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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
6
Monty and the party stage a colorful carnival procession with a French-tinged banquet at Brewster's, amid masked revelry and a mid parade romance reveal. Peggy Gray confesses fear and admiration as Monty defends her, while a gambling spree ends with Cap DeMille cashing out.
In Wilhelm's Magazine a tale recalls Hon. Frank Aylmer of Golden British Columbia who led surveyors for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. At dinner three rowdy lumberjacks mocked him and he identified himself and swiftly disarmed them with a decisive Canadian style thrashing. He remains a respected resident of Golden today.
A reminiscence portrays Rossini as indolent yet prolific noting he wrote The Barber of Seville in thirteen days after a sheet fell under his bed. Donizetti jokes about his speed and an anecdote claims Rossini was confined in La Scala’s loft to prevent him from scribbling, as assistants copied sheets dropped to ground.
A diner requests flodoform soup sterilized potatoes and a germ proof steak. He specifies antiseptic tea and a listerine cocktail, instructing the waiter to inform the bar to prepare the unusual beverages.
Fragmentary OCR describes a scene in a Frayed Fagin setting with a thief claiming to collect items he lacks. The piece references a den, a tast place, and storing a cake of something while tapping a sto 3. The readable text is sparse and murky about concrete names, dates, or actions.
London reports Col Steele told the Canadian Association he resigned from the force seven months ago after planning to join Aldershot service for three months. His wife’s serious illness aboard ship delayed his visit. He denies any chance of rejoining the Northwest Mounted Police and remains on the retired list.
The piece argues that the new Interstate Commerce Commission rules will cost the U.S. rail system billions in foreign freight annually. It notes Canadian Pacific prices freight from England and Europe well below American rates due to the law requiring 30 days notice. Illinois Central asks the commission to grant flexibility to adjust rates earlier for good cause.
Ten of twenty four inoculated prisoners died after cholera virus experiments at Bilibid prison. Dr. R. P. Strong led the bureau of science efforts. Investigators say fatalities stem from contamination of the virus with bubonic plague virus. Governor Smith exonerates Dr. Strong and promises aid to families.
Arguments were heard today before Secretary Tait on applications to transfer power from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. Morris Cohen of the International Railway Co and Francis Lynde Stetson for the Ontario Power Co spoke about development and transmission. Cohen said 3,600 horsepower could be developed, 2,500 of which would be useless without transmission to Niagara Falls.
Sheriff to auction a white man named Dock Auberry in Elizabethtown Kentucky for nine months for refusing to work. The event echoes slavery era phrases as the condemned man faces sale to the highest bidder under state authority. Auberry was convicted by verdict and deemed able bodied with no visible means of support and too lazy to work.
The Grand Trunk railway general manager Hays was found guilty by Magistrate Denison for failing to provide third class carriages at a penny a mile. The case was referred to the court of appeal to determine the magistrate's jurisdiction to try the action.
Newport News dispatch reports sixty stokers confined in the brig aboard the armored cruiser Tennessee as sailors aboard the United States warship strike over conditions.
Police report lists T. J. Thompson and others among men arrested after a battle. Mayor Valtillee of Buckingham was arraigned on manslaughter charges claiming he did not read the riot act. Evidence indicated he was not at the scene when the fighting began.
Washington Alonzo D Melvin head of the Bureau of Animal Industry returns from a western inspection tour visiting Chicago Milwaukee Denver and Kansas City. He reports beneficial effects from the meat inspection law with packers showing willingness to comply and new or improved facilities meeting health and worker standards.
Reported famine conditions in Kazan Birsk Samara Saratov and other Volga governments rival the great famine of 1491 with thousands of peasants starving and living on pig weed and hay Four peasants were killed while trying to seize grain from a public store Irregularities in government relief disbursements exposed and Assistant Secretary Gurko drawn into the scandal.
Doctor Von Lecoq arrives in Srinagar Kashmir with a significant collection for the Prussian government. The finds include highly interesting paintings on a tunic with gold leaf background resembling Italian work and manuscripts in ten languages, one in a wholly unknown tongue. The discovery is hailed as perhaps the greatest since Rawlinson and Layard.
Penetanguishene Ontario reports Captain Cloutier from Christian Islands found books and panels belonging to the ill fated steamer Jones and indicates the vessel likely went down nearby. Indians recovered two barrels of coal oil apples lard and provisions but no bodies yet. A tug remained with men and another vessel was seen from Meaford as searchers comb the shore for remains.
Mrs. Rose Delina Beauvois Handfield, 40, was arrested on a four warrant after threatening to kill John D. Rockefeller unless paid one million dollars. Handfield told district attorney she claimed her husband’s oil business was ruined by Standard Oil.
London readers publish a letter urging the appointment of a Canadian ambassador to Washington to replace Sir Mortimer Durand and press Canada’s concerns. The letter argues such a post would address Newfoundland issues and counter Britain’s European bias in U S affairs.
An international committee of cousins merchants missionaries and Chinese officials appeals to Europe and America to aid Kiangsu province where floods devastated crops over forty thousand miles, leaving ten million people on the verge of starvation.
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