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Newspaper
Davidson Leader
Location
Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
7
An inland town resident recalls an overnight trip aboard an all night voyage with OO and Steamboat. His nephew, not used to travel, asks about the night. The uncle admits he saw a life preserver card and could not sleep with the device on, explaining his discomfort.
The clipping mingles homemaking advice with humorous vignettes about marriage and a pricey wedding for a child. A London boarding scenario shows a American woman dictating meal plans and dinner expectations.
The text reviews the shift away from Darwin’s survival of the fittest, noting uncertainty about inheritance, origins of life, and the limits of natural selection to explain diversity. It recalls debates on whether traits arise from a single form or multiple ancestors and cites figures like Darwin and references to papal coinage.
An old advertisement touts a catarrh cure with a claimed internet system and testimonials. It references a druggist and a bank, claiming easy price and free trial, urging readers to contact the seller for a remedy.
Government reports an effort by United States agencies to push German and Austrian goods into Canada in defiance of the wartime order in council. Minister Heid promises action to confiscate goods purchased to evade the ban. The text also contains stray dramatic dialogue and unrelated clipped phrases.
A plan outlines a building run almost entirely by women with female architects, agents, senitors, and office workers. Men would have limited roles and male stenographers need not apply. A man requesting an office was refused. The sale of Wehara’s Liriment is noted.
A jumble of notes notes about Tulip Bread tied to ground tulip subs and wartime food shortages, with London Daily News dispatches from Rotterdam on German food policies. Also mentions an Army food program, drying potatoes, and alcohol production cuts, plus assorted jokes and patter.
A report on Ryan Kyran known as Pitts, famed for papers routes in major cities and global travels. He crossed from the Walles Islands to Australia and Booth Africa, then Europe, amid war, with friends keeping watch and hope for his safe return.
A quoted piece from the New York Independent argues that Germany’s actions have forced Britain to expand armed forces and threaten world peace. The author warns of financial distress, idle shipping, and closed factories as consequences of war, while urging unity against tyranny and the defense of liberty.
A Canadian woman recounts wartime travel with two companions from Innsbruck to Munich, securing British passports, then detainment at Lindau station for eight hours. She notes mixed treatment, escape by she and one companion while two Englishwomen remained with other British subjects.
Dogs, early domesticated animals, adapt when moved to tropical Africa, changing traits over generations. Ears sharpen, coats lighten toward jackal-like forms, and overall body type shifts due to climate. Mention of Antwerp and Belgium appears as fragmented text.
The article argues Britain and its allies must endure wartime strains, urging Canada to stand pat and reduce harm by avoiding panic price rises and unnecessary production. It envisions a postwar era of happier conditions with Canada sharing in a peaceful future and contributing to Allied victory without becoming an armed camp.
The text recalls privateering during the Civil War and earlier wars, noting host nations’ captured ships and prize splits among crews. It mentions British actions against German commerce and historic captures under Admiral Rodney era rules, with fragmented dialogue and era imagery.
Testimonial recounts severe stomach pain and long illness ending after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. Patient improves from weight loss and weakness to restored appetite and strength, credits pills with curing digestive distress and associated rheumatic and nervous symptoms. Pills sold by medicine dealers or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Rear Admiral the Hon Maurice Horatio Nelson died at Portsmouth. Born January 2, 1422, he was the third son of the second Bart Nelson. Educated at Eton and Royal Gosport, he joined the Sea Service and won the Unetion in the Crimes Wer. He served at the bombardment of Odes sa in 1854 and received the Crivean and Turkish medals. He commanded a gunboat in the Baltic in 1855 and retired from the service in 1872.
In a bold claim the Czar of Reesia asserts ownership of greater quantities of china than any other person worldwide. He states access to all Chinese wares for rulers from Catherine the Great to Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg.
The readable lines hint at a financial figure, Mme Kin Seno, a president of a large bank in Tokyo, praised for business acumen yet facing criticism over equality claims. The fragment notes investments by a person named Jones turning into gold bricks, signaling a cautionary tale about financial ventures and credibility.
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