Gil Blas of Santillane at a Pennafor supper satire
In a hotel supper a young Gil Blas falls prey to a charming host and a boastful parasite who flatters him with praise. The parasite fools him with good cheer and a trout dish before exposing the danger of credulity and flattery in a cautionary tale.
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Oviedo
Pennafior
Spain
Greece
Anthceus
Seignor
Sanzillane
Corcuelo
Lesage
New Brunswick Elects Conservative Government After Defeat of Liberal Administration
The New Brunswick general elections produce a 31 Conservative, 12 Liberal, 3 Independent assembly. Ha zen leads a 16 seat majority over all as Liberals suffer a near annihilation after twenty five years of Liberal rule. The result mirrors a broader Canadian trend toward party change.
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Dominion
Manitoba
Ontario
Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
American Republic
New Brunswick
Robinson
New Assembly
Mr. Hazen
Priest Slain at Denver Altar Sparks Anarchist Fear
A Denver priest was murdered at the altar by a man receiving communion. The incident is labeled evidence of anarchism’s reach and blamed on socialist propaganda and narrow reading habits that fuel hatred.
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Denver
Proclamation Declares Close Season for Geese in Kootenay
Edward VII by the Grace of God proclaims a close season for geese within the County of Kootenay through August 31, 1908. The order, issued in Victoria, dates February 19 in the eighth year of the reign, under authority of the Game Protection Act.
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M. J. Bowser
British Columbia
of Kootenay
Kootenay
James Dunsmuth
Victoria
Lydia D Fraser Applies to Purchase 80 Acre Parcel in Osoyoos District
Lydia Drous tskoy Fraser of Kew Gardens England, via agent John Robert Fraser, requests leave to purchase an 80 acre parcel described by a start post 2 miles east from A Ford's P R 8260, then 40 chains south, 20 east, 40 north, 20 west, in Osoyoos District. Notice dated March 1908.
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Kmilkameen
Osoyoos
Lydia Droutskoy Fraser
Kew Gardens
England
Rage
Ian
A. Ford
P. R
Osoyoos Land Distri District
Yale
B. C
Robert Thomas Heselwood
Kelowna
N. EB
N. W
Township
Leamington Mineral Claim Notice in Yale District
I R H Parkin agent for C A C Steward Free Miners Cert 5806 and W E Welby Free Miners Cert intend within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant for the Leamington mineral claim in the Osoyoos Mining Division Armstr ong Similkameen. Action under section 87 must be started before issue of the certificate. Dated January 3 1908. Richard H Parkinson
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Leamington Mineral
Osoyoos
Yale District
Armstrong’s
Similkameem
I. R. H. Parkinson
C. A. C. Steward
W. E. Welby
A. D
Richard H. Parkinson
Wanted Local Agents for Western Canada Fire Insurance
Local agents sought by Western Canada Fire Insurance Company Limited non tariff. Apply to DL H Rice general agent for British Columbia at 132 Hastings Street East Vancouver BC.
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Western Canada Fire Insurance Company, Limited
DL. H. Rice
B. C
Hastings St
Vancouver
Penticton Press on Hatred and Civilizational Wakeup
The Hedley Gazette warns that publishing hateful discontent harms minds and character, urging civilization to resist spreading this gospel of hatred and unrest. The item reflects concerns over free expression and social impact.
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The
Hedley Gazette
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