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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
7
A cryptic listing cites The Four Fingers and several bands or acts including Moth and Tee Gerner Meuse, with references to The Sieves of Silence and The Pete in an unnamed event. The snippet hints at a lineup or performance sequence with enigmatic titles and group names.
Vera and her husband plot to uncover Fenwick's hidden operation in Lord Merton’s residence. They plan a cautious recon, with Vera misdirecting servants and Venner posing as a prospective buyer to access a back room. A snuff box scheme and a late breakfast pause loom as key moves unfold.
At Newstead Abbey the vault of Lord Byron opens for Ada Lovelace burial. A crowd gathered as Bryan's lead coffin neared the casket. A child retrieved a velvet scrap from the poet's coffin and exchanged it for a coin with Kossuth.
A garbled note references a wife seeking a husband via telephone and a new boy connected to telephone companies. It questions which of two phones is used and hints at households and calls, without clear facts.
Mrs John Forester, a Saskatoon resident, shares how severe cold led to insomnia, heavy sweating, rheumatic pain, and two years of illness. After using Dodds Kidney Pills she claims chronic troubles disappeared and urges other women to try the remedy.
A long haired farmer asks Lem the barber how soon he can cut his hair. Lem replies in about half an hour and the farmer leaves. Moments later the door opens again with another question about the sun time and whether it will stand still.
A fragment recalls a flat-dweller and a tailor made chest in a reception room. Holloway's Corn Cure is claimed safe for use. A tired party returns by rail on a hot day as Simkins sleeps a bald head. a crab in a bucket wakes and nips his ear. The passenger mumbles in a dream about the office.
A historic advertisement urges mothers to combat infant summer illness with Baby’s Own Tablets. Testimonial from Mrs Jos Steffs Coutts Alta notes a sick child recovering after use. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
English buyers pay five to nineteen cents a pound for tomatoes on the London market. Last year England imported about 1 million dollars worth of tomatoes grown in the Canary Islands.
A persuasive ad warns mothers of the dangers of neglecting minor skin irritations in infants and children. It promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as purer remedies that prevent and treat eczema and related eruptions, claiming relief and better sleep after use.
The article recounts Andre Estienne the drummer who crossed the Arcola bridge under fire in 1796 with a drum, guiding French troops to victory. His act inspired a Pantheon representation and a national funeral attended by soldiers and officials.
A humorous exchange pits a collie advocate against a setter defender. The setter owner recalls a clever dog who reacted oddly to a man named Partridge, prompting a quip about the dog coming to a set. The counterclaim invokes a man named Quayle and a near miss in the dog's response.
The article describes how Gibraltar uses dew ponds to collect drinking water. A hollow in the ground holds dry straw and clay, cooling at night to condense dew into water, with improvements like asphalt or cement beneath straw. Current practice replaces straw with wood and clay with sheet iron.
A novice aboard faces sea dangers for the first time as a barometer drops and old sailors recount wrecks and hurricanes. The shock of the falling barometer leaves him pale and fleeing to his cabin while the crew brace for a brewing storm.
A London Gentlewoman recounts a dinner tale from Cannes about a boy who, to gift a Bible to his mother, copied the line from a book he found on her shelf and wrote With the kind regards of the author on the flyleaf.
Japanese superstition treats albino animals as omens. A white pheasant omen or a phoenix period is linked to the reign of a mikado, with terms hakuchi nenkan meaning taxi of the white pheasant and haku hoo nenkan indicating a reign period.
The article notes rivers and volcanic lava drastically alter landscapes annually. It cites the Ganges carrying vast quantities of mud comparable to sixty pyramids of Egypt, while a glacier eruption after Bhaptar Jokul created a torrent miles long and wide, forming a massive ice and lava flow.
An advertisement mimics a testimonial from John Borman praising Gin Pitts pills for bladder stone relief. It claims severe pain and weakness, then rapid improvement after six weeks, with a call to purchase from National Cere and Chemical Co. in Toronto. The originator notes the product’s Canadian origin and limited box sales.
The Western Publisher argues the press is a business and must earn its living. Editors should not be used for private spleen or political boosterism and must limit notices with no real news value.
The dialogue explains terse as very concise and brief. It then jokes about a sister's bathing suit being terse and notes Russia does not manufacture clocks or watches.
The article urges mothers to use Dr J D Kellove Doveentery Cordial to combat infant bowels and cholera morbus as a safe remedy. It claims the cordial is harmless and suitable for even the youngest infants and could save many lives.
A man begs to kiss away tears as she collapses into his arms. He asks whether anything can stop the crying, and she answers that it is hay fever. She urges him to proceed with the treatment.
A sensational note claims spring air carries germs and warns of disease when blood is thin. It promises blood health benefits from a remedy labeled U-ing and stresses rich red blood as a germ killer.
The ad touts Dr Chase’s Nerve Food to enrich spring blood, claiming it rebuilds red corpuscles, boosts vitality, and relieves weakness and nervous disorders. It advertises a six dollar box or six for two dollars and fifty cents through stall dealers.
The passage traces old customs of marriage as a purchase, from ancient warrior bands to Teutonic tribes, noting the shift to modern law and commerce. It discusses the bride price, the husband buying the bride, and how the exchange persisted in different forms into civilized societies.
The white whale or beluga is common in northern seas and rivers, noted for pure white color and handsome appearance. Specimens reach 10 to 16 feet, with a long teeth filled muzzle, swift swimming, and rapid tail strokes. Natives hunt them with nets and harpoons. flesh, oil, and leather from skins are produced seasonally.
The text notes Cobbett's harsh critique of Foxe in History of the Reformation and cites a rebuked claim about a Catholic named Grimwood. Anthony Wood records a Protestant sermon alleging Grimwood’s supposed punishment by God, which Grimwood later denied by action for defamation. The reference appears in Athenae Oxonienses cited edition Liisa.
A kitchen dispute ends with the milkman, a college graduate in reduced means, offering a humorous chemical breakdown of milk. He asserts the drink is 86 percent water, 4 percent butter, 31-2 percent casein and 6 12 percent sugar plus salts, with full chemical analysis available upon request.
A London Sketch presents a comic scene where a solicitor asks if a man can strike another for taking his beer and drinking it, arguing over legal rights and payment in a humorous exchange. The piece explores implied laws and social norms with wit and the medieval street tone.
A buyer pressures a homeowner to sell a pesticide claimed to kill rats and mice. The homeowner refuses, noting no pests in two years, while the seller boasts of selling it to neighbors to kill seven cats. The exchange suggests a questionable product sale amid local animal concerns.
In a brief exchange Figg recalls boarding for years while Fogg asks about a home. Figg answers that he did have a home but only then felt the meaning of losing one, revealing a paradox of belonging and displacement.
The Simpson Pass, a famed pre Napoleon travel highway, hosted Milton and John Evelyn on grand tours. Evelyn feared avalanches and beasts from caves, yet the only harm cited involved a peasant’s ghost killed by a companion’s dog and the ensuing heavy compensation.
An African Methodist revival in Buxton Iowa features Brother Johnson’s earnest struggle for religion. The minister finally asks that Bro Johnsong's sins be forgiven and the congregation responds in unison with a second motion.
Report notes worms threaten children's vitality and safety. The advisory promotes a claimed cure, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, as an effective remedy.
A California aviator struck a cow on a rural road, raising concerns about farmer and motorist hazards as authorities investigate the incident and its wider implications for road safety.
U S Government researchers declare the common house fly transmits typhoid fever diphtheria and smallpox. Wilsons Fly Pads claimed to kill flies and disease germs also.
An employer eagerly asks James if he wants a portion of his salary. The office boy replies he wants most of it. The employer then inquires about buying a cheap automobile.
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