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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
2
In delicate states the medicine should be mild and far reaching. Dr Hamilton revised pills of Mandrake and Butternut to gently increase kidney activity and regulate bowels. These pills aim to cleanse the system, renew health, and restore skin clarity with toning effects. Sold by dealers of The Catarrhozone Co Montreal for 25.
Eleanor Porter and Mr Hallerton discuss future riches as Porter dreams of a hospital store factory and homes for workers plus a market at cost. Maggie hints at letters and a Boston lawyer relation that ties to money, prompting curiosity about a concealed plan.
In a tense exchange, Miss Maggie confesses inheritance of fifty thousand dollars from her late cousin in Alaska. Fearful of money changing the suitor’s feelings, she hesitates to reveal the fortune, fearing she would be asked to marry for wealth rather than love. She finally flees as the door closes behind her.
In a Hillertown drawing room Miss Maggie and Mr. Smith debate exposing his true identity as Stanley G Fulton. They weigh fallout, publicity, and the impact on relatives as a planned public ruse to test heirs unravels. He proposes a fake departure and later reemergence to preserve happiness.
An informant reports the ex-kaiser, living in a Dutch retreat, has spent a year carving wood and writing a memoir. A close friend says the manuscript, if published, would deal a severe blow to militarism in Germany and shows the former ruler learning little from defeat.
A Fairey Aviation single engine seaplane lifts 7 250 pounds in 65 seconds at Hamble, Southampton. Engine by Rolls Royce, wingspan 60 feet, speed 95 mph. Useful load 3 100 pounds, versus 20 passengers and 200 miles for a same capacity land plane. Demonstrates progress toward large commercial seaplane for international travel.
A Swiss method presses newly mown grass without sun drying by stacking the grass and applying alternating current electricity. Commercial viability could delight farmers by freeing them from dependence on sunny weather. The proverb make hay while the sun shines risks losing its enduring phrase.
A Forbe's Magazine piece argues age should not limit achievement. It notes Judge Gary of United States Steel Corporation is over seventy and once over fifty when the firm formed. It compares him to Lord Leverhulme of Lever Brothers, praised for energy and enterprise, urging not to retire at fifty.
A rector explains to a puzzled verger why a coal bill uses ditto to repeat values. The next Sunday the verger theatrically repeats hymn numbers with ditto, announcing Hymn No. 168 Art thou weary Ditto languid Ditto sore distressed.
In the reign of Henry VII standards of length and weight were defined using actual grains of wheat and barley. Three barley coins equaled an inch, forming inches feet ells and acres. A barley corn had to be dry from the middle of the ear and laid end to end. Thirty grains of wheat made a pennyweight, guiding the Troy pound where twelve ounces equaled a pound. Sizes began with barley grains and reportedly remain the same. Fur long, meaning furrow long, derived from the length of a furrow in a ten acre field.
A Brooklyn Eagle anecdote notes John D. Rockefeller Jr. can rest at his own expense. It recalls a trip to Peking where he traveled in a palanquin to observe crowds, only to learn that such sedan chairs were used by criminals en route to execution.
A concise observation notes that no container is strong enough to withstand the immense pressure produced by freezing water, implying limitations in material strength and design when subjected to ice formation.
A vintage advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. It claims a few cents buys a small bottle that quickly stops pain and lets the corn or callus be lifted away with fingers without soreness.
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