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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
7
A detailed account explains stage tricks used by mediums to simulate spiritual phenomena. It covers rope ties, cabinet tricks, messages, cryonics-like illusions, and materializations using gauze faces, phosphorescent paints, and hidden accomplices.
A Canada article extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for anaemia indigestion rheumatism neuralgia heart issues and general womanly ailments. A testimonial from J A Roberge of Lachine credits rapid improvement after seven weeks. Pills cost 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The piece explains that color tints named with poetic terms reflect softer darker hues than the object they imitate. Examples include peony, ruby, begonia colored garments, mountain ash, chrysanthemum, and ultramarine as delicate, subdued shades. The author notes the naming preserves color class while the material remains similar in depth.
The article recalls Sir John Moore's visit to New York during the Revolutionary War and notes the Society of the Sons of the Revolution preserving Fraunces Tavern as part of broader efforts to honor American history. It cites Moore's 1781 NY sojourn and his brothers Graham and James Carrick Moore, with a quoted reminiscence from his medical brother about Moores stay.
A quip notes that liquor seems to affect drinkers differently as some feel effects in the head while others feel them in the feet, suggesting the impact goes where there is more room.
Mrs. C RR Miller notes in Leslie's Weekly that Hawaii’s territorial roads boost auto use with over 150 American cars in Honolulu. The city sits in a mountain amphitheater with Punchbowl behind, tropical slopes around, coral reefs ahead, and broad white roads inviting fast drives.
The one chief desire of the mother is that her little ones shall be healthy bright and good natured. These Tablets cure colic indigestion constipation diarrhoea teething troubles and other little ills of childhood. Mrs LeBrun of Carillon Que endorses their use to regulate her baby's stomach and bowels with good results. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A New Hampshire hotel owner earns fame for extreme stinginess. He posted rules denying newspapers pens ink or stationery to non guests and even restricted access to a wall clock. The clock bore a sign declaring it for guests only, shocking a chronic loafer.
In a somber note the piece declares danger in every quarter and thunder clouds spreading as progress presses on. The speaker rejects calls to abandon fear and clings to melancholy, resisting gaiety despite pressures to cheer.
A playful exchange shows an applicant asking the clerk what to do first before obtaining a marriage license. The clerk advises the applicant to think it over, offering a cautious, humorous warning about the decision.
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