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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
7
In Amy McLaren's tale Wattie, a kindly cobbler, helps a nurse observe a remote river of village life. The story follows his gentle care for people, his quiet loneliness, and a late search for a friend while a dying man confesses a troubled past and Wattie endures loss and hope.
The ornate ceremony does not show him to advantage beside the King. He resembles the Prince Consort in cultivation and public spirit, yet lacks depth in science and literature and is not a skilled musician. He is morally high but intellectually middling, patient, and temperamental, unlike the Princess.
Miss Albina Chauvin of St Henri Montreal writes that Peruna cured her long running heart trouble headaches and weakness after trying it following a La Presse notice. She says one bottle changed her and six bottles fully cured her and would have paid any price. The letter claims Peruna heals the stomach mucous membranes restoring function and providing prompt relief.
A Montreal Witness report notes Saskatchewan advances in socialistic policy and a Government coal mine in the Eagle Lake district. Plans include a mine shaft halfway to coal near fifty to one hundred feet underground, with equipment sent from Winnipeg and a future branch railway to expand shipments to Manitoba.
The Ontario Railway and Municipal Board could establish a rule restricting passengers from occupying the front seats on open cars, pending regulatory action. The proposal aims to enhance safety and crowd control on street railway lines.
Visitors explore the Bank of England bullion office and the famed grand balance, a seven foot hydraulic scale weighing 400 ounce bars with six inch scale jumps. The silver balance bears the nicknames Lord Chief Justice and Lord High Chancellor, while coin weighing machines process sovereigns at 26 per minute. Vaults hold over 77,000,000 in defunct notes stored across 1400 boxes two and a half miles long when lined up.
The article details the vastity of paper currency and notes valued in the Bank of England’s vaults. It notes a ribbon length of notes, historic values including a £1,000,000 note, and the first £500 bank note. It explains the note production on handmade paper, edge distinctions, and a unique ink from the Rhenish vine. It highlights an immense vault lined with iron safes and about £30,000,000 in specie and notes, stressing age, military protection, and full electric communication throughout the building.
The article reports that French science shows fifty two fish species can vocalize using various body parts. Mackerel are especially talkative with distinct intonations, while moonfish squeal like a pig and other species produce whistling or mouse like cries.
St Louis district attorney Joseph Folk recalls a brutal boodling case and a dramatic drowning on a Mississippi steamer. A deckhand rescues a girl as the father hands him a dollar, while frantically seeking change for a quarter to reward the rescuer. The New York Times reports the anecdote.
Instructions describe using hot alum dissolved in boiling water as a nonpoisonous insect killer. Application with a brush to cracks and closets is recommended, claiming complete pest eradication without poisoning risk.
Jackson asks what his wife said about his late return. Fairleigh says his wife is a jewel who did not scold but sat at the piano and played and sang a fine song, Tell the Old Old Story, to reassure him.
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