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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
2
A confrontation in a building office ends with a threatening man forcing a kiss and menacing violence. Compton Bell intervenes, condemns the abuser, and helps the girl to a chair as she recovers. Bell urges calm and measured caution after the episode.
A Toronto reader recounts a sister's seven year struggle with eczema starting as water blisters on arms and legs. After rough clothing caused itching and sleepless nights, Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured her completely. Signed Miss Bessie McManus, May 17.
Miss Joanie Findlay of Muldoon Que says Cuticura Soap and Ointment gave quick relief after a week from severe chapping and rash caused by winter winds. The ad touts Cuticura as economical skin and scalp treatment with free samples and a Skin Book, sent by mail from Potter Drug & Cie. Corp. Dept. D. Basten U. S. A.
Cornwallis Nova Scotia man David describes severe back and hip pain for two years. He took two boxes of Gin Pills and felt immediate relief with ongoing use about twelve boxes total. He praises the product and offers a sample via National Cruz & Chemical Co. of Canada Limited in Toronto.
Helder confronts Comstock Bell over forgery and betrayal tied to Willetts. Bell denies, hints at ruin through a single word, while Helder asserts proof via blotting paper and a hidden letter. The tense exchange ends with Bell leaving to pursue a dangerous line as Helder contemplates the engine of crime.
A new timepiece features a vertical dial with a single hand that travels up one side and down the other to show hours and minutes. The design aims to simplify time reading and also allows the hand to track a timetable along the dial. A shopper asks for Pepys Diary, but staff note it is not published this season and confusion arises over a firm previously publishing diaries.
Professor questions what the archeologist digs for in a farmer’s yard and offers payment. The archeologist boasts of a great find, bones of a prehistoric mammal unknown until now, but the farmer reveals it is an old wire bustle buried over twenty years ago with other items.
A grateful user credits Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy with relief after thirteen years of suffering. The notice promotes the remedy as simple, affordable, and widely available, urging use at the first warning of trouble to prevent years of suffering.
Two neighbors Margery and Helen, living close, boast about a staff. Helen claims a butler, Margery counters with a boarder. The exchange captures small town pride and a playful competition over domestic help.
A quirky item notes the Bon Marche in Paris boasting the largest staff kitchen. details list a 75 quart kettle, 375 quart pot, 50 frying pans, 7 800 eggs daily, 60 cooks and 100 kitchen boys. Also a child quiz adds a humorous classroom exchange about truth and chewing gum.
An Eastern woman credits Grape-Nuts with easing indigestion and nerve trouble, saying daily use for two years helped her sleep, end headaches, and feel revitalized. She reports relief from bilious headaches and improved wellbeing, and notes she has recommended this to others. The ad ends with the slogan The Road to Wellville and a prompt to read letters.
A Pittsburgh university led kindergarten project blends playground, Montessori, and traditional methods. Children aged four to seven learn through self directed play with daily periods for rest and guided groups. Records track each child’s progress to adjust future play time.
A judge in a frontier town fines a youth five dollars and costs for firing a revolver in the street during a drunken episode. The defendant insists no one was hit, while the lawyer explains the shot was into the air. The exchange highlights the era’s rough justice.
A Connecticut farmer tests a gasoline powered farm tractor built around a 52 inch wheel driven by a 12 to 25 horsepower engine inside. The unit, mounted on four wheels with a clutch, climbs inside wheel surfaces to propel the machine, usable for cultivating rows and with higher gearing for road use. It weighs about 1250 pounds and promises high efficiency for farm work and as a portable power plant for sheds and shelters.
A report describes a trick used to adulterate milk in Athens by a milkman wearing a loose goat costume and using a rubber bag with a tube to mix water with milk as he milks. Patrons witness the display but the method still enables contamination.
An American singer, not a world famous star, spent over $50,000 on building and furnishing his house from fees, with authorities placing him in receivership for alleged misdeeds in collecting money for singing.
An old advertisement touts a deafness cure claiming ear inflammation and catarrh as causes with a $100 reward for cures. A social anecdote in Trenton recalls a governor-elect and a Jerseyite joking about water safety, prefacing with a quip about filtering water then drinking applejack.
Advertises Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor for married men seeking quick painless corn removal. Claims wife endorsed method and urges purchase from druggists for 25 cents.
An authority who studied terrestrial currents advises sleeping with the head to the north. The text notes that, beyond data, it is a known physical fact that the nearer your feet reach the north pole the more likely you are to get cold feet.
A Hungarian citizen designed a watchlike device claimed to slow the accruing interest instantly for any principal at any rate. The simple, inexpensive instrument requires setting the hands to a proper position on its dial, which then indicates the exact interest amount, though how to use the reading remains unclear to others.
A confused travel moment recounts Lord Ballyrot misnaming a cowgirl as a heifey during a journey in the wild west era. The anecdote highlights a humorous lapse amid roaming the west and discussing a Duke Mixture beverage reference.
Mrs LD Melntyre of Melntyre's Mountain Nova Scotia praises Baby's Own Tablets as a grand medicine for little ones. She joins thousands of mothers in using the tablets which are guaranteed safe by a government analyst and sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
In a brief note, Webb says the dancers wore nothing special, simply rehearsing their dress.
An agent touts a new device claimed to soothe neuralgia while demonstrating a combined talking head, carpet sweeper, and letter opener. A proprietor responds that he already has one and notes the inventor is married.
Warwick notes Wilkins writes a heroine who rejects the hero for the villain. Wickwire agrees the setup may feel unsatisfactory yet highlights Wilkins talent. The hero then becomes the heroine’s lawyer and schemes to win her back.
Waverly remarks on Mr Beanbrough skipping a cinema showing due to a banquet scene. The exchange notes his strong stomach issues and reluctance to attend the film gathering.
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