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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
2
A derailed vehicle sequence in Areuss caused brakes to fail and cars to topple. Passengers scattered as lights failed and a hush fell over the wreckage with some trapped beneath twisted iron and others tending to the injured.
A husky voiced man narrates a tense scene in a suburban hotel, describing a long inquiry into a daughter’s intentions. The exchange involves a young man and questions about serious promises and past attempts to change prior plans.
The Stonden Eng YMCA survey shows 60 percent of an unmarried Vonten as WASe earner types to Lesden 620,481 women under middle age work as typists and clerks and Til262. engage in dress trades.
A ticket seller struggles to decipher a customer request about seals and balance prices. The man explains he wants two seals in the balance with 25 for the first three rows and 15 cents for balance. A short ad-like note then extols Small But Potent-Parmeene pills as a preferred remedy.
Dr Ernest Sei, an Agsirian theology professor, reports fieldwork in Palestine yielding artifacts from Canaanite through Hellenic periods. He describes discovering arrows, rings, pitchers, jugs, and other household items of silver or bronze, amid limited working days.
A reader describes a chicken hawk in rapid wing beats while moving like a motorcar. The bird exhibits no flapping or soaring, but a sequence of quick explosive wing strokes pushing it forward in leaps of several yards. The flicker appears to produce five strokes before a jump.
A Yonkers Statesman item notes Patience This paper reports women are employed as car conductors in Chilean cities. It adds that men enjoy hearing women call out Move up as they steer through crowded streets.
A fragmentary conversation mentions a dress suitcase and a dreadful fall, with reference to a missionary society. The husband asks about ownership while the wife mentions an English visitor invited home for dinner.
The Rev Dr William S Rainsford reports from East Africa on England's new colony Merlared praising soil richness. He notes potential crops with multiple harvests yearly and mentions tall canefields and gum trees though cautions about fertilizer needs. He predicts the land could yield top cotton and coffee.
A fragment notes sound speed as 400 yards per second and lists exceptions such as Scandal at 1000 yards Flattery 508 yards Truth 2% yards and a miscellaneous alarm clock phrase. The excerpt reads like a playful riddle or poem with unclear context and inserted names.
Witnesses describe Fetune Pastes being beaten in a street assault. The victim, gripping bleeding facial wounds, recounts being struck multiple times as a bystander laments the danger of interacting with aggressive crowds. The attending physician urges avoiding such incidents in the future.
An advertisement extols Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a blood building remedy for rheumatism. It cites a testimonial from R. J. Sinclair of Nova Scotia claiming complete recovery after two months and urges purchase by mail or local dealers. A second item notes Ontario authorities issuing a bulletin praising lightning rods for protection, with data on insurance claims and efficiencies in several states.
Inventors and manufacturers exchange communications about purification in coreing inventions. The article argues the belief that insiders know best is fallacious, noting many revolutionary industrial advances arise from ideas by outsiders.
A classroom scene shows Miss Wheat testing James on Washington's farewell address with a bold student response. In a village shop a dandy questions a shopkeeper about pappy biscuits, while Belle and Billy converse in a curt, quirky exchange. The Yonkers States notes MAH properties amid a jumble of dialogue and chatter.
An expression touts Pitnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor as a cure for inflamed irritation from tight boots. It claims healing and lasting relief with a price of 25e and suggests substitution for the extractor.
Visitor asks about the raging man in a strait jacket while the keeper explains he raged trying to understand the income tax law. The dialogue notes the keeper says the man imagines he understands it. Baltimore American.
The piece describes how Sirius if moved near Earth could create a fiery giant globe twenty five times the sun’s size. Heat would melt atmospheres, erase vegetation, flood oceans into barren wastes, and iron might flow like water.
An indignant guest is confronted by a clerk who asks to see a signature on the 10 register. The exchange unfolds calmly as the clerk notes the signature aroused curiosity among onlookers.
A rustic dialogue unfolds in a butcher shop as a husband selects sausage with flirtatious banter. The butcher praises the meat as smooth as velvet and tender as a woman's heart, prompting the husband to order sausage in a playful exchange.
A conductor asks a dozing passenger which stop to take near the route’s end. The dishevelled rider mentions Easy Street in Boston Transcript.
A fragment notes the Summer Islands now Bermuda as a site in 1616 and references early U S coinage with copper half cent and cent dated 173.
The Saxon inn existed before the conquest while hotel, a French term for stylish inns, emerged around the early 19th century after British officers visited Paris salons on Rue de Rivoli and Hue St. Honore. By the 20th century English hosts adopted hotel keeping practices, reversing the cultural exchange.
An elderly Black man appears in court charged with stealing chickens. The judge offers a lawyer. the man pleads poverty and humorously explains he wants to “enjoy dem chickens,” revealing his intent and pride as he speaks through a tattered hat.
Dramatic dialogue snippet shows a mother questioning Mamma Ethel about a momentary detention at the door as Mr. Spooner departs. Ethel dismisses the scene with a terserefusal, implying secrets or tensions behind the exchange.
The exchange notes that the honeymoon period ends after the last quarter moon, comparing it to typical lunar cycles. The remark frames romance timelines with a celestial metaphor.
Historical note describes a 1000 pound Bank of England note used by Admiral Lord Cochrane to secure release from King's Bench Prison in 1815. The note carried an indorsement lamenting long confinement and threats, claiming robbery to avoid murder and urging delinquents brought to justice.
The University of Wisconsin offers a correspondence course to educate women in distinguishing good cotton, linen, wool, and silk. It will define fabric qualities, explain tests for adulteration, and cover laundering, clothing hygiene, and shipping economics.
At a grand St David’s Day dinner the Welsh Fusiliers perform a quirky ritual. A drum major with the goat mascot marches the table while guests, new to the leek, must stand on chair with one foot on the table and eat a leek to be deemed true Welsh. The ceremony links to St David through paired toasts and marching pipers.
A heckler challenged Sir Donald Currie about his father being a barber and Lloyd George about his humble birth. Currie admitted truth and joked his father might have been a barber too. Lloyd George witty reply deflected the remark saying the donkey cart memory had escaped him.
The famed French physicist Henri Poincare, momentarily absentminded, searched a closed bookcase for a manuscript. He set a lamp on a shell, shut the cabinet, and stood in darkness thinking he was blind. Light returned when he noticed a glow from an adjacent room.
George Hansbury declares in a New York labor talk that British workers increasingly support the labour party as Conservatives and Liberals fail to offer real gains. A Liberal speaker scolds the Liberals and Conservatives amid a Workingmen’s meeting, urging voters to back their candidate amid calls of nothing to conserve.
A gentleman at a Musical party asks how to rekindle the fading fire without interrupting the music. A friend replies with a playful line about doing it “Between the bars.”
The article notes the first serious Start in Great Britain in 1155 with an act authorizing a canal about eleven miles long from the mouth of Sankey Brook to Gerrard's Bridge and St Helens. It mentions the Duke of L Riga with plans, and after the Worsley to Manchester Canal navvies spreading across England. By about six years over two thousand miles of waterways were built, boasting inland navigation nearly everywhere.
A tense taxi ride ends with a humorous exchange as both occupants admit it is their first trip. The man warns the cabby to slow down while quipping that he is new to taxis, and the cabby responds that it is his first ride as well.
Wu Tingfang, then Chinese minister in Washington, attended the supreme court chief justice's daughter's wedding and quipped to a bridesmaid about marrying the bride. The maid replied she had not been asked. A bystander noted the humor, and three months later the couple wed.
The old stand by Dr. J. D. Kellogg Asthma Remedy is praised as undefeated year after year for reliability and relief. It promises consistent quality and urges readers not to suffer another attack but obtain the remedy today.
A Baltimore leather goods dealer ordered a full carload from a Southern Massachusetts firm. The supplier wired cannot ship until the last consignment is paid. The dealer telegraphed to cancel the order, saying the delay is intolerable.
A father explains allegro as a performance guideline telling the musician to keep the right hand unaware of the left hand’s actions. The dialogue frames the term as a directive for seamless, expressive playing.
Rumor says Lady Scott widow of a celebrated explorer may become Hampton Court Palace resident as King George reverses a prior decision. The suites are primarily for widows of notable service in naval military or civil careers. The king reportedly requires no prior court permission for residence.
A zoo keeper discusses the ostrich as an inconsolable widower and the most faithful of mates. He notes the bird’s devotion, shared nest work, and occasional domestic turmoil when a mate dies. The tale ends with a grim line imagining the ostrich’s loyalty after its mate’s death.
A Chicago News report notes a wild man roaming a swamp near a bought building lot, prompting speculation about his intentions and future family ties. The scene features tense dialogue and a curious mix of names and slang from local sources.
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