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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
6
Mrs. Bowser confronts her husband who believes he can hypnotize people and animals. A traveling tinker halts his schemes by striking him, ending Bowser’s comic misadventure as the cook and cat escape unscathed.
The report records remarks by Sandy Pikes and Billy Coalgate about threats of violence. Pikes claims a plan to shoot and to harm, while Coalgate is accused of threatening to shoot and of a related threat in the context of domestic matters.
A fragmentary dialogue centers on a wife declining service for a carpet after a claimed dinner dispute. The exchange hints at family friction and a staying power of a household row as a childlike speaker Wille Wot clarifies he is not a professional.
The Berlin custom disinfects and stamps beds of deceased poor with official town marks before collecting them. The beds are then lent to other very poor residents, providing a practical aid system for the needy.
The Chartists presented what was described as the largest petition to the English parliament in 1548. It carried about 5,706,000 signatures signaling broad demand for reform and expanded political rights.
The piece challenges common proverbs in business practice, arguing that advice from friends may mislead. It contends that critics reveal failures and reasons for lack of success rather than offering true support.
A brief humorous cross exchange shows a husband warning against carrying a pocketbook in hand while the wife reassures it isn’t heavy, reflecting domestic scene humor. The two-line dialogue captures a light moment between spouses.
The poem presents a portrait of a perfect woman as a blend of spirit and humanity. It contrasts beauty with virtue and insists on moral strength, endurance, and a guiding presence that comforts and warns. The speaker calls for a balanced, noble character.
In a chilling tale a traveler recalls a Mongolian superstition about the cutting power of a cursed coin. Tom Morton dies when twenty seven coins appear in his hand during a party demonstration, the German 20 mark coin bearing a square mark.
A fragment from Peany Pictorial Magazine notes that the heroine confronts a long standing family curse. The line hints at a dramatic turn as the curse appears to influence events and character choices.
A New York Sun item describes a fire engine team where one horse is hitched to the engine pole during electrical wire work outside an uptown engine house. The tied horse endures despite preferring his roomy stall, while firemen proceed with their precautions.
At a London conference on blind matters a speaker distributed papers to 100 institutions seeking recommended trades. Top occupations include basket broom making piano tuning mat weaving hair caning music mattress making knitting typing legal and clerical work. New roles suggested include telephone exchange linotype typing reporting gardening massage lecturing and organ blowing. Several doctors spoke in favor of massage. An example notes four blind girls employed earning 1,250 last year.
E. C. Tefft, a Rhode Island poultryman, describes using a hen for brooding chicks. He details a mash fed to chicks from birth to six weeks, including eggs, crackers, oats, meal, chops, wheat bran, beef scraps baked into bread, and equal morning corn and wheat at noon and evening.
A rope manufacturer at Deptford Sunderland dispatched from Monkwearmouth goods station a five mile steel wire haulage rope weighing about 35 tons. Two traction engines drew it through the town streets and three trucks carried the coil to the colliery proprietors.
The text notes George IVs coronation as the most magnificent in Britain, with Queen Victoria and William IVs coronations costing £69,421 1s 10d and £42,298 8s respectively, a sharp drop from George IVs £215,000, highlighting rising costs over time.
A nineteenth foot long skeleton was found in Rouen France with a near perfect skull except for the lower jaw and the skull reputedly contained a bushel of wheat, astonishing locals in 1800.
Skimmilk cheeses have little fat and a large, indigesti ble curd. To make a perfectly nourishing meal, butter, bacon, eggs or cream as well as starches should be eaten with this cheese.
By careful computation about 300 000 000 cocoanut palms are in the world in full bearing according to a recent botanical assessment. The finding highlights vast maturities of palm groves across tropical regions and potential yields for related industries.
A light column notes that a man’s concern over marriage is often due to not being able to wed rather than already being bound. The piece playful suggests social pressures and romantic delay in a humorous tone.
A woman weeps as she accuses a man of a wrongful diagnosis claiming he had no heart. The man insists her tears were caused by his liver ailment flaring up again, illustrating medical misperception and tempers in a domestic dispute.
In a brief exchange the suitor asks to marry on May 1 and the woman accepts. The dialogue centers on a hopeful betrothal with restrained emotion. The snippet captures a moment of courting and consent within a local social scene.
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