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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1903
Page
15
Written by E. B. Osborn the article surveys Atlantic Canadian passenger ships from Liverpool to Montreal. It notes harsh seas and fog, slow schedules, and the potential for faster crossings with better lighting and buoying. It concludes that most passengers travel on business, aiding imperial development through construction by their exertions.
Aboard the Lake Manitoba emigrants from Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe steer toward Canada and the United States. The narrative sketches diverse settlers, from Scottish and Irish laborers to Doukhobors, Galatians, and Jews, noting evolving voyage conditions, sanitary care, and lingering loyalties to Britain as Canada expands westward.
Historical advertisement claims E-ru-sa Piles Cure neutralizes dangers of harsh compounds and purports endorsements from doctors and druggists across the U. S. It touts non-narcotic relief, asserts no mercury, promises a cure in worst cases, and lists locations and names associated with the sale.
Entertainment piece describes September hop picking camps where families camp in barns and tents. Women lead in picking at 5 cents per 100 pounds, with some harvesting 400 pounds daily. After harvest, hops are dried, baled, and shipped to London. California houses a vast garden with 600,000 vines and a yearly $100,000 crop. The article notes United States hops value at $316 million and broad cultivation across 17 states.
The article surveys a record long car trip from San Francisco to New York by Blssrs Jackson and Crocker over sixty three days. It notes claims about oxygen tablets from a French scientist and an oxygen hospital's success. It mentions electric recharging stations in New England and predictions of electrical locomotion replacing other transport within ten years. It also cites a 100 mile per charge battery car at 20 cents, Australia's Tumut as capital, mosaics in St. Sophia, Eskimo population declines, military enlistment retention rates, a Colchester incident, John Knox house turned bookstore, a heart monitoring device, corn seed planting yields, Hermannsburg Lutheran churches, and uranium discovery by Stephen Y Lockwood.
A playful exchange shows a child asking his mother to change how he expresses affection for cake. The mother corrects diction and tone, guiding him to replace words with more refined equivalents. The scene ends with Jack begrudgingly repeating the adjusted sentence while revealing frustration at being judged for talking about bread.
In Japan parents lavish attention on children and even jungle schoolboys Jumbo Rhino Brain and Marjorie Daw join in. They climb to the veranda roof for a seesaw ride, the roof gives way, and Jumbo Rhino and the seesaw crash onto Dr Lion. Nobody seriously hurt though the visit to Dr Lion’s private room follows.
A riddle describes a versatile material seen daily, from fields, beaten and washed, never eaten, worn on the head or fed. It appears in many colors, soft and fine, aged with use, and even used to dress wounds.
A Nash ark toy shows animals attached to arms on a rotating shaft. Cranking spins the shaft and a doorway reveals one animal at a time. The number of animals remains unknown as the shaft stops vary, keeping a child curious about how many animals are in the box.
A humorous exchange shows a husband blaming his watch for a problem while a child explains they cleaned it by washing in a basin with a baby. The playful scene highlights domestic dialogue and a minor domestic misunderstanding.
In a humorous scene Mamma apologizes to Tommy for a quarrel over an orange with his sister. James steps in and ends the debate by claiming to have taken the whole orange. The exchange centers on ownership and playful intervention.
Mr G Reen, famed artist, tells his son he can paint like him when older. Georgie tries the canvas alone and creates a remarkable work. The startled father rewards him, but a play earlier hurt Georgie. He has since renounced art.
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