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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
7
In a Chicago Record-Herald anecdote Mrs. Widenstie notes a guest compliment while others mock a daughter for appearing overly attentive. The hostess calmly hangs a dog collar as attention focuses on the young woman in the opera box.
The snippet blends a juristic line about a man fulfilling wishes with a note on early cold care and a promoted tonic, RBickle's Anti-Consomp 1% Syrup, claimed to cure coughs and colds. It juxtaposes social wish fulfillment with medical marketing from a past era.
A playful exchange shows Miss Petit-If and Mr Makeshift urging a sudden proposal while a fond mother cautions her daughter. The jery Chitebat hints that short girls are going out of fashion.
A quirky fragment notes Minard's Liniment claimed to cure dandruff. A landlady jokes to a lodger about bacon remarks, then a bizarre line references a face twice as large unseen as a comic aside, likely from a playful column.
A quip laden dialogue mocks beauty and manners with slang and patter. A Wise Guy cites beauty as skin deep while a Simple Mug spills a joke about pockets and absent minds in a playful exchange from urban papers.
A minerals of interest note the Sheep Commission in Western Canada reports export declines from 136 817 head in 1906 to ten months of 1911 much lower. Prices for lamb and mutton rise across eastern markets compared with 1910. Commissioned by Hon. Mr Fish er to study Canada United Kingdom and United States markets, Messrs Ritch and Dryden report progress and findings. They cover Eastern Canada interviews and Western interviews to inform future policy on sheep raising and production.
In a New York dinner talk Andrew Carnegie denounced prodigality as ostentatious excess. He cited a millionaire who cuts Velasquez into strips for screens and told of a guest admiring a vast palace mirror, noting it is scratched. The host replies to guard against children with diamonds.
After the fourth race a selling affair for monoplanes, the aviator claimed the winner fouled him. He shouted that a rival on the back stretch dropped a monkey wrench on his left wing, prompting a tense scene in the judge's stands.
The article warns spring indoors and poor ventilation weaken health causing watery blood, headaches, fatigue, and nervousness. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a reliable tonic to enrich blood and strengthen nerves, with a customer testimonial from Mrs. Jes McDonald and ordering details from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A British Association speaker J G Turner argued teeth are unnecessary as foods can be minced or shredded. He cited a toothless relative who chewed with gums, noting mastication is not essential beyond appearance benefits of teeth.
Coughing results from irritation of the respiratory passages due to mucous membrane inflammation. Dr Thomas Electric Oil is advertised to allay inflammation and stop the cough, promising that no other cold preparation is needed. A quip about a miser who instructed his brass door plate be affixed to his coffin lid adds a sardonic aside.
Advertisements claim cures for acute bronchitis facial neuralgia and chronic rheumatism through Minard’s Liniment. Bay of Islands Springhill Nova Scotia Albert Co. New Georgia Tingley and J M Campet are named in testimonials.
A cynical bachelor asks a friend about female suffrage. She replies calmly that she holds her tongue. A joke follows about a wife who borrows trouble, fearing whiskers will be in style when their son grows up, so he cannot show his chin’s dimple.
France shows remarkable thrift after the Franco Prussian War. Ninety percent of electors have savings or land, with 15 million saving accounts and 9 million homeowners paying no rent. Government bonds held by small investors total around 20 billion francs, while annual savings and securities reach large sums.
A mother from Inverurie Scotland appeals for help with eczema and similar skin conditions in infants. The letter endorses Cuticura remedies, citing dramatic relief after using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap, and mentions other testimonials including a Detroit family. The publishers offer a free trial box by the Potter Drug and Chemical Corp.
Cicero and Cadmus note superstitions about women with double pupils, claiming dangerous glances and varied cures. Some say bodies would not sink or decay, while others claim perspiration rubbed on chest ailments or red pupils cure leprosy and blindness. Ancient thought reflects myths and speculation.
Historical notes describe counterfeiting where platinum replaces a third of a gold coin preserving both faces. A milling cutter and soldering completed the deception. As platinum value rose, the counterfeit now exceeds the genuine in worth.
Dialogue notes a child Earlie naming harvest months from November to March. The teacher questions the choice while mentioning a parent, a plumber, and Milwaukee News as the source of the exchange.
Mrs Louis Delorme of St Rose du Lac describes years of tiredness nervousness and backache and credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with her recovery after ten boxes. The account emphasizes that thousands of Canadian women share her condition and have found relief using the remedy.
A brief cartoon caption depicts Minard’s liniment for sale everywhere with a landlord tenant pun. The landlady threatens eviction while a tenant jokes about being dead broke, the judge delivering a dry quip about paying rent or leaving.
A brief classified style notice touts PAZO OINTMENT promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. The ad echoes old patent medicine tone and includes pricing 60 cents.
A speaker with a hog raiser father boasts of a large family as a carrot headed boy is praised by a woman who calls him a dove eyed cherub. The crowd applauds after the remark.
Sir Philip Magnus, famed educationist and author of Lesson in Elementary Mechanics, remains energetic at seventy. He is a Londoner by birth and now plants trees at his Surrey home when time allows. His career yielded many anecdotes including a continental school visit where the director declined due to scarlet fever.
The text traces notaries public from early church scribes who recorded apostolic histories to legal officials attesting deeds and wills. It notes the shift to a legal role to verify authenticity across nations, and states that modern notary work was established across Europe in the early nineteenth century.
A short piece notes boys mix bravery and fear as they face danger and the dentist chair, describing bold shouts near a warning sign and rough skating close to peril.
A testator, Lord Pembroke, refuses bequests to a named lord saying he will not grant any legacy as he believes it will be squandered or given away. The remark reveals intent to withhold wealth from a specific beneficiary.
An editorial warns that advertising fakers exploit prosperity to fund schemes under charitable names like the WCTU. It urges business men to require financial statements and central oversight, favoring direct, checked donations to properly run charities to curb waste and fraud. The piece cites Cleveland as a model and emphasizes organized, audited giving.
In a dark hallway a man kisses a woman on the cheek and slips away without a sound. She does not react at first, then later questions who kissed her while he confronts himself in a dressing room.
A negro boy faces a chicken theft charge for the fifth time. The magistrate appeals to the boy’s father Abe to teach him the right path, but the father concedes he has shown him the correct way yet the boy still gets caught leaving with the fowls.
An advertisement claims Gin Pills cure kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatism without cost, offering a free sample and a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Richard Hamlyn supports the pill’s effectiveness, with the National Drug and Chemical Co. listed. A separate anecdote tells of a Germantown boy choosing a 10 cent piece over a quarter for the church plate, citing cheerful giving.
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