World Happenings Briefly Told From the Era
A digest of global and domestic notes: smallpox totals lead global cases as explorers unearth Indian relics near Purley while Canadian forces report wartime echoes. Post warns against sending Christmas gifts far ahead of holidays. London papers fret over Franco British debt and Notre Dame de Quebec’s basilica rites. A Senate seat vacancy in Manitoba follows Senator Bradbury’s death, and James Beans’ monument plan gains support amid Cree syllable debates.
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Notre Dame de Uebwe
Bute
JP Molloy
Moras
Man
Hous of Commons
Provencher
Senate
George Bradbury
Selkirk
Urge Cable Expansion Across Atlantic Ocean Conference
An Imperial Press conference in Melbourne urged cheaper telegraphic facilities and the laying of another Atlantic cable by the British Cable system. Delegates from South Africa New Zealand and Australia pressed the plan amid dominion rights discussions with the Marconi Wireless Company and private beam wireless stations in Britain and Canada.
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Melbourne
Australia
Gid
South Africa
New Zealand
Marconi Wireless Company
Het Wes Statons
Great Britain
Canada
Lord Burnham
Presta Confer Aes
Prince Is Good Shot in Canada Demonstrates Rifle Skill
An account from Soo area details a young prince, described as a good marksman, handling a 22 calibre rifle to fire twelve shots at a makeshift box target. The incident features Jack Mecall and conductor Joe Whalen, with Redelvers recounting the challenge and the prince offering a wager. A tangential note mentions growing sweet potatoes and tomatoes in Alberta.
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Hile
Canada
Algoma
AL Featerlin
Jack Mecall
Jack Tin
Securiy Am Posite
Thamdyn
Bull
Joe Whalen
Jack
Jark
Redelvers
Formance
Fragmented OCR Narrative of British Maritime Gallantry
Fragmentary text discusses a British captain and moments of gallantry during peril at sea. It references a voyage, a rear ejection, and a sense of duty amid danger, with oblique mentions of captains, merchants, and public memory. The passage reads like a stray historical reminiscence.
Shortest and longest Canadian parliaments documented
Ottawa statlians report the life of Canada’s fourteenth Parliament, dissolved September 5 after three years eight months and thirty days. The second Parliament lasted one year four days, the twelfth seven sessions in six years, and four parliaments exceeded five sections.
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Ottawa Statleians
Canada
Whic
Fashions in a Sea of Fabric Patterns From CUPSL
The article describes a CUPSL Fashion Sea collection with a straight tie frock and an unlined funnel coat featuring white luna fur. It lists pattern No 1653 with sizes 24 to 42 bust, and coat sizes 34 to 42 bust, plus yardage and fabric notes. It promotes the new Fashion Book as advance styles for home dressmakers and price details.
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Casine
Vonel
Carter's Little Liver Pills Cure Digestive Ailments
Dil Miss F Rich of Brooklyn N Y states she endured stomach pains gas poor appetite and headaches until Carter's Little Liver Pills brought immediate relief. She praises the pills saying her stomach now settles and she would not hesitate to recommend them. Sold by all drug stores for 25 cents.
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F. Rich
Brooklyn
N.Y
Carter
Treasure Laden Galley Found Amid Tunis Submersion
Archaeologists report discovering a Greek galley laden with treasure off the east Tunis coast. Diver Asher man located the wreck near submerged Tunis city while Sir Denison Ross notes the find helps date the Mediterranean flood that swamped the coastal city. The gala's position between Jerha and the island coast suggests it sank with the city’s destruction.
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Tunis
Denison Ross
School of Oriental Studies
London
Thio Este
Uhagesit
Londones
Rome
Exilloratti
Astheis
Almand
Becore
Wealthy Baldwin chief cites time off and duty
The Baldwin Locomotive Works president, Manuel Vauelain of Philadelphia, laments workers taking too much time off to spend earnings, claiming he saved money by doing much of the work himself. A nervous ferry scene underscores tensions, while the article notes the end of a Chinese boycott as ships resumed arrivals at Amos with laborers for Singapore rubber plantations.
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Baldwin Locomotive Orks
Philadelphia
Manuel Vauelain
Baldwin Locommative Works
Duluth
Amos
Singapore
The New Habit of Enjoying Wants Not Needs
A short piece critiques people who feel deprived when unable to obtain every desire. It condemns the mindset of seeking steady work yet insisting on flashy or unnecessary items, labeling such attitudes as unclass for a man and reflecting on misplaced priorities.
Farmer shoots five lions near Transvaal farm
A Transvaal farmer killed five lions attacking his donkeys by a stream. He saw a large male lion near dead stock and shot it, then two more lions appeared. He later killed three additional lions while recovering his missing donkeys, returning home with five slain lions.
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Lion Neoang
Transvaal
Unt Dawe
Ismedh- Avery
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Word Fragments From a Muddled Page
A jumble of crossword clues and garbled phrases appears, listing terms like pine, weight, body part, digestive juices, weather, and various partial words. The legible items hint at topics from anatomy to geography and linguistics, all embedded in a damaged OCR page segment.
Why Marriages Are Fewer In Modern Times
Analysis contrasts declining marriage rates with women’s independence and luxury tastes. Notes that more urban living and free careers reduce urgency to marry. Includes a classroom sheep anecdote and a statistic about telephone distribution in the United States.
Advice to Young Mothers from Mrs Clayton Harrs Stratford
A fragmentary ad from Stratford Ontario cites Mrs Clayton Harrs praising Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It claims the medicine aids healthy childbirth with no distress or suffering, and promotes free medical advice from Buffalo. The garbled text mentions Baby Dee and offers guidance to mothers.
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Clayton Harrs
Stratford
Pierce
Mirae de Pees
Pretel
Buffalo
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