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Newspaper
Chilliwack Free Press
Location
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
6
A dramatized feature presents John W. Harding's adaptation of Eugene Walter's work. Wingham Co publishes a literary rendering drawing on the original play's themes and characters.
Superintendent Ames N. Smith, famed for calm leadership, contends with Longshoremen demanding 8c more per hour as two delegates threaten a dock-wide strike. Captain Wit Mane signals heavy police protection and strikebreakers if needed to protect ships and property across ports.
The article discusses the risks of childbirth and the nervous strain on mothers and fathers. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to make women normal healthy and strong and invites women to write for confidential advice to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn, Massachusetts.
The fourth Duke of Sutherland, Cromartie Leveson-Gower, plans a Canadian West visit to review land distributions after purchasing 250 000 acres in Alberta and British Columbia. He aims to place Scottish tenants on farms and fruit lands, with 100 families settled last year. The duchess, sister of the Earl of Rosslyn, may accompany him.
The University of Saskatche wan in Saskatoon, rapidly developing, hires Dr. J. L. Hogg from McMaster University as professor of physics. Hogg, Toronto graduate and Harvard postgrad, led gas papers earning wide reputation and will shape the physics department and laboratory equipment at the new Saskatoon campus.
The House of Lords was voted to be abolished by the Long Parliament in 1649. This action marked a foundational shift in English government as the Lords ceased to exist in practice.
Louis N Parker, linked to the Shakespeare ball at the Royal Albert Hall, has a diverse background. Born in France to American and English roots, educated in Germany, with first language Italian, his career spans music directing at Sherborne and dramatic ventures including a nude theatre. His early play A Buried Talent faced delays before Ben Greet offered to produce it.
Mortlake tapestries after Raphael's cartoons may leave England as Duke of Rutland has received a 75000 dollar offer from the United States. South Kensington and the National Art Collectors' Fund cannot top the bid. The seven pieces, once at Belvoir Castle, are in fine condition and trace back to King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. They now reside in Belvoir's chapel.
Australian naturalists describe the largest jungle fowl nests as massive mounds about fifteen feet tall and one hundred fifty feet in circumference. Bush turkey nests are pyramidal and sometimes so large that several men are needed to weave them.
A Banffshire teacher challenged a girl to remove crinoline, saying to come back as God made her. A dominie tested catechism, asked if God has a beginning or end, and after a tense exchange, the pupil’s answer satisfied him. The piece moves through folkish anecdotes and biting quips.
An aged Scot travels from Scotland to London to visit her son and seeks dental help for a toothache. The dentist removes a tooth, charging ten shillings, provoking an irate reaction from the patient who protests at being charged. A separate anecdote recalls a host remark about a hot bottle with nothing in it.
A fragment cites a author denying any blush-worthy content in his play and a producer urging him to polish the manuscript before completion. The exchange, quoted from Washington Stur, underscores tensions over acceptable material in literary works.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt urges careful consideration of marriage, noting it is not to be decided in a day and reflecting on a six month Reno experience as lasting wisdom.
An unusual ad item mentions Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere as a punch line to a dialog about loss and hope. The fragment references a daughter and a conversation about travel and accents, with a Times style aside. The source text is partial and reads like a humorous feature or advertising gag.
A reflection notes small towns offer genuine sympathy in trouble and mutual help, contrasting with the aloofness of large cities where residents only offer help when you cause trouble.
A collage of anecdotes recalls Thackeray gifting boys dinner and theatre outings, including to Herrman Merivale at the Garrick club, with notes on Thackeray’s memory for details. Other fragments mention public figures, flogging debates at Eton, odd exchanges, and humorous vignettes from social pages.
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