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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
2
A garbled OCR style item describes a London scientist noting a woman may lose her voice after a calf related event. It mentions a conversation with Miss Cau tigne and a Mr. Dudieig, with odd names and stray phrases about death and boredom. The text is unclear and contains many typos.
Anecdotes from the South Africa journal recount Barney Barnato as a superb amateur Melodramatic actor when he played Claudius Frollo Quasimodo and the hunchback on stage. A dramatic display saw his dramatic resilience as he toppled a prop hump and drew applause. The piece also notes W Scully’s reminiscence of springbok treks across Bushmanland, and a Washington club tale about a Pat at a railroad wreck with a humorous recovery line from a fellow guest.
A curious fragmentary piece notes a motoring Yankee in a Scottish town and political polling delays. It then shifts to a mock advert praising Parmelon's Vegetarie Pills as a cheap tonic for the poor, followed by aphorisms on life, charity, and a stray reflection by Charles Lamb about burial.
A jumble of ad like medical remedies and stories spans with Dr Chase ointment claims for preventing poisoning, asthma remedies, a church anecdote, a boy wanting to play Indians, a church meeting, a note on magnetic lore, Seville’s Giralda tower discussion, a snow hurricane, and assorted historical and cultural snippets including Bengali language notes and ancient Rome governance.
A brief exchange questions whether the basket’s contents are the same at the top and bottom, with an insistence that the basket is indeed identical throughout. The dialogue suggests a probing comparison between two ends of the same item.
A brief dialog shows a wife accusing her husband of fading love while he responds with concern and tenderness. The exchange centers on emotional distance, daily chores, and a request for reassurance amid domestic tension.
A fragmented excerpt depicts boys urged to give to a coin box for Caritoos. A ruddy urchin volunteers, another adds a copper, and an old proverb about fools and money appears. The scene centers on charity and thrift with street‑level social humor.
A traveler recalls a dramatic encounter as natives fear an unseen foe on the coast. A white man retrieves glasses, exchanges them for arrows, and urges a missionary to stay alert while a distant enemy appears briefly before retreating.
A garbled collage of dialogue and headlines describes Bohemia's coal habitations, voting rights for women, a disappointed child, an unusual gun inventor, and a humorous exchange about advice from the national agriculture department. The excerpts mix curiosities, odd stories, and social notes from a period newspaper page.
An unclear fragment discusses privateers and prisoner handling during war with England. It references France, a treaty or proclamation, and resistance to release linked to national wartime goals. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent details.
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