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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1888
Page
6
Publication announced in three columns of the great serial Colonel Quaritch adapts Haggard style with expected brisk pace and vivid adventure as readers await installments in the paper.
Noted newspaper illustrator Miranda signs on to illustrate a new grand serial. Readers are promised a superbly illustrated tale from its beginnings with the artist’s renowned style guiding the narrative.
The Canadian Weekly offers readers high class illustrated literature with top tier engravings. The Press nationwide praises its Canada deserving support and notes its steadily increasing circulation as its strongest endorsement.
In a hotel at Newport, Tom Latimer shows eagerness to propose to Bertha Sellen’s niece during a gathering with friends and family present. Mr Latimer senior arrives with news of intending to marry Miss Selden, stirring surprise among Tom and the narrator.
The narrator recounts a risky encounter at Fort Ross with a grizzly bear. A single random shot saved him as the bear charged, leaving him shaken but alive after a long tumble down the mountain.
An account recalls General Lytle’s final moment at the front when, amid surround, he calmly drew gloves from his coat and declared he would die a gentleman rather than surrender. He slipped the gloves on and soon fell, epitomizing his famed gentleness and resolve.
The text presents disjointed phrases about prayer, wisdom, and animals. It mentions sheep, watermelons, and a ritual context with unclear references to suffering and devotion, conveying a fragmentary, archaic tone without a clear narrative or event.
The piece argues women gain health from outdoor exercise and breathing room, criticizing heavy corsets and long skirts. It cites Mrs Amelia Bloomer and advocates short loose dresses, noting past dangers from restrictive clothing and praising simpler garments for comfort and safety.
An old guide outlines washing fruit trees to remove bark pests. It advises solutions with soap, whale oil soap, kerosene for hard wood, and weak ash lye, applied with a stiff brush to reach all surfaces. Best results come from three applications in spring, early in the season.
Reading fragments show clerks and customers in a crowded shop. The text hints at routine tasks and a mix of voices, with phrases about a mother and a woman, and a sense of hurried interaction.
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