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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
2
A testimonial letter from Ingersoll Ontario praises Dr Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine for curing a severe chest cold and lingering cough. The ad describes ingredients, soothing and healing effects, and notes the product is sold for 25 cents with the physician’s portrait on the bottle to deter imitators.
A Listener correspondent shares a humorous account of a Christmas barrel sent to London with apples cranberries and sweet potatoes. a squash proved novel and diners misdescribed it before discovering it delicious when served with lemon and sugar.
A spring health alert condemns harsh purgatives for cleansing the body and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a safe tonic to build rich blood. The ad cites testimonials, warns against weak blood, and notes purchases from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
A satirical scene shows Minard’s Liniment claimed to cure a garget in cows. A conversation depicts an old gentleman seeking flesh on his bones and a sleigh driver questioning the need for more flesh as one character looks skeletal.
An article warns that artificial nutmegs from Belgium mimic genuine nutmeg. A chemical analysis reveals a mix of ground meat from damaged kernels and about six percent mineral substances. Detection tips include kernel structure absence, softening with boiling water, ash content, and relative heft compared to genuine nuts.
Readers across Canada praise Zam-Buk for skin and wound healing after using the balm on eczema sores burns and blood conditions. Letters claim cures and gratitude to the Zam-Buk Co Toronto with price details 50 cents a box.
While dining in Cambridge Bishop Phillips Brooks praised a college service. He noted young men singing with heart and even Dr X the college president sang with passion. An offhand listener questioned the president’s sincerity and Brooks clarified he was asking a question not expressing belief.
During a moment of risk General Gracie stepped before General Lee to keep his view clear and stood in place shielding his superior until the field glass lowered. The act, though quiet, demonstrated cool bravery and self sacrificing spirit.
It was a plain lying contest with a prize to the person who told the briefest lie. The winner claimed he came in on a suburban train and quickly hung up a car window in his boastful remark.
The article notes beavers use trees for dams and even their tails as trowels. It describes myths about beaver intelligence, their beaver lodges, and tail slaps as alarms. It explains beavers created vast meadow regions by aging ponds and sediment, shaping landscapes from Mexico to the Pacific.
The essay notes that scientists expect contradictions in heat rules to resolve into deeper laws. It cites solder, sulfur, steel, copper, rubber, and carbon pencil conductivity to illustrate anomalies. It emphasizes that future explanations will guide further research as science probes its own unfinished walls.
Henry Andrews of London, long identified with Old Moore the almanacs, was a reputable bookseller whose “prophecies” were allegedly created to boost Moore's Almanac sales. An old year book notes his hit rate amused both himself and the Stationers Company, while praising his integrity and modesty among scientific men who knew him.
An interviewer asks how Americans speak in conversation and the foreigner replies that in mixed company women discuss cooks and dress on one side while men gather to discuss autos and money on the other.
An Irishman named Mick, whose wife loves moving houses, is greeted by a friend behind a van full of belongings. Mick replies he does not know his destination and is following the furniture to discover where they are bound next.
A terse exchange centers on opportunity and knocking at doors with maxims. A shabby boarder boasts he sleeps in an attic and rejects doors as a metaphor for chance. The remark contrasts with the idea that flawlessness signals folly or hypocrisy.
A Medical Brief explodes the madstone claim noting mudstones vary in composition and absorb ink like blotting paper. A porous baked clay pipe stone can draw venom but offers no reliable cure and can mislead victims. A street car quip ends with a jab about energy and ambition.
Portrait of the late Mr. C B Record, founder and original head of the Record Foundry and Machine Co. of Moncton and Montreal. The firm, once making stoves for Canada mostly from American stock, grew into one of the largest northern stove plants. Two plants, in Moncton and Montreal, produce the Calorific and Admiral furnaces and Penn Esther ranges, seen as Canadian standards.
Three men lost in the Antrim mountains of Ireland perished from exposure. Rescue efforts were unable to locate them in time and the incident is under local inquiry.
Damascus becomes the first city under the Turkish empire to install electric illumination and streetcar service. Officials tout modernization gains as urban life shifts with new tech.
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