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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
6
London’s parks system now covers about 5900 acres under the outdoor management of the city council. The expand cost around 8.45 million pounds with annual maintenance near 865 thousand, lifting rates by about half a penny in the pound. The outdoor staff totals 843 workers. The council formed in 1889 and added 57 new parks since taking over.
A rhetorical note asks how many American women in lonely homes long to utter such words of happiness and indicates that true maternity health is achievable through specific preparations. It emphasizes organic derangement hindering happiness and points to steps for healthy maternity.
Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union DC and Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown KY report health improvement and motherhood after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For thirty years the remedy claims to cure female ills from displacements to nervous prostration, inviting women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
A terse exchange reveals a couple planning drastic home alteration after a misdirected threat. Mrs Vick Senn contemplates meeting the fool killer while her husband asserts authority by ordering a new addition torn down and rebuilt to his specifications.
Col ds are the most frequent cause of Headache. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes cause. E. W. Grove om box, 25c.
Samuel Woodworth rereads The Old Oaken Bucket and muses on its value. He notes nothing in it at first, then reflects on its probable price, suggesting posterity found worth in the item.
A quip about wealth and tax lists appears in a weekly feature, noting four funnels on a ship and four locomotives passing abreast. The dialogue asks about untold wealth and pestering the tax list, reflecting period humor.
A testimonial from Mrs Agnes Comber endorses Tl Have Cued Your Collefoote Expectorant as effective for crow cold and coughs. The ad claims a trial bottle free and urges readers to send name and address to T A Slocum Ltd Toronto for a sample. It touts the product as the greatest cough remedy and asks readers to obtain it from druggists at 25 cents.
The article argues Germany’s postwar shift to manufacturing harmed workers as tariffs and rising living costs caused overproduction and unemployment. It highlights Berlin child hunger, calls for abolishing feudal landholding, removing food tariffs, and reducing military waste to restore prosperity.
An old advertisement for English Spavin Liniment promises removal of hard and soft lumps blemishes in horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone and sweeney with relief for stifles sprains sore throats and coughs. It emphasizes a $50 savings per bottle and claims to be the most wonderful blemish cure known sold by druggists.
A dialogue pits Ruffon Wratz and Greasy Grimes about wealth and extravagance. Grimes boasts plans for a marble sixty room palace lined with gold leaf, framed as a playful riff on riches.
Otis Blaisdell of New York spoke at the Kansas City commercial teachers meeting at Central High School. He typed 6 019 words in one hour at a rate of 93 words per minute with 91 errors, surpassing his prior mark of 5 720 words. Elsisdell claims the United States title.
A dramatic chase on the Stockton and Darlington line ends with a driver leaping to seize the runaway engine’s tender hook and bringing it to a halt near Darlington Station. The pursuing locomotive crews coordinated braking to prevent collision in the crowded terminal.
Mr. Ferguson notes a spring mood but is discouraged by the neighbor placing a For Sale sign in the front window. Mrs. Ferguson questions the sign as the couple reacts to potential changes in their surroundings.
I was cured of Acute Bronchitis by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Bay of Islands. J. M. CAMPBELL. I was cured of Facial Neuralgia by Springhill, N.S. WM. DANIELS. I was cured of Chronic Rheumatism by Albert Co, N. B. GEO. TINGLEY.
The New York press notes script engraving is fading as the approved visiting card style. Stationers argue the time has come for a graduated shading scale from delicate lines for youths to heavier tracings for older people. A new imitation plate printing process claims results rivaling expensive tool work at about half the usual cost.
A Berlin exhibition features a six foot straw clock crafted by shoemaker Wegner of Strasburg. Every wheel and part is straw, built over fifteen years. It keeps time but cannot last beyond two years under ideal conditions.
A notice directs readers to send a 2 cent stamp to Dr Merwin of Windsor Ontario Canada for a free list of formulas for standard patent medicines and toilet preparations.
Auntie urges specializations to spark conversation with Mr Ketchley suggesting baseball as a lighter topic if Browning proves too deep.
In San Diego a six year old girl tells her mother, while combing her hair, that the electric hair stands on end and jokes that the family is queer. She adds grandpa has gas in his stomach. The lighthearted remark follows a spark from a rubber comb.
The mock columnist notes that marriage is often a tie and occasionally a chain, offering a wry bite on commitment and partnership.
An advertisement touts Zam Buk as a powerful herbal salve to open skin pores, stimulate function, and remove impurities causing pimples and sores. It features a testimonial from Miss Emen Smxhb of Toronto and lists multiple skin conditions Zam Buk allegedly cures, with purchase details.
Health Culture notes that nervousness often stems from auto-intoxication due to undigested food, may persist for years without danger, yet can be fatally linked to heart failure. It warns of chronic weakening of the general system and premature death from this condition.
A historical column urges restraint in speech and judgment. It cautions not to pry into friends affairs nor underrate others possessions yet promotes kindness to all social ranks. It warns against spreading gossip and ridiculing religious belief.
A witty exchange shows a kindly woman prompting a motorman about daytime recreation. The man replies he can enjoy his evening after a 12 15 shift, highlighting simple urban humor.
Minard’s Liniment is credited with easing neuralgia symptoms as a quirky verse moves through references to classical figures and exotic items, ending with a playful note about not writing Christmas.
Mrs Lapsling recalls being deeply worried about Johnny during his illness. She describes a surge of deleterious joy when the doctor announced he would recover.
The Indian government will hire women operators after telegraph committee recommendation. Applicants aged 18 to 30 must be unmarried or widowed and undergo twelve months of training earning 6.65 dollars monthly. After training, probation lasts a year with salaries from 10 to 26.65 dollars and pensions. resignations are compulsory if married.
A parachutist staged daring aerial exhibitions in Glasgow. A strong wind carried his balloon far, forcing a long descent to a moorland spot near a farmhouse. An old man nearby knelt in reverence, declaring the place as the parish of Cornwath.
Directions for making tea suggest warming the teapot and using one teaspoon of Salada per two cups. Pour on freshly boiled water and steep five to eight minutes. Strain and serve from a warm teapot. Salada is said to keep flavor for hours and a pound goes farther than other teas.
A grocer displays an ecard reading Boy Wanted. A small girl wonders if they will keep the baby, and the boy explains with a wink that the sign is a joke. The scene captures playful family banter.
A brief item notes that TCH lasts about 30 minutes when used with Wolford’s Sanitary Lotion and that it never fails. Sold by druggists.
A brief exchange reflects fans praising Jack’s appearance in a professional portrait. The note notes his bald spot is less noticeable in the pro file version, comparing it to a front view.
A dialogue reveals a layered connection as one speaker notes a woman once bowed to him and asks if she is an old acquaintance. He confirms they are lightly acquainted and describes her as a distant relation, the first wife of his second wife's first husband.
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