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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
2
A parchment bearing the family tree of Henry VII has been presented to the Welsh National Society at Abers Stevth. The illuminated document traces the king's lineage back to Adam, described as a beautiful and elaborate piece of work.
The Dominion Exposition prize list, issued by the Regina Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association, offers about 30000 in prizes, with 25000 for livestock, for Regina July 31 to August 42, 1911. Clydesdales and Short horns lead, with Canadian bred Clydesdales encouraged. Percherons rise in importance, Ayrshires Holsteins and Jerseys prominent in cattle, reflecting Saskatchewan dairying growth and regional demand.
A fragment recalls a young Apollo figure amid golden hatred and dreams branded on the verge of conflict. The text hints at grand visions unready for the smallness of human life and a looming struggle.
A letter from C. H. Collaboom of Rossway Digby Co. Nova Scotia describes an injury from a fall on a fence that damaged his chest. He says Minard's Liniment failed to help until a bottle warmed on flannels was applied to the breast and cured him completely.
The dialogue ponders changes in medical practice and the appeal of modern versus traditional approaches. A character references small doses and bizarre methods as a humorous contrast, reflecting curiosity about evolving treatments.
A medical notice promotes Parmelee's Vegetable pills and teas as effective purgatives and cleansers. It claims the medicine acts on the stomach yet delivers certain ingredients to the bowels unaltered, emphasizing years of use and superiority over other pills.
A young lieutenant from the 3 New York regiment surveys Texas gloomily and laments far from Broadway. An editor asks about hidden purpose behind mobilization. The lieutenant answers we aim to force Mexico to take back Texas, claiming success.
Ontario papers abandon several weeklies due to weak support while Manitoba amalgamations reduce duplication. The trend favors a single strong local weekly serving communities, improving press viability and reducing political division. Western publishers urged to pursue amalgamation to strengthen the industry. Countryman lauds Canada’s local press as clean and excellent for local affairs.
Firm on 43 Scott Street Toronto invites correspondence for buying and selling stocks.
The passage advocates frank friendly cooperation among editors and publishers to advance community moral reform through Christian enterprises. It stresses that newspapers are responsive to local interests and should engage openly with each other to strengthen shared objectives.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for female ailments including backaches faintness and headaches claiming they restore health and strength. A testimonial from Mrs Fred Collard of Pollard Point Massachusetts details severe illness after childbirth and piles and credits the pills with restoring weight and mobility. The pills cost 53 cents a box with six boxes for 2.50 from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville.
A fragment reports Joedi Wendell Jr dining when two men approached, recognizing an actor and questioning her ability to imitate an animal bark. The piece is incomplete and omits clear outcome or broader context.
Mr J Alien Baker MP, long involved with Canada Britain ties, spent most of his life in England. Educated in Trenton High School, he served on London County Council eleven years and helped tramway boards. He promoted cordial relations between Britain and Germany and chaired a German church visit to England praised by Pastor Julius Rohrbach.
A Toronto wholesale man recounts a parable about moral decay in business. A boy with a mushroom basket shows poisonous toadstools misrepresented as edible to sell. The tale, cited to illustrate supplier deceit and adulteration in pure foods, circulated in satire.
An Ontario editor addressing agritourists in New York State joked that some men in agriculture have no business farming. The crowd laughed when a gray-haired man near the platform bowed, later revealed to be a doctor of divinity, causing the speaker to realize his remark sparked the merriment.
A described specter known as the radiant boy appears in the House of Commons. The ghost is described as colorless with a silver halo and electric eyes, emitting moans while pacing and never looking up, with no prior spectral history.
In Cumbernauld the minister shames Lord Elphinstone for dozing during service. The lord denies sleep as the minister pressingly asks what he was saying and what he had been saying before that. The exchange ends with a sharp jest about a guinea for truth.
A census taker on O Connor Street in Ottawa visited a house with his book and pencil. The resident said the man of the house was not present and asked when he would be in. The woman replied that the man had drowned last fall, ending the questioning.
A New York Sun passage notes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a trusted household remedy for common complaints and cheaper than a doctor. A separate anecdote recounts a judge remarking on an awkward courtroom moment as a lawyer improvised to evoke tears. The humor underscores ordinary life and aging observations.
A Toronto Star item recalls reforms by R J Fleming limiting smoking on streetcars and notes a curious incident where the attorney general Mr Foy used a cigar on a rear platform. The piece contrasts rule enforcement with a lighthearted bypass during a pay-as-you-enter campaign.
Walter Cunningham, a Canadian by birth, became president of the Sherwin Williams firm and now heads the Canadian Sherwin-Williams Co. His rise began with a small Notre Dame Street store in Montreal, leading to a top role at the world’s largest paint manufacturer. C. C. Ballantyne of Montreal serves as his manager.
Mr R A A Johnston of the Dominion Geological Survey will leave Ottawa for Germany to study methods for extracting diamonds from chromite. Diamonds in chromite have been found in northern Quebec and may boost the province's mining importance. Rumors of diamonds in Ontario and Quebec persist, with reports of a northland mining engineer obtaining a diamond from an Indian and sending it to Amsterdam for cutting.
William Jennings Bryan lauds Canada's Annuities Act in a Galt address, urging the United States to adopt a similar thrift-promoting pension scheme. He notes Canada’s program preserves dignity and self-reliance, and provides contact details for information. The piece also warns that house flies can spread typhoid, diphtheria, and smallpox.
Crowd gathers for a game of bad Johnnie as an official misses the striker. Jimmie asks the sister who answers the door about Jimmie’s whereabouts and a shirt is pointed to as proof he is inside.
An associate judge on Patagascar's supreme court was nearby a river when a traveler asked to cross. The boat owner said it was lawful to use the boat, so the traveler departed, but the boat sank and the traveler drowned. A spectator called the judge heartless, yet the judge replied the boat's condition was not before him.
A mix of quack medical claims and humorous snippets describes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for nervous disorders and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a Toledo firm oath. The passage also includes a joke about an Indiana assessor and a nurse’s baby anecdote, all reflecting late 19th century headlines and comic captions.
At a Carnegie dinner a lawyer, seated midtable, engages the host on decimal versus pounds shillings and pence. The ironmaster jokes that farthings help Scots practice benevolence as Judge G- questions why Britain clings to its coinage system.
The London Chronicle recalls contrasts in humor among peoples and recounts Dr. Livingstone describing an African tribe laughing uncontrollably when first clothed, ruining their garments. The piece muses on laughter and the cost of clothes in early encounters.
London Tatler notes an overwhelmed applicant who agrees to supervise a gardener assistant and perform chores. Responsibilities include caring for three dogs, cleaning kennels and a parrot cage, tidying sons’ bicycles, and cleaning a frear except during poor weather.
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