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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
7
A boy named Willie heeds family advice to observe. He reports to his mother that relatives hide items such as whisky, extra teeth, and playing cards in various places. Family members react with surprise at his discovery.
Wahkiakum County the smallest in Washington state reports high praise for Mary C. Cooper, a woman clerk, whose work praised in a bureau of inspection report.
A terse exchange reveals intimate tension as one spouse urges honesty. The other insists on concealment, exposing a fraught dynamic.
Warren Indiana and Esmond Rhode Island readers describe relief from female weakness bearing down pains irregular cycles headaches and low spirits after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Antin E Milton and Mrs Anna Ren share renewed health and daily vitality from the remedy.
An elderly stout woman asks if she will be shocked stepping on a rail. The conductor replies that she will not fear unless she places her other foot on the trolley wire. The quip draws a startled laugh from riders.
Alice notes Jack cannot summon courage to propose while Marie suggests his fear is a positive sign that she would accept.
A Sunday school discusses what a prophet is guiding by a teacher named Benny. The lesson includes a simple tale about buying something for a dime and selling it for a quarter to illustrate profit and trade.
A commentary on women entering the workforce and the strain it causes on health. It argues that modern life leaves many pale anaemic faces and emaciated figures with weakened digestion and nervous symptoms. Dr Chase's Nerve Food is touted as a quick remedy to restore vigor and color.
The widow of the commuter killed in the wreck was awarded $60,000 in damages. The case notes continuing disputes over the family and relocation discussions with the surviving spouse.
A hostess offers another piece of mince pie to Georgie who declines saying he cannot swallow it. The exchange captures a tense social moment as Georgie resists dessert.
Opera star Emmy Destinn received the largest salary yet paid to a singer for a ten minute film aria from Mignon costing $12,500 for a single performance in a lion's cage. She was insured for $125,000 against death or injury.
Mrs. Ernest Hart, credited with a new waterproofing system for washable banknotes, heads a London factory built to advance her chemical processes. A passerby question yields only one man seen on foot, far from the scene.
The passage focuses on comparing two girls by hands to imply character and labor. It notes one with smooth hands and another whose rough hands suggest helping mother. No clear news item, date, or location is present.
A quirky note states that vegetarianism helps when meat prices rise, since one can eat plant based options. The remark adds humor about eating nests as an exaggerated example of frugality.
The fourteen year old Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark is named Translator of English by Danish Boy Scouts, an honor noted beside his royal duties. Mme Nazimova has performed 318 roles since her first stage appearance in Russia fourteen years ago.
The piece argues for cutting washday from farm life using a Western co operative laundry and shared services. It contrasts heavy farm labor with modern conveniences, notes the strain on farm wives who cook clean and farm, and cites Mrs Marie Turner Harvey and J S Woodsworth on the value of education and women’s work for national progress.
The proposal suggests American colleagues could establish a course yielding a degree titled Doctor of Participal Constructions. It discusses potential value and implications for academic credentials and professional recognition.
Society notes allege Betty treats her husband with strange conduct. Marigold Malaprop recalls whispers of kisses in the parlor and kicks in the basement reflecting private marital tension.
An advertisement touts Prof. Mulveney's Tape Worm Exterminator as a safe, one dose cure for parasitic worms hidden in the bowels. It claims the parasite can fill a bucket with worms and lists symptoms from ravenous appetite to abdominal pain, urging readers to visit 167 Dundas Street, Toronto, for further information.
Murphy, an assistant cook aboard a trooper bound for India, forgot to wash the boiler after breakfast. Tea leaves appeared in the soup at dinner. He told each mess that if tea leaves were found in the soup they would know it was mint.
The excerpt presents a quip about a cook and church attendance, a Corn Cure pitch, a Scot or American speeding exchange, a street notice misread by a yank, and a France aviation mortality comparison from 1908 and 1912 ending mid thought with a travel path remark.
The author notes that earlier views of Chinese troops as likely to flee were outdated by 1911 and subsequent events. He praises the sturdiness of China's young soldiers, cites progress since old Bannermen days, and argues that with training arms and a worthy cause, China could hold its own.
A humorous observation notes that desiring ground floor rooms signals advancing age, reflecting a practical, aging perspective. The remark emphasizes comfort and accessibility over ambition or novelty in living spaces.
A project to compile a broader dictionary of women’s terms progresses with new entries and broader coverage. Contributors discuss expanding definitions and including more everyday vocabulary.
Dialogue hints at a playful marital scene as a wife recalls past nicknames and a husband jokes about his blundering nature before and after marriage. The exchange suggests affectionate humor within a long-standing relationship.
Vintage patent medicine ad promises a guaranteed cold cure in one day using laxative bromoquinine tablets. Drugstore boxes display E. W. Grove signature and offer refunds if it fails to cure. Price 25 cents.
A lazy husband is tasked to dig potatoes and claims to find a sixpence then a shilling. He naps while his wife toils on, digging every potato but finding no coins. He awakens to realize the joke and that she did all the digging.
An advertising pitch argues regular life causes dyspepsia and liver and kidney troubles. It promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a simple, safe corrective suitable for delicate constitutions and irregular habits.
Queen Mary enjoys casual trips to London's west end where she visits a famed bookshop to browse new releases at her own pace.
In New York a claim of a lemon trust is argued as hard to prove amid abundant supply. Critics say competition remains fierce and lemons are widely available.
Debate grows in Congress over withdrawing radium bearing ores from private claims to prevent cornering. Supporters cite potential cancer cures and hospital use while critics oppose federal control amid limited supplies and slow progress in experiments.
Prince Alexis Karageorgyevich, living in America with his American wife Mrs Huger Pratt of Cleveland, claims the Servian throne. He fought as an enlisted man in the Turkish war and is a cousin of King Peter, asserting his entitlement to the throne.
Manitoba’s early settlement history notes 1811 arrival of 125 settlers from Scotland led by Lord Selkirk. The fragment hints at valuing substance over style in a bag and reflects on trivial gains versus substantial beginnings.
An advertised inhaled remedy Catarrhozone claims to cure catarrh bronchitis and asthma by delivering healing vapors to the nose throat and lungs within minutes for a dollar outfit sold by dealers. It touts pine essences and antiseptics as nature’s balsams and claims rapid relief from sneezing cold harsh cough and irritation with broad claims of preventing consumption.
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