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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
The piece surveys the life of a bank clerk from sixteen to adulthood, detailing shifting towns, long hours, and social adjustments. It contrasts clerks with other workers, praising resilience, humor, and the quiet burden of daily duties while noting the clerks’ impact on towns and communities.
A party hunted foxes in Wells’ woods with three dogs. One hound chased foxes for five days and nights over about 200 miles through woods and sands before the fox escaped by tiring the dog. Hunters waited, then returned to the village as night fell.
Native communities blamed witchcraft for the drought. Mahelem baan had goods seized and was protected by the Sabie commandant after fleeing. Bob, accused of drawing an invisible skin to stop rain, was beaten, his family harmed, and property destroyed by a large mob.
A dying baseball fan is surrounded by relatives as he recalls a call out and a missed play. He quips about being out and hearing the umpire and doctor, then dies and is escorted from the grounds. The crowd mourns as the fan goes to meet the empire in the skies.
A distraught foreigner complains of the slow tram. The conductor explains the delay by noting the car ahead is behind, leaving the traveler more bewildered as he returns to his seat.
An enthusiastic opinion extols a promotional sea scape for Fakem's Foamy Soap. The speaker urges Mrs De Smyth-Oh and Mr De Smith-By George to consult a catalog and identify the artist, with Puck named as the source.
A playful note from the May Bohemian features Weekle-So Slipply as a refaulter and Weekle-By George wonders why he always says thank you after each deposit. The casual exchange centers on courtesy and repeated deposits in a humorous strained dialogue.
The coming official year plans £9,041,000 for Indian railways including £3,787,300 for new rolling stock, with £6,755,000 in capital and £2,245,000 for other open lines. Irrigation and debt discharge add to borrowing, while surplus revenue of £177,000 may fund these aims.
Miss Cutting notes the swell set attended the assembly hall gathering last night. Miss MecBuff recalls plans to attend but says she was prevented. The exchange ends with concern about the doorkeeper’s conduct at the event.
In a Baltimore American snippet a nurse asks about the patient’s reserve and the doctor replies the patient has nothing but a mean temperature implying a poor prognosis and minimal reserves.
A reflective survey of Hyde Park's Ring from royal revels to modern promenades. It recalls Price's Lodge, past entertainments, and the shift from festive tea to quiet dignity in the park setting.
Across the nation public and private hatcheries report delays in output due to colder than normal water temperatures. At the New York Aquarium hatchery 4000 steelhead trout eggs and 3000 black spotted trout eggs await hatching with summer cooling and a refrigerating plant maintaining tank water between 34 and 38 degrees.
The article notes rising concrete use nationwide with brick facings still common. It highlights coastal demand, sanitary benefits, and diverse applications from foundations to poles, railways, and mine supports, plus reinforced concrete’s quake resilience shown by Stanford’s museum.
A vivid line notes Miss Hanty’s deep dimple and compares it to a grislet hide, suggesting the feature gives her a bored expression and a striking, affectless look.
The Mont Cenis line will join the St. Gothard and Simplon rails by using electric traction on its mountain section. Under pressure from newer routes the French Government doubles the approach tunnel line and Italy plans to extend the double tracking to Turin.
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