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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
6
The Kicker editor, M. Ovan, lampoons local leaders and professionals in Arizona. The piece cites postmasters, doctors, jurists, undertakers, a coroner, a mayoral title, and a theater owner, mixing humor with barbs about a murder verdict record, stolen horse reward, and public notices.
Breeding and racing news across Maine and New England notes multiple horses and owners. Rose Leyburn and Audubon Bay are listed with times and owners including M Mfc- Kinnie and James Hanley. Other entries mention General Norval, Alcander reported ill, and 1902 season plans for stables in Georgetown and Joliet.
The item notes Edinburgh birthplace of Robert Louis Stevenson up for sale at under $3,000. Swiss rail speed improves travel to the Engadine from Thusis to three hours by summer 1903. Baku naphtha beds may extend offshore. Spain moves to honor Emilio Castelar with a monument. An Austrian soldier is jailed six months for using a Polish word. Paris hosts a Russian high school with fugitive scholars. France will stop posting minister speeches on dead walls to save 660,000 per occurrence.
Arthur Forrest resigns from the Daniel Frohman stock company while Stephen Phillips writes a play for Annie Russell. Sada Yacco stars in Berlin as Ellen Terry. Henry Irving plans a revival of Becket. Charles Hawtrey signs a three year contract with Charles Frohman. Nanette Comstock to co star with Henrietta Crosman in Joan o the Shoals. Joe Murphy repeatedly performs Shaun Rhue as James ONeill does Monte Cristo. Robert Hilliard retires after England stint with Beerbohm Tree. Sol Smith Russell reportedly will never return to the stage due to locomotor ataxia.
Advice on manuring mineral fertilizers and water management for thrifty fruit trees. Pruning grapes risks excess wood, healing wounds before rapid recovery, and maintaining thick strong skins for long keeping. Gooseberry bushes favor trimming partial shade and mildew resistance to ensure consistent crops.
The twelve largest English railways report a second half 1901 net earnings drop totaling 1 380 500 dollars. San Francisco builds an oil tank with 1 260 000 gallons capacity to fuel street railways. The Transsiberian railway offers the world’s cheapest rates and an emigrant ticket covering 6 000 miles in nearly three weeks costs about 3 dollars.
Hans begins singing lessons and closes his shop to practice grand opera. Neighbors press him to finish repairs. a fat policeman warns against neglecting trade while a tailor and others weigh in on his unlikely plan.
Biographical sketches highlight diverse figures from politics and industry. Admiral Sampson’s biographer notes a boy who avoided amusement, New Hampshire senator Gallinger is the Senate’s lone regular doctor, South Dakota’s Kyle the preacher, and General Miles’s devoted dog Rex. The piece also fuses habits, habits, and family ties of Labouchere, Sadier, Platt, Talbert, Sayers, Jones, Rollins, Rockefeler Jr., and Gould heirs Kingdon and George Gould.
A column lists wedding beliefs and luck omens for brides and grooms. Spiders on gowns bring misfortune, dream fairies foretell thrice outfits, miniature horseshoe in pockets signals luck, ship marriages are unlucky, land weddings favored, telegrams en route to church warned, dropping the ring invites ill luck, kissing before the groom yields luck, boiling dishwater foresees long wait, seeing a collie en route to the rail station prompts a turn back to avoid bad luck.
A collection of curious notes includes Gibraltar and Mala as mighty fortresses, early Chinese literature, a Moroccan tribute prison, Paraguay soap from cocoa oil, cows eating nut pulp, Mansour the horse’s Paris Grand Prix link, Lincoln’s casket moved for safety, and Georgia telegraph poles made of cedar with roots serving as shade and support.
In a spirited reply the Southern columnist rebukes Northern attempts to mock Southern speech. He defends true pronunciation of the letter r while noting regional quirks and refuting claims that southerners omit or replace it. He warns that such debates could fuel tensions.
Max Freyer in Germany introduces violin making from clay with molds ensuring exact replicas. Porcelain bodies are claimed to resonate better than wood, yielding a pure full tone. He also crafts china clay mandolins popular in southern countries, despite concerns over brittleness and weight. Rumors of aluminum violins suggest a lighter, suitable alternative.
The era of New York City papers shows massive growth from under 1 million daily readers to at least 2 million. Eight or nine papers now claim large circulations that once would have been notable for a few. An East Side Yiddish daily circulates 40,000, English papers run up to 100,000 each, with others near and above 600,000.
The piece imagines rapid transport expansion from Cairo via trolley to Mount Sinai and along the Red Sea, with talk of an overhead wire system reaching Mecca. It wonders how soon trolleys could carry pilgrims to sacred cities and even reach Lhasa with lama ticket takers.
Glasgow landlords reward well behaved tenants paying rent on time with summer rent free for a fortnight. Tenants meeting conditions gain a two week break from payments if they holiday. The plan, aimed at improving slum housing, has shown strong uptake with over 60 percent claiming the prize.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts displays around 300 early American garments and accessories, including a minister’s Spanish court coat, a satin waistcoat, and Revolutionary era pieces. The collection features gowns, undergarments, stockings, slippers, and colonial ornaments, with Bowdoin ties to Maine and notable figures like Oliver Wendell Holmes referenced.
A stockman notes flour prices move with mill byproducts like bran and other outputs. High mill feeds once kept flour cheap, but slumps push flour up. Byproducts from cottonseed oil, linseed oil, fish, vinegar, brewery, distillery, and even pecking houses now serve as feed, shaping finished product costs.
A historical note describes belief in Indian ghosts among aborigines and conquerors alike. It explains appeasement rituals including shrines and animal offerings to avert outbreaks like smallpox and cholera blamed on malignant spirits.
Reformers praise the Jinked man army as model yet note discipline flaws. A reservist presented himself to a recruiting sergeant with a walking stick, was court martialed, and sentenced to ten weeks for subordination.
Two Austrian lawyers Dr Bivel and Dr Lauterstein who advised the executors of the late Baron Hirsch received £32,500 each as remuneration. The High Court of Justice approved the payments.
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