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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
3
A New York Tribune piece recounts a World War II era nose vaccination craze. It notes that the nose scar aided quick identity checks among soldiers and fliers while explaining why the practice faded with evolving beauty norms.
In a Wisconsin studio, Congressman Edward E. Browne recalls a curious domestic anecdote. Mrs Smith asks about a postal card left by a servant and Belinda defends her mother while explaining the maid’s confusion about communication etiquette.
A fragmentary exchange shows a father and mother reacting to a discovery about a town in Mexico whose name is pronounced exactly like its spelling. The dialogue hints at a humorous misunderstanding and a linguistic punchline.
Promises spare health by using Miller's Worm Powders to combat worms in children. Claims no purgative needed and thorough action. household use urged as the best worm destroyer. A casual note references a social invitation and a wedding plan.
A brief dialogue describes birds with bills a yard long in Brazil as the tall man calls them plumber birds while the short man asks for their name, a snippet from a Cincinnati Equitable source.
A simple method from the St Louis Post Dispatch suggests calling a tinsmith to seal a hole in a pot or pan. The tinsmith uses a lamp, hammer blows, and a file to fatten and spread metal, then sands and buffs to finish. Holes up to a quarter inch can be mended firmly with this technique.
An old piece contrasts rat populations with humans across nations noting British Isles and India ratios, then shifts to a classroom scene where a learner misreads nautical terms, the teacher correcting barque and the student exclaiming barque how wow in confusion.
Tom Marvphersor, a Scotch carpenter, asked for a day off and was granted. On returning, his foreman learned the man had wed that day. The bridegroom praised his bride as God’s handiwork and master piece, while promising to be just and truthful.
Sir Ernest Shackleton recounts a humorous anecdote from a late expedition about his bootmaker asking how his boots were. The tale blends eccentric responses and light banter among companions, including exchanges with a professor and a lawyer in a clipped, period voice.
A passerby asks about a puncture while a chauffeur hides emotion. A servant in a large household resigns amid family tensions, declaring she has endured enough. The text includes quips from Tit-Bits and a Poston Transcript line noting the virtue of saving.
The United States government conducts a bunting color test with eight hours of immersion in salt water followed by six hours of sun exposure to assess durability and colorfastness for flag material.
A testimonial from a sufferer of stomach trouble credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring health. The user praises the medicine as the right remedy after years of illness and prescribes it to others. Pills cost 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.60, available from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
The piece describes Professor Jones and his wife with strawberry blond and red hair children. A visiting doctor jokes that red hair is hereditary, highlighting the Jones family's varied hair colors as the alarm of four fire red heads is noted in New York.
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press report reveals whispered judgments about a community figure. A juror’s dismissal and the defense lawyer’s actions are cited while neighbors debate his character and trust.
An artist finishes Sally in Our Alley as Pogson recalls childhood memories of a sister named Sally and a marble game stoppage after Sally swallows a glass marble. The chatter shifts to a jail alimony query and a London sewer note.
The readable lines show Willie asking a hostess about two pieces of pie and being told there are not two portions available. The text is incomplete with disrupted names and punctuation.
Rereads indicate a value of thirty eight months of milk and a share of split peas with a total near ninety four and a half.
A fragment shows Willie and his Maw and Paw debating a freethinker. The unmarried son is asked to go to bed as a brisk exchange ends with a curt exclamation.
Henry M. Hall notes in the New York World that live oysters opened before you and eaten fresh are a juicy, palpitating treat, while dead oysters must be discarded. He mocks high end spots serving oysters after breakfast as dead, even on ice, contrasting the eating experience.
A fragment from Pear sons Weekly shows a mother asking Mrs Jones if a dozen eggs can be borrowed to place under a hen. Mrs Jones jokes about the mother hen and the nest, while the girl plans to find the nest herself. An asthma advertisement by Dr J D Kellogg promotes a proven remedy claiming lasting effectiveness and wide reach.
A humorous exchange between John and his sweetheart ends with a playful misunderstanding as she asks what he is thinking and he mumbles a comically garbled reassurance. The scene captures a light domestic moment from a Ladies' Home section.
A touring mishap left a motorist pinned beneath the overturned vehicle, but the pursuing constable pressed on with duty. He demanded the driver’s name and address, insisting on accountability.
A shopkeeper left with a single customer asked a boy to watch the counter. While the owner stepped away for change the boy declared with pride that the man did not steal anything, saying he watched him closely.
A New York farmer bets his new auto against a wheelbarrow on the outcome of a contest and loses. He walks seven miles home while his family likely notes his cause for merriment and the result is seen as proof that betting is not valid argument. The piece critiques betting as pointless and undignified. Also a brief exchange hints at a print joke about Hamlet and Othello.
A fragment discusses mental phenomena and auto theory as researchers study notions of self and perception. It mentions a person lifting others and references metalogical ideas, with a note about Minard's Liniment claimed to cure diphtheria.
A fragmented line notes an old saying about time loss. It then mentions a liquor cease cost of 193 in Brussels and asserts it is permanent, though the context remains unclear.
A garbled excerpt describes a dish called the "snapdragon" brought to a table. The text mentions a platter, cover, and a ghastly greenish centerpiece said to be part of the dining scene, with names and actions that suggest a dramatic meal tableau.
A fragmentary OCR passage presents a dying man and a friend debating a French line about fish. The dying man recalls meeting someone and muses on knowledge of French. Context appears from a Pearson’s or similar periodical note with stray dialogue.
A fragment from the Washington Star notes a personal comment about parental urging and grammar irritation. The garbled OCR suggests a quote about not encouraging poy annoyance and a restless daughter, but lacks clear context or dates.
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