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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
2
A collage of anecdotes appears: a disguised president in a southern town, a visit to a druid ruin near London with electric lights, a principal and mother clash over a grade, and garbled classroom slang noted in Harper's Magazine.
The fragment advertises Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills and claims benefits for kidney and liver health. It mentions repeated attempts and remedies, with references to meriting prompt action and medicinal effects.
A distressed wife enters a room in panic claiming she misjudged a safety item. The husband questions the danger as the couple misidentifies chemicals and contemplates steps to fix a reckless error.
In Constantinople the Tiret electric street car line opened with a curious ceremony. Two lambs were sacrificed upon the tracks as rails were smeared with an artificial load and Mohammedan prayers were offered privately. Officials participated and were shown in a May Popular Mechanics Magazine illustration.
A flirtatious excerpt shows Mise and George arguing about worthiness and match during a melodramatic exchange. The lovesick maiden sighs she is unworthy while George laments their even match and hints at a future union.
A farmer notes fox fire glowing inside a white oak stump that has decayed from within. The glow sometimes seems to vibrate and shift on the stump, though certainty is hindered by the rough prose of A Farmer's Notebook.
A Swiss rescue party saves a troubled traveler who, refusing to be lifted, insists on a written contract for the fee of their lifesaving work. The man, a businessman, remains calm and insists on detailing the price before proceeding.
Dre Lardson’s painting “Hard fit” near danger as a foreigner rushes brandishing a wick. David Murray recalls a studio mishap when he painted on a pocket handkerchief and faced a skeptical buyer who feared the print would wash away.
An old advertisement from Charles Wihooten of Port Mulgrave promotes Minard’s Liai ment as a remedy for sore throat colds and ordinary ailments. The text emphasizes quick relief and cure.
A garbled tale mentions Shilohki Willy remedy for a cough and a strange interrogation about where something was put. Benator Smuge confesses the burden of public knowledge versus personal guilt. Minard's Liniment appears as a referenced remedy. A separate note reports a man sentenced to fourteen days in jail who protests the nights.
A fragmentary excerpt shows a merchant questioning a returning boy now older and eager, a tourist at a Hugland inn listening to furniture legends, and a Sunday school talk urging industrious loyalty. The scene mixes dialogue and classroom morals with scattered historical references.
Culbone church sits along the Devon coast near Porlock hidden by hills and woods. The church measures 33 feet by 12 feet 8 inches with a porch nave carved oak chancel screen and Norman font. Owned by Lord Lovelace the site draws summer visitors from around the world and features a tiny barred window high on the chancel.
The snippet questions religious prejudice and how convictions of others shape beliefs. It contrasts personal bias with open inquiry, noting the phrase my son as a provocative example of inherited viewpoint. The tone hints at editorial reflection on sectarian perspectives.
A宣tized ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pile as a tonic to cleanse blood and cure pimples and eruptions that appear with spring. It claims tonic builds new blood, removes impurities, revives energy, and helps rheumatism and neuralgia. Available 60 cents a box, six for $2.60 from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A witty exchange centers on an actor who misses a scene in the fourth act while a critic praises him as equal to Forbes Robertson. The amateur retorts he did not appear in that scene, prompting the critic to note Forbes’s absence as well.
The text quotes London Punch satirizing praise in sport commentary and noting a juror named Smithson as unusually informed. It humorously references a brief social exchange about meeting a child and school, then shifts to a claim that wild lettuce in the Northern United States may be a rubber source.
A British naval officer, lured by a Brussels contact with alleged military secrets, is duped into meeting him after a private London visit. Detectives arrest him as he is handed a bundle of papers. Also advertised is Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy claiming to ease breathing and restore health with hundreds of testimonials.
The New York World cites a World list of 125 leading U S newspapers, 97 favor Wilton and 28 oppose. The split reflects broad support in the coal belt, Midwest, and South while pacifist sentiment dominates on the Pacific coast.
The article notes ancient canals like the Nahewan and Dijail once fed grain fields between the Euphrates and Tigris. Modern Turkey plans a dam across the Euphrates to restore irrigation, aiming to reclaim about half a million acres as a garden-like oasis.
A reflection on how personal virtue and intellectual growth elevate society. Strong and weak characters alike shape public morals through example whether inspiring righteousness or enabling wrongdoing, urging continuous self improvement to curb vice and uplift others.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a chauffeur argues with a judge after a near collision. The judge questions the driver about speeding and the driver apologizes, noting he did warn the other party but was ignored. The anecdote appears in a Mother's Magazine section.
The world population in 1912 was about 1.9 billion. Asia accounted for 923 million, Europe 644 million, Africa 188 million, America 187 million, and Oceania 67 million.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe several people entering a road with stray dialogue and incomplete phrases. The readable parts do not establish a clear event, names, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item.
A well known athlete swam to the aid of a man drowning in a Turkish pool incident. He grabbed the swimmer by the hair and towed him to the side, reviving him as others checked for signs of life. The rescued man offered thanks, while observers reflected on memory and luck in the strange episode.
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