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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
3
A Cranbrook reader recalls a pioneer who boasts a good thing on his claim. He explains he will fix the roof and chimney someday, prefers contentment to ambition, and coldly declines a new opportunity, saying his current setup is mighty good as is.
Muffs grow larger in Paris this winter with canoe shapes and dead gold ornaments. Buttons in gold or white cloth trim white cloth outfits. Black velvet and broadcloth reyers lead tall costumes with empire trim motifs. Red dominates, new khaki shades near copper. White panne toque with white roses and ostrich tips tops black cloth looks. Velveteen reigns. fine velveteen trimmed with braids and Persian bands. A tea gown features accorili on plaited nun's veiling and ecru guipure yoke. Mars used freely in garments and trimmings. Short fur belts with passementerie. sable holvre with venise lace collar completes an elegant look.
A mother calls for Horatio Collingwood, finds no answer, and discovers a letter from his father about pressing trousers. The scene shifts to a vine summer house where Horatio reads virail notes, revealing tension between youth and family. The moment ends with a quiet, unresolved ache.
A Tennessee mountain tribe the Malungeons offers White men 40 to 100 acres to wed tribe maidens, previously banished for such unions. The chiefs claim the move aims to prevent intermarriage and preserve tribal lineage, with promises of favorable land for those vouched as honest and well behaved.
A piece notes Cousins of Iowa as “the most finished orator” in the house with four terms and two speeches, one long about Bayard and another brief after the Maine destruction, plus remarking on Dolliver and other speakers. It then describes Paris exposition wine tasters judging 86000 brands, rinsing with dry cheese to refresh taste between tastings.
On the fourth day of March two naval officers expected to retire from active duty upon reaching age 62. Rear Admiral Medborn of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and May Inspector Weary G. Volby, both of the U S N, share the same birthday and retirement date, a rare coincidence among sailors due to the navy's diverse ages and birthdays.
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Nerve Food as a remedy for female nervous and circulatory ailments caused by indoor living. It claims to build blood, refresh nerves, and restore vitality through outdoor exercise and pure air, citing testimonials from Mrs Jones of Tereton and Mrs Iron of Power.
A fragmented narrative recounts a desert skirmish where Apaches approached near the camp and were repelled by volley fire, paired with a reminiscence of a famed deer shooting failure in California. The piece blends frontier lore, superstition about a death bird, and a discussion of wedding cake tradition trends.
A lieutenant recalls a desert trek with civil engineers on the Texas Staked plains. In a moonless night, the death bird’s strange talking notes warn of looming danger from Apaches and unseen threats as sentries tremble in the sand and isolation grips the party.
A disjointed fragment references a German brewer in Mexico and a Paris exposition with six gold medals for deer products. A boarder narrator comments on interrogation and pointed tremors as Minister Wu is mentioned in a disjointed exchange.
Cited as a Niagara Era Enterprise report, C. Johnson, a 28 year old gold miner from Bridgewater, recalls gripping illness from grippe to extensive bodily weakness. After trial with various medicines failed, he used Dr Williams Pink Pills, purchased multiple boxes, regained health, resumed work, and credits the pills as life saving. The ad touts pills as blood and nerve builders with postpaid ordering from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
In a police station exchange, LT reports burglars entered his house and $20 was stolen from a vest. He accuses his wife of theft with certainty, claiming police cannot scare it out of her, ending with a curt farewell.
Nearly 100 emigrants are shipped to Australia aboard the Queenshind from Baghet, with payments for each adult and child and plans for a resort development on a New York beach. The harbor would be created by dredging. The tale also includes a comic aside about King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and a note about tobacco not yet discovered.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a trusted remedy claiming it affects the blood and system. The copy mentions Druggists selling by bottle price and promotes the Hall family pills as best for various ailments.
A discussion cites Bible verses to date the flood. It covers ages from Adam to Noah, listing patriarchs and years, and concludes the flood occurred 1650 years after Adam’s birth. The piece ends with a Chicago News quip about wages.
A jumble of political editorials and farm ads lists proposed constitutional changes for direct presidential voting and vice presidential duties, alongside farm sale notices for properties near Griswold Douglas Morris and Whitewater. Names include Walter Suckling & Co. and locations Winniper Portage la Prairie.
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at a Mayhem era hotel scene and eccentric figures. Mentions Yost Pye Bun Au TARDINESS and a woman of today, with stray references to streets and a cast of unnamed heroes and divas in a perplexing, era-flavored column.
The fragment mentions the Toscana telescope and a long history of early optical instruments dating back centuries. It references uncertain dates from the ninth century and a late medieval context, with scattered notes about origins and attributions in California sources.
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