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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
3
Samuel Bowser plans to buy a cow for forty dollars but disputes arise over age milk yield and value. He encounters a pig and Leghorn chickens as LUCINDA BENSON, mother-in-law, chides his negotiating, ultimately reproving his attempts and guiding him to retreat to domestic duties.
A fragmented report notes an incident where a watch apparently struck the hands and sparked a tense confrontation. The brief mention hints at haste and danger but provides few concrete names or locations.
A garbled passage discusses money, advertising and figures in a fragmentary style. It mentions a Spokane Spokesman Review tone and references to figures like Hobinson and Harrick, with unclear context or events.
A distorted excerpt hints at gold, a young person, and a quest to see why something was valued. The text references judgment on merit, with comments on craft and perception, though much is garbled and unclear.
A fragment from a 19th century domestic advice column discusses behavior of children and parental control. It condemns rude remarks at home and emphasizes discipline. It also includes dietary guidance for children advocating variety and selective meats in winter meals.
The Boston Advertiser details the White House police routine with constant guards inside and outside the executive residence. It notes forty two guard on daily duties, fourteen inside, and several at the South Portico and east rooms, with sentrylike patrols through the corridor to the executive offices.
Brown shades harmonize in a charming bat for a young girl. Pale straw, brown velvet, and leaf tint ribbons create a decorative crown of oak leaves and wintergreen berry sprays. It is a serviceable summer bat and notes that sun may not stain white straw.
Eyewitness reminiscences recount a Victorian era incident at Bradford School where Horace Walton climbed a tall tree during recess, fell and injured himself. A strict master coolly restored order with a terse chorus and a tapping lash, later recalled by Walton with tempered memory of routine discipline.
A New York Press summary describes how gold coins were purified and traded among jewelers and refineries. It notes that coins yielded near 22 carat fineness after refining, with gold often redistributed into bars, and banks moving substantial gold between institutions.
A Tokyo artist creates a 2000 piece wooden figure so like himself that observers struggle to distinguish man from sculpture. The carved likeness shows scars veins and wrinkles with glass eyes and lashes and even a mask and carving tool. Masakichi posed beside the image to enhance realism.
The government tested wireless from aircraft at Potomac Park with satisfactory results and will continue at College Park where aviator training is under way. Three machines are planned to start, with Lt. R. C. Kirtland assigned to oversee the project. Efforts aim to train officers in aviation and to send messages from the War Department Laboratory in Washington and the Annapolis wireless station.
A report on using a small electric camera lowered into a deep well to photograph the bottom conditions after a drilling accident half a mile deep. The device captures the upper shape and orientation of the missing tool to aid recovery.
Newsreels of King George coronation will be wired from London to Paris within hours and shown in London theaters the same night. An ocean liner will carry copies to New York as scientists test sending photographs by electricity via the new Minebure device.
The famous soprano Mme Johanna Gadski must skip her usual summer routines due to a severe bout of sciatica. She retires to Sommering Pass Germany with physicians advising mineral baths to ease the rheumatism while her husband Herr Hans Tauscher, a German businessman, and their seventeen year old daughter Lotta remain in America under caretakers.
Strand Magazine notes women brokers face bias on Wall Street as firms avoid female speculative accounts. It says many houses only open accounts for women as a matter of friendship while others refuse them, citing women as emotional traders prone to tears when markets turn.
A Harper's Weekly vignette describes the carabao as slower than a camel and more obstinate than a mule. Soldiers guard carts crossing a stream as the animal resists, neck stretched and knees bent, while all work to prevent its plunge.
Jacobus Noteras notes a 1409 capture of a sea siren in the Zuider Zee. Brought to Haarlem she was clothed after stripping and, though pale and gentle, remained mute and never learned the language of seafolk. She yearned to eat like a Dutchman and could spin thread, living to a great age.
Farmer Giles defends his half bushel red bucket against an apple buyer. Bill Sullivan the basket maker testifies the pattern holds a bushel. The dispute centers on whether the old measure is accurate and consistent with standard basket sizes.
The text notes velvet wings applied as hat trim in dark neutral colors and black. It mentions a sepia sew tagai with iron gray straw, a purple tagai toque in dark magenta red, and a large coarse straw in black and white featuring black velvet wings.
A clipped exchange shows one saying their bank account is overdrawn and the other insisting on a $4 check to pull from a shopping bag with a handkerchief at an afternoon bridge game. The wording mirrors a Cleveland Plain Dealer style snip.
A terse exchange features Senator Sorghum answering a question about his toughest task. He asserts his hardest work is maintaining his public image and delivering speeches upon returning to his hometown.
Soak one and a half pints of small white beans in soft water overnight. In the morning parboil briefly. In a bean pot layer bacon, half the beans, salt, brown sugar or molasses, then the remaining beans and bacon. Cover with soft water and bake eight hours or longer, adding water as needed.
The High Hatbox suggests a shelf method to lift a batbox cover on hinges for easy removal or replacement. The Indianapolis Journal notes a remark about Grabrox joining a church after a dice game to determine which partner would join.
An innocent listener overhears a conversation between two young ladies about a curling hair, while Phil jokingly asks to cut it. He moments later produces scissors and snips a curl near the listener, who remains unfazed and amused by his restraint.
A Philadelphia Record item asks what COD stands for in a playful note from Tommy Nammy. The line reads COD today sent home and COD puzzles to readers, with the phrase Call Us Dad as a parental clarification.
In Uelzen Lonburg a popular yet disliked bylaw requires husbands to return home by 11 pm. A fine of one equivalent to $2.50 is imposed for violations, with half awarded to the person who reports and proves the offense.
A fragment from a bazaar note reports a diner finding a single button in a slice of roast turkey. The text mentions a waiter and dressing, suggesting a customer complaint in an informal dining setting.
Advice on giving candy to children. Recommend limiting sweets after meals to avoid spoiling appetite. Emphasizes fresh air fosters appetite for soup and meat with fruit and candy as dessert over rich pastries. Encourages moderation and healthier alternatives.
A cryptic remark from Puck notes a person constructing a vast artificial mountain on his country estate. The comment hints at a natural fit for his eccentric project and private landscape transformation.
An agitator declares the demand to escape money tyranny while a ball player agrees, suggesting a clever ruse against time by the umpire. The exchange captures a moment of quirky, possibly satirical protest dialogue.
A dining saloon aboard an ocean steamer features the line No Motto Required and a quotation from Life declaring that man desires little here below and wants that little with a song, reflecting a decorative motto.
A fragmentary note discusses Casey and a horse named Phwat raised on corn. The text reads as a rough, humorous transcript with dialect and uncertain attribution, offering only a glimpse of a informal conversation about animal and character.
The report details Mrs. Andrew Carnegie facing a hemorrhage while her husband addressed the Baltimore peace congress. It notes her health, frugal tastes, charity work, dislike of suffrage, and strong family focus. It mentions her modest wardrobe, American-made garments, and an English noblewoman's Parisian modiste encounter.
Extravagant feather slippers dazzle observers with satin appearance and delicate featherwork. Chinese craftsmanship yields feathered jewelry and enamel-like effects. They are costly and perishable, requiring skirts to conceal them when worn.
A hospital attendant describes a mad poet whose pastoral verse used the name Oberon. A proofreading error by an Irish editor changed Oberon to O’Brien, sealing a fate the keeper calls hopeless. The curious case underscores the poet's fragile mind and the newsroom misstep.
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