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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
6
Consul General Ridgely reports Spain sees little briar root industry while Corsica faces a halt in supply. Barcelona notes briar root unobtainable with Corsican producers and a commission firm holding massive orders. Demand soars as imports from England and France remain limited.
A historical notice extols KendalLs Spavin Cure as a world remedy shown by its spread from Enosburg Falls Vermont. Dr Kendall wrote A Treatise on Uses and Diseases which aided its fame, with millions of copies distributed free. The cure is praised for treating spavin curb ringbone splint wire cuts sores and other horse ailments according to the article.
Dialogue excerpts reveal a Punch cartoon caption about a man admitting overdoing his efforts to improve for his partner before marriage. The exchange emphasizes self-improvement as a response to perceived inadequacy.
An odd clipped item notes Minard's Liniment claimed to cure dandruff and involves a city dweller seeking a suburban home. The ad line about being ten minutes from the station is mentioned, with a tangential reference to a noted amateur long-distance walker.
A compilation claims the world’s largest bank Lenéos, largest church in Rome, largest stock exchange in New York, and largest bridge in New York. It also lists Paris for the softest structure and largest hospital, Egypt for the stone structure, Africa for largest plains, and Washington as the largest monument. Other entries note New York life insurers, Detroit stove works, a Detroit match plant in Ohio, Essen gun works, and various global “largest” facilities.
The London Gazette announces J. M. Gibson as commandant of the Canadian Bisley team for 1907. Gibson led Canadian rifle teams in the Wimbledon era twenty years ago and is praised for elevating Canadian riflemen in the Empire. Adjunct Captain Duff Stuart of the 6th Rifles, Vancouver, is chosen as adjutant.
A Naval architect predicts steam engines will be obsolete in ocean ships and gatarnalecolation engines will power heavy vessels. The British Admiralty reportedly plans cruisers and battleships driven by new engines, possibly soon. No masts or funnels remain, ships become floating gun platforms.
An old notice warns pneumonia as the winter and spring danger, noting its rising virulence compared with consumption. It describes how insurance statistics show high deaths from pneumonia, affecting both the strong and weak, and contrasts remedy availability for consumption with the lack of effective pneumonia cures.
The New York Times condemns demagogues and private exploiters who loot railroad systems. It argues success in business requires businesslike management and calls for deliverance from both demagogues and political manipulators who paralyze railroads.
A clergyman recalls J Pierpont Morgan’s determination to stop the production of Salome at the Metropolitan Opera House. Morgan would reimburse Conried up to 50 000 if the drama could not be shown. The anecdote notes Morgan’s rare gift to achieve aims and cites a Easter church subscription anecdote.
Advertises English Spavin Liniment as a cure for bone spavins hard or soft calloused joints blood spavin curbs splints sprains and sore throats. Claims to remove blemishes and offers savings of fifty dollars per bottle. Warrants as the most wonderful blemish cure sold by druggists.
A physician signs a certificate stating personal use and medical practice success with Minard’s Liniment. The note asserts reliable effects when liniment is required.
Prairie Scratches and contagious itch on human or animal cured in 36 minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion. It never fails. Sold by druggists.
Judge Willard Mc Ewen urges cherishing children as future home builders though faulted. A Chicago dinner remark recalls a girl caught cramming a yellow omelette into her dress, explaining she saved a piece to give the cook for a pattern.
Fragmented excerpt describes women preferring fashion over practicality as Jennie loses a pocketbook containing 27.45 dollars, triggering a husband’s comic outburst. Though pockets are scarce, the piece notes women’ s contentment with style and independence.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer mocks the idea that the Gilbert and Sullivan work The Mikado will be barred in a London revival due to fear of offending Japanese. The piece notes the operetta’s burlesque nature and questions British diplomacy for doubting Japanese sense of humor.
Southwestern Oklahoma tribes the Kiowa Comanche and Cheyenne favor dog meat as a feast delicacy. White guests are expected to eat it to preserve tribal friendship. In Mountain View the Kiowa appear in fine dress, play billiards, and return to the reservation at dusk. March 15 government payments trigger feasting and dancing as debts are settled.
A 3 year old on a country visit reports fright and humor after seeing farm life. He tells his mother the calf is eating the cow, a moment recounted by Lippincott's Magazine. The tale captures a child's literal view of farm animals.
A remote district pastor asked Bishop Potter whether he should marry to spare another a long journey. The bishop replied with a brief and pointed question, “Could you bury yourself?” exposing the risk of self-harm in pursuit of convenience.
Wise Man declines Browning society membership citing practical knowledge rather than poetry, a stance noted by the Philadelphia Press in a concise quotation.
A reader in Atchison Kansas comments on the weather and media, calling a man who only says kick not rain enough a “kick” and saying it is no use discussing with such a person. The note is part of a local column.
The sentence depicts a tyrant teacher as a ruler who inspires fear and hatred among students, illustrating strict dominance and control in the classroom.
Sir Thomas Lipton describes starting out in groceries and sleeping under the counter. He recounts a rival selling bad goods and a customer asking for a pound of butter, seeking the imitation after the real. Lipton cites the story as a lesson on pure food.
A Laramie woman attending a theatre with friends was separated by a man and a woman. She questioned the man about being alone and he responded with a rude line, revealing a troublesome situation and prompting her to seek help.
An illustrated prospectus promotes Algonquin National Park for a summer outing. The 2,000,000 acre area offers canoe trips, rivers, forests, and high altitude scenery. Free descriptive publication available at St McDonald Union Station.
A Kansas City Times excerpt recalls a veteran colonel praising strict discipline. A retired army officer recounts a wartime moment when a commanding order in a pocket justified bold action to seize a position.
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