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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
2
The story follows Captain Peter Blood and Levasseur forming a pact at Tortuga, uniting Bloods crew with Levasseur’s fleet. They sign articles for shared prizes, split profits, and plan joint ventures as they target Hispaniola, Tortuga, and offshore schooners amid Caribbean dangers and rival captains.
A testimonial from Mrs Howat McCulley of Fort Greville Nova describes severe pain weakness and swelling before and after birth and credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with significant relief She urges others with similar troubles to try the product and allows its use as a testimonial
The story follows Peter Blood and fellow escapees laboring in Tortuga as they await ships to France or Holland. Temptations rise from Arabella Bishop’s allure and from governor d Ogeron who profits from spoils and bills of exchange. The outlaws unite, urging Blood to reclaim leadership among the coast rovers.
A historical note traces fireworks to Florence around 1360 with later displays in 1588. It cites Lord Macaulay claiming that after the 1697 Treaty of Rynwick fireworks in England cost 12,000 pounds, roughly 60,000 dollars by contemporary values, during William III’s reign.
The geological survey states it has no knowledge of springs that begin to flow as a drought ends. No official confirmation of new water sources or spring activity is provided. Further monitoring and field reports are expected to clarify the situation.
Major Baxter criticizes the flood of American magazines into Canada arguing that 24 million American periodicals enter Canadian homes annually. He urges establishing and supporting Canadian magazines to balance competition and protect national publicity, warning Canada risks losing its own publishing voice to American and British titles.
A Devonshire road into Nidecombe village is reported to contain rich metals in its peculiar granite. A ton of the rock may yield three to thirty shillings in gold and up to two thirds of an ounce of silver, worth under two shillings. Tons are built into walls and moorland boulders, but the vein source remains undiscovered.
Sir Thomas Lipton relates a playful anecdote about a comedian and a London sign in Piccadilly. The tale follows a shopper who buys a thousand pins for one, misses three, and plans a return to the shop, as Lipton chats with New York reporters amid yacht race chatter.
Fragmentary OCR item suggests a note about British capital involvement in Canada through British trade commission activities and Canadian factories. The readable text mentions British trades and a 19th century context with factories and commerce. Names and dates are unclear due to damage.
The Canadian Club in London, linked to late F.C. Wade, is fading as land life memberships dwindle while three more Anglo Canadians join. An investigation into its financial position is underway.
A Californian sailor named Pidgeon sails from Los Angeles in a four ton yacht and aims to complete a worldwide voyage. He crosses the Pacific and Indian Oceans, rounds the Cape of Good Hope, and continues from Ascension Island to Trinidad, planning a September port arrival in Los Angeles. The feat recalls Captain Slocum’s 1898 voyage, though Slocum faced Cape Horn and did not use a canal.
Fragmented verse urging the soul to rise on wings of faith love and hope. It contrasts frail branches with divine flight and calls for gracious benevolence consecrated hearts through the Holy Spirit.
A fragment shows a dialogue where a speaker greets John and mentions Mes receding and Mr Hall, with a line about Pye having tried for 15 years. The text is incomplete but implies a long effort finally succeeding.
The article reports that recent tremors in Midlands England are attributed to human activity from coal and iron mining. It notes July events near Carnarvon shore where dwellers awoke to underground rumblings and coastal land slid seawards, caused by quarry waste dumping destabilizing a marshy area.
The King shows interest in beet production for a new sugar factory in Spakling, Lincolnshire, with contract negotiations underway. Mis Ma already grows beets under Jurser for the Cantley Wolk factory as the industry pressures advance.
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