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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1912
Page
3
A reflective poem on aging veterans facing decline as time erodes their once bright prospects. It contrasts youth’s hopeful tide with elders’ fading strength and memory. The speaker notes quiet, brave endurance as the final chapters approach, with imagery of setting suns and drifting shores.
The article notes Minard's Liniment treating garget in cows and jokes about changes in baseball with comedians on the sidelines. It predicts possible a female sextet in the near future, reflecting evolving entertainment around the game.
A Toronto reader reports relief from back and bowel pain after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the product as a forty year old tonic for female health and invites letters to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass for confidential advice.
The article argues experienced hunters favor Winchester rifles and ammo for reliability and broad calibers. It notes Winchester products offer dependable performance, wide selection, and fair prices, with the saying shoots like a Winchester reflecting popular opinion.
Overwork and worry spark nervous symptoms and headaches. The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood nourishing nerve tonic. It cites Mrs Lara Scheving of Taindar Mau reporting dramatic improvement after six boxes and notes availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont for 60 cents a box or 2 50 for six.
A missing wife alert ends comically as Mrs. Smith and her brindle bull terrier reappear just as the constable defines the dog. The tale contrasts with an asthma remedy advertisement urging Dr. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy to prevent sleepless nights and daytime fatigue.
The new government plans to repurpose temples in Canton and Henan into educational centers, diverting funds from priests to schools. Celebrations for god birthdays will be halted, preserving only Confucian festivals, as public opinion is managed.
The piece recalls the decline of buffalo robes once common in Kansas homes. Indians tanned robes with traditional methods, producing durable hides later replaced by Indian markets for money and whiskey. As demand grew, robes, tepees, moccasins, and winter gear vanished from reservations and trade shifts followed.
Explorers surveyors prospectors and hunters will find Dr Thomas Electric Oil useful in camp. When feet and legs are wet and cold rub freely to prevent muscle pains and to dress sprains contusions or strains, with better healing and relief noted.
A brief exchange recalls a vow of gentle speech in marriage. The speaker notes no harsh words in the couple’s two days and four hours together, highlighting an ideal of harmonious domestic life.
In a street encounter a doctor, strolling with pomp, is accosted by a poor woman who reminds him of the rich Smith boy and asserts she hailed the brick that struck him. The doctor admits a fairly good fee and responds with irritation as the scene unfolds.
Lew S Nixon recalls a joke shared by two French officials about charging our new submarines the sinking fund, in New York at the Union Club, highlighting ongoing discussions of naval affairs.
A humorous brief notes a distemper remedy claim tied to Minard's Liniment and records a courtroom exchange where a judge questions leniency while a convict proposes a public vote on guilt. The dialogue includes casual household questions about a daughter practicing piano and borrowing a lawn mower.
An Italian fruit vendor, fed up with customers squeezing and bruising his fruit, displayed a sign reading if you must pinch the fruit pinch da coconut to deter handling and spoilage.
In a domestic scene a mother explains heredity to Little Jack as he struggles with his lesson. He finally grasps the concept and bluntly asks if whipping heredity is the answer, revealing a mix of curiosity and grim humor.
Miss Gabbeigh replies that keeping a diary leaves her no time to do anything to write about. Mr Askit questions the habit as she jokes about busy writing achievements.
An odd report mixes a grocer’s dispute with a warehouse accident. Olaf Larson fell five stories in a shaft with a load of boxes but crawled out unharmed. A bystander man questions if a complex situation deserves more help than it receives.
A boy testifies to the judge about his season as a caddy at the golf club. The exchange centers on understanding the nature of an oath and the boy’s familiarity with the club. The tone is courtroom and period in style.
A cautious customs inspector asks the pale passenger if he has anything dutiable concealed on him. The passenger answers weakly that if he had swallowed anything of that sort he would confess he hasn’t.
In a playful exchange Aunt-Jh and Lily discuss a fanciful plan, Mr Airy proposes an airborne wedding idea. Lily imagines how she might fly with him, while Aunt-Jh questions the gilded cage notion.
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