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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
5
A surreal stream of words depicts a forest setting with figures and distant troops. Names Alfred and Donalésce appear amid vague actions as a dramatic, dreamlike image unfolds with color and rock imagery and an air of awe.
In 1862 at Goruckpoor India the garrison of 4000 soldiers faces dacoit raids. Colonel Kemble succumbs to a haunting specter after escorting treasure to Ghoorka. The phantom drives him to paranoia and suicide after mutinous terror and a brutal pursuit of natives. The tale links the haunting to harsh colonial justice and a strategic disaster.
Dr Ainslie Hollis in The Humanitarian surveys the pre Babel language origin and the hiss as an early sound. He notes the sibilant ss as ancient and simple, found in humans beasts birds and even crustaceans as a warning or threat. The English kiss is linked to this primitive meaning, a warning note for dissatisfied playgoers.
The Prince of Wales Edward VII and the Duke of Newcastle drew massive crowds in 1860 Canada and U.S. cities including Detroit and Chicago where receptions and dinners overwhelmed them. Fatigue led to a stop at Dwight Station on the way to St Louis, a quiet village famed for shooting.
A Grundy county Kansas physician received a hostile letter on a patient bill reacting to the death of the patient. The missive accuses the doctor of profiting from death and mocks Christian charity, stating the man is dead and has no relation to the writer. The note ends with a moral jab about living better.
A Boston promoter recalls a street mishap where a man fell on ice and his teeth remained intact, sparking laughter. Years later a deal collapsed after the same man recognized the joke, costing the promoter about $40,000 in the failed venture.
In 1895 in Wallace Idaho a hypochondriac lawyer named Jack Greene faked illness to spur a practical joke. Three friends hired an undertaker, boxed him in a pine coffin, and buried him secretly, only for Greene to reappear days later drawing stunned reactions. The conspirators learned Greene’s popularity would deter him from local office, revealing the painful humor behind the stunt.
In Leslie's Weekly a dispute centers on Morgan who allegedly called someone a lie. The other party confirms the lie and notes Morgan’s second sought a peaceful adjustment by proposing withdrawal of the epithet if the fact was admitted.
Mrs. Henpeck complains you never call her dear while Mr. Henpeck admits he cannot consistently do so. He cites talk is cheap as the reason, and the exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times in a light humorous item.
A Chicago Tribune fragment records Mrs. Ondego apologizing for trouble with a cook and Mrs. Upjobo stating Serena must be let go for wanting to join their golf club. The exchange hints at social tensions over service and club access.
A gentleman at a circus console talks to a boy named Jimmy about schooling and future prospects, urging him to pursue learning instead of remaining idle. The moment captures a reflection on ambition, guidance, and the value of education in a public setting.
A light joke unfolds as Mrs Naggs warns Mr Naggs that wearing a hat indoors will make his hair fall out. He concedes but quips he would rather lose it that way. The item appears as a brief comic exchange in the news.
Collected items note Hetty Green's library esteem and rare volumes, Alice Barnhill Brace's heirs in Columbus, Anna McKaig becomes dean at Wilson College for Women, Nancy Nordwell Biske leaves Harmony Grove cemetery trust, Mrs. Charles H. Denison's third Sorosis presidency, Mary Paschell's eighty fifth birthday postmistress at Trenton, Beata Franck's centennial life, Jane Addams plans Chicago tenement, Riis and Reginald De Koven support plan, Julia Ward Howe reads Greek, Eleanor in Ward novel, Emmons Blaine endows University of Chicago Pedagogy Institute, Countess Quadt hosts embassy entertainments, Clara Morris on age thirty as debut, memories of past press abuse fade.
The Rev Henry B Smith resigns from St Pauls Ardmore and goes to Milwaukee to assist a bishop. Sir George Williams may attend the London YMCA jubilee in Boston this June aged 60. Francis Valentine Woodhouse, aged 96, dies, last surviving apostle of Edward Irving's Catholic Apostolic Church and a veteran English barrister. Medals to fund contributors include bronze with John Wesley and gilt with Francis Asbury. Epworth donors get a Bishop Ninde bronze.
Rose gold dominates the lorgnette era as jeweling grows elaborate. Earrings use tiny turquoise spheres without mounts. A gold thread bracelet carries a pendant with emerald ruby and diamond. A delicate ring features two small oval diamonds stacked above the band, all set without visible metal.
Fog costs London 250 000 to 500 000 dollars daily in gas and electricity bills. New York winters appear milder per 22 years of Central Park data. Sheffield Alabama enacts 8 p m curfew for under 15s without parental consent.
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