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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
6
After a missionary finishes his talk and asks for donations a bright boy climbs up and asks if there are any stamps the speaker doesn’t want, sparking a small moment of humor about charitable collecting.
Mrs. M. Summers from Windsor Ontario offers a home treatment for bed wetting claiming to cure children and adults. No money required upfront and free instructions are sent in response to written inquiries.
If wage earners want influence in Parliament they should form no party and pledge nothing, avoid elections, and focus on nominations. Let them be party-men but concentrate energy on selecting men of character and worth to fill roles.
In the Burford Papers from 1831 Sir Walter Scott amid praise across classes finds a tale of a breakfast invitation at an Edinburgh house. A Yarmouth fishmonger, rushed by a lady’s order for Scott, vows to deliver the bloaters to Sussex Place, loudly exclaiming Sir Walter Scott as he promises fresh stock for breakfast.
Potent remedy claims to remove hard and soft lumps from horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney stifles sprains and throat ailments. Promises up to fifty dollar savings per bottle and labels itself the most wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold by druggists.
In Ottawa, cabman Charlie Kelly, famed for good humor and ties to MPs, refuses a priest’s suggested baptism name. When asked to name the child Hugh John, Kelly balks and mutters for a more fitting choice, prompting the clergyman's admonition against levity.
Advertisements claim cures for rheumatic gout acute bronchitis and acute rheumatism by various products and places including Minard's Liniment in Halifax and Sussex. Personal testimonials credit Lt Col C Crewe Read and Andrew King with health recoveries alongside a Markham Ontario company.
Leslie's Weekly reports a large Italian emigration from all provinces, especially the south and Sicily. The United States draws most newcomers, with New York City housing about 450,000 Italians. Argentina also receives many. Emigration strains agriculture and military manpower as army enrollments fall from 100,000 plus 25,000 reserves to 75,990 inscriptions.
A harsh critique labels President Darwis and Kingsley of New York Life as public enemies. It condemns dishonest trustees and deliberate looters while accusing reform advocates and a national magazine of fanning bias and sensationalism to mislead the public about life insurance.
Mrs Yellen of Portland says Zam-Buk cured severe hand cracks and soreness after other treatments failed. She reports quick relief as the product closes cracks and heals the hands completely. Zam-Buk is sold at stores and druggists for 50 cents per box or three for $1.25 from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
A claim that Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria is reported alongside a separate note on a proposal to amalgamate the electricians unions in San Forno California.
In Luck a witty dialogue unfolds between a self made man and a young man from Stonybroke. The millionaire and the youth trade barbs about wealth and cheap cigars in a brisk street exchange.
A teacher asks what syntax is and a student replies they only know it as a tax on whiskey. The exchange highlights confusion over linguistic terms and humorous misinterpretation.
A child laments bedtime as the family clock seems to wink at play. The verse recalls a mother’s rule for rest and a clock that never sleeps, offering comfort when ill as it ticks companionship in the dark.
A veterinary and human remedy claim touts Wolford's Sanitary Lotion as curing itchy conditions in 30 minutes. It is advertised as disease free for both people and animals and is sold by druggists.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Bulletin features contrasts between a “mannish” girl and the “cuddley kind.” The speaker laments times changing and prefers the cuddley type over fashionably bold women who chase danger and wear frills.
A rural paper item notes Minard's Liniment used on cows with garget. A brief vignette follows a five year old boy and his mother on a suburban ride where the boy answers age questions and then adds his mother’s age, prompting a conductor remark.
The scale tailed apus, believed extinct in Britain for fifty years since Hampstead Heath, has reappeared in two ponds near Southwick Kirkcudbrightshire. About two and a half inches long it resembles the king crab with a semicircular shield and back swimming posture. Shaffer counted 1,802,604 legs joints. Latreille noted about 2,000,000.
A manager asks Johnny if he wants the stage, but he refuses, saying he promised his mother he would be a burglar. The lighthearted exchange highlights a boy's loyalty to his mother over show business.
The article details China ink made in Anhui and exported from Shanghai to global markets. It describes materials sesame or rapeseed oil, lampblack soot, musk scent, camphor, gold leaf, wooden molds, drying times, and gilding. Prices range from 5 cents per pound to 55 dollars across seven grades.
For years Lord Rosebery suffered insomnia and paused public life to ease stress. He would ride in a closed carriage at night to seek sleep, then discovered a sea approach as a cure at Barnbogie near the Firth of Forth. There waves crash against his tower room at high tide.
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