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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1914
Page
2
Short notice advert seeks congenial autistic workers for home employment earning three to five dollars daily decorating cushion tops. No clear company name. location listed as Armoir Art Chik Dept at Bredalhane Block, Winnipeg.
Mrs Potter says her husband will teach her to skate this winter in a guarded tone that hints at reproach. Gooph dismisses the devotion as jealousy and reluctance to risk another man near her, uttering a grumbled aside from behind a magazine.
A muddled dialogue recalls a wedding anniversary and a vague tragedy ten days past. A young man grumbles at language learning and a grinder figure confirms someone is all right. Tam works on a new system to set tunes to ragtime and have the chorus sing popular songs.
A narrator recalls a father promoting a lame trotting horse with a boastful call to friends within twenty miles. The horse is described as able to cover a mile in 240, drawing interest from Nin Cody and others despite the lame condition.
A London critic, E. N., recalls Mikisch arriving to conduct the London Symphony, while a Glasgow editor misreads Nikisch as McKish. A Sunday school tale from Scotland features a child blurting Dry hisself after Naaman’s Jordan wash and a mother’s bonner on his head.
A woman reports that a top floor tenant has fallen for their cook and seeks to persuade her to elope. The suitor, a local man, offers fifty dollars to convince her, prompting a rush of emotion from the household. The exchange centers on loyalty, money, and secrecy within a crowded building.
General de Negrier, a French officer, escaped German custody during the Metz capitulation by donning his uniform, shooting the sentinel who demanded papers, and fleeing to join Faidherbe's northern army. He rose rapidly in rank, becoming the youngest colonel, brigadier general, and division general. In a separate anecdote, a passenger on a train hears a commotion as a vacuumed hat nearly falls, but the moment passes with no incident.
The Sicilian carts are vivid works of art with yellow panels and mythic scenes. One cart depicts Columbus leaving Paris, the Vespers massacre, Acre, and Santa Rasalia, with intricate axle carvings and a saint at the center. An old anecdote about a mother scolding a child over a kettle adds local color. A quip about a woman preferring a man who has sown wild oats follows.
A neighbor is arrested on a charge of wilfully damaging a chicken. The judge questions the damage and notes the chicken’s value. The plaintiff says the bird was worth 75 cents alive and a few cents dead. The judge dismisses the case.
Seasonal warning urges mothers to watch infants for cold onset and use Baby's Own Tablets to prevent or quickly relieve symptoms. Tablets clear stomach and bowels and ease discomfort. sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
The article argues sleep strengthens immunity and speeds recovery from illness, citing experiments and a doctor who recommended humor to a nervous patient. It notes a long saying Laugh and live and includes a humorous dialogue about Miss Prim and Miss Peach and a schoolboy joke about false teeth.
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the best preparation for chilblains and frost bite, claiming it counteracts inflammation and relieves pain with instantaneous action and simple application amid winter conditions.
The article recalls 1885 experiments by Sir W L Preece on wireless messages for the British post office and his presence at Edison’s 1877 workshop in New York. It notes Preece’s theoretical plonograph during the voyage home and Hilson delivering England’s first plonograph within a month, highlighting early strides toward voice reproduction.
A fragmented recount notes London's early stone bridge replacing a ferry on the Thames with twenty arches and a draw bridge. It mentions King John funding via a revenue plan, narrow arches causing boat accidents, and eventual disrepair. Also a brief anecdote about Senator Kern stopping at a Brown County hotel.
He notes growing satisfaction with his wife's cooking over time. Smith responds that his own cooking has improved with experience rather than his wife.
The text explains that momentum, mass times velocity, becomes kinetic energy and is transformed into work at impact. If the struck body moves, momentum transfers as motion. if immovable, the car may smash or recoil, raising temperature and moving molecules slightly. It also advertises Dr Kelloge's Asthma Remedy with claims of long-standing success across continents.
A teacher in a tenement district seeks the pupil guardian Mrs Angela Scandale. A cherubic helper guides her to a doorway where Mees Scandale resides, though the teacher finds the downstairs resident later on. The scene shows a hurried search and a cautious reveal of residence.
The notice lists users endorsing MINARD'S LINIMENT including Mathias Foley of Old City Ontario Joseph Snow of Norway Maine Charles Wheoten of Mulgrave Nova Scotia Rev R O Armstrong of Mulgrave Nova Scotia Pierre Lanuers sent Pokemouchie Thomas Wesson of Sheffield New Brunswick.
A devoted tennis player with canoeing skill attends her first horse show. Asked if she can judge horseflesh, she replies with a humorous denial, saying she has never tasted any. The exchange highlights her unfamiliarity with horses despite athletic versatility.
Heligoland experiments by Hellmuth Plessner show starfish eyes do not form images or detect motion. The eyes register light intensity and shading, enabling awareness of distant illumination differing from the local surroundings, while skin also senses nearby light changes.
Mrs Tolker accuses Mrs Gadabout of prying and staring at clothing as they walk the street. Mr Tolker asks if others told on her as the quarrel escalates. Grandma recalls past modesty and notes a fad may return.
An elderly homeowner praises graceful movement of the dancer while the debutante’s father objects to the price. He reveals paying ten dollars for each performance, contrasting the praise with the cost. The exchange highlights differing perspectives on value and entertainment.
An excerpt notes two dog watches on shipboard and rejects a watchdog suggestion. It recalls charms using a spider in a nut as a disease cure. It reports Ravensburg Tyrol child markets selling poor children for work, with boys for farming and girls for domestic tasks. The anecdote ends with a quarrel over a donation and a minister’s sermon followed by a cashier’s remark.
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