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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
5
A clipped item from the Ontario lam year issue discusses marriage pressure and fear of widowhood, then pivots to warn against overwork as a cause of mental decline. It notes intemperance and adverse conditions, urging restraint and mental steadiness to avoid ruinous anxiety.
The article discusses the yen’s provisional wartime value and its decmial system. It explains that 100,000,000 yen equates to about $30,000,000, noting the currency’s low value and the absence of coins for minute fractions.
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A Fidelity and Casualty Monthly Bulletin recounts mishaps across work sites. A rooftop tile layer slid from a ridge pole, landing amidst debris and a chip pile yet escaped serious harm. A Chicago varnish plant drill incident caused a man to be launched like a rocket by a pressure extinguisher, but he survived. An elevator mishap with lime and a heavier barrel led to a seven story up and down ride with no injuries. In Donaldson Louisiana a boiler explosion hurled a worker midair onto a lower roof. he walked away unharmed.
Hair experts warn that continued use of porpadours may lead to balding. The article notes foreheads and crown recession as a beauty issue and suggests one remedy: brush hair opposite to its daytime direction at night to rest and keep it from warping.
A compendium of animal mating behavior across species. Birds, insects, spiders, apes, and fish are described in lively, period prose with observations on courtship dances, color changes, and the dangers of disapproval. Some species display elaborate rituals while others show harsher, protective acts within nesting and mating.
A fragment describes a radium driven device by Harrison Martindale. The apparatus emits beta and gamma rays from radium and uses an electroscope to show charge changes every two minutes. The text claims the device could run for about thirty thousand years before the radium exhausts.
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