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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
4
The Gazette prints advertising and subscription terms with rates for transient notices and classified items. Rates include 12 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents for subsequent insertions, with special rules for notices, birth announcements, and missing information. Contract rates apply for longer insertions and changes are scheduled by week or month.
The westerners won by 29 points at Stockton ground. Mrs Badham beat Miss Wilson 18 to 2 in ladies singles. Glenboro pair Axford and Doig beat Turnbulls 17 to 14 in ladies doubles. Smeaton lost to Hicks 16 to 12 in gents singles. Rowat Milner fell to Pinder Hopkins 18 to 0 in gents doubles. Lowe Esplin lost to Turnbull Moon 15 to 12 in mixed doubles.
A high minded Empire Club address in Toronto lauds empire builders and commerce as pillars of empire. The Bishop of Niagara introduced by Col Mason receives applause and cites the East India Company as key to England’s vast reach. The speech contrasts Gladstone with Beaconsfield and honors figures like Alexander Caesar and Napoleon in a tribute to constructive statesmanship.
The article surveys the coyote’s persistence in the American West, its impact on ranching and game, and the recurring coyote drives organized by ranchers and townspeople. It notes success varies with wind and the animal’s speed, with hundreds of participants sometimes yielding twenty coyotes.
A drug clerk recounts a river voyage from the Alleghenies to the Rockies. He notes Louisville drugstores selling a popular patent medicine for 62 cents, while the same item runs 78 cents elsewhere, reflecting curious price differences. The tale contrasts natural beauty with urban commerce.
A Philadelphia park guard comments on two young girls tanning in the sun. He jokes that the trend to look brown mirrors gypsies and mocks using a salt water bowl to fake a vacation tan, noting the girls wore no hats and rolled sleeves. The scene comes from the Philadelphia Record.
The article notes paraffin injections under the skin used to alter nose shape face risks. At a medical academy meeting M Lagarde warns minor pressure can ruin symmetry and heat sensitivity causes deformation from weather changes. Blood poisoning from paraffin particles is a serious, often grave threat.
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