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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
6
A store manager recalls hiring a sidewalk sweeper who stood out by doing thorough work, keeping the area clean and showing responsibility. Three months later a second applicant with the same work ethic was hired, later advancing, proving the lesson that a good sweeper can excel in any task.
Farmer Hornbeak wonders about growing mushrooms after his nephew's agricultural college graduation. A partner suggests cultivating them in the parlor, noting mushrooms need a damp dark space. The excerpt from Puck captures a humorous exchange on unlikely farming ideas.
A literary aspirant defends his writing as reformed ceiling dialect while the editor rebukes the dialect and returns the manuscript. The humorous exchange highlights clashes between author intent and editorial standards.
The Cleveland Leader quips on taste in theater and drinking, noting Shakespearean dramas have five acts while musical comedies have two. The joke highlights how viewers balance art with social limits, suggesting five drinks in one evening are too many for George.
A teacher defines a Pharisee to Frank and asks what a hypocrite is. Frank replies a man who claims to be one thing but is not.
A new preparation, Wolford's Sanitary Lotion, claims rapid relief for human and animal itching. The advertisement asserts cure in minutes and promotes wide use despite apparent previous failures and dubious terms.
A fragment quotes a character deriding a malfunctioning cartridge and praising new noise hess guns, with garbled exclamations like Take that lead pill in your heart and Kvjieorge as a critics’ aside. The snippet hints at a chaotic scene and inventive weaponry.
The chief of detectives declares no chance to convict after a confession. The assistant district attorney, noting the futility, moves to discharge the suspect to save county expense.
Mothers report Baby's Own Tablets are a reliable home cure for infant and child ailments. A government analyst tests confirm no poisonous opiate, and mothers from Halkdimani Ontario endorsement note effectiveness for constipation vomiting and restlessness. Sold by dealers or mail order 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Mrs John Scott of 489 Grand Trunk St Montreal writes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her extensive female ailments She was run down thin nervous and weak with bearing down pains and backache Her health revived she gained flesh and was free from headaches and nervousness She endorses the remedy for all women's ailments.
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy for female ills. It claims cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors periodic pains backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
Professor William Galloway told the Royal Commission on Mines that regularly strewing coal dust in mine roadways with salts containing large amounts of water or with dusts of clay slate limestone chalk or other substances could make the dust as harmless as dampening with water, preventing explosions.
Dr Otto Stapf described Spartina grass reclamation work before the Coast Erosion Commission. He noted spread by underground shoots and seed, dispersed by tides currents and water birds. Dense clumps fixed mud and formed a protective belt along shores and banks.
An old advertisement touts ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT as removing hard and soft blemishes from horses and treating blood spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney stifles sprains sore throat coughs and more. It claims a $50 savings with one bottle and warrants it as the most wonderful blemish cure, sold by druggists.
Marion Brunot says the most popular woman today is defined by listening. She need not be perfect or exclusive to one man or fit a stereotype. The key is hearing and appreciating others even when she does not align with every speaker.
An estimated $110 million left the United States as immigrants returned to their homelands. About 550,045 foreigners reportedly sent or carried funds abroad, with an average outflow of around 8 200 per person.
A reader signs as Englishman asks what the robin is called in the United States and whether the English robin is the same species. The reply explains the US bird is the American red breasted thrush, not a robin, and notes English robins do not thrive here but are imported for cages. It lists insects they destroy and a few food preferences.
A comic exchange mocks diplomacy between major powers and a color line scandal with nine measles cases in a colored family. The scene features Bones and Interlocutor debating serious state affairs vs comic misunderstandings, followed by a performance cue from Mr. Splitcher Beer drums about a ballad titled Darling Take Your Arm Away Mother Is Peeping Through the Key Hole.
Fragmentary lines describe a cottage dweller content with country life, asserting happiness despite engagement issues and reluctance to sell the property. The text reads as lyrical reflection rather than a reportable event.
Mrs. M. Summers offers a free home treatment for children bed wetting and adults with daytime or nighttime urinary difficulties. No money needed. write Box 8 Windsor Ont to receive full instructions. Do not blame the child. the trouble may be cured by this method.
In a Dim Past note Boswell plans to write John Bryan's life once the politician finishes his current talks. He aims to wait five or six presidential campaigns before shaping the life and loquacity into connected form.
A verse celebrates the bar and its clerks as lawyers clash in court. Clients may listen without fear of fees while lawyers spar over judges and rulings, letting the legal fray unfold on the floor.
A group of reverends across Canada praise Psychine and Dr Slocum Remedies. They claim benefits for throat lung and digestive issues and urge use by congregations and public speakers. Available at druggists in 50¢ and 1.00 formats, or from Dr T A Slocum in Toronto.
The Montreal Standard explains sealskin preparation from cleansing and flattening the skin to loosen longer hairs at the roots, removing rough fur without harming the under fur, followed by softening, preservation, and dyeing to achieve a uniform tint for making up.
The defendant in this case is described as lazy and worthless by the lawyer. A witness declines to overly insult the man, joking he would have died of hunger without any voluntary effort to eat for fifteen years.
A practitioner states personal use of Minard's Liniment and its prescription in medical practice. The note asserts consistent success in achieving the desired effect when a liniment is indicated.
A dowager quips about the space on her head while a sharp young woman with an oversized hat retorts the seat space is enough. A Prosperous Clubman recalls arriving forty years ago with no shirt, and an old clubman jokes about lacking a tooth in his head.
Request for a free list of formulas for standard patent medicines and toilet preparations sent with a 2 cent stamp. Address Dr Merwin Windsor Ontario Canada.
In dialogue lines Greasy Grimes jokes about slipping into the swim while Tufford Knutt confirms his new role as a fast ward floater. The exchange hints at whimsical daily work intrusions and light humor between two colleagues.
A Washington Star quip notes a dealer admits the pictured work was not genuine art but insists the tale told about it was authentic. The remark underscores the performative nature of art sales and the gap between object value and narrative.
Excerpt from Love Rattlesnake Fallacies by Francis Metcalfe argues the rattlesnake rarely warns before attack. It notes snakes are largely deaf and rely on ground vibrations, making hunters cautious but many snakes go unseen in moss and leaves.
A woman questions a man at the door about his visit while he claims the suit he wears was lent by her husband two years prior. The exchange hints at a prior, unspoken familiarity and a possible hidden connection.
A Philadelphia lawyer runs a stock farm near the city. Summer visitors, poor children, tour the place and receive milk from a $2,500 cow. A boy admires the milk and jokes that his milkman would do well to own a cow.
The passage touts Salada Tea as superior with a sixteen year market reach across North America and an 18,000,000 package output in 1907. It claims vast yearly sales growth and endorses Salada as the most delicious and healthful tea for the public.
Irate father questions his watch while his daughter speaks in hurried triumph about washing and cleaning. The comic exchange centers on household chores and a mischievous miscommunication between spouses.
A comic attribution claims Cardinal Wolsey fell while dodging an automobile but a roller skater hit him. Historians, however, misplace blame on Henry according to the fragment.
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