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Newspaper
Maple Creek News
Location
Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
3
A Maple Creek event featured a Girl Guides concert with Miss M EK Dhnyglae and Thomas Whitney as honored guests. The program recalled the absence of Mayor Redmond but showcased praise for the girls’ training, beadwork, and music, ending with community applause and thanks.
Instructions describe methods for extinguishing a candle from twelve feet using smoke rings and strong air jets. Techniques include shaping a smoke ring by puckering lips and expelling air sharply, using a cloth over a box opening to visualize rings, and enhancing visibility with a smudge or fumes from ammonium and hydrochloric acid. The piece cites energy conservation in the smoke ring as the reason for longer reach.
An 1830s style confessional anecdote recounts Daniel Webster and Henry Clay shaping a public note to influence favor with President Jackson. The tale follows their journey from a tense, late night exchange to a staged theater event and the political maneuvering surrounding it.
A fragmentary passage features Mark Twain in a wandering conversation with a friend. It mentions writing, a voyage outward, and a scene where a table and chairs become central as the pair discuss a merit or notion while a person speaks to an audience.
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The readable garbled text refers to a presumption about detention or detainment, mentioning New York and a state context. It mentions someone in a store window and attempts to restate a scene but remains unclear.
A garbled OCR excerpt mentions a wife earning van money and cryptic text. The fragment references a New York context and a cryptic quote about someone being unwilling to give up. No clear events, dates, or identities are discernible.
Maple Creek grain prices listed include oats at $2 and other staples such as corn flour and potatoes. The News goes to press with the prevailing rates from local traders.
At a men’s dinner, Augustine Birrell recalls a recurring dream in which the ghost of Sir Isaac Newton appears. Newton asks Birrell to summarize modern scientific progress in a short time, leaving Birrell overwhelmed by his perceived ignorance of recent developments. The tale, told as a reflection on knowledge gaps, ends with Newton deeming Birrell an old ignoramus.
Edgar Larkin discusses how a violin bow can shatter a wine glass by vibration. He describes a one foot diameter glass resting on a stand and a bow drawing the edge to cause the hemisphere to disintegrate into many pieces.
A New York millionaire and his wife attend a trottery show with plans for a tithe themeale dancing. A professional, posing as a partner, asks to dance. After a few steps the mystery unravels when the chauffeur reveals himself, recalling past service and calling the wife by her real name.
The piece argues today’s Africa is divided among Great Britain Germany France Italy Spain and Portugal with white supremacy ideas shaping claims. It declares most regions belong to various empires and predicts German Jain and Portuguese Africa will likely not host white civilization.
A garbled reminiscence describes Hismimk known as the Iron Clancellor boasting about extraordinary eating, recounting a sequence of meals including twenty, then twenty more, as guests watch. The fragment mentions a trip to Roatan and a large crowd reacting to the feat.
A garbled account describes a proposed home for a candidate amid odd dialogue. The text references a man claiming to speak many dead languages and a response indicating his speech sounded slang. The fragmentary notice mirrors a literary lament or mockery within a newspaper clipping.
A writer reflects on widowhood and marriage in a wry exchange. The speaker jokes about dying to become a suitable spouse as a satirical take on unconventional views of domestic life.
Incoherent OCR snippet shows a heated exchange with phrases such as Oh, Jon and How much ere rut ole to eive ove life. The readable text hints at a personal dispute or emotional moment without clear context or full names.
A joint effort by the Cooperative Organ and the Poultry Husbandry department of the Provincial College of Agriculture explores a cooperative poultry killing and marketing station at Saskatoon to boost poultry production and marketing.
Two killing and marketing stations will operate in Regina and Saskatoon to handle live birds this fall. Poultry producers can deliver birds for killing, plucking, and grading under College of Agriculture supervision with advance payments based on quality. Stations aim to receive birds by November 15 for a month or more.
Rexall 93 Sham poo Paste 25e offered at Rexall Drug Stores and Cousin s Pharmacy along with a clean scalp and glossy hearty hair claim.
The undersigned states after May 2, 1916 will not assume responsibility for any debts contracted by Mrs. M. A. Bott of any ties she has issued or may issue.ca gd.) HA. B. Otto. Belanger, Sask.
The document explains homestead rights in Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta for heads of families over 18. Applicants must appear in person at a Dominion Lands Agency. Conditions include six months residence and cultivation in three years, dwellings within nine miles of the homestead, and a house or adjacent structures allowed in some districts. Prices and specific rules vary by district.
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