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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
2
In a tense London mystery wrap, Aunt Jane’s bold confession to Margery through a letter shifts the plot. The trio discovers Jane’s bold escape plan and Allan Fleming’s fading finances. Margery and the narrator declare their love, ending as Edith witnesses their union and the mystery concludes.
A mother from Larne reports her nine year old son suffered ringworm on his head with dark blisters and hair loss behind the ear. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment after hot baths, saying the sores drained and healed, and full recovery followed within four weeks.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for chapped and bleeding hands. It claims relief after a single night treatment with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, plus hot water and routine use, and mentions a literature request to Potter Drug & Chemical Corp in Boston.
The New York Sun notes the terms greaser and gringo arose as inverse labels between Mexicans and Americans. It explains how American war songs and campfire chatter helped an English phrase morph into gringo, attaching to an unliked Yankee and evolving into a general slur.
Quoted Thoreau on wakefulness as the mark of life and intellect. The author laments that few are truly awake to meaningful exertion, with one in a million reaching intellectual effort and one in a hundred million attaining poetic or divine life.
An odd reflection on John Hancock and Button Gwinnett as signers of the Declaration of Independence. The piece notes Gwinnett’s cautious autograph and its high value as a historical artifact in contrast to better remembered figures, marking how signatures gain fame or fade with time.
Mothers praise Baby's Own Tablets for keeping children well and bright. Mrs. Alphonse Landry of Upper Caraquet, ND, says the tablets have helped keep her little ones well. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr William e Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A Frankfort guide extols the Whine boundary stone as a singular relic of German history. The text blends art and nature along the Rhine with vineyards and past civilization, stirring deep enthusiasm and reverence for enduring cultural power.
The noted hymn writer Fanny Crosby marked her ninety fourth birthday. She authored more than 6,000 hymns and has been blind since six weeks old. From 1847 to 1858 she served as a teacher of English grammar and American history at the New York Institute for the Blind.
A local employer provides a short reference for Nora Poley applying as a cook. The note states Nora worked for them for a week and that they are satisfied with her performance.
A returning pupil feigns grand science talk to impress his sister but is met with smart retorts. The exchange riffs on space, weather, and future tech including Mars gossip and interplanetary wireless ideas, ending with a quirky, unfinished note.
A Dominion Forestry Branch bulletin shows Canada’s white pine and hemlock declines, with Douglas fir the sole major gain in 1912. BC hosts most of the lumber, comprising about 68 percent of Canadian output, with the tree reaching 200 feet and four hundred mile forest ranges. The species is praised for durability and decorative use, and has been widely planted in Europe and North America.
Jones praises The Wonders of Nature as marvellous while his partner retorts a woman need not read long pages. Ned questions belief and humor fuels the exchange in a light domestic scene.
A testimonial from Mrs C D Prince of Neuwigewauk dated October 2 praises Minard's Liniment for curing quinsy and states she is never without it.
In the west end of London a note on head waiters shows annual incomes from tips totaling 2000 to 4000 pounds, while a playful scene recalls Sylvia and Aunt Belle returning from shopping with jokes about ready made suits and an umbrella.
An old ad touts Ne-Dru-Do Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for biliousness gas and indigestion. It asserts relief after meals and promotes better appetite with a claimed formula from a Montreal chemical company.
The commission of conservation has compiled data on Canada’s water powers, detailing Eastern completeness and Western gaps. Since 1911, efforts focus on Western Canada with BC field parties surveying rivers from the boundary to 100 miles north of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, plus inland departments advancing measurements and station readings.
A proud young father stops a christening to change the baby's name. The minister asks for the reason and the father explains that Ebenezer, the aged uncle who recently married a young woman, is involved, prompting the proposed new name Harold.
The London Times notes a deceased eminent man whose widow requests no mourning attire. It suggests mourning practice has long been fading among the wealthy in Alcune and is likely to vanish in twenty years, while the poor still cling to old customs.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $100 reward for failure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The piece also notes railroads in the Balkans following ancient pathways similar to Crusade routes led by Godfrey de Bouillon as a natural gateway through the peninsula.
Dr. McDonald notes Rhodesia grows thousands of acres of wheat with no rainfall from seed to harvest. Locusts and insects threaten crops. government stations track flights and telegram nationwide to coordinate poisoned grass defenses.
A snippet notes infant worm complaints and praises Moth er Graves' Worm Exterminator as an effective remedy. It also mentions extensive dredging work deepening Toronto harbor with all dredges for this project.
A solicitor faced a puzzling foul call described as 10 0 and asked what to bring. He wired back asking for guidance, and received a reply saying Corkscrews. We have the rest.
A reader recounts finding relief from rheumatism by using Nerviline rubbed into aching joints and Ferrozone tablets with meals. The testimonial claims rapid pain relief, greater mobility, and lasting wellness, touting Nerviline as a forty year recommended remedy for rheumatism and related conditions.
A historical sermon condemns the Calcutta atrocity as one of humanity's direst sufferings. It portrays a crowding of prisoners in a sealed space, denying air and space to maximize confinement, while survivors recount the grim episode and its desolate impact.
A short piece from Everybody's Magazine about a pupil named Arthur Brown who explains his mother named him Brown first and Arthur later. The teacher questions name order and the child reveals the confusion over given name and surname.
The article promotes Parme Lee's Vegetable Pills as the best medicine to relieve dyspepsia after meals. It claims the pills address digestion issues and are trusted by users, praising their sterling qualities.
A jumble of aphorisms and misquoted lines about language, purchases, and deception. The text riffs on how words change with context and questions the reliability of advertisements and remarks. It references a captain, a cook, a housewife, and a violent remark, all in a fragmented style.
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