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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1911
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a gentle medicine for children, claimed to calm the stomach and drive troubling words from the system. The cadence echoes antique patent medicine lines and family health rhetoric.
A wealthy ailing woman in the country sought a renowned doctor for a 100 guinea fee. The physician visited, then discussed over lunch while the maid reported a chilling remark about killing her for the sake of the doctor.
A new steam turbine electric engine built by North British Locomotive Company undergoes trials in Scotland. At seventy feet long the engine places the funnel and boiler at the rear and uses a turbine to drive a central dynamo powering light driving wheels. Waste steam is condensed and recycled. The design, called the electr turb o locomotive, is seen as a potential revolution for British railways with savings in fuel and wind, possibly leading to wide adoption. 1867 and 1911 provide population and economic comparisons for Canada with rising capital, deposits, trade, and exports, noting Canada’s lead in nickel and asbestos.
A Winnipeg journalist for the Ottawa Journal arranged a press agent stunt during Carrie Nation's Ottawa lecture tour. He lured her to a lower town saloon, had its bottles replaced with colored water, and staged a mock smashing to draw a packed audience. Nation's career and travels through the United States and Britain are recounted, with anecdotes from Glasgow to London and notes on her nationwide fame beginning in 1900.
A historical recount honors telegraph operators who stayed at their posts amid battles fires and shipwrecks. From Pachuca to Delhi Townsville Granada and Alaska brave youths and seasoned workers wired through danger preserving news and aiding rescue efforts. The accounts include rebels besieging banks the mutiny at Meerut and the heroism of operators who perished or survived to report.
A dialogue reveals a girl asking why her father travels to town daily and learns the reason is to earn money for sleeping out at night, showing a sobering sense of hardship and family need in a suburban setting.
A Pittsburg judge states a man has no right to strike his wife while commentary notes the mother argues for enforcing a troubled dynamic at home. The piece ridicules the situation and imagines escape options like a tin roof or a dog louse as places of repose.
Report describes a quick glass blowing record achieved before Queen Alexandra at Webbs' Ginx Parnace in Shepherds Bush with a claret glass completed in under five minutes. Demonstrations include glass pigs dogs and a teddy bear, plus a glass cannon replica. the queen signed her name with a glass pen and bought several items.
Strengthens the throat says W P Purdom of St Anne’s Bay P O He reports relief from relaxed throat irritation and coughing after using Catarrhozone He declares it best for throat nose and bronchial tube and recommends it for bronchitis irritable throat catarrh and chest troubles Available 25¢ 500 and 1.00 at all dealers.
Count Okima argues Japan should avoid colonies and instead pursue peaceful trade to absorb its growing population. He envisions the world as a common home and urges the United States to lift the Japanese immigration ban to facilitate movement without conquest.
Article extolls the Olympic as the world’s largest ship at 882 feet, 92 feet wide, with eleven decks and 97 feet 4 inches from keel to deck. It notes 2,400 passengers and 2,400 crew, luxury amenities, and compares to Mauretania and Lusitania, while mentioning maintenance tip about polishing brass with flannel.
A woman asks to change a five pound note but a Hebrew slothier refuses with a brusque no. The man apologizes, saying he wants to buy one of three guineas overcoats. A stranger departs, and a boy mocks the scene while an elderly figure urges patience.
There is a troublesome ailment of the stomach, and sufferers seek relief. Marine We's Vegetable Pills are advertised as an established remedy promising ready relief after years of efficacy. Parmolee's claims are presented as a superior option amid broad market advertisements.
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