early plastic history from papier mache to celluloses and celluloid. It explains cellulith viscose and cross Bevan viscose, nitrocellulose production, and the nitration process. It notes rival plastics like viscose and cellulose varieties, and outlines nitration and mixing steps to form celluloid with nitrocellulose, alcohol and camphor.
The text details how camphor and nitrocellulose are ground, alcohol added, and castor oil used for flexibility. It describes forming a homogeneous mass rolled into sheets, subjected to hydraulic pressure and heat to form solid blocks, then cut into plates. Additional steps include polishing, hot forming, and coloring to create marbled effects.
A report notes that imitation gems mimic real stones through silica based compounds and color extraction. It describes tests revealing fakes may hide dye and structural clues, with Oberstein Germany famed for synthetic jewelry and dyed phalcedony and related stones.
An old advertisement urges using Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor to remove corns quickly and painlessly. It markets the device as safe and prompt, sold by druggists for 26e, emphasizing avoidance of knives as barbarous and dangerous.
Customer testimonial extols Nerviline for sprains strains and swelling noting quick relief and comfort after a fall. Promotes nervous line in Kingston Ont and urges readers to obtain large size or sample bottles from dealers.
The article describes how colored stones are dyed or heated to alter tint. It notes that color bands appear in some stones during treatment and that further dyeing can intensify hues. It mentions artificial cat's eye and emerald imitations and cites Oberstein as a source of dolite to cat's-eye methods.
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