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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
2
The Postoffice Department explained that the new bilingual Eng hub Preach postcards affect only domestic circulation in Canada. A two cent abroad postcard has long existed in French and English, and postal union rules require cards to be in both languages of the sending country.
A fragment describes ants that spin silk larvae to bind leaves for nests. Larvae carry by workers to unite leaves and form a bridge of silk. Five or six ants create chains to draw sap and join leaves, a remarkable method. The piece ends with reflections on love and a card index for girls.
The old room in Montreal holds historic significance as figures like Sir Henry Irving Sir William and prominent aristocrats once gathered there. Guests recall widening maps and policies while presidents and officials debated major matters, leaving a sense that its glory has faded.
A late night intruder slips into a house but flees after a tense exchange with a resident. The scene shifts to Canon Horsley, a burglary expert, recounting tales of skeleton keys and a burglar who silenced dogs with liver, only to find a stuffed dog in the hall.
The city reserves a four and a quarter mile gravel track from One Hundred and Pitty-aft Street to Dyckwnan Street northward for equine speed trials. The cost and purpose are noted while nonsensical verse and reflections on education and a Western Canada cricket match anecdote follow, forming a mixed page item.
A newly discovered poem attributed to Robert Burns is reported in a New York source. The verse, once presented to a nobleman and his guests, includes a stanza criticizing the spread of shame on Burns’ name and ends with a plea that he die before such insult.
A letter from Mrs. J. A. Ballantyne of Sturgeon Creek Ont credits Dr Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills with curing her husband of appendicitis after doctors ordered an operation. She says the medicine eliminated the need for surgery and doctor visits. Pills cost 25 cents a box and are sold by Edmanson Bates & Co Limited in Toronto.
An ad style narrative touts Dr J D Kell oge’s Asthma Remedy as a death knell to asthma trouble. It claims to stop wheeze and night attacks and let sufferers sleep. It appeals to trial demonstrations and includes colorful asides about dining decorum and a cricket umpire remark.
The Ontario Department of Agriculture explores moving pictures to extend agricultural demonstrations. Officials see films as valuable at farmers institute lectures to improve province wide farming practices.
Fragmentary item notes needlework at home earning up to five dollars a day, with mentions of Armour Art Co and Winnipeg. Unclear full details due to damaged text.
A Venetian sailor’s lover kept memory of him with seaweed fronds. The seaweed dried and faded, so she wove fine branches and leaves with thread against linen, her thoughts with the lover, and invented lace.
A playful exchange notes a horse living twenty seven years while a camel reaches forty. Nell questions Miss Antique’s age and Belle Bure answers that she never reveals it.
A Boston youth companion article notes a New York parade where a well known university professor joins for women’s suffrage. His wife mocks his banner reading Any man can vote. The professor explains the banner’s message as a commentary on voting rights. A separate note promotes Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills for rheumatism claiming liver and kidney action helps uric acid levels.
A fragment states Mrs Dunne is described as a kindhearted woman amid questions about her charity focus. The speaker recalls her indicating a dressmaker in her home and supplying the dressmaker’s address when asked.
A visitor asks about the caxorin-chief. a cnarwoman replies he rarely arrives, and asks about poets. The visitor learns that the staff member empties the wastepaper baskets, revealing office routines in a terse newsroom vignette.
The wife, bitter, asserts no man equals her husband for kindness to his family. He replies with a dry compliment about her head for figures, a wry exchange reflecting their tempered rapport.
The passage presents hazy dialogue between characters Dorothea Herbert and an unnamed man discussing post accident actions. It hints at an underlying crime, stress, and a belief that truth will emerge in time, with a wry joke about being suited for a sprint rather than a long run.
Patent your ideas with no delay and we will sell it for you if it has merit. Send sketch for a free report and information on patenting. List of inventions wanted mailed free by J A Macmurtry & Co, Patent Attorneys, 184 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada.
Mr J W Alexander chief engineer of White Star service has retired after 38.5 years at sea never missing a voyage. His seafaring life with White Star totals about 3,000,000 miles. He began and ended his career aboard vessels named Oceanie Glass Windows note a historical timeline appears but is unclear.
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