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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1914
Page
4
Mayor of Australian mining town on leave faces a censure vote. A councillor admits proposing it, but no seconder is found. The mayor declares the motion informal and orders the minutes amended after striking the challenge from the record.
Ad promises a cold cure in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Box bears BE. W. GROVE'S signature. Price 25 cents.
A comic dialogue about a traveling show of trained chickens ending due to business trouble. The piece promotes Miller's Worm Powders for worms in children, claiming full expulsion with possible vomiting as a sign of effectiveness.
A doctor asks the wife if her husband smokes between meals. She replies that his habit is eating between smokes, not smoking between meals, highlighting a humorous medical quip about eating and smoking patterns.
A parishioner laments the departure of Rev. Foodle with regret while the minister jokes about finding better leaders next time. The parson quips that the prior minister said the same line, prompting a light moment in the farewell exchange.
A dialogue-like scene unfolds with a painter and client debating a life-like portrait. The client reacts with astonishment, while the artist defends the likeness as a faithful portrayal. The exchange resembles a caricature of self and subject.
Wiss Petite asks Ted to call on Friday night noting amateurs' night. The exchange implies a plan to continue contact after a recent kiss.
A large flameless fire in London started when concentrated nitric acid bottles overturned into packing material. Water failed to curb suffocating yellow fumes from the basement until a large quantity of ammonia arrived by car to neutralize the acid and subdue the smoke.
The heiress complains that the duke does not offer enough while asserting the exchange, and a rival lady increases the bid. The dialogue hints at a tense social auction with shifting expectations.
A quirky item notes Mirard’s ointment claimed to cure diphtheria as a humorous aside about a waiter and a moving fish. The piece reads as humorous reportage with whimsical dialogue about meals and mistakes in the kitchen.
A playful exchange features Tommy Tuftnut asking what lesson the busy bee teaches. He answers not to get stung, framing a simple moral about caution and learning from nature.
A brief comic line shows Elsie quipping that commandments break easily after a lecture. The exchange underscores a playful family moment and childlike candor in domestic life.
A vintage ad promotes Shiloh cough remedy for throat and lung relief at 25 cents. A fragmented dialogue follows about a chorus performer named Trixie and a young man, with unclear context and incomplete names.
A Boston Herald snip follows an article about marriage increasing longevity. The makeup man inserts a terse human-interest line: Twins Father Drops Dead. The fragment hints at a sudden death linked to a family event, conveyed with brief headline-like phrasing.
A sympathetic husband reassures his anxious wife as she jokes about nerves and a steady string keeping them together. The exchange suggests domestic warmth and a playful dynamic in their relationship.
Fragmentary lines depict an ancient shade asking about modern women and the skirt queen. The dialogue hints at tension between tradition and current female empowerment within a speculative or poetic frame.
Customer asks for Pepys Diary edition while assistant notes new edition not yet released. The exchange highlights anticipation and stock delay for the upcoming diary.
Chief cause of 1913 forest fires is carelessness per R H Campbell director Dominion Forestry Branch. EB M Allen says cooperative effort at low cost can reduce losses from millions to thousands. Canadian timber owners total 25 million acres in associations. St Maurice model widely praised, Quebec members tax per acre fund fire protection on seven million acres with minimal danger.
Dresden man Samuel Burkett claims inherited kidney disease from his parents and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with permanent relief after eighteen months of use. He urges others to try the remedy and offers to discuss his cure by mail. He says the pills never fail to cure kidney disease when directions are followed.
A rural schoolteacher assigns a home work problem about eight hour work days. A boy fails to attempt the sum, reveals a note from his father refusing to let his son complete a problem that he says mocks the eight hour system, allowing only sums for eight hours or less.
The timekeeper declines to name the golfer M. de Valmont and confirms a nine thirty start tomorrow, saying they will begin at the named time without further identification.
A lawyer suppresses his temper as he parts from the pompous visitor Mr. McNothing. The squire plays the part of an innocent lamb and chuckles as the man exits the office.
A man visits a celebrated physician troubled by bronchitis for years. After quick questions the doctor asserts a simple treatable ailment. The patient challenges the doctor’s cure confidence, only to learn the doctor himself has suffered bronchitis for over twenty years.
A young bride voices concern to a waiter about her husband’s lateness. The waiter notes the husband typically drinks only up to three glasses of beer, adding that if unhappy he might drink six.
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a rapid cure for cramps and other pains. A Hartford reader testimonial praises instant relief after one dose, claiming Nerviline ends cramps quickly and avoids doctor visits. The pitch emphasizes a 50 cent family bottle and availability at all dealers.
A joiner sends his apprentice to plane a beam then injures his ankle. The next day the worker, hidden under a mountain of shavings, reveals he has continued planing the beam. The master’s absence lets the project progress despite the accident.
A young man in the front row and his companion discuss an acrobat who spins three times in the air before landing. The man compares the stunt to how the average man turns a griddle cake, drawing enthusiastic audience approval.
A humorous exchange features a lady and a poulterer as they discuss geese that have appeared in grand opera. The poulterer jokes about offering a pantomime goose at a cheap rate, remarking the birds in the row have graced the stage.
The ad extols Dr J. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a long trusted, proven treatment. It claims the product provides relief under severe conditions and urges readers to buy from their nearest dealer.
A terse exchange features Mr Rod challenging a suitor to prove marriage prospects as the young man asserts strong prospects if not spoiled, in a dialogue style noted for wit and social maneuvering.
A sphalerite deposit is traced over three miles on a mountain above Arrow Lake in British Columbia and spans from 100 to 560 feet in width. It is described as one of the continent’s largest zinc ore masses, highlighting its scale and potential.
A Colorado group of irrigation farmers, with families and effects, will travel by special train to Alberta’s Bassano district to join a ready made farm colony. The CP Railroad promotes irrigation lands abroad, promising 20 year terms and fertile Canadian soil, drawing leading American farmers to relocate.
An ad touts Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a cure for indigestion and nervous stomach trouble. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. George Brien of Great Shemogue, NB, claiming recovery after eight boxes. Pills sold by dealers or mail order from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
An actor famed for boasting of future greatness finally gets a speaking role in a third rate drama. After three weeks of nightly rehearsal at the mirror, his cue arrives. In a thunderous voice he proclaims to the audience the line It is.
A husband at a notice station confirms catching a robber who broke into his house and wants to question the thief about how he entered without waking his wife. The sergeant agrees to arrange a meeting.
Report notes an anomaly labeled Colonel-An anomaly in Anomaly area described as a bed for mint within propusition territory. Officials seek explanation as researchers inspect the site for origins and implications.
An eminent scientist hails Zam-Buk as a breakthrough after applying a thin layer to wounds or sores. It claims to kill microbes and stimulate beneath skin tissue to form new healthy tissue, offering permanent cures, with anecdote of a Montreal man eczema-free for years after use. advertisement directs trials via mail order.
An eccentric club of young men fines any questioner who cannot answer his own query. McLoughlin asks why a ground squirrel leaves no dirt atop its hole and, after debate, answers that the squirrel digs from the bottom to the top. The audience asks how he reaches the bottom, and he defers the answer as the question.
A Maritime Provinces newspaper touts Minard's Liniment as a time tested medicine. The writer recalls it has served households reliably and outlasted many imitators and competitors.
A woman in faded finery was charged with being drunk and disorderly. She refused to walk to the police station and had to be taken by ambulance. She admitted her intoxication and the magistrate ordered payment of five pence carriage hire.
A short dialogue shows a man hoping for a good Thanksgiving while a boy mentions his plans. A woman smiles and notes a stock of castor oil and soothing syrup, hinting at preparations for the holiday.
A line shows a maid claiming the water tasted queer and denying germs. She says she boiled it through a meat chopper before bringing it to her mistress, revealing a tense domestic moment.
The Boss notes that the applicant’s word is as good as their bond and recalls only signing a bail bond, implying a past jump. The exchange centers on trust and commitment in sealing agreements.
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