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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
3
Fragmentary text describes a cavalry charge sight with riderless horses and the grim image of saddles empty in retreat. It also excerpts a scene of a Spanish senorita and a fan vendor, narrated with humor about bargaining and gallantry anew.
The London Tit-Bits reports an eminent tragedian entangled in a comic ruse involving a dog crate, a keyhole, and a plan to obtain gin and a clay pipe from a passerby. The actor ends up in a merry, unstageworthy state when his turn comes.
A fragmented passage references an unmatured pledge, a fused mass described as arctic material, claimed to be carried from Arctic regions by a sailor. The dialog mentions a man named Aren Husband and a betting mood, ending with a nonsensical remark about bathing.
Partial text discusses support after marriage and a life policy of 30000 dollars. Mentions a person named Harold with limited wealth and the speaker’s doubt about his prospects of financial stability. The tone hints at a personal plan and protective arrangements.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions bananas and an improvised act near an office door, with references to credit and a Kansas City setting, but lacks coherent narrative or identifiable persons or organizations.
The text discusses beliefs about graves at crossroads linked to executions and suicides. It cites superstitions of the devil at crossroads and the practice of driving a stake through a suicide’s heart. It mentions public visibility and potential heathen burial marks. It references Plato and ancient execution customs near Kin.
An Italian opera row ends with baritone Signor Ronconi jailed three days for altering a line protesting loyalty. The crowd applauds the subversive change as a police reprimand follows, while a public notice promotes a forthcoming Noon Gazette edition compiling nine morning papers and fresh news.
The passage recalls a seaside anecdote of a London doctor ashore and a feigned fishing scene, then shifts to art lore about Stradivarius instruments and prices in London and a remark on Dore’s rise to illustrate Tennyson. It closes with a quip about a man named Dore appearing to illustrate isle subjects.
A garbled recounting blends comic christening mix ups from England with a juror’s banter and a sharp exchange about marriage. Anecdotes include a nurse, a vagrant mock baptism, and a merchant pressing for a wife amid brisk refusals, followed by a New Orleans professor noting Yucatan ruins guarded by superstitious devils.
A fragment from a London social vignette shows Miss Brown chiding Mr. Green about conversation as her father enjoys a talkative evening. The text shifts to an Indianapolis Journal note on scene painters selling prices and a quip about editors balancing a ten page paper in four.
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