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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
3
In a chilling study the piece describes man eating tigers as often young and powerful, capable of multiple killings on separate nights. It notes a tigress teaching cubs to hunt and cites cases in India and references from The London Times and Washington Star.
A jumble of misspelled notices and quotes from papers like the Louisville Courier Journal and Detroit Free Press mocks health remedies and household help. It mentions mercury in eye ointments, chalk dust irritation, and a comic exchange about a new housemaid. The text references Marine eye relief and several dubious product claims.
Sourced from a fragmented ad style notice, it claims Wilsons Fiy Pade is sold by all grocers and general stores. Mentions a race by Hise-Whyte crew and references Wisconsin Sphinx and Minard’s Liniment as cure or relief products. Recognizable brands and entities appear in cut fragments.
The Paignton pudding tradition, last held to celebrate the opening of the railway, is revived after fifty years. Old measures and weights are recalled, noting prior grand feasts and similar customs in Denby Dale and celebrations linked to peace with France and Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
The article traces beginnings of London food entertainment at cooks shops along East Cheap where cooks sold meals with bread and pastry but no liquor. It notes how Shakespeare’s era brought a shift as taverns expanded and cooks lost their monopoly on hot meals.
Judge F Lawton of the London Probate Court presides over a puzzling account involving an American traveler Ruibister on sabbatical year abroad. Arriving in London, he seeks intimate views of two beaches amid an odd scene with the House of Lords and a minister. The tale unfolds with mistaken seating and decorum, highlighting courtly misadventures.
A historical summary notes the Rothschild family's vast wealth with Mayer Amschel Rothschild as founder and divisions in Paris Vienna and other branches, estimating the Paris fortune at twenty million and Vienna at one hundred thousand. It also covers Gipsy Smith the evangelist born in a gypsy tent near Epping Forest and his early life with a tinker father and itinerant career before rising to fame.
A brief report notes a four-ship procession observed from a vantage point with two towers over a river. The group appeared to alight at a distant quay, while observers tracked the sequence and timing of the descent.
A jumble of clipped phrases mentions Dr Chase's Ointment and Thresher, with stray quotes about injuries and medicine. The text weaves in remarks from an Atlantan, comments on tariffs, and a Baltimore paper, creating a patchwork snippet of period chatter and product promotion.
A jumble of clipped items mentions Minrt's Linimeat Co limited and a ferrying mishap with Andre Desjardin Kamouraska. It then shifts to light remarks on wealth and a stage rehearsal of The Pirates of Penzance led by Geralt Coventry, ending with a comic line from a charwoman about romance and appearances.
A 115 mile London map in progress will cover from Stamford Hill to Lower Streatham and Putney, with 119 sections planned and a width of 2 feet by 20 feet. It aims to reveal landlord holdings and rents, noting Duke of Westminster’s vast wealth and other estates like Howard de Walden, Duke of Bedford, Lord Northampton, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, with rents running to millions yearly.
The anecdote recalls Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's dreamy way of directing. While producing King John he demanded idyllic music like a Louvre painting with a green background and yellow spots. The musician protested Yellow spots be hanged and resigned. Tree then hired a new director who created the wished for beauty.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a veteran who held many positions, including a chair, and long served in the British aristocracy. The text notes Andrew, son of a Ayrshire farmer, who became a successful ship chandler in Greenock then London, and who lived to be nearly ninety nine as the oldest member of the peerage.
A Yorkshireman and Lady Duffosora sought entry to a London site but were denied as the guard declared the gate closed for a holiday. The exchange escalated with questions about public property and delays as a mummy death story surfaced.
A Gorakhpur tale reports two youths invoking the water god Mahadeo by reciting mantras near the riverside. They threaten each other with swords to hasten the deity’s arrival, then jump into the river. One boy drowns while the other regains sense and returns home.
The article describes a Eureka timepiece by Mr. Ruthnow showcased before His Majesty, detailing a battery fed mechanism with a magnetic snail and oscillating wheel. It explains winding once per minute and links to a stability of timekeeping amid imperial interest and a distant theater of invention in Europe.
A fragment discusses seaweed jelly and its varied uses over the years. It notes seaweed's role in decorating village parlors, potential career uses, and seaweed ashes once used in sand glass making. It mentions Taginous seaweeds used for fodder and others eaten as food for humans and cattle, including a green variety in South Wales combined with oatmeal.
A heated discussion in London centers on how to pronounce Maugn with four play titles debated. One person insists on Mawum while another prefers Matin. The exasperated crowd ends with a shouted expletive as a table is struck.
A fragmentary report records in Parliament a debate about an old obituary for Mr. Destin te Saas and the life of a bullock driver. The text blends era slang and vivid imagery, noting proclamations, language, and public figures in a convoluted, stylistic passage.
The article recounts how leaders like Napier and Mehemet Ali debated fate and luck in treaties, noting Mehemet’s belief in a lucky queen and Napier’s reliance on fortune. It cites General Gordon’s perceived luck influencing Taiping forces and the talismanic cane said to aid his victories.
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