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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
2
A herbalist tape cure is advertised with a five dollar price and mail order available through O. P. Alver at 601 Sherbourne Street Toronto. The notice requests orders by post and notes registration details for the product.
The Canadian government proposes to regulate wool grading and packing. The Dominion department of agriculture will aid wool grower associations with expert classifiers and a central Ottawa bureau for market information. The move aims to strengthen the domestic wool industry similarly to wheat support.
In Paris at the Hatterpiile club a man set a tearing card record by pulling a pack of eighty cards in the fastest time. The event highlighted changing times and remarks about improvised feats.
The text presents a fragmented verse scene with dialogue among a wife husband and others, mentioning money, threats, and daily life. Scattered lines discuss a garden, a goode clone, and rye grass, with disjointed notes on advice and a ship.
A Mother's Magazine commentary argues that harsh discipline harms boys, citing barnyard chores and a thirsty faucet incident as examples. It warns against excessive blame and advocates kinder, patient guidance to help youths endure adolescence.
An old saying about Mexican mules notes their sense of distance. A mule knows the route and will complete a journey in two days if not hurried but shifts to three days when pressed to work harder. The quip reflects patience and limits in travel with pack animals.
The Andromeda nebula appears to move toward Earth at about 16,000,000 miles daily nearly 200 miles per second far faster than orbital motions. Experts note Earth’s perceived motion remains slower, and the finding hinges on spectral observations by A. Mudy reported by the Saturday Evening Post.
Education progress questioned in Quebec report, noting Protestants in rural areas receive little schooling while Catholics rise. Love, the moderator in Quebec City, cites Protestant outlying districts with many children growing up uneducated and adults lacking basic schooling.
A mosaic of courtroom quips and excerpts from printed humor. Names like Mr. Englebach Jessel and Mr. Ovwald appear amid jokes about judges, wives, and political lingo. The piece blends Socratic hints, gossip, and parlor jests across varied sources.
The text discusses a infant’s innate dread of gravity and its early clinging behavior to branches. It notes the later curiosity about objects falling and hints at the broader mystery of why bodies move toward the earth, referencing Oliver Lodge in Harper's Magazine.
A garbled excerpt mentions a mother and implied tension with a person named Johnny and others. It lacks clear event, setting, or identifiable organizations.
A brief exchange features Grouchy Stodest asking whether a word is pronounced maxixe or macheeeh, while Old Drysedust dismisses both options as rank foolishness and waste. The humor centers on mispronunciation and formal insolence.
A brief State Journal note records instructions to deliver blankets to a specific house with caution to avoid damage, highlighting the importance placed on safe handling of the goods.
A clergyman in New York recalls Dr. Morgan Dis with sharp jests on aging and memory. The notes include quips about debts and a provincial moral work, ending with a jab about Rackmay’s inquiry and a judge’s remark on her singing.
A fragment from a period piece recalls the tale of a corkscrew tower for a mosque after a ruler asks for an impossible design. The tale includes stage dialogue with a cautious architect and a Copt, ending with a tower that remains a testament to the story. Also mentions Miller's Worm Powders and stray humorous exchanges.
The flying fish, a sea creature near the trade winds, rises from waves like an arrow with outspread fins. It can cover about 100 yards on the wing though often less. Ships under trade winds report dark nights visited by these fish that strike rigging and land on deck.
A letter from Nanwigewaak dated October 21 praises Minard’s Liniment for curing Quincy illness. The writer, Mas. DBD Prince, says she is never without it and signs with gratitude.
Dialogue notes a passenger dissatisfied that the train did not stop at the passenger’s final station. Conductor states they no longer stop there and blames the station agent. anecdote sourced from Sacred Heart Review.
A humorous exchange features a determined creditor vowing weekly house calls until payment and a debtor replying that their acquaintanceship could become friendship. The dialogue continues with cautions about social politeness and the perils of drinking others’ health.
In Memphis, a heated exchange centers on fishing in a waterway. Angier, asked why fish are being taken, denies taking them out and claims to be feeding them. The dialogue hints at regulatory tensions and local concerns over river use.
J Perriraz notes from Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles that clovers with four or more leaves arise from two causes heredity and nutrition. Seasonal effects produce plants with four to seven leaves and even two leaves, though rare, while hereditary abnormalities pass the trait to successive years under constant external conditions.
A quoted exchange from Prince tom Tiger depicts a robbery where the victim was kept under cover as thieves fled with clothing, highlighting the tense confrontation and coercive intimidation. The fragment presents vivid criminal activity and fear.
Mise Gush-Oh mocks Captain Storme as he recalls being charged three dollars by a seedy boarder. Polly overhears a boast about born with a haw. The playful exchange turns on pride and mistaken intent.
A clipped exchange features an automobolint and a speaker discussing a rough jolt from a collision. The fragment hints at danger without full context, leaving the circumstances and outcome unclear.
A garbled dialogue shows Mrs Mesride sharing a pudding recipe and a husband suggesting trade for mince pies. The scene hints at domestic cooking talk and playful bargaining within a household.
A fragment highlights a claim of prompt relief from Wort with a strong remedy called Worm Terminator. A critic notes a conceited actor and a final scene where the audience cheered, while another calls the behavior rank but forgivable.
In broken dialogue a speaker recalls a growing thing that kept increasing after death. Another voice challenges the feat while the narrator asserts persistent growth with each telling. The exchange suggests a rural anecdote about an uncanny object or event that expands.
A fragment notes locals describing criminals visiting, labeling two men as forgers and a carpenter linked to counterfeit work. It mentions others involved in iron and steel theft.
A fragment from the Age-Herald discusses the phrase what is a gusher in an offield and notes confusion around prospector language. Mention appears linked to a veteran writer and a reference to the Pacific fleet.
A fragmented historical clipping mentions Jack-1 admiring Mabel and a cryptic remark about Roo. The text is garbled but centers on a personal interaction and a contemporary publication.
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