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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
2
A humorous exchange at Blair Athol Hotel notes a man’s nostrils and a boastful refusal to accept a pinch of snuff. The Highlander suggests grand accommodation, prompting the stranger to reply with hauteur.
Jenny urges John to marry and bury her in Stra'von beside her mother, fearing unrest amid Glasgow’s dirt and smoke. John agrees to bury first in the Gorbals, then seek Stra'von if they remain secret and quiet.
An English traveller in the Highlands dines late. Donald, the Highland servant, fears the master may not understand. The master worries while Donald quips the gentleman is “shaking his teeth” after peeking into the room and seeing the Quest at his toilet.
In Stranraer two elderly women debate ancient warfare during the French war era. One notes Britons’ victories, the other claims Britons say prayers before battle. The exchange turns to whether the French can pray at all, ending with a jab about their incomprehensible jabbering.
Lord Cockburn of Bonaly in Edinburgh tells a tale as he and a shepherd watch sheep in the cold. The lord muses if he were a sheep he would lie on the sheltered side of the hill. The shepherd quips that if the lord were a sheep he would have worse sense.
A parliamentary candidate courting votes in four Fife burghs kissed a middle aged shoemaker’s wife and slipped two guineas from his own mouth to her. She replied by offering to kiss his daughter if he wished. The account frames a breach of decorum as a humorous anecdote.
In a social gathering a Scottish laird mocks a Glasgow woman by claiming that no Glasgow folk ever had grandfathers. The moment underscores class tension between old landed aristocracy and rising industrial families.
The late Lord Rutherfurd recalled a rebuke delivered by a shepherd near Bonaly in the Pentlands. He lamented bad weather hindering his country visit, exclaiming What a d d mist. The shepherd, tall and stern, replied it weets the sod and slows the yowes, adding solemnly it is Gods walls. Rutherfurd cited this as a poignant example of sincere simple rebuke.
A fragment describes a presbytery summons over tippling. An elder recalls asking about a reverend’s drunken state and replies that he has never seen him worse, claiming he has only sometimes seen him the better for drink.
An old Glasgow shoemaker sits by his dying wife. She grips his hand and whispers a farewell line about having had a good wife, signaling their imminent separation. The scene captures a quiet, intimate moment in ailing times.
The readable text shows a garbled line likely from OCR with broken words and phrases. It mentions an implied request or blessing and hints at a seaside pier or bay and a bar or inn as possible locations. No clear people or events are identified.
Wallace and guests discuss a striking young man, son of the royal printer with a Bible publishing patent, who appeared in green and gold. The room buzzed until Lady Wallace names him as the calf bound gilt Bible, unlettered, a new face among the crowd.
A Scotch clergyman catechizes his flock while the bedral lingers near the door. The clergyman calls him forward to ask what baptism is and the man replies it's sixpence to him and a shilling to the precentor.
A Kilmarnock laird and a companion visited a tavern on market day and ordered whisky. When the waiter offered water with the spirits the laird replied that they should remove the water already in the drink.
A Greenock wife confronted her candle handler Simon MacBeth about rising prices. He blamed the war, prompting the woman to exclaim in disbelief that they would be fighting by candlelight. A Ricardo lecturer is referenced as having shown candles became dearer due to the war.
Sir William Crookes contributes to the North American Review with The Romance of the Diamond. He discusses meteoric and chemist diamonds, mining origins, and the Kimberley mines. He notes implausible in situ formation and suggests deep, varied crystallization sites beneath the surface.
An English gentleman comments on the many churches in a Scottish burgh and suggests there is much religious testing. The coachman replies that the real reason is curstness, not religion.
A Scottish farmer Tam Chalmers, sharp with wits and blunt about minds, meets a buxom mother crossing Brig o Banff. He greets her with fine day and makes a crude remark. She answers with a biblical rebuke, leaving Tam abashed and wary of Balaam references thereafter.
A greedy old woman hires John Colauhoun to mow her lawn and orders a very close cut. After finishing, she drinks whisky from a tapering glass. The speaker jokes that filling the glass is as valuable as lowering grass, saying an inch at the taps is worth two at the bottom.
The Reverend Dr. Wightman of Kirkmahoe faced ridicule for omitting the customary bow to the principal heritor at church. The Dalswinton pew held ladies, not gentlemen, prompting a remark from Mrs. Miller later calling him out. He answered that angel worship is not allowed in the Chapel of Scotland.
A preacher catches a parishioner Jeems Robson asleep during a sermon and jokes about the man renaming his own seat. Jeems points to the minister’s wife in the pew as the culprit, prompting the clergyman to demand her stand for censure. The tale unfolds with folk humor and social dynamics.
Poem reflects on departed loved ones and comfort in faith. It honors friends who brightened life, whose memory eases sorrow, and ends with gratitude to God for their presence and ongoing love beyond death.
A shop proprietor known for his excitable temper berates clerks over sales and tells a customer we have plenty downstairs. The customer laughs and leaves after hearing the clerk say, We haven’t had any rain lately.
Explorers uncover a temple ruin at Bismya in Central Babylonia. A brick stamped with Dungi’s name from 2750 B C sits atop a crumpled gold piece bearing Naham Sin from 3759 B C. Beneath lie Sargon era bricks dating to about 3800 B C and a large convex-brick platform two and a half yards below the surface.
A satirical portrait lauds the London policeman as a multifaceted official who must be a lawyer doctor detective and diplomat. It notes his duties from rescuing drowning victims to arresting criminals and guiding public safety while handling suffragist protests with tact and authority.
The passage contrasts a person moving from mundane morning chores to confronting a looming tragedy, showing a sudden shift from everyday concerns to overwhelming events after eight in the morning.
The fragment describes Pleasant Island or Nauru as a small Pacific atoll with a dry plain once a lagoon, formed by volcanic uplift. It notes migrations from Gilberts and native friendliness, later German rule, copra production, phosphate mining by the Jaluit and English firms, and echoes of Curacao’s uplifted ring in its history.
A widow and a widower share a subtle, affectionate bond in a quiet night scene. Maria awakes William as he sleeps, and he reflects on how their first spouses might have formed the only perfect couple. The exchange reveals gentle longing and enduring companionship.
In a retrospective remark a former grocer named Mibbs is described as failing in business. The speaker asserts Mibbs now understands exactly where he went wrong and what he should have done to make the venture profitable.
The fragment portrays a conversation about spending a nickel on a tram and a hungry hobo planning a schooner purchase. March Bohemian style notes a humorous street scene with a self-reliant tone and urban tavern chatter.
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