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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
2
Dean Chance uncovers Barbara’s concealed existence while Octavia Henslowe suffers illness. Lawyers Norgate, Parkes, and Sunningley trace the child to Vauxhall Bridge Road, as Lavinia confronts perilous secrets and a cautious plan unfolds.
An old newspaper ad claims Cuthcura Soap and Ointment cured baldness after a reader, Bh. om, used a sample in 1918. The testimonial describes loss of hair all over the head, improvement after applying the product, and a free sample offer by Wm. Ni. 1017.
A historical look at Nova Scotia coal mining describes early settlers using picks and shovels to mine coal for heat and cooking. It contrasts those primitive methods with today’s large drills and steam elevators and notes output rising from tens of tons to about 100000 tons annually, shipping worldwide.
A piece explains how fingerprint impressions are taken using sepia paint and water. It notes that Scotland Yard maintains a large file of prints to identify prisoners and suggests that anyone can make prints from their own fingers or those of friends and relatives.
After experiments with four large manufacturers the forest service decides juniper can substitute red cedar for pencil production. Major companies plan lumber rights to juniper lands in New Mexico and elsewhere. Current output of pencil wood is about 1,000,000 daily with 7,00000 cubic feet per year needed. cedar supply dwindling prompts shift.
A tourlet in a far off German village discovers a linen tree in the square plastered with wedding ads from Ober's to Lieb ling's. A villager explains couples carve names in the bark to find their future spouses, turning the tree into a dating billboard.
The New York statue base will be formed from stones from the Rouen dungeon foundation after a French insurer supplied them following a failed government purchase to honor Joan of Arc. More than $25,000 has been raised for the project.
The dialogue shows a family preparing their home for city guests with old furniture and dishes to suit a country setting. They debate locking the bathroom, bringing out tubs and phonograph records, and using their blue china to create the expected rustic atmosphere for visiting summer boarders.
A quirky aviation themed miscellany describes a comedian and a playful ghost act. The piece humorously details a fretful week and surprising flight related misadventures with a light tongue in cheek tone.
Canada’s banking system is praised for its crisis readiness with Finance Minister and Bankers’ Association pledging to meet demands. Banks will issue Bank Notes for public use alongside government notes, ensuring smooth transactions for tradesmen and transport firms. Government backing and strong reserves reassure depositors about safety of private savings in banks.
The article explains that natural pollination fails in greenhouses for fruits like peaches. It describes using a camelhair brush or a rabbit’s tail tied to a stick to brush pollen from one blossom to another, enabling fertilization without harming the flowers.
An enthusiastic angler urges friends to consider a Colorado lake trip. He claims thousands of trout await and jokes that they are "absolutely vicious," needing a man to hide behind a tree to land a catch.
A Missouri farmer recalls his son being repeatedly turned down for a government post due to poor spelling geography and arithmetic. The farmer doubts future prospects and mentions possible teaching work while a mother and daughter discuss Holloway Cure and encouragement. A Baltimore news line appears about cost comparisons.
A city man tours the countryside and imagines his family living on a farm with abundant dairy and meat, fresh vegetables, a large fruit orchard, and daily picked berries, noting he would not need to take boarders if he had such farm offerings.
A fragment from Pittsburgh appears to joke about a wife not enjoying a Niagara trip. The speaker notes she feared she had come home with the faucet running, implying a rushed, comic twist on travel and domestic life.
The entry recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe noting a jig titled Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself sparked by a war of words at an Alresford assembly. The Great Duke of Buckingham Candos, unhappy with a dance request to a rector’s wife, was told the same phrase by a deaf Grace, angering him enough to complain to the rector.
A 240 foot Douglas fir flagpole with 35 ton weight stands in Oregon. Built with a reinforced concrete base, it rises with a 46 foot flag. A 160 by 75 foot exposition flag led a 6000 person parade in St. Louis, carried by 250 volunteers beneath boy scouts. Suggestions arise to send the giant banner to San Francisco for Missouri Day.
Bagpipes are among the oldest instruments with forms known in China, Assyria, Greece, and Rome before Christ. The Breton bignon German sachp felfe and French cornemeure are all bagpipes under different names.
Fragmentary OCR text references a habeas matter and court actions involving individuals likely named Chen ey and Rulon with surrounding speculation. The readable parts point to a legal notice style record in a historical newspaper page.
Visitors at the Brooklyn Children's Museum enjoy sea horses on display as Anna B. Gallup notes in Museum News. The horses use a prehensile tail to grasp objects and feed on shrimp, with males carrying eggs in a tail pouch until the young hatch and are ready to swim.
A fly enters Mrs Spider's parlor and struggles to escape a mysterious net. A menacing creature with eight eyes and bristly palpi advances, then tightens threads to capture the hapless insect in silken bonds.
From a 19th century critic, a response by Mrs Green argues that it is not proper for women to earn money, only some limited avenues exist. A Boston Transcript note mocks dress codes while Columbia et al discuss a goat inspired joke. Life remarks claim every woman has a tender spot, in heart or toe, as men often refuse to stop once started.
J H Munro, with F Tillman, carried a trapped black bear ten miles along a Jordan River trail to Revelstoke, reaching after seven hours. The bear, over seven feet long and weighing 163 pounds, was shot on Cottonwood slide and mounted life size by the Revelstoke mayor.
Teachers and pupils at the Paul Minnesota Normal school built a relief map of the United States in the schoolyard. They formed ruts raised mountains and seas on a scale of five inches to a mile using pickaxes and shovels. The project engaged arithmetic problems in measuring boundaries areas and adjacency.
Coyote trapping notes describe its wary nature, nestling near campfires. Use bait such as bones and meat remnants to lure the animal into a disguised trap. The fire masking scent helps mislead the wary animal into the trap, especially when winter conditions limit carcass availability.
Pall Mall Gazette recalls how the famed artist Titlens conquered her bad temper. During a supper after a concert in a provincial town she hurled a soda water bottle at the manager, shattering a window and nearly striking a passerby, a shock that reportedly cured her.
A New American text notes that the first birds differed greatly from modern ones. The pterodactyl is described as a winged monster with spearlike wing hinges and a toothy mouth. It suggests true birds emerged much later, with no bird melody in primordial jungles and the saurian era predates humans.
A father bootmaker inspired Saint Gaudens sculptor with the same zeal as he crafts fine boots. The piece contrasts millions spent on paintings and sculpture with the vast value of everyday hand made work. It honors eighteenth century cabinet making and the skilled weaving of textiles.
A humorous comic note from Harvard Lampoon pokes fun at smells and slang as a speaker claims a drink was not whisky while joking about frogs legs and breath. The gibe plays on misheard phrases and quirky banter.
A cryptic OCR fragment discusses golfing etiquette and disagreement during conversation. It mentions a man, a bunting moment, and pressing into a debate about agreeing with others. No clear event or names emerge.
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