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Newspaper

Glenboro Gazette

Location

Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jun 21, 1901

Page

6

Dream Poem by Anne Reeves Aldrich

A fragmented lyric of a dream with imagery of laurels gold and lore. The speaker reflects on emptiness after visions of bounty and honors and ends with the author’s name Anne Reeves Aldrich.

Desperate Yaqui War Tale of a Mexican Mine Siege

A journalist recalls a 1901 Mexican mine siege near the Sierra Madre where Yaqui fighters numbering 4000 to 5000 threatened a frontier camp. The defense mixed fortifications and explosives with a bravely pursued infant hostage rescue, ending in a dramatic capture and a comic, consoling scene as an Apache youth, Dick Hoyland, joins the US Army.

All That's Left Them in the Park

A concise quip from Smart Set laments unsafe streets where cars bikes and horses share park roads while pedestrians face only funeral rites, highlighting urban perils and the need for safer rights for walkers.

False rumor debate over mountain jumps and fate

A quirky exchange unfolds as a damp nosed man denies planning to leap over mountains before they appear. The other man, known for hearing things, misinterprets and jokes about his wife. The vignette captures sly humor and wordplay in a brief dialogue.

Odd Name Combinations in Historic Court and Matrimony

A London judge Mr Pritt Lewis faced cases with amusing names such as Alabaster versus White and Halfpenny versus Penny. Elsewhere a Bloomsbury prison mismatched nuptials with Prior and Nun, Doctor and Patient, Beans and Bacon, Too good and Best, prompting the cleric to postpone.

Pritt- Lewis Q. C City of London Court Poole Bloomsbury

Fairy In Disguise In the Restaurant

A waiter girl, graceful and diligent, moves through a crowded restaurant serving patrons with patience. A grave silent man orders a Swiss cheese sandwich, rye bread, two doughnuts, and an eel, while others watch the scene with curious admiration.

Mintest Wen

Editor Lowell Dupes by Handwriting Trick

Mrs Spoor feared plagiarism by The Atlantic Monthly editor James K Lowell and tested him by sending a story written in her own hand. Her sister copied the tale first, and Lowell replied that the idees were clear though the d’s might not be hers.

James K Sell Lowell The Atlantic Monthly Lsmviet Drescoart Spoforid Lowell

Misunderstood Cuckness Tale From Queen's English Lesson

Dean Alford describes a Scots lad in a military school who shows a Venice drawing with the name printed Venice as Vennice. The master notes there is only one hen in Venice, prompting the boy to wonder how many eggs the city has. This curious mispronunciation highlights a joke on aspirates and homophones.

Dean Alford Venice Vennice Ysouns Sandy

Between the Sore Crust and the Under-bred

A Philadelphia Record quips that a figure named Hoax-He is ordinary, likening him to meat in a sandwich and to being stuck between a sore crust and the under-bred.

Juax Philadelp

Ocean Log Rafting Surge Shrinks Coastal Timber Costs

The Pacific coast log rafting industry led by Captain H R Robertson grows with pile rafts towed from Seattle. James D Leary aided the venture, improving Pacific rafting and cutting piling prices in San Francisco from 16-20 to 10-12 cents a foot, saving about 154000 yearly for 70 foot piles.

Pacific Coast Seattle High Seas Atlantic H. R. Robertson Robertson Port Joggins N. S Boston Azores James D. Leary New York Pacific Leary New Manila San Francisco Washington Dingley Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries United States Attorney General

Old Schoolhouse's West Side Lacks Whitewash History

A vividly told reminiscence recalls Martin Miller the schoolmaster and his pupils in a small New Jersey town. The Little One story frame school near the city hospital shows incomplete whitewashing on the west side, a badge of earlier days.

New Jersey Martin Miller City Hospital Princeton Lawrenceville Trenton Lou Snyder Mills John Seaman Miller Cliff Gailey Bailey Master Stiller Dailer United States Army

Delia Jones Gifts Bungle Leaves Card Inside

A reader recalls Delia Jones giving a birthday book with the gift card left unread. The incident reveals the misstep of not removing the card from the present.

Delia Jones

Keep Litewater on Hand Limewater Preparation

Limewater is easy and inexpensive to prepare and should be kept in every home. Place a piece of unstacked lime in an earthen vessel, add one quart of water, let stand, then filter. Store in a dark cool bottle. A teaspoonful added to water or milk neutralizes deleterious substances and aids digestion, especially for children.

USA Piaio Fred Wahnemo Papoose Huyl Huys Rocky Mountain Little Devil George San Carlos Crook Company A Dick Hoyland United States Service

Fragmentary overheard note from New York Urvelag Jour

A damaged OCR fragment references conversations about conventions and a person named Mr Sapteigh. The text is incomplete with unclear context and items.

Itven Mr. Sapteigh Tom Vere New York

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Eulema Anne Reeves Aldrich M. Quad C. B. Lewis Sierra Madre Mexico Yaqui Fuerte Sunset Chihuahua Rio Grande Savage New York Tribune Delia
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