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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
7
A Difference in Feeling and Household Medicine Notes
A lighthearted remark contrasts optimism and pessimism while promoting Dr. Thetias Eclectric Oil as a reliable household remedy. The ad cites Minard's Liniment for cattle, a Toledo notarized oath about Hall's Catarrh Cure, and testimonials urging readers to push for opportunities and seek relief via remedies and pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Saecras
Frank J. Cheney
F J
A. W. Gueason
Notary Public Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Hall
Winnipeg trip for surgical attendance announced
Routledge and E Williams with colleagues depart for Winnipeg this week to receive medical care from Dr. Burnham. Local quips include parliamentary law jokes and a child's remark about kissing. A Chicago News line recalls a wartime joke about arming for battle while a train porter negotiates a birth not berth.
Sandringham Life Reveals King Edward VII as Generous Host
Description of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at Sandringham. The monarch is portrayed as a considerate landlord and social host who attends to tenants and workers, visits cottages, and shares in village clubs and hospital facilities. A modern Elizabethan house built by Albert Edward and Alexandra features well kept grounds and a model dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandringham
Estete
Eek Imboor
Petrie
Prince of Wales
Albert Edward
Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Lessons For Mothers At Westminster Conference
Dr C W Sotheby urged mothers to develop instinct and intelligence at a Caxton Hall talk on the human mother. He warned many women are ill prepared and proposed a domestic economy school for four months as key to reducing infant mortality. Mrs Edwin Grey urged men to raise standards for wives and Mrs Carl Meyer compared husband selection to hiring a chauffeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Sotheby
Caxton Hall
Westminster
Edwin Grey
York
Carl Meyer
Donkey Punishment Tale From Halifax
An old man near Halifax rides a donkey daily and tethers it while he works. A landowner suspects the animal of grazing in others’ clover fields. The man explains the donkey misbehaved and kicked, so he gave it beer as a punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Eng
John
Police corruption in India over jewel theft
The My sore Standard reports a rich Komatt lost a jewel which was found in a Mohammedan’s possession. Three policemen seized, pledged, and loaned the jewel to a local merchant, who bribed a search. About 60 rupees were looted among merchants as tensions rise and charges loom. Public confidence erodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promised Health Across Canada
A promotion for Dr Williams Pink Pills claims wide use from coasts to farms, restoring health by boosting blood and nerves. A testimonial from Joseph Lacombe of an unnamed city details recovery from exhaustion and study difficulties after using the pills, with purchase details from Brockville Ontario. Also notes a Harper's Weekly quip and Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial as a summer remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
J. D. Kellogg
Hoop skirts headwear sparks fashion quip
A playful exchange notes hoop skirts returning in style with women wearing them on their heads this year, reflecting a humorous take on evolving fashion trends.
Morgan's rapid interview with pope and queen in minutes
London Tit bits notes J. Pierpont Morgan secured audiences with the Queen at 10 45 and the Pope at 11 15 in the same morning. Etiquette required distinct dress codes for Morgan and his daughter for each meeting, but a quick change artist would have balked. Morgan and his daughter changed in five minutes after a twenty minute chat with the queen, then sped away by fast motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Helena
Morgan
Vatican
Mr. Morgan
Harvard Professor recounts lavish spend in Colombia
Professor P. C. Everett of Harvard recalls a trip through Latin America noting a dinner in the United States of Colombia costing the equivalent of $9.80 in U S money. He says he paid a $40 tip and $100 for two cigars while explaining the currency value exchange. The anecdote highlights the discrepancy between local prices and Yankee valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Everett
Harvard University
United States
Colombia
Baltimore American
London Exhibition Attracts Notorious Gangs of Thieves
A London exhibition draws cosmopolitan thieves and con artists skilled in disguises and multiple languages. Detectives anticipate raids by aristocratic bands, with a rising cadre of lady thieves catchers and female detectives keeping watch among crowds and hotel venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shenhert’s Rock
Scotland
Nocker-Nickers
Bret
Sherlock Holmes
Afghan Ameer Proclaims Loyalty Amid Border Turmoil
The Afghan ruler bans priests from preaching holy war under penalty of tongue removal and orders feet to be cut off for Afghans who join rebel border tribes. British general Willcocks presses Mohmand tribes near northwest India. the Ameer’s brother plots against British influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Afghanistan
Willcocks
India
Ameer
Minard's Liniment Cited After Chest Injury
A reader from Rossway Digby County N S reports fall injury to chest that prevented work. After trying various remedies, one bottle of Minard's Liniment, warmed and applied, cured her quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard’s
Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Peary and the Far North Package Tale
A Chicago geographer recalls Peary preparing for an expedition by mail and express deliveries. Cranks sent various odd items, and a final package labeled for the farthest point north contained axle grease for the pole, opened by Peary at the start of his trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Chicago
Express
George Ade
Social Calls in China Cultural Etiquette Compared In Conversation
The Shanghai Times excerpt explains Chinese social and official calling customs. It contrasts inviting newcomers, exchanging ecards, and greetings with Western practice, detailing bowing rituals ching ngan courtesy honorifics and seating cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecards
China
Shanghai
Miraculous Escape in London Gunpowder Blast
A London ship chandler near Charles I era ignites gunpowder with a candle causing an explosion that destroys fifty houses. A baby in cradle atop the blast survived and later grew up adopted by a parish gentleman, while the mother’s fate remained unknown. Sir Walter Besant recounts this tale in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church of Allhallows
Sir Walter Besant
Ebony Wood and Its Ancient Prestige
Ebony wood has long been valued in ancient times for luxury use. It is dense dark and heavy, with true ebony found on the Gaboon coast Madagascar and Macassar varieties noted. Imitations lighter in weight can be detected by scratching the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Gaboon
Africa
Madagascar
Spectral warnings and uncanny prophecies recounted
Tales of apparitions and omens are cited from history with accounts of Palmer dying on stage in Liverpool and a shopkeeper in London seeing a shade. Cardan saw a bloody sword mark and heard a warning voice before his son was beheaded in Milan. Dr Blombey’s father led troops in America. six officers were haunted by a modern Banquo after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Palmer
Liverpool
London
Palmer
Cardan
Milan
Blombey
America
Rudge
St. James’ Gazette
The Wooing of the Woodcock Sighting at Twilight
A nature lover is drawn to a twilight ritual as a woodcock performs a repeated courtship flight above willows and alders. The bird rises from damp ground, circles the branches, and emits a soft love song before returning to the thicket as darkness falls.
Nervous Exhaustion Adverts Claims Dr Chase Nerve Food
An advertisement lists symptoms of nervous exhaustion and endorses Dr Chase's Nerve Food as essential for recovery. It cites Mrs. A Ward of Woodstock Ontario praising improved sleep and reduced headaches, and notes availability at dealers with Edmanson Bates & Co Toronto and a 192 Almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Crimean Veterans' Deaths record two officers’ service
Colonel Lewis Mansbergh Buchan born 1836 died at Edenfel Omagh Tyrone after 42 years of service. He fought in Crimea 1856 Indian Mutiny campaigns including Cawnpore Lucknow and Casper and Central India. Thomas Leyland of Preston also died. held Crimean medal with Alma Inkerman Sevastopol bars and Turkish medal. age 17 joined 55th Foot and fought in Inkerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Mansbergh Buchanan
Edenfel
Omagh
County Tyrone
Dungannon
Royal Tyrone Fusilier
Crimea
Cawnpore
Lucknow
Casper
Central India
Oade
Thomas Leyland
Preston
Alma
Inkerman
Sevastopol
55Th Foot Regiment
Wilfred's Thought in a Starry Fence Vision
A Harpers Weekly verse imagines a baseball field high in the sky where the stars appear as knotholes in a fence, letting angel boys glimpse through into a distant blue sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel
Harpers Weekly
Brook Trout Habitat and Fishing Timing
The brook trout thrives in cold swift streams with gravel bottoms and clear water. Best fly fishing follows rainfall and clearing water. bait fishing works as rain begins and water turns colored, with flies failing in colored water.
Taft and World referenced in summer ham mock
Dialogue hints at a humorous summer plan involving a ham mock while mentioning Taft and the New York World. The exchange centers on whether the joke will endure the season and suffice for both speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
New York World
Mercury temperature ranges for thermometry usage
Mercury can be used only for temperatures between 40 and 675, since it freezes at 40 and boils at 675. For lower temperatures alcohol is used, and for higher temperatures all thermometers are employed.
Paganini prison and one string violin masterwork story
During the Italian revolution Paganini was seized as a suspect and imprisoned for several years. Confined with a single string on his violin, he practiced endlessly and developed an execution in playing that surpassed others, making the single string astonishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Paganini
Ebenezer Chapel Meeting Reveals Sinful Brother’s Confession
In a single Ebenezer Chapel gathering a recently converted brother confessed long held sins while a sympathetic deacon urged the congregation not to let the stain go unchallenged. The exchange, reported by Puck, reflects communal concern and accountability within the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Chapel
Bradder Newcombe
Puck
Holloway's Corn Cure Declared Safe For Use
A claim states there is no poisonous ingredient in Holloway's Corn Cure and that it may be used without danger of injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Drunken Americans Delay South American Regiment
In a tense frontier scene the commander laments a missing regiment as an aide reports Blanco started forward but two drunken Americans obstruct the march, delaying the advance by hours. The episode underscores disorder impacting military movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South American Republic
Blanco
Beecham's Pills Promised To Aid Women's Health
An advertisement claims Beecham's Pills improve appearance and mood by aiding natural processes. It urges women to use the remedy during debilitation, nervousness, headaches, and low spirits to restore vitality and beauty.
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Elmer
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Ayer
Hondre
Ayers
Th Sack Castle
Pature
Aver Ce
Lowell
Maer
Ing Edward
Fair Canada
Harper’s Weekly
Sawindiers
H. Collaboom Rossway
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Wilkins
Alfred Brown
Mertiton
Wilfred
Jack
Mer
Mercury
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
San
Sutherland Sisters
Sutherland Silvera
King St
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario
Geo. Y. Chown
B.A
Wilson
Apsorbine, JR
F Young
Monmouth St
Springfeld
Mess
Lyman Sons & CO
Montreal
Martin Bele & Wynne Co
Binder
Manila
Manila F. F
Tirder Rea
Guarantese Cooper Cordage Co
Calgary
Ry Rice
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