Local Notes Highlight Visits, Games, and Church Picnics
Local items report Miss Irma White return from Winnipeg and visits by Miss Riddick and Mr. Jardine family. The Ladies Baseball Club lost 35 to 3 to Trail Rangers. Bind er twine supplier Moxley and Forman take orders. Sunday Schools hold serial picnics. J McFadden hosts NYC visiting brother after 30 years. A 71st birthday gathering at Mrs. A E Johnstone’s home. Inyist holiday noted with stores closed. Evang and Ennis Howard travel east to Montreal and Toronto. Clergy moves noted including T E Taylor and J B E Anderson. Town officials attend court revision. Brown wins case. Revival of football, youth drills at Simpson’s direction. Grummett re hires workers. races, bicycles, and sales listed. Farmers’ fair promotions urged. Rivers Fair praised with local entries. Grain leakage cost on CN Railways cited in House testimony.
England's Premiership A Burden On Incumbent Leaders
The article cites quotes about prime ministerial duties from figures like Disraeli Gladstone Palmerston and Rosebery. It highlights the constant pressure of leadership with remarks on sleepless work, public opinion, cabinet demands, and the harassing, laborious nature of the office. The source notes the New York Times attribution.
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Lord Palmerston
Disraeli
New York Times
Pair of Slippers and a Curious Amsterdam Monument
A Washington Star story describes a church monument in Amsterdam bearing two oddly shaped slippers and the inscription Effen Nyt meaning nothing else. The tale tells of a rich spendthrift who, believing he had a limited life, spent his fortune yearly and died the year he predicted. his only remaining belongings at burial were the distinctive slippers, commemorated by relatives who had helped him in life.
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Amsterdam
Effen Nyt
Lfe
Washington Star
Human stride lengths debated by correspondents
A city walker claims his long walks approximate the yard per step, noting a height of five feet eight and a half inches and mile pacing between 1,690 and 1,710 paces. The London Opinion adds that regiment pace reflects the average of the longest and shortest steps.
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London
Poverty and pride clash over charity gift
Andrew Carnegie is told a clergyman may refuse a donation to his church yet another gift for a poorer brother clergyman is accepted. The ironmaster insists poverty can override pride and asks how an empty bag can stand upright, illustrating charity’s blunt influence.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Overweight Stamp Prompt Causes Clerk Tiff at Window
The scene shows a stamp clerk warning a woman her letter is over weight and she protests, noting many letters have not met weight yet now a slight excess triggers extra charges. The exchange captures a petty postal dispute from a Boston Transcript context.
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Boston Transcript
Untidy Man Seeks Wardrobe Advice in Soap Color
A man with untidy habits discusses a new waistcoat with a friend. The friend suggests choosing a soap color for the garment in a witty exchange from the Saturday Evening Post.
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Saturday Evening Post
The Burned Church Fire Draws Cries and Fingers
A brief dialogue notes a church fire and the fallout, joking that no factory shut has occurred and only one man loses work while receiving his pay. The exchange references London humor and social commentary on damage and blame.
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Jim
Bill
London
Misquoted banter hints at wedding misfortune
The fragment suggests a stray remark about a pale groom amid a misfortune theme. A Chicago Record-Herald style line recalls public misfortune and personal woe, implying a dramatic moment from a gossip column or feature.
Lands for Arrears of Taxes in Daly Rural Municipality
Notice announces sale of lands for tax arrears by the Rural Municipality of Daly. It specifies the property details, location in Manitoba, and the date and place for the sale at Superior Court building. It warns Payees to settle arrears to avoid sale.
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Daly
Daly Rural Municipality Notice dated in Wheatland Manitoba
Dated at Wheatland in Manitoba a notice dated Jane 13 VD Dyer John A. appears as an official entry from the Rural Municipality of Daly regarding local administrative matter.
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Wheatland
Manitoba
Jane
John A Dyer
Daly
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Thos. Jardine
Brandon
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Trail Rangers
Moxley & Forman
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Mr. J. McFadden
New York
A. E Johnstone
H Evang
Ennis Howard
East
Montreal
Howard
Toronto
TE. Taylor
Rivers
Darlingford
J. B. E. Anderson
Stockton
W. B. Sallars
Sidney
C. H. Gabe
Sec -Treas
R. N. Dunnsmore
Jas. Brown
Minnedosa
Brown
Mr. Brown
Simpson
Mis J A. Grummett Reniere
Tamsiey
Asdais
Tate
Canadian National Railways
J McKenzies
California
Florida Grape Fruit
Dominion
Royal Crown
Jersey
McKenzie
England
Chicago Record-Herald
o-Vergil
Parrand
Rick
Ian Loe
J. Harness Maker
Kyes
The
Gazette
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Head Onfire
Canada
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