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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
6
A workingman recalls falling from strength to illness then recovering after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits renewed appetite, energy, and ability to work within weeks and urges others to use the medicine. Sold by dealers or by mail from Brockville Ont. The piece also describes a slave era healing trance with drum music and frenzied dancing lasting two days.
The Pinkster holiday, tied to Whit Sunday, was a gala event for Mohawk Valley Dutch residents with outdoor games, egg butting, and riding at the ring. Contestants rode under a cord aiming to spear a ring, winner paying for his party while others chased him. Booths, feasting, and dancing followed, with slaves enjoying greater liberty on this day.
A tailor, declining a lawyer, asks the judge to dismiss the jury claiming every juror owes him for clothes. He asserts personal bias may invade their judgment and urges a new panel be seated.
An account from Kovuklish describes Turkish forces during an assault where soldiers robbed, killed, burned, and violated villagers. The commanding major slept and smoked through the carnage, finally retreating as troops refused orders. His defense: they are so badly brought up.
Spanish gentlemen visit Vigo for oyster parties aboard flat bottom boats. Oysters are fished, opened, and eaten on site, with a prize awarded to the guest who displays the most shells. Winners may show up to 200 shells despite Vigo oysters being small.
A brief quarrel opens with a Britisher claiming English superiority and is cut off by a Yankee remark that the other man thinks he knows it all. The exchange captures a clash of pride and blunt humor.
A Woerker asks if Knicker can accomplish much and Knocker responds that he can do as much as the man who did not mean to.
An old advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as a cure for diarrhoea and indigestion in children. It claims diarrhoea signals bowel cleansing and should not be stopped, and presents a testimonial from Mrs. Geo. McGregor of Hamilton Ontario describing relief for her baby. The note urges purchase from medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from Wildlians' Medicine, Dr. Ont.
A writer recounts observing a loon in Michigan over many years. He describes shot at attempts, a fall kill to prove a point, the bird’s diving to dodge bullets, and finding over a hundred No 6 shot in the hide. He notes loon chick transport by mother and exceptional calls heard at night. Forest and Stream.
A reflective paragraph contrasts politeness and disagreement in reform work stressing that impact matters more than words. It notes the instinct to peek at a postal card and the dynamics of favors being reciprocated, with social roles depicted through humor and observation.
In Belgium's Kongo colonies both men and women wear tattoos signifying social rank. High caste women bear back designs resembling a squage jacket, and locals accept this as a substitute for clothing. Herb juices swell scar tissue for a bas relief look, with acacia thorns and black clay as colorants.
An officer aboard the British troopship St Lawrence in 1865 leaves a midnight party to visit sentries. The exchange shows the officer insistently claiming the sentry is asleep, while the sentry denies it until finally admits he is asleep.
A historical advertorial extols Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a lasting cure for headaches and exhausted systems. Patient testimonials from Mrs. George Fuller of Lakeland and Mrs. James Clancy of Peterboro describe relief from nervous headaches and twitching. Sold 59 cents a box, six for $2.50, with Dr. A. W. Chase’s signature on each box.
The article compares the great scientist's hypothetical 150 foot wave spacing to Marcoai's telegraphic waves across the Atlantic, said to exceed 600 feet. Both travel at light speed, 184000 miles per second, with light waves measuring a mere ten millionths of an ioch.
In a domestic moment George frets over losing ten dollars and vents frustration. A young woman suggests he speak to his father that evening to address the matter.
A health notice claims cucumbers and melons cause cholera dysentery and other complaints for many, but advises using Dr J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial for immediate relief and cure during summer illnesses.
A northern boy visiting kin in a southern state notes convict labor in public works and, seeing a circus zebra for the first time, exclaims to his aunt about a convict mule in striped clothing.
John White reports relief from years of rheumatism after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He cites local proof from Yellow Grass and cites Edith Harris's dropsy cure nearby as supporting evidence. The ad-promotes kidney health, claiming pills cleanse blood and restore energy.
In Alexandria Virginia the late General Fitzhugh Lee met a Confederate veteran who claimed to have served. The veteran answered Lee's questions and explained his best time was at Chickamauga because he ran as soon as shooting began to the safest place, the one where the generals were.
Par melee's Vegetable Pills are compounded for any climate and preserve their powers in any latitude. They act on the secretions and neutralize the poison in the blood. They correct impurities from water or food and can prevent fevers.
District Attorney W. T. Jerome cites three essentials for upheaval. He explains in Russia revolutions may lack money, arms, and an escape route. in South America the sequence is similar with money first, followed by weapons, and an escape plan.
A pupil identifies the three personal pronouns as he she and it and the teacher asks for usage. The pupil responds with husband wife and baby as examples of possessive or referential pronouns in context.
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