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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
3
A fragmentary verse scene depicts a dawn that mocks a grieving figure, with imagery of sleeping lovers and a jester’s laughter. The narrator laments the awakening world as trees, birds, and sun rise to heighten despair.
Norah, a remarkably intelligent child, grows up under the care of an English adoptive family after her parents die abroad. A doctor notes her health and behavior while Miss X guides her education, until a seaside retreat and a beach incident reveal Norah’s link to a deceased twin named Janet.
The piece recounts Norah’s split personality with Janet appearing in a mirror handwriting note. Norah’s life, illness recovery, engagement, and suicide are chronicled along with Miss X’s later custody and Norah’s posthumous writings about Janet and a second self.
A compact survey notes top 2 year olds and famed trotting records. Charley Herr lauded as great trotting horse, Fereno 2:10 is fastest 3-year-old, Crescens sets 1:55 quarter pace, Stambouet and Ellert post records, Co L Barber exposes Hal Dillard progeny, and Argentina horses priced for war service.
A compact review of society and stage happenings. Cora Trquhart wed James Brown Potter at sixteen. Mme Eames unlikely to return this winter. The New York World reports Actors Home fundraising at 69285.99 dollars. Lloyd nears completion of A Bunch of Blue Ribbons. Irving and Terry listed as leisure readers. Mann and Lipman to perform in Berlin after season end. Hamlet funded by Elizabethan court at 32.50 pounds. Marlowe secures rights to The Sword of the King. Vaudeville unions form White Rats and Little Mice. Wittsburg church federation vows theaterquiet policy. Julius Caesar translated into multiple languages.
Ripen pears indoors with selection guiding improvement. Trim Carranta and gooseberries for better vigor. Use wooden tree protectors to deter rabbits. Wood ashes as top dressing aid failing orchards. Early strawberry plantings help next season’s yield. Indoors in fall require bright air and moisture. Remove brush piles to curb pests by fall burning. Dwarf pears and crabapples suit small spaces for utility and ornament.
Items note an estimated 99 060 to 100 040 deer feed in Scotland forests and about 4 000 stags killed each year. It also cites a Galveston storm incident where two women were carried into the gulf and rescued the next morning. England enacts an expanded cruelty to wild animals act covering birds fish and reptiles with penalties up to three months imprisonment or five pounds fine.
A missionary recounts a Navajo wedding near Fort Defiance with a feast, a medic in ceremony, and a pudding ritual where the bride and groom eat from a shared dish. The piece notes chiefs, pay to the father, and plural marriages alongside frequent divorces among the tribe.
The London school board educates a population larger than Denmark or Greece, exceeding Scotland and nearly rivaling Bavaria and Holland. London’s elementary pupil count outnumbers Bristol Dresden and Prague, with annual metro education spending equal to Denmark Norway and Sweden’s total national outlay.
A short humorous note questions self esteem and contrasts its value when held by others versus oneself. The line cites a playful exchange about virtue and vanity in a quippy, campus-newsroom voice.
A brief note cites a quirky guidance item from the New York World instructing readers to turn to page 4 for a nurse’s tip on removing ink spots from carpet. The fragment hints at household advice and newspaper humor.
A fragmentary dispatch argues Russia and France should halt the ongoing Chinese slaughter and looting. It warns that negotiations may advance poorly and that Field Marshal Count von Waldersee faces duty before a possible end to hostilities, while noting Washington and New York press perspectives on Asia.
A fragmented excerpt shows Gladys urging Atlas amid a thundering train. The text mentions an engineer and a new lair, with confusion about the locomotive’s state as observers linger at the scene.
A garbled item from the Indianapolis Journal describes a confusion over a stolen lawn mower. The notice implies the thief returned a different model after a request was made, with mention of someone named Losey and a remark about a Dibbser.
A long advertisement extols Dr Chase Kidney Liver Pills as honorable medicines proven in severe cases. It touts their efficacy for torpid liver and inactive kidneys, claims lasting cures, and cites a testimonial from Walter Booth of Ontario. It notes the product is sold widely, with a sample testimonial and pricing details.
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