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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
3
A short poem from Youth's Companion reflecting on aging siblings left alone in a once busy family home. It recalls childhood feasts and mother’s tears as the table for two returns to memory while children pursue separate paths. The tone is nostalgic and wistful about changing family life.
A resident of Glamis Ontario reports partial arm use after a sudden strain but credits MINARD'S LINIMENT with full recovery after continued use. KR. W. Harrison.
A veteran salesman recalls the hard life on the road teaching how to win over reluctant buyers. He tells of an early brush with a feared shopkeeper, then improvising a tin card to reenter, and finally selling a thousand dollars of cloth to the same man. The anecdote underscores the craft of approaching customers and building lasting relationships.
A garbled collage of comic lines and quirky quotes from unnamed papers includes Bugilahman opinions on Boer war naval battles and a Washington’s birthday breakfast reference, with scattered phrases like Indiaguat and the Cleveland Plato Dealer.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes of Grey County recounts four years of severe illness and near bed rest. After trying multiple doctors and treatments, she attributes her healing to fourteen boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills restoring strength, appetite, and weight, and vows the remedy saved her life.
The article details making caviare from sturgeon eggs. It covers egg separation on a meshed screen, collection in zinc troughs, salting with Luneberg salt, controlled mixing by hand, draining through fine sieves, curing in oaken or pine casks, and aging until ready to ship. It notes unit costs and salt requirements per keg.
The article recounts Queen Victoria amused by a jester at Windsor and Osborne who imitates the queen. It notes a philologist’s false tale of dumps from Dumopa and explains the true Danish origin of the word dumps. It ends with a quip about the difference between amateur and professional poets and a joke about snow.
A veteran actor recalls memory lapses on stage and the tricks players use to recover. Tales include a teagedian drawing color from a red dress to jog memory, singers mouthing through tunes, and prompter rescues. Opera is noted for fewer breakdowns due to heightened stakes.
A column extols spring vitality from Dr Williams Pink Pills noting indoor confinement harms mood and energy. It cites Miss Chapul of Lake Talon Ontario praising recovery, warns against purgatives, and advertises pills at 50 cents a box or $2.50 for six, with Brockville Ontario address.
Syracuse resident Celeste Coon reports relief from burning stomach pain after using Parmeles's Pills for dyspepsia. The testimonial states a single box eliminated distress and enables eating freely. The ad notes the pills do not cause pain or gelling and suggests use when a cathartic is needed.
A man and boy attempt a low paying task near a house when a tiny pile of coal sits on the sidewalk. The interviewer asks for payment from the occupant as the small man searches for any coin or nickel to hire for the job.
The fragment cites jokes from Chicago Rec ord and Brooklyn Life about a humorist and recurring quips with George on public transport and a doctor scene. It preserves dated regional humor and playful language from early 20th century newspapers.
A clever confidence game circulates among Chicago businessmen as two strangers swap a gold tipped fountain pen filled with colored ink. One man bets $100 on red ink and $50 on the pen’s ownership, while the secret mechanism lets the ink color be swapped, proving the apparent pen’s owner. Detective Flynn later identifies the con and recovers the $200.
Sir Samuel Baker reports the largest African elephant tusks seen at 172 and 188 pounds. Tiffany & Co now list tusks at 224 and 239 pounds with lengths of 10 feet and 10 feet 3 inches, circumferences 25 and 24 inches. Fossil and mammoth tusks are noted, including a 12 feet 4 inch long Elephasganest tusk and a 12 feet 10 inch Alaska mammoth tusk with 29 inches around.
OCR reads land claim style text from a damaged 18th century document mentioning Lancaster as capital, transfer of government from Philadelphia to Toledo, and references to Hall and Cheney remedies. The fragmentary item blends dates, places, and odd legal phrases with ad-like medical claims and notary attestations, lacking coherent event details.
A collage of ad copy and sayings touts remedies like Holloway's Corn Cure and Bickle's Anti Consumptive Syrup, promising corn removal and lung relief while weaving pithy maxims about effort, manners, and marriage. It blends jokes with medical boasts and social quips.
A Chicago Record correspondent notes royal Windsor posts such as the King's Ummer, historian, clockmaker, and master of music command salaries from 1,500 to 2,600 dollars annually. The aging offices include the historian with 2,600, the librarian at 2,100, the bargemaster with a smaller stipend, and other roles managing manuscripts clocks and royal vessels.
Catherine Van Rees a Holland native and composer of operettas wrote the Transvaal Hymn at the request of Mr Burghers later president of the South African Republic. She met him during a Utrecht choral society performance.
An odd quip filled item notes a man who attends a dance or social every night for a month. A wife counters with the idea of a lasting constitution, while the excerpt also hints at strained domestic moments and a quip about quoting Scripture to a spouse.
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