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Newspaper
Moyie Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
2
Beverly faces unrest at Edelweiss as plans shift to travel to Washington and war looms. Aunt Fanny and companions discuss schedules, while Baldos endures menial duty after rumors of spy activity swirl.
Advert describes Celluloid Starch as a no boil cold water starch that cannot stick, promising easier ironing and better finish. Claims easier pressing, saving labor, and urges purchase by name through any good dealer.
A fragmentary diary style scene describes a woman in a rain soaked night peering into the dark castle grounds. She debates sleep versus searching for a familiar patrol figure, then steps onto a balcony in drizzle with an umbrella seeking a familiar tread. The text ends with a note to be continued.
A correspondent recalls a 20 year old Irish fairy tale from Killaloe on Lough Derg. A fisherman and Sullivan witnessed a troop of little people playing hurley on potato fields near the liss, then vanished as the sun set. The tale notes lisses as rough ground serving as fairy doorways.
An experienced woodsman locates scattered mahogany trees high in forests and surveys ground from treetops. Axmen fell the trees after scouts identify them, with large spurs needing scaffolds and stump waste. Rewards vary, potentially $500 to $1000 monthly, but earnings depend on finding trees.
West Point aims to train men for any situation. Cadet Custer once faced a French history passage from Alsop's fables. He translated a line about Leopold, duc d Autriche, as The leopard, the duck and the ostrich met upon the plains of Silesia.
William Hamilton Hayne and Samuel Millturn Peck stroll in Tuscaloosa woods and nap under pines. The poets awaken chased by yellow jackets, then share a joke at supper about their failed verses and the poultice they made instead.
A Paris professor seeking sea water for lobster research faced bureaucratic delays under France's salt monopoly. After monthslong inquiries and circulars citing the penn code on salt, officials finally granted permission to obtain sea water at a seashore point and transport it inland under supervision.
A historical note details razors with handles in gold silver and ivory. Prices range from a dollar for a basic blade to $50 for gold or silver handles, up to $200 for elaborate sets and even higher for carved pieces. Ivory and silver options are discussed, with a final remark that costly razors are often given as gifts.
Read about Abraham Lincoln with Berry in a Kalamazoo era tale of a grocery partnership. The firm Berry Lincoln failed as hunger and thirst clashed at opposite ends of the shop. Lincoln learned a legal truth about partnerships after losing the stock and paying liabilities. A found copy of Blackstone's Commentaries amid debris foreshadowed law over business.
Sir Robert Ball at Bishopsgate Institute explains how radium's heat output extends Earth's cooling timeline beyond Kelvin's 20 million years, aligning with geologists' need for a far older Earth. He notes Strutt's radium findings in crust rocks and the 800 million year uplift of geologic time, while Woodward links sea and land formation to continental permanence. The discussion links gravity variations to lasting sea levels and crust density beneath oceans.
A collage of cartoonish quips and anecdotes from various papers. Includes a tale of a man seeking charity after a wedding, a wooden leg ailment, twins’ age gap, a sarcastic cabby retort, and a Danish raven standard explaining maritime navigation.
A fragment from Illustrated Elia presents a playful exchange about stubborn pride and a shared joke over keeping a cook from a neighbor. A light social vignette reflects on vanity and wit in ordinary talk.
The piece offers home remedies for horses with homesickness and social needs, suggesting stall modifications for privacy or exposure to others to influence feeding behavior, plus anecdotal results from F. M. Ware. It also mentions a Roosevelt railway regulation stance, and includes brief notes on liniments and a ship launch as era snippets from Outing Magazine.
A Forest and Stream correspondent describes cypress knees as solid wood roots from six inches to six feet tall that rise from swamp soils. The bent forms result when thick roots meet hard objects, bending upward and fusing with bark, once thought useless but now explained as a growth response.
The Minneapolis Journal reports on Caribbean lore naming two birds the sunset and the Soufriere bird. Locals fear the first cry Solel coucher and the devil possessed Jumbie bird omen death to slayer. The Soufriere bird near Soufriere volcano is tied to a belief that the first sighting foretells death and killer fluids are doomed to torment.
A guest disputes a cloakroom coat claiming it is not theirs and insists theirs is not new. The attendant responds as confusion unfolds over ownership and the coats, with lingering doubt about items left behind after Wailea fold.
A defunct text notes that an ovation crown made of myrtle symbolized a lesser triumph, with the phrase The ovation crown In used in commentary. The archaic wording reflects social ceremony and evaluative language from historical sources.
The term grenadier originated for soldiers tasked with throwing hand grenades due to the danger and speed required in assault. Only veterans were chosen for this elite role, and the name persisted even after hand grenades fell from use. A playful quote from the Philadelphia Inquirer is noted.
Delicate children gain strength from Baby's Own Tablets, claimed to be non opiate and harmless by a government analyst. A Mrs Laurer from Little Cascapedia in New Brunswick testifies to soothing indigestion and troubles, recommending mothers buy from medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents per box from Dr. Williams Medicine Co.
Two persons were killed in a trolley collision at Elyria Ohio. The report presents fragmented quotes about medications and remedies discussing pills and their effects, noting ease of ingestion and soothing action for dyspepsia with unrelated medical opinion.
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