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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
6
A Constantinople correspondent for Ikdam argues that education and organization by Turkish women stand as the empire's hope. He urges them to act independently rather than wait for men, noting women grasp the need for reform amid male calm.
The dialogue features a young pupil and a new teacher with jokes about age counting and word derivations. A student fails to recall details while a riddle about lunatic is explained as Luna the moon and attic. The punchline reveals the humorous twist that the head of the firm is present.
A real estate agent touts a malaria free, chili free, healthiest locality while a stranger, a doctor, refuses to engage in business. The exchange contrasts marketing optimism with professional boundaries.
A brief meditation on ongoing revolutions and cyclical history as reflected in newspapers. The passage notes continual upheaval and the sense that history repeats, echoing public discourse and global events.
A Vatican ceiling scene shows a tiny dwarf with a huge golden helmet amid Raphael's Constantine fresco. The piece notes Constantine’s taste for dwarfs, tracing royal and artistic use from Augustus through the Renaissance, with examples from Mantua and various masters. The text also shifts to domestic scenes of a boy and mother praying, highlighting a bedtime vignette about gratefulness and poverty.
A story recalls two renowned physicians who first meet at a reception. One proclaims respect as a gentleman but refuses to admit the other is a physician. The other replies he is glad to meet him as a physician yet cannot admit he is a gentleman.
A cheerful commercial traveller enters a grocer's shop to show samples. The grocer angrily ejects him and the goods into the street, burying the vendor in the process. The traveller salvages his wares and asks about the samples again.
A Canadian woman sought to teach her Chinese servant proper manners. She rang the bell and entered the drawing room. The next day the servant, waiting outside, replied that she had fooled him yesterday and he would fool her today.
An asthma sufferer endures sleepless agony, while the advertisement credits Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy with banishing distress, clearing passages, and restoring deep sleep. It urges readers to buy the genuine product from a local druggist.
A young schoolteacher reads a riddle about the Sphinx to her class. The children supply the final words with eager dramatic choruses and laughter. The curious exercise ends the lesson on a playful note.
A toast at a recent printers festival salutes women as second only to the press in spreading news. The ladies remain undecided whether to view this as praise or not.
A grumpy boarder muses on naming quirks citing a strawberry shortcake as an example. He jokes that calling it shortberry straw cake would make the point clearer, highlighting language oddities.
Mrs. Peck asserts she will train the dog with patience while discussing prior misbehavior. The dialogue contrasts her resolve with a remark about the dog's stubbornness and need for guidance.
A brief musing on the sixth sense being the most useful ability. It suggests using it to guide how the other five senses are employed for perception.
A judge questions a defendant's knowledge while a defense witness asserts expertise. The narrative riffs on John Bates an upholsterer famed for silence and a patron's mattress question revealing a parable on truth and memory.
An old man visits the Meteorological Service and offers a wry tip for weather predictions. He notes officials sometimes err, then suggests a familiar auction line: Wind and weather permitting, with no formal farewell.
The advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders relieve worm attacks in children and improve the youth ful system. It lists fever biliousness loss of appetite sleeplessness and other stomach and bowel disorders as ailments addressed by the powder.
A stern teacher orders a boy to write to his parents about his progress. The student laments stupidity but delivers a garbled note praising the school’s offerings and odd arithmetic, prompting the master to drop the assignment and overlook the misbehavior.
In a first grade class a student demands a story about a boy who swallows a piece of rubes and gets sick, insisting it exists. The teacher doubts the tale, but the student presses as he runs to the window and flings up the sash.
A stationmaster orders Bill to watch the platform while he heads to dinner. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Brown exchange remarks about their husbands, noting a quiet dress style and a comic mishap with a collar-stud. The dialogue hints at tensions and humor aboard a rail station setting.
A Kansas college offers courses on domestic arts with aims to mold girls into ideal wives. The program outlines instruction and social expectations but does not guarantee job placements or formal positions after completion.
An item noting a gown priced at seven cents marks a dramatic price drop, reflecting unusual bargain conditions. The line hints at a sales or promotional context with a humorous or satirical tone about the gown’s value.
Opera singers are not affected by rising living costs because they can command high fees for performances and recordings. The article notes their ability to secure lucrative contracts, sponsorships, and exclusive engagements that cushion financial pressures.
He gives her a monthly allowance by cheque and she muses about photographing it as a keepsake. He asks if she means a memento or an enlargement, and she clarifies she wants an enlarged print.
An article warns of the risks of anaemia for women and girls and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy. It cites Miss Rose Neville of Mount Forest Ontario and includes purchase details from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville. A second fragment shows a domestic dispute over truthfulness connected to a grandfather wearing a wig.
A bemused cabby greets a man who has proudly signed a pledge with a sharp quip about his behavior in the morning. The reply remains curt and defiant, signaling a tense social moment during a ride.
A wealthy young woman from the West married an English nobleman at St George's Hanover Square. A stout American cousin attended and described the wedding as happy for the bride and mother, with Lord Stig kleigh in ecstasy and his creditors in blissful state.
A light-hearted exchange presents a professor asking the result when a patient’s temperature drops to the limit and a student quips that the patient gets cold feet. The brief joke plays on medical terms and a pun about fear.
An anxious husband begs for proper medical help after his wife falls seriously ill. He recalls urging her to seek professional advice despite fearing to hurt his feelings. The exchange highlights concern, communication, and the need for expert care.
She expresses concern and asks if he survived, noting his low birth weight of four pounds and seeking reassurance about his life.
A humorous dialogue sketch contains a husband admitting he skipped a ball game to take his wife on a basket picnic while others joke about reading habits and modern literature. A charitable old lady visits a naval hospital and asks a gun explosion victim to describe his pain.
A dealer boasts an item that doubles any content's size while a customer seeks a case that halves it instead. The exchange turns to a specialty in ladies' shoes, hinting at a humorous sales pitch.
A cavalry recruit Murphy receives a poor horse and dismounts without orders. The horse kicks, Murphy is thrown, and the sergeant chastises him for counting while noting there were no headquarters orders. The exchange ends with a pun about hindquarters.
A historical note compares scents, stating eight hundred roses yield a tablespoon of perfume while a shilling's worth of cooked onions can scent a neighborhood. The remark highlights contrasts in perfumery and domestic aromas.
A playful line suggests testing affection by choosing honeymoon wear featuring detachable cuffs. The note frames the idea as a lighthearted test of commitment and personal style alignment.
An elderly woman, having received a cheque, joyfully proceeds to the bank to collect funds. The clerk informs the cheque is crossed and cannot be paid over the counter, prompting the woman to suggest an alternative, with a man replying that he will come around.
A letter from Wilfrid Gagne of Grand Central Hotel Drumcondra describes curing a valuable hunting dog of mange using Minard's Liniment after several veterinarians failed to help. The note is dated August 3, 1904.
A fragmentary humor piece shows a girl puzzled by a cucumber on a dish while a mother explains. It also includes a courtroom quip where a meek prisoner confesses stealing two hens after denying stealing a rooster, and a street show exchange about opacity ending with a boastful reply from a man named O'Brien.
A terse exchange shows a veteran remarking that in his age he earned an honest living while a younger boy and Low look on, hinting at generational attitudes and unfamiliar norms.
Sanol the Kidney Cup is promoted as a cure for bladder and kidney troubles caused by impurities. The ad claims it cleanses the system, relieves pain, strengthens kidneys, and aids proper filtration with relief from back and spine pain. Price $1.50 per bottle from the Sanot Manufacturing Company of Canada Ltd in Winnipeg Manitoba.
A Niagara Falls Ontario woman G plural Miss Alice L Cooper reports complete relief from dyspepsia after using Na Dru Do Dyspepsia Tablets. The ad promises quick relief from heartburn flatulence and stomach acidity and claims complete cure with regular use, urging readers to obtain a box from a local druggist. Canada Timited Montreal.
A picaresque line of dialogue asserts social status, with a narrator boasting noble birth and connections contrasted against a Puliman car porter. The exchange emphasizes class attitudes and comic social friction.
In a heated court scene the prosecutor demands details of the defendant’s actions. The witness, denying involvement, insists he never went elsewhere and claims he remained in the smoke room for the evening.
An unclear note jokes about labeling a man as bald to describe his inclination. It mentions Asa Ralq opposing such a description and questions the validity of the term used to denote baldness as a personal preference.
Bella recounts being saved from drowning by a fellow girl who came to her aid and rescued her. The incident details remain sparse but highlight a courageous act by a peer.
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