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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
7
A sermon discusses Christian giving based on margin after essentials and personal attachment to money. It notes tithing is not mandatory, urges cheerful, humble offerings, and ties generosity to Christlike poverty and conscience.
A lengthy sermon extols the ruined temple of Diana at Ephesus as among the earths most magnificent structures praising its sixty foot columns and Praxiteles artworks. It contrasts the splendor with the brutal pagan ritual of the martyrdom of a maiden and the Christian triumph of faith over idol worship.
The passage contrasts judgments of Herod and John the Baptist citing scripture. It condemns ignorance and a guilty mind and notes Herod’s fame disturbs him more as a ruler than as a man. The murdered prophet remains central to the critique.
An old chief recounts a voyage where a whaling ship, after two whales, is beset by gales and ice in the Arctic. The crew endures deep darkness, freezing cold, and dangerous ice pressure while sawing a dock from ice. Amid the peril, prayers and resolve anchor their endurance.
A reflective essay on sleep and dream sequences, exploring how the mind races during rest. It compares waking anxieties to dreamt adventures, noting vivid scenes from astronomy to peril, with figures like Andromeda and Perseus appearing in imaginative form.
A moral meditation voices a dream like vision of majesty and glory as the righteous, inscribed on high, await eternal inheritance. It asserts those named in the roll of saints share a path through sin to salvation in Christ, whose sacrifice satisfies divine justice.
Lady Burton recounts trying to introduce European manners in Syria. At a reception, she notes the dragomans serve guests but not Syrian women, who blush and beg not to be served. A husband sneers at his wife’s teacup, arguing Europeans should not instruct their women. Burton plants the idea that serving women is proper.
The data lists yearly and lifetime earnings of numerous writers and works. Zola earned 60 000 yearly. Daudet 200 000 from Sapho. Lamartine 8 100 from History. Twain and Trollope in the millions over a lifetime. Tennyson 25 000 to 35 000 annually. Scott 50 000 to 75 000 yearly. Macaulay 100 000 in ten weeks. and other figures for Goldsmith, Eliot, and Romola and Middlemarch sales.
The article describes the smelt as a small, transparent greenish fish found from Virginia to the Gulf of St Lawrence. It notes sizes from five to ten inches, sometimes over a foot, and behavior of entering streams. Captain John Smith 1622 quote highlights abundance. the fish is prepared fried after cleaning, dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, best when green not frozen.
A humorous caption notes a friend giving Tieman a safety razor with a joke about saving three pence for every shave. The gag implies constant shaving as a running joke in this comic snippet.
Anelje Eben compares patience to a man waiting for snow to melt, noting many people share the same calm, steady resolve despite ongoing delays and challenges. The remark reflects everyday patience amid hardship.
Reported advances include Marconi linked Atlantic wireless tests with Poldhu equipment, Fleming notes no interference from power stations, and rapid arc light showing stronger bacteria kill than sunlight. Other items cover sardine stocks, brain memory research, 80 000 volt transformers, Mont Blanc wireless, crow protection by seed treatment, quartz thermometer tubes, hydrogen use, electric arc underwater cutting, plant aging, and gas engine poisoning warnings.
An article proposes a tire comparison test before the touring season. It calls for a 300 mile track race at under 40 mph, then 100 miles over rough cross country, with penalties for tire failures and time lost. Cars weigh at least 3,000 pounds and use tires 8 inches in diameter.
A reading from The Times presents a sequence of arithmetic curiosities using increasing digit strings. It explores patterns where multiplying by 9 or 8 and adding a small number yields mirrored or descending sequences like 123456789 times 8 plus 9 equals 987654321.
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