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Newspaper
Grand Forks Sun
Location
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
7
A muttered tale outlines a notorious spotted bull known for ferocity and mischief. It rips, charges, and kills livestock, injures people, and evades capture. An eccentric farmer recalls the beast’s rampage and a dramatic encounter with a hobo ending in the animal’s collapse beside the road.
A Sunday school scene records children contributing to a mission box to Cariboos. A middy, and others, offer coins with brief proverbs such as It is better to give than to receive and Waste not, want not as the box is passed.
In Amareb the church fund for repairing the dilapidated church was promoted by a printer's blunder. A rector printed the arch fund notice, and on Sunday the large type read The collection today will be for fe arch fund, prompting local attention for the church family news.
A reader letter from Culengy Record Herald laments medical neglect after an accident. The sufferer asks why a doctor was kept away and notes the claim of limited treatment and disability benefits. It reflects patient frustration with insurance and wage losses during disability.
A fragmentary exchange mentions Theo keeping a cow and seeking a separator. The dialogue hints at someone testing an old device to separate the cow from Werask, with a terse note on the attempt and improvised wording.
A fragmented, puzzling exchange references an insult to Reagy and a babtenlab, with unclear speakers guessing at meaning. The text resembles a garbled archival note with incomplete dialogue and placeholder names, offering little clear context or outcome.
A portrait of Guglielmo Marconi as a child and young man, noting early curiosity and resistance to conventional schooling. The piece highlights his Italian-English heritage, fascination with electricity, and decisive, independent personality that drove him to develop wireless telegraphy, with admiration for his character and lasting impact.
A London Times writer describes how fashionable women embraced tall feathered headgear toward the end of the eighteenth century. Feathers required special rooms at elegant assemblies and gaps between carriages and crowds. a dexterous tap could accompany a shoulder touch without disturbing dancers.
The article notes younger sons from noble families, including Lord George Wellesley and Lord Edward Grosvenor, training as pilots in the Army and Navy. Both brothers joined the services and earned their pilot certificates within a month of their first flight, illustrating aristocratic enlistment in early aviation.
In New York Turus unveils Hewlwasa as a singer in a major opera company, while Jewett questions the discovery and notes plays a prominent role in the announcement.
The article argues for preserving aristocratic influence in governing dominions, praising the role of the Governor-General as a peerage figure. It cites Miss De Thierry's case for birthright, notes social life among London elites, and lauds the Excellency's service and sacrifices. It mentions impressions of Earl and Countess Grey and the welcome extended to British and colonial elites in London society.
A partial transcription outlines ages and terms of Canadian Senate members. It lists 53 Liberals and 30 Conservatives with four vacancies, naming speakers and several Toronto and Quebec senators. The piece focuses on ages from under 30 to over 80 and the average age, plus notes the oldest and longest-serving members.
Wisonsin Sphinx notes the term dark ages arose from periods of cultural and intellectual decline. It argues later scholarship reinterprets the era as foundational, with advances in various realms despite challenges.
Baltimore American quotes a local reader questioning the color of a figure named Dike and attributing it to his projects or winds, reflecting period slang and public curiosity in a brief quoted exchange.
A highly fragmentary text references natural history and language, mentioning phrases like Pap tell We ane Hains and Con sword lishen fence, suggesting dialectal or encoded content without clear context or complete sentences. The item appears as a stray OCR snippet rather than a full article.
Arthur T. Genest named president of the French Canadian Literary Club of Ottawa. A noted civil engineer and longtime public servant, Genest has trained in railway localization, oversaw canal and railway projects, and contributed to French and English press. He has ties to several learned societies and founded The Clarion newspaper.
In Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard confronts entabling a terminus for the seawat rail line after Lieut Hughes discovers an uncharted coral reef and a cliff system. A Royal Navy party, aided by local natives, scales the cliffs and cuts a passage through dense growth to assess the site. The exploration reveals a 45 foot high cliff and a 20 foot water depth nearby.
An inmate in a Scottied lunatic asylum clings to a Christmas fantasy that each day is Christmas and that he enjoys a grand feast of turkey and plum pudding. In reality his meals are plain porridge. He narrates tastings to visitors, claiming every bite recalls a festive memory and insists his food tastes like a celebratory feast.
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