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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
6
Hugh Sanderson returns to his father Moreau in the crowded mansion as Jessica Holme the blind ward of Moreau enters with Marechal Niel roses. The night reveals secrets of disinheritance fear and reconciliation amid a tense family web and lingering drink.
Henry Clay Ide former governor general of the Philippines and new United States minister to Spain advocates limited woman suffrage in areas affecting women. He cites taxation property rights and education urging mothers to influence child welfare and schools while noting progress from past restrictions and equal pay in clerical work and stenography.
A judge asks a wife if her husband deserted her after their wedding trip. She confirms the desertion two months later after a quarrel over clothes and says she waited for him to return. The court proceeds with concise testimony in the case.
The first quintennial gathering of the International Suffrage alliance at St James Hall London featured a banner with a parrot design as a motif. Mrs Ida Husted Harper of America attended as a distinguished representative. Mme Sarah Grand gave a grand address before the audience urged her to continue.
The article argues women bore abuse to pursue enfranchisement, claiming the movement was not merely national but racial and evolutionary. It states men cannot work or live without women who are the heart and other wing, enabling society to rise.
The article recommends using a scrapbook to separate essential from nonessential home ideas. Create sections like sleeping, living, and food units to avoid confusion. As ideas accumulate, entries help clarify plans and curb momentary enthusiasm before building. Circle.
An Englishman boasts of lineage by pointing to a coin showing a king and claims his great great grandfather was made a lord. A Yan Kee companion then shows a coin with an Indian and says his ancestor was made an angel by the Indian.
A seasoned manicurist explains how trimming nails too far at the corners weakens the nail, causes flesh sag, and widens tips. She advises shaping tops and leaving sides intact, using a file rather than scissors, and stopping when the slightest sensation or flesh shows.
A critic lampoons summer hotel circulars that mislead readers about bleak, fireproofless inns with thin walls and high rates. He notes circulars lavishly praise sunsets and legends to mask poor cuisine, comfort, and service, often wrapping claims in the phrase simply grand.
The 1908 Minnesota graduating class received diplomas printed with the male pronoun. about 200 sheepskin certificates were issued and only two women noticed the error. The registrar and engraving firm reviewed 550 diplomas last May to prevent a recurrence.
A Pittsburg traveler who has journeyed through Africa laments the constant noise among natives. He cites loud conversations about money, varied gesticulations, scarce laughter, and public quarrels, plus artificial sounds from drums, a long pipe and shell blasts.
Country lore on elder trees claims they repel witches when planted near farms and dairies and warns against roots near wells. They note a strong, unpleasant scent driving away cattle and flies, with berries used for wine and wood for skewers. Some Tyrolean elder varieties bear bright scarlet berries.
An open air meeting in northern England ends with a joke about voting for a lady candidate that does not exist. Devonshire canvasser Hodge explains he voted for Poll Early because the name appeared ahead of the two men on the ballot.
The bellbird, possibly the loudest natural avian, resounds over three miles in clear weather. It sings at midday when other birds are quiet, in South America and parts of Africa. The hornbill, found in India, the Malay archipelago and Africa, emits a call likened to a locomotive shriek and donkey bray, audible for several miles.
The hippopotamus favors swampy shores with papyrus cover in central Africa. By day a cow with calf rests hidden, while at night individuals roam inland from water to graze on herbs, reflecting the species’ large appetite and maternal pairing behavior.
In a humorous exchange a daughter insists she knows the difference between a fried oyster and a whale while her mother calls her foolish. The girl confidently replies that one is cooked and the other isn’t.
A quoted exchange discusses reciprocity and timing in favors as the rapid transit issue reemerges. The speakers debate doing a favor before gratitude cools, highlighting public interest and political maneuvering surrounding the project.
The article profiles Sidney McCall later known as Mary McNeil Fenollosa and her writings from Japan to Alabama. It notes her novel Truth Dexter and The Breath of the Gods, her latest Red Horse Hill set in a southern mill town, and her ties to Lafcadio Hearn and Ernest Fenollosa.
A period beauty remedy advocates dandelion tea for immortality like skin benefits. Drink several cups daily for two summer months and then one cup yearly while adding brandy only as optional flavor. Scented milk, boiled with violet water, is rubbed into face neck and arms and steamed for soft white skin.
A tea table favorite features salty wafers or thin water crackers topped with beaten white of egg mixed with chopped English walnuts. The crackers are baked in a hot oven and served as substitutes for small cakes.
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