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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
A letter narrates a Hungarian invasion scare and flirtatious ballroom night with a bold officer, a rose, and a torn loyalty as battle sounds interrupt. The piece shifts to explain perjury definitions and curious legal points on burglary and false pretenses from a London Tit-Bits discussion.
This excerpt surveys oddities in criminal law, noting items that cannot be stolen such as corpses and ferae naturae, and explains that attempts to steal an empty pocket can still yield a conviction. It also questions trespass notices as legally ineffective and clarifies forgery and perjury concepts with practical examples.
The symbol, often found on moccasins and buffalo robes, marks paths or trails and abundance. The cross and swastika forms appear across many tribes and continents, with varied meanings from Morning Star to numerous other signs, suggesting independent development rather than direct intercommunication.
The New York American on December 18 1907 declares the common house fly a major enemy of man and a premier disseminator of disease surpassing the mosquito. It notes that Wilsons Fly Pads kill many times more flies than competing products.
The piece explains polygamy as customary to share housework and ensure survival. It notes men marry by paying gifts, with little formal ceremony among Ahiaras Onychas Obuwus and other inland tribes. Higher bride counts signal wealth, and cross-tribal capture is mentioned as a cheaper option.
A quip from the Houston Post plays on aging and marriage with a joke about a wife and her new maid.
A California crow guards the morning train from San Francisco to Siskiyou. Perched in a pine near Hornbrook, the bird signals the 7:30 passenger train No. 14, nabs scraps tossed by riders, and regally soaks in the journey to Siskiyou at 8:45 as the train nears its royal meal.
A fireless locomotive represents a new stage in steam power evolution. It operates near a local boiler base, using stored steam to avoid fire and smoke, highlighting safety and cleaner operation for industrial sites.
The James Watt memorial building opened June 1 on Watt’s birthplace site. Two stories in eighteenth century Scottish domestic style house, to teach navigation and marine engineering. Watt’s lineage includes a mathematician grandfather and a father who was a builder and instrument maker. Watt’s son James powered the Caledonia, the first steamship to leave an English port.
The Washington Herald recounts Honolulu shark fishing as a popular activity via Greorge T. Wilson's account. Fishermen use small launches, dead horses, harpoons or hooks, and large rifles to battle eight to fourteen foot sharks near the harbor.
A historical note explains the biggest circulating notes in the United States, including the $10 000 United States note and the $10 000 gold certificate. It cites limited quantities, counts by type from a 1908 treasury report, and mentions common smaller notes, with a warning to beware of imitation bills.
A London cabby tells an elderly woman she cannot be driven to Trafalgar Square and adds a humorous biting remark about onions, ending the encounter with a light taunt.
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