Dauphin Herald Editor Moore's Westward Rise Highlighted
The Dauphin Herald's new editor, a Monmouth Illinois native born in 1867, rose from printer’s trade to census clerk at Washington and patent law graduate. He moved to Manitoba in 1904 to lead the Dauphin Herald and acts as general agent for Sawyer-Moore, shaping the paper’s success with careful typography and admin skill. The piece notes his ambitious drive in western Canada and hopes for long service to the town.
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Dauphin Herald
Unele San
Western
Canada
Moore
Monmouth
Illinois
St Paul
Minn
Tus
Washington, D.C
Census Bureau
Towart
Washington
National University of Law
Boan
Manitoba
Dauphin
Sawyer-Mu
Inetch Suich
T of Ita
Customer critique sparks tobacconist exchange over quality
A customer challenges the tobacconist who tests a nickel and a cola, noting the drink and cigar seem subpar. The tobacconist agrees the cola is acceptable but not exceptional, while snubbing a comparison to standards and another cigar. The fragment hints at a dispute over product quality.
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Cathe
Drivel for the Dregs and a Parade of Counterfeits
A London music hall review finds the performers tedious and harmful to taste, while a Paris fraud tale details a counterfeiting ring producing near perfect spurious coins. Other items warn against mercury in catarrh cures and tout a mix of local anecdotes from markets to a Chicago News joke about auto horns as a hunting prize.
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Paris
Article on vulgarity of buying furs beyond means
Dialogue between a daughter and mother cites a New York Press piece criticizing extravagance in fur purchases. The mother reveals she bought a second copy to read aloud, while Tye reads but cannot find any factual error in the article.
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Papa
Tye
New York Press
Zam-Buk Balm Promises Quick Skin Healing
An old advertisement extols Zam-Buk as a universal balm for skin diseases including eczema, sores, ringworm, cuts, and abscesses. It claims rapid relief for children and warns against other salves. The copy mentions the product’s antiseptic herbs and offers post free sampling and six boxes for a penny stamp.
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Olds
Hinga
Zat-Buk Co
Toronto
Hudson Bay venture crosses paths with North Africa talk
The St John’s Newfoundland Herald surveys ongoing global links while Canada’s North defies isolation. It notes the steamship Stand 2 returns from the north with fair Labrador weather and a crew dispute delaying passage from James Bay to Hudson Bay. Plans call for September and October movements toward Churchill and Albany.
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Patare T
North Africa
Canada
St. John's Newfoundland
Herald
Labrador
Hudson Town
James, Bay
Regina
Wa Bay
Jams Bay
Hudson Bay
Nelson River
Churchill
Albany and
Mose
Sea Otter Fur Makes Finest Coat Collars
A furrier argues sea otter skins resist frost, making superior coat collars. He notes most skins frost over, but one exceptional skin remains unfrozen, seen as proof that sea otter pelt breath does not freeze, justifying high prices.
Observant observers distinguish men from women at a distance
The text asserts keen observers can tell gender at long range by motion and arm gestures, noting men’s ungainly posture vs women’s natural grace. It adds a quirk about hair arranging motions and derives coach from a term meaning a shell. It then claims tears cool the eyes, keeping them from overheating.
Net Whales and the Long Allure of Ocean Nets
An eccentric account describes whale nets off Wangmun Bay using six foot mesh, three quarter inch wire rope, and buoys to hold the net near the surface. It notes how a whale can entangle itself, the lookout station signals the approach, and harpoons and lances are used to finish the catch. The piece also mocks a prominent English physician predicting rising lunacy.
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South Pacific
Wongamumu
Antarctic
Wangmun
Tasman Sea
Wangauninn
Darrela
Wasle
Bownes
Jeniste
Sterne’s Letter to Mrs Draper Describes Sweet Treats
A fragment from a Sterne passage notes he sent his sweetheart Mrs Draper a pot of tweetmeats and a pot of honey, each lacking half the sweetness found in her own. The line captures playful affection and Victorian wordplay in a delicate, humorous tone.
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Sterne
Fragmented Notes On Navigation And Odd Epigrams
A garbled fragment discusses early navigation notes and sun dials linked to Columbus era, mentions declination and compass lines, and shifts to a misheard verse about stuffing a duck and the rest of a painful nursery of laws. The text blends nautical science with scattered quips and a closing jab at legal matters.
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Columbee
Innsbr
Nurealy
Fragmented Historical Notes on Courtship and Cement
The text describes Mexican courtship rituals with window appearances and mutual acquaintance. It also mentions folk remedies for warts using a louse bite from a local folk belief. Portland cement is praised as the hard cement imitating the port and stone, noting its 1824 invention by Joseph Aspinson of Leeds.
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England
Joseph Aspinson
Leeds
The American War and a Japanese lathe order
A far eastern commercial agent recounts how an American machinery agent secured an order in Japan for lathes. The tale centers on a large factory startup and the need for precise machines. The British Semaard firm contends its lathes are superior and unalterable, emphasizing the competitive edge in the export deal.
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Japan
New South Wales
Far East
Fis
Unclear OCR Note Highlights Confusing Medical Text
Fragmentary text appears to discuss chemistry or medicine with misspellings and garbled phrases. It mentions psychine or psychedelic topics and references physicians and experts, but the meaning is not recoverable. The readable parts suggest a discussion of effects and identification but lack coherent facts.
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Ickle
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Fred F Moore
Editor
Dauphin Hi
Farmer Coutesses
Washington Star
London
S "Cheney & Co
Toledo
Man Ha
Ely
Chicago News
Epps
Tonie and Disease
Cree Harbor
Prychine
Oshawa
Montreal
Uxusto
Craig St
Colborne St
Ottawa
Dondas
Oshawa Canada
Lombard
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