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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
3
A fragmented OCR reads like a gossiping crowd scene with a man named Piohman and mentions a supposed remedy offered for coughs and sprains. References to a Dottie of St Thomas and a tea chest cure the maker touts as a quarter dollar medivine chest appear in garbled dialogue.
A damaged OCR fragment lists items and prices from a wartime goods sale. It mentions cheese and other provisions, with uncertain dates and locations. The text is incomplete and parts appear garbled or misread.
A museum keeper proposes classifying a poorly traced papyrus as a doctors prescription in the Pharaohs era. The item is indecipherable to modern scholars and presents challenges in accurate dating and context.
Lord Statvey boasts of tracing his lineage to Homer. Miss Crease responds coolly, not impressed, acknowledging the claim as a notable descent.
Fragmentary dialogue shows two travelers discussing a hotel room leak and potential charges. The overheard exchange hints at guilt and odd accusations amid a noisy night. The readable text includes garbled phrases and mis-typed names, revealing a chaotic scene from a historical lodging.
The saying suggests that a man with more faults leans toward heredity as the source of character. It frames heredity as a factor in moral and behavioral traits, implying genetics or inherited traits shape flaws more than environment.
A Saskatchewan farmer argues for government action to expand land grants claiming a section of 640 acres could yield significant profits from wheat and land value increases. He cites 1900 to 1910 trends, suggests land at $10 per acre and notes duties on implements may reduce anticipated profits. He questions whether Grey and the West have been treated fairly.
A clipped dialogue sketches plans for a gathering as a bold suitor seeks a rendezvous and the Major obliges with a promise to attend. The mingled banter hints at social stakes and a possible proposal amid a lively talk.
A fragmented OCR item describes a German passenger unable to test due to snoring. A fellow traveler’s loud snort halts the scene. The wakeful German finally declares Tanks and orders a stop.
An advert touts Gin Pills as a cure for kidney trouble claiming thousands healed. It offers a free sample box and a paid supply option with six boxes for $2.50. The pills are billed as made by the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada and sold in this box only.
Corns cripple the feet turning walking into torture yet relief is promised by Holloways Corn Cure available to all. The ad emphasizes accessibility and quick relief from corns through a simple topical remedy.
Mrs. Allen of Mason Carleton New Brunswick writes she has used Babys Own Tablets for years with all her children and finds them entirely satisfactory for ailments of little ones. She praises the tablets as a safe sure remedy. They cost 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A fragment shows Misa McBlaff asking about nine proposals while Miss Wise questions if perseverance should be rewarded. The Catholic Standard and Times is cited in the overheard exchange.
The Wentworth Historical Society honored the memory of Mrs Fessenden for promoting a day of patriotism in schools. Her efforts led to Empire Day, with Queen Victoria’s birthday adopted as a national focus. Senator Ross supported naming the day and setting May 24 as the observance, spreading to Britain and Canada with millions of children participating.
A long serving official booster recounts a tale from the Dominion Exhibition about eggs and costs. A Toronto property owner asks about eggs and the booster claims he ate them, noting the eggs cost him 224 dollars.
President Paicouer of the University of Toronto told Winnipeg’s Women’s Canadian Club that Canadian individuality and nationhood are not abrupt. He argued forces spanning generations shaped Canada’s emergence and that a formed trust underpins this awakening in world history.
The readable bits describe a scene with food items like fried bread and other fare. It records a casual mood with men laughing at a retuars and mentions a date or wait. Limited names and specific actions are present but details are garbled and uncertain.
A hotel manager notes that guests hire valets and maids matching their size to avoid others using their owners clothes including shirts collars neckties and underwear. He cites men and women preferring size appropriate attendants to prevent wardrobe exchanges.
A fragment discusses relying on the liver and kidneys to purify the blood and perform filtration with assistance from other organs.
An advertisement promotes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills claiming to purify the blood by cleansing the liver and kidneys. It asserts quick, definite benefits, reduced backache and fatigue, and urges purchase through dealers or Edmanson Bates Co.
In a brief shop exchange a salesman and a customer discuss a purchase and a playful remark about a game. The dialogue hints at curiosity and casual humor within a retail setting.
Parmelees Vegetable Pills result from study of roots and herbs and their laxative action on the digestive apparatus. The compounders claim long standing recognition as the best system cleanser, with growing popularity each day.
An art photographer visits a farm and asks the hired man to stay at his post on the fence for days while he makes an exhaustive study of the landscape. The farmer agrees the man can remain, provided he sits still.
A Hawthorne Ontario woman, Mrs. TG Alexander, recounts relief from rheumatism and fatigue after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She claims two boxes cured kidney issues and heart fluttering, praising the medicine's effect on blood purity and overall energy.
A lively exchange centers on a birthday party invitation by Mesa Tirossier. The alleged wit suggests a birthday cake as a joke while another speaker cautions against a faux solemn procession, prompting a sharp rebuttal about the event’s purpose.
A feature on Edna Landers a Winnipeg amateur operatic starlet shows her early stage work in Pinafore and Gondoliers and notes her coaching by Mrs C P Walker. The piece highlights Walker’s theatre career and her roles in Winnipeg theatres and community organizations.
Eva Denault, night operator at the Bell Telephone office in Almonte Ontario, woke to smoke and flames. She raised the alarm from the switchboard before exiting, narrowly escaping the blaze and guiding others to safety as the town battled a costly fire.
Dr. R Norhian Stewart recounts a Labrador voyage with a dog lead and a driver in Labrador. The trek covered sixty miles over three days with a knee deep snow cut and the driver separated. The next year Dr Grenfell led with Stewart’s dog as head of the team and completed the journey in 1012 hours with one misstep corrected by the dog.
The milla gazette reports creation of the Canadian Postal Corps to handle military postal service for the militia at camp ends and in transit. Administrative control rests with the director of transport. A base post office will be in Toronto with detachments in each military division.
Maude recalls private theatricals last evening where the show went well except the audience laughed in the wrong place. Uncle Henry responds that there is no such thing as laughing in the wrong place in private theatricals.
A young woman studying sociology is asked about working long daily hours for little pay and responds with cautious interest while worrying her chaperon may disapprove.
A crude enlistment scene shows a row recruit in a crack cavalry regiment, challenged by a blunt instructor about a strap and equipment. The moment triggers unintended laughter among the troops as the drill proceeds with terse observations on discipline and composure.
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