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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
6
The piece portrays Lord Longford as among the wittiest peers yet among the worst, recalling a tale of a friend teasing him about a split in his boots and breeches. He retorts that the distinct makers reflect politics, with a tailor who is an Orangeman and a Fenian cobbler, explaining the mismatch.
A soldering fluid praised by the Street and Railway Journal for use in railway shops. It dissolves zinc with hydrochloric acid, then dilutes with water. After adding tycerine mixed with alcohol, the solution aids soldering, especially on greasy or dirty connections, and glycerine is said to prevent rust compared to other acid fluids.
A mother and child scene unfolds as a small boy asks which foot to put the stocking on and then which foot the other stocking belongs to. The humorous exchange shows a child’s straightforward questions and a calm parental response.
In a Busy Bee exchange Bob and Tom joke about dangerous words to pronounce and long English terms. Tom names valetudinarianism then argues a word with vast internal distance. The humorous dialogue ends with Beleaguered as a punchline.
An advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as a remedy for horse ailments including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone Sweeney stifles sprains and a sore swollen throat Also advertised is a $50 savings offer and claims of being the most wonderful blemish cure known with sales through druggists.
A traveler in the Grand Duchy of Baden can send a telegram by writing the message on a postcard and stamping it then dropping it in the train’s letter box. At the next station the box is cleared and the message is wired.
The American Food Journal notes bread dough is used in Elgin Illinois at the Elgin National Watch Company. Superintend ent George E. Hunter explains watchmakers steam and knead fresh bread into dough to remove tiny chips from watch parts. The oil absorbed by the dough explains its continued use in manufacturing.
James Reynolds of Port Hage Ont chronicles severe catarrh and stomach trouble that baffled doctors. He credits Psychine as the only remedy that helped and now uses it to sustain strength for walking matches. The ad extols Psychine as a global cure and tonic sold in 50c and 1 dollar sizes through Dr. T A Slocum Limited, Toronto.
The item lists diverse measures and statistics from history including a water weight, early cannon invention, Forth Bridge steel tonnage, Sicily sulfur mine workers, Thames Embankment cost, Australian gold yield, Dutch windmills, Thebes artesian wells, Prussian zinc output, Russian squirrel pelts, Canadian printing jobs, and annual fire deaths in England and Wales.
Dr J B Cleland argues in a Linnean Society of New South Wales paper that proving vegetation in Australia adapted to frequent fires could imply fire producing humans existed long ago. He posits that if fire frequency arose mainly from human activity, then human fire use would have considerable antiquity on the continent.
In New York hospitals moving pictures show epileptic patients and locomotor ataxia cases for medical study. Following Vienna, surgeons perform operations on film to teach students and practitioners the disease features and techniques of distinguished operators.
The French Academy of Sciences elected Sir George Darwin of Cambridge as corresponding member of the Geographical Section. Echo de Paris notes he is the second son of Charles Darwin and a professor at Cambridge.
Leslie's Weekly argues second class mailing privileges boost postal revenue by creating profitable first class business. Citing 1906 New York postal commission records, a single ad in such papers could generate thousands of letters and millions in benefits, offsetting rural free delivery and other losses.
Edison stands as the leading patentee with close to a thousand patents attributed to him in the United States. Reporters note rivals may surpass him as older patents accumulate while Edison’s prolific output continues to grow, cementing his status in patent history.
A testimonial from E Boxall of St Thomas Ontario asserts Zam-Buk cured his bleeding piles after many ineffective ointments. The advertisement says the product also treats cuts burns ulcers ringworm itch and other skin injuries. It lists price 50 cents a box or three boxes for 1.95 from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
The item laments a string of misfortunes and chaos described as a weekly fraud. It notes trains derailing, a man jailed after harming a friend, and a sequence of disasters from brickbats to fires. Old Subscriber complains while Friday arrives once a week.
The publisher of the best farmer’s paper in the Maritime Provinces writes that no medicine has stood the test of time like Minare’s Liniment. He says it has been an unfailing household remedy for as long as he can remember and has outlived many imitators. Gentlemen.
The Philadelphia Record notes John M. Wolf who began teaching at age 15 and, at 75, has served sixty years in Adams and York counties. He reports 56 common school terms and 27 local normal school terms totaling 83 terms taught. He claims to have trained more teachers than any man in southern Pennsylvania.
A humorous exchange reports Minard's Liniment as curing garget in cows. A father rebukes his son over a disgraceful class report, and the son jokes that it could have been worse with more boys in the class.
An eminent authority notes that beaver dams arch against the current to resist floods and ice impact. Humans imitate this by building arched dams, such as California’s Great Bear Valley dam, to achieve stability through arch resistance rather than straight mass.
An advertisement for Mira Ointment based soap by The Chemists' Co. of Canada Limited Hamilton promotes a medicinal and toilet soap with healing oils. It claims suitability for all skin troubles and bath use with a perfume, priced 25 cents per cake, available at druggists or by mail order from 25 Lake Road.
The Ottawa Journal reports Montreal's birthrate outpacing major cities. Over ten years average 37.92 per thousand, last year 44.22 per thousand, higher than Breslau Prague Munich Vienna Blilau Rome St Petersburg London Paris New York Philadelphia. Montrealians express pride in being born there.
West Lambton Liberals nominate Mr. David Milne for the Legislature but he will need time to consider his acceptance.
Mrs Brown in the country assists Hamilton who was soaked delivering trunks. After the rainy ride he worries about rheumatiz and is given four tino grain quinine pills to take at home.
In Paleozoic thought Lowell argues life began on earth rather than from solar heat. The planet's internal heat initiated beginnings of life on its surface, making Earth the primary source of life before the sun's dominant role as sustainer.
Mrs. M. Summers of Windsor Ontario offers a free home treatment for bed wetting claiming a constitutional cause and promising success for children and adults with urine difficulties. No payment required. send no money and write today for full instructions.
Norman Selby aka Kid McCoy buys a $350,000 New York office building. He tells a reporter it is better to be well off than hard up and jokes about a St Joseph man whose sweetheart embroidering leads to a punchline about pawn tickets.
NTCOH Mange prairie scratches and contagious Itch on humans or animals cured in 30 minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotton. It never fails. Sold by druggiste.
A fragment from February Transatlantic Tales notes a remark about a mother becoming more like a balloon yet less intelligible, conveyed in a terse, enigmatic line.
Spoils politician vows not to circumvent the primary law yet hints at finding a method to climb over it. The exchange suggests ongoing tension over legal constraints and political strategy.
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