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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
2
A shadowy pursuit unfolds through London streets as Clark and Willetts discuss work and travel, a taxi chase near the American Embassy ends with the pursuers losing the target. Helder persists, threatening, manipulating Billy toward implied danger while steering him toward a Soho bar for uneasy conversation.
On a bright May day Cornelius and Helder move through London as events unfold around a wealthy marriage. The narrative follows routines of morning travel, anxious thoughts about partners and a city stirred by rumors of a high society union and an arrest not yet reported.
The Colorado state penitentiary experiments with road camps under an inexperienced but reform minded warden. About 300 of 725 inmates work unarmed on road projects, with a 10 day cut in sentence for each 30 days served. They live in open tents, attend night school and receive medical care, yielding notable behavioral improvements. The approach draws attention from Canadian authorities as a potential model.
A clumsy tailor jokes during church as a new shopper arrives. He misreads the moment and offers to sew her into a sheet. The woman tests his sales pitch by asking if the suit will flatter her husband, then shifts to a tamer aim about envy from a neighbor.
A Canadian woman describes relief from stomach and nerve problems after replacing coffee with Postum. She reports improved digestion, steadier nerves, and renewed strength, noting she uses Postum instead of coffee and recommends it. Windsor Ontario serves as the location in the testimonial.
The Saturday Evening Post urges selecting careful, gentlemanly companions for boys, teaching safe gun handling, fair play, and conservation. It stresses not shooting over companions, sharing birds, and fostering self-reliance, dignity, and good citizenship through field sports.
Ottawa Citizen notes Canada has 385 people aged 20 to 44 per 1000, signaling immense virility. The piece argues youth brings strength, enterprise, and enthusiasm essential to national development and future promise.
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases and it was long deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. is marketed as the constitutional remedy, taken internally, with a $100 promise of cure if failing. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
The Catskill aqueduct passes a final milestone with the last pair of tunnel headings holed through, creating 18 miles of continuous tunnel and linking one end to the other for 110 miles of water supply to New York City. The opening removes famine risk and allows rapid water delivery in emergencies as lining and regulating works remain.
A pushy customer presses for a book subscription while a stout shopkeeper blocks the agent at the door. The agent jokes that the tenant only reads a bill of fare, ending the exchange with the reader exiting.
A Fliegende Blatter remark mocks Fritz for the heroine wearing eight different frocks in a single season. The witty jab targets theatrical costume limits and fashion expectations in stage works.
A reflective Bacon quote about writing that counts and the aim to bring order into daily life. It contrasts readable ease with the need for wholesome, bottomed contemplations that engage men in practical affairs.
The Farmers' Co operative Elevator Company plans 30 new elevator facilities in Alberta this season. The company currently operates 53 elevators. Total project cost is $500,000 and capacity will rise by 700,000 bushels to a total of 2,500,000 bushels.
An 19th century note asserts Holloway's Corn Cure kills corn roots and wart callosity, causing the growth to come out without injuring surrounding flesh.
The opera manager recalls a rough season highlighted by a feud between leading tenor De Recker and prima donna Je Squalchi. De Recker stepped on Squalchi's train thirteen times per performance and the next night she appeared as Marguerite in bloomers, nearly breaking the company.
A reader named T. G. McMulllen says his foot was badly jammed but improved overnight after bathing with Minard’s Liniment. The letter endorses the product as the best remedy in use.
Two ladies visited a distant acquaintance and the maid checked if she was home. The maid announced the lady was not at home. One caller offered to write her name on the card but the maid said it wasn’t necessary, noting she had already told the visitor who it was.
Thoreau muses on painting winter to show two towering icebergs meeting in a pass a solitary traveler braced against a storm a taper lighting a snow filled cottage window and distant signs of spring with shadowed skies and stars as the sun sits low.
A lecturer discusses fundamental principles of architecture while a judge questions whether to move as a speaker and audience consider a practical example of building a dog house.
Passengers recall a rough trip with no meals as the steward failed to provide rolls while coffee sustained them. The damaged line notes the ship itself bore responsibility for the meal shortage.
A dialogue on keeping autographs in a library where every book bears the author’s signature. One speaker asks about managing such a unique collection, the other notes they never borrow different kinds.
A visitor praises the stout as splendid tuff, calling it both meat and drink. A workman agrees and adds that taking plenty will also provide lodgings.
Do Not Use the Knife That is a barbarous way of treating corns dangerous too Any corn bunion or callous can be removed quickly and painlessly by Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Putnam's Corn Extractor mark the name Safe prompt painless Sold by druggists Price 25c
A dialogue questions the lawyer Deeds description as extravagant. One character insists he is prudent, noting Deeds keeps a single suit for years despite appearances.
High cost of living forces a change as a once profligate man now has nothing left to spend after two years of marriage.
In a clipped exchange, Mrs Clubberly and a man joke about staying out late before a sales pitch. The scene pivots to a boast about Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, touted as a valued remedy.
A party guest yawns at a strange man waving nearby. The woman identifies the visitor as Proissor Jenkins, renowned expert on insanity, adding a touch of humor to the scene.
A colored man in a 19th century town discusses whether to support women’s voting. Two townsmen ask his view and he confirms, saying he would support it if others do, praising the idea with cautious enthusiasm. The exchange highlights local attitudes toward suffrage.
The dialogue from the Chicago Record Herald shows Willam and another person discussing arranging finances to buy an automobile. Willam expresses doubt about affording it now but hopes to arrange funds within a few months to purchase.
A shopper entered a general store with a jar of butter asking to swap for a new jar. She explained a mouse was found in the churn but it did not affect the butter’s safety and taste for those unaware of the incident. The merchant transferred the butter to a fresh jar and the customer thanked him.
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