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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
4
Classified notice from a historic Gazette printing office listing rates for single copies and display lines. Mentions payment in advance and rates per line, with references to savings for multiple insertions and general publishing terms.
The Paige machine for setting spacing and distributing type is claimed to be the most marvelous mechanical invention of the nineteenth century. Only two exist, with 18 000 elements, 17 years to assemble, and large patent records including 275 drawings 183 specifications and 613 claims. One machine was donated to Cornell and the other to Columbia University.
A London correspondent notes the new Putney to Piccadilly motor bus route as a sign of progress. He recalls the old steam bus of seventy years ago and hopes the city finally moves to a modern omnibus system, ending the era of the antiquated wheeled vehicle.
Fragmentary note discusses uncertain atmospheric height above Earth. Mentions approximate estimation over many years with no definitive value. Source text is garbled and lacks concrete data or dates.
A Manitoba family credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving their daughter from a serious attack of whooping cough and tonchitis after other remedies failed. The ad claims a later recovery from consumption and urges readers to try the medicine with a guarantee and trial bottles.
The text argues that barometer height and twilight observations imply the atmosphere ends around fifty miles up. It suggests air must exist at that elevation for meteors to interact with a resisting medium and notes twilight duration reflects dust and air scattering.
A London artist revised a celebrated picture of Dick Whittington and his cat after public outcry. He initially depicted Whittington with a skull, but locals demanded the cat be shown, leading to the skull being painted over and the cat added. The silhouette of the skull remains faint on the cat’s back.
Dublin municipal area population is 247 104 including independent townships. Delfast municipal area reports 348 55 residents.
A short quoted saying notes the sting of a mosquito bite and the dread of a snake bite, but emphasizes the deeper ache of being betrayed by a friend. The speaker, Dalias Newa, conveys irony in comparing physical bites to emotional harm.
Public notice states Glenboro School District 512 trustees passed a bylaw to borrow 3000 on the district credit to build an addition and improve the school. Council is asked to submit the bylaw. Voting is set for Saturday July 5 1902 from 9 am to 5 pm at Axford's office Glenboro.
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