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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
3
Fetheratonhaugh and Co shows its head office on a main east street in Toronto Canada. The listing notes the firm is based in Ontario with its operations centered on commercial services.
A prom inent telegraph worker notes in simple words that a boy needs his father. The piece contrasts the widely acknowledged need of a girl for her mother with the need for a father to provide encouragement inspiration and comradeship. It argues many fathers overlook the full obligations to their sons. The quote emphasizes a father who has not forgotten his own boyhood.
The author, defeated, says the jury has ruled his book is not immoral. His wife consoles him and suggests adapting it into a play. The exchange captures a moment of artistic doubt amid a public verdict.
A wanderer tells Mr. Titewad he walked miles to find help from a reputedly generous man. The old gentleman asks him to contradict the rumor as he leaves. The same issue notes a post office warning that sending coin or bank notes in unregistered letters is prohibited.
A damaged notice advertises an eye remedy claiming to ease red weak and watery eyes. It promises tubes and mail delivery and suggests the product is good for all eyes that need care.
The Boston Globe editorial claims a farm is the place where industry, intelligence, and diligence yield big dividends while laziness finds no fit niche. It argues loafers have no place in school, office, shop, store, law, medicine, ministry, or journalism, leaving only rest as a possibly suitable final role.
A young German unable to speak English is coached by an officer on navy enlistment questions. When the inspector asks age and service, the German answers with mispronounced numbers and food questions, finally replying with Both when asked if he is provided with food and clothing, provoking the inspector.
A muddled tale recalls Daniel Webster facing a creditor dispute that ends with a street interruption over settlement. In a separate vignette a bank teller recounts women overdraft mishaps and failed indorsements, culminating in a stern cashier’s lesson about introductions before cashing checks.
The Washington Star quotes a moral tale about George Washington admitting the cherry tree truth to his father. A Texas anecdote recalls a missionary wedding interrupted by a blunt groom's reply about taking his bride for better or for worse, with a comic ending.
A country town girl visiting a cousin near an orphan asylum asks why so many children are there. The reply explains that orphans live at the home, with both Mr and Mrs Orphan deceased, leaving many little boys and girls.
A British government committee urges labeling all celluloid articles inflammable to curb fires. It cites a Moore Lane London blaze that killed nine workers and notes widespread use beyond films. The report advocates public control of manufacture and storage to prevent accidents.
The article notes lichen and moss as remarkable for drought tolerance and resilience. Moss survives drying, revives when watered, and even fragments regenerate into new plants, a fact highlighted by a German experiment after eighteen months in a closet.
The blind hymn writer Mies Fann Crosty, aged 94 on March 24, is credited with about 7 000 hymns. Noted pieces include Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross and Safe in the Arms of Jesus. If he kept steady, two hymns weekly would fit across his lifetime.
A witty exchange between Crabshaw and Mrs. Crabshaw questions car opposition and affordability, implying prior constraints and social change. The remark highlights class limits and shifting attitudes toward technology.
Aimed at conserving vitality the piece warns that many lack energy and may suffer headaches weak eyes nervous indigestion fatigue and helplessness. It promotes Dr Chase's Nerve Food claiming it restores energy to feeble nerve cells and encourages reducing worry for health improvement.
A mother rushes to the dining room to find her son Willie performing contortions and somersaults. He explains he forgot to shake his medicine before taking it and tried to “shake himself up” with the dose inside him. He reassures his mother it is all right.
A snippet shows courteous exchanges about interrupting, offering favors, and a boast about wealth. The lines reveal social norms of politeness and willingness to help, with one speaker promising to be generous if financially able.
Mr. Robert Wilsen of Hardfield New Brunswick endorses Gin Pills for rheumatism and backache. He claims great relief and urges others to try the product. A box costs 2.50 dollars with six for 2.50 and a free sample offered by National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada Limited in Toronto.
A Los Angeles Methodist congregation plans a 750000 dollar church complex described as a social center. It will include a 2500-seat auditorium 350 bedrooms restaurants a gymnasium stores showers roof garden tennis and basketball courts and public billiard rooms social halls and a nursery. Pastor Dr Selecman will manage the enterprise termed free century Christianity with twentieth century action.
Near Bourg Louis Que Special report on Mr. Robert J. Pyle a farmer who suffered rheumatism and kidney trouble for a year. After taking Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports a complete cure with no recurrence, attributing his improvement to relief of sick kidneys.
A London Standard commentator recalls the Elizabethan practice of leasing warships for profit during peacetime. The piece notes the close tie between naval and mercantile interests and suggests modern governments could learn from that model, even joking about riding a Dreadnought to Ostend.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a mother and father discussing Laura, a child with promise but fear she will never become a great pianist. The mother recalls Laura’s joy when told she must skip a lesson to go to the dentist, highlighting family pressures.
A dialogue reveals the executor’s burden to settle a clock maker’s affairs. The task looms as he prepares to wind up the legacy, balancing duties with the expectations of those awaiting resolution.
An immense Russian air machine near St Petersburg defies early disbelief. The craft spans 88 percent feet with a 1,400 square foot surface and weighs 6,600 pounds. It can carry the crew and ten passengers, has 26 hours fuel and 1,760 pounds extra load. Four 100 horsepower engines drive four propellers.
The King of Bow mania plans a royal dowry of at least £200000 for Princess Elizabeth who will wed the Crown Prince of Greece, with an annual income of £8000. The Sigamaringen Hohenzollern family is noted as extremely wealthy, and the princess will inherit a share of her father’s fortune, estimated at £8,000,000.
Internal parasites in the stomach and bowels sap vitality and retard growth in children. Untreated, they threaten life. Miller's Worm Powders are promoted as a potent remedy effective against worms in any form.
The passage urges looking on the bright side and thinking happy thoughts to foster gentleness in speech and kind behavior. It notes that such improvements to mood and character do more for a pleasant appearance than cosmetic recipes.
Mrs M LeBlanc of Memramcook West New Brunswick reports ten years of use and strong satisfaction with Baby's Own Tablets for teething, colic, constipation, and indigestion. Neighbors share the view. Tablets cost 25 cents per box, available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont or local dealers.
The fat man with a gold watch chain boasts he has two and a half dozen children. The others react. he clarifies the count as two and a half dozen totaling eight, prompting astonished responses.
In Bay of Islands J M Campbell reports cure of acute bronchitis by Minarius Liniment. In Springhill WM Daniels states cure of facial neuralgia by Minard's Liniment. In Albert County GEO Tingley confirms cure of chronic rheumatism by Minard's Liniment.
In a playful scene a man presents a small morocco case with a diamond ring to his fiancée. She quips that the gem is tiny and not brilliant, while he retorts that love makes it shine. She smiles and quips that love can be blind not stone blind.
A brief witty line notes a woman aging with humor and poise as she adapts to changes. The exchange contrasts grace with a sharpened tolerance and a playful tone about growing older.
An old time liniment Nerviline promises instant relief for lumbago back strain and sciatica by rubbing on the sore area. The ad boasts thin lotion that sinks in without staining skin and offers a 50 cent family size bottle plus a trial at a low price, available through any dealer.
The new Albanian flag appears in Vienna for the first time. It features red and black and red and white vertical stripes with a central five pointed star, omitting the eagle from the Albanian arms.
Marie notes two years of regular calls from Maud-Jack Slowboy who treats papa as if running a constant performance house.
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