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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
2
Harry Canning rescues Rose Wilcox after she drifts from a raft in rough seas. He reaches her just as she sinks, administers first aid, and they are later picked up by a passing steam yacht. They exchange greetings and discuss a future yacht cruise together.
An English correspondent describes a gentle young retriever adored by a family and pets. Two Aberdeenshire puppies drowned, then vanished bodies were recovered by Maggie the dog with two tiny corpses laid kindly in straw, implying canine care.
A reader offered a real baby to portray Elizabeth in Henry VIII. Sir Henry Irving and manager Bram Stoker replied with a courteous, humorous note noting real childbirth would complicate acting and raise legal risks for all involved.
A London auction sale offers the original order for the Glencoe massacre dated February 22, 1692, instructing McDonalds of Glencoe to be slain at five in the evening. The Royal command promises punishment for failure to carry out the massacre, signed by R. O. Duncanson and directed to Captain Robert Campbell of Glen.
A reflection on how French travelers once faced frontier crossings as hardship and now rival Anglo Saxons in their love of travel and adventure.
Cut bread into three-eighths inch slices and trim crusts to form triangles. Toast bread, cool, then spread with butter or mayonnaise. Layer cold roast chicken, broiled bacon, and lettuce with mayonnaise between bread slices. Repeat to finish with lettuce and mayonnaise. Gressine
In a conversation amid producing The Children of the Ghetto, Israel Zangwill demonstrated a powerful memory by dictating a two column resume of famous trials from Savonarola onward. A New York reporter pressed for an immediate history with dates and facts, and Zangwill quickly produced a detailed recall with stenographic aid.
Park police describe how mothers and nurses find new methods to control children. A stylish young woman threatened with losing beauty, saying to a resisting child, You give me wrinkles under my eyes.
A humorous survey traces the origins of common phrases. It covers My Eye and Betty Martin, Mind Your P s and Q s, Before I Could Say Jack Robinson, kicking the bucket, catching a tartar, as clean as a whistle, as right as a trivet, and as mad as a hatter with explanations from gipsy tales to dramatists and linguistic links to French.
The Rev Samuel McComb explains in the New York World a method to quit a habit. Focus on the habit at bedtime and resolve to discard it as you drift from semiconsciousness to unconsciousness. Repeat nightly for weeks and act on the urge the next day to avoid the habit.
A clergyman scolds a boy for fishing on the Sabbath and warns of hell. The boy dismisses the warning with a reluctant, blunt reply.
A physician in the New York World argues that thousands poison themselves with food by overeating or improper timing, noting most people fail to eat in a physiologically correct way to support digestion and repair body waste. The piece contrasts lay opinions with scientific observations on diet and digestion.
Robust Ghost author John Leech and Millais relative spent the night in an isolated wing at Cowdray Hall England when a supposed haunted room alarmed them. Millais feared a choking giant ghost while Leech trembled. An afternoon paper reported a violent local earthquake, which the guests took as their specter.
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