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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
6
The November issue of Woman's Companion highlights sweeping grocery trade figures for the United States. It argues that forty-two million people rely on others to know their grocers while six billion dollars of food is bought without direct supervision, urging readers to meet their grocers and assess the trustworthiness of those who handle family food.
A collage of quips and witticisms from newspapers including Florida Times Union New York Sun Louisville Courier-Journal Chicago News Syracuse Herald and Houston mentions. It highlights jokes about marriage money beauty doctors and social debut with sharp one liners and cultural nods.
An old health note urges fruit consumption as essential for meals and general health. It cites lemon and apple acids as capable of killing disease germs like cholera and typhoid, even in diluted form, and suggests using fruit to curb sugar cravings in children.
Miracle claims for Zam-Buk as the ultimate skin and ulcer remedy. Testimonies from T. M. Marsh of Montreal and Mrs. Jane Beers of L Orignal describe long battles with eczema and chronic ulcers ending in restoration after Zam-Buk use. Available at 50 cents a box, or three boxes for $1.25, postpaid from Zam-Buk Co. Toronto.
Cartridges are coin in Abyssinia. Rapid nail growth signals health. The Pope owns a million dollar lace collection. A Baltic Sea wreck sets a daily record. The Chinese are introduced to wallpaper. A cannon report travels 146 miles. England has 44000 total abstainers in the army. Spain leads lead production with Germany second. Fly wings beat 360 times a second. Wires still bought in Russia. The Chinese issued bank notes long before Christ. The coolest part of the day is between 4 and 5 a m.
A Vancouver shoemaker firm advertises a new boot claiming to catch customers eyes. The piece notes the grocer’s and shopkeepers’ brutal trend in displaying flashy marketing.
The author argues against wasting small abilities by claiming they are useless. He insists God gives talents to be used, not wrapped away. Each person must act with what they have, for failure to use it leads to loss and guilt.
A list of supporters from multiple towns advocates MINARD'S LINIMENT. Matthias Foley of Oil City Ontario Joseph Snow of Norway Maine Charles Wheoten of Mulgrave Nova Scotia Rev R O Armstrong of Mulgrave Nova Scotia Pierre Landers sen of Pokemouche New Brunswick Thomas Wasson of Sheffield New Brunswick.
An exchange between a Georgia editor and an author spans ten years of writing and political bills. The editor suggests burning the piece, offering a match and stove to the struggling writer.
Advertisement asserts Tce Mange contagious itch on humans or animals is cured in 3% minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion with Soki sold by druggists.
An old lady visiting relatives asks her nephew why he entered the ministry. He replies he was called. She suggests perhaps another noise influenced his choice, prompting a wry exchange at dinner after a Sunday sermon.
A prisoner was acquitted after a fair trial by jury of peers. The statement notes the jurors were guided by common law and the defendant received due process.
A playful exchange between a wife and a tipsy husband hints at a voyage misstep as she accuses him of not traveling by water and questions his whereabouts. The dialogue showcases domestic humor with a nautical joke component.
In a fatherly line conveying a lesson, he notes the contrast between a preacher who talks and a physician who acts. The dialogue frames s D. D. as preaching and M D as practicing medicine.
Licorice root grows wild in Asia Minor with limited cultivation and high quality from the Meander plains. Harvest runs October to May, dried root halves weight, sorted into debris and bagatelle, shipped in 220 pound bales. United States is the main buyer, importing raw root for licorice paste and tobacco flavoring, about 14 210 tons yearly valued at 550 000 dollars.
A North of Scotland wife visits her condemned husband and interrupts his final instructions with a joke about planting tatties. The husband protests and the warder notes the humor as the wife exits the cell.
A humorous snippet features a patient and doctor discussing an ailment not fitting sore throat or rheumatism. The doctor quips the illness is the balloon neck and promises a quick correction, referencing Minard's Liniment as a cure.
A country family begs a cow doctor to treat a man with sudden illness. The neighbor suggests Epsom salts, admitting he only knows cow remedies. He prescribes a quarter of a pound for the ill man, equating his size to a cow.
The piece traces money origins from cattle and livestock to metal coins and shells. It cites Harpers Weekly on bronze tripods valued by oxen, shows pecunia from cattle roots, capita from heads, and roupya from Sanskrit. It notes animal imagery in early currency and varied regional forms.
Advertisement claims the liniment removes hard and soft blemishes in horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney stiffness and sore throat. Promises $50 savings per bottle and endorsement as the most wonderful blemish cure yet. Sold by druggists.
A Paris Municipal Council committee considers building moving platforms to form a circle under the boulevards. Three parallel roadways would run at varying speeds, letting passengers transfer from a fixed deck to slower and faster moving platforms. Trials show boarding is as easy as an omnibus.
A brief humorous exchange features Uncle and Bobby joking about swimming lessons. Bobby teases that Uncle has a hard time keeping his head above water, while Uncle denies learning to swim. The lighthearted quip relies on a family dynamic and a simple pun about drowning.
In a humorous exchange Archie asks to shave his upper lip but the barber refuses. The barber offers an option to let Archie grow the mustache himself while suggesting starting a blooming mustache is up to him. The note closes with a remark about soap’s long history.
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