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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
In a Cincinnati court a German witness is cross examined about the relative position of items described as begs wendowe and related terms. The witness gives a muddled reply about stairs being upstairs and downstairs, illustrating confusion in the testimony as quoted from Harper's Weekly.
The article touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pill as a mild corrective for digestive and stomach derangements in women. It claims the pill restores health and vigor, is suitable for delicate women, and offers a safe, soothing option.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls a bet between Gumbolt and another man over saving a drowning person. The loser owes a dinner for three, highlighting a humorous exchange about whether saving a life earns merit.
Frank J Cheney an senior partner of F J Cheney & Co swears before A W Gleason that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice urges readers to Bend for testimonials and buy Hall's products at 75 cents with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet notes a maiden teasingly asking about coupons while a wily youth boasted he has 500 saved toward a piano for their small flat. The playful exchange highlights thrift and domestic plans.
A folk tale recalls Jock Scott the poor man who begged on market days between Kelso and Coldstream. A farmer, mistakingly giving a sovereign instead of a shilling, races back to apologize. Jock quips that a bad coin suits him to have in his pouch as well.
An 18th or early 20th century advertisement touts Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a remedy for nervous dyspepsia and partial stomach paralysis. It includes a customer testimonial from Ferdinand Bateau of Berthier Quebec and notes pricing of 50 cents per box or six for $2.50, with distribution through Edmonson Bates & Co. Toronto.
A kea, a mountain parrot native to New Zealand's South Island, preys on sheep and occasionally other animals. Reports note sheep injuries, flock losses under five to ten percent at many stations, and occasional attacks on horses and dogs. The species faces widespread killing and possible extinction, though nests and rugged habitat slow complete eradication.
An American inventor proposes underwater electric light cables with buoyant lamps to illuminate channels at night. The waterproof submarine cable carries incandescent lamps with reflectors to form parallel beams, marking safe routes and guiding vessels even in fog, reducing reliance on charts and lighthouses.
A century ago drunkenness was common across classes in England and even leading figures like William Pitt could appear intoxicated in Parliament without censure. Today the upper and middle classes are sober, not by laws but through education, refinement, and growing public opinion on liquor’s harms, with effects spreading to the lower classes over twenty years.
A dated essay links walking styles to personality, noting firm steps signal steadiness while jerky motion shows unreliability. Quick steps suit the energetic, slow, abstracted strides the dreamer, and straight ahead amid obstinacy. Courtesy may mask weakness, while a long swinging gait marks generosity and a small petty tread signals narrow character, especially among men.
Mrs Kadmi seeks comfort from the pastor’s wife as she laments her husband’s spiritual decline. He is described as infidel and atheist now calling himself a socratic, claiming ignorance and disbelief. The pastor’s wife responds with a biting contrast, suggesting real trouble lies in her own husband’s lack of cooking skill.
An appeal promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for anaemia in women and girls, claiming to restore red blood, boost appetite, and renew health. Personal testimonial from Carrie McGrath of Halifax describes severe prior weakness and recovery after treatment. notes widespread praise and availability by mail or dealers.
A minister quotes the heart as a vital organ while addressing Sunday school. a child interrupts, joking that the real working organ is the gas meter. The quip adds humor to a lighthearted moment in a church setting.
A brief notice describes a health claim by Mother Graves about Worm Ex aiding sickly children by expelling worms, warning readers of a purported remedy amid pale restless children.
A widow asks Mr. O Flaherty to help fill the void left by her late husband. The exchange reveals a shared willingness to offer support and comfort.
John R. Holden reports a horse injury from a barbed wire fence with eleven wounds. After using Minard's Liniment for four weeks, all sores healed and hair regrew, noted by Perry Baker as a witness.
A courtroom exchange cites a witness confirming the 17th as the date, with the lawyer pressing under oath. The witness reveals the sequence: the 16th before and the 18th after, in a Detroit News report.
In a travel account by Thomas Stevens the czarist era host townsfolk view strangers with distrust. Stevens recalls Sascha, his wary companion, and how a bribe influenced passport delays. Suspicions shape daily life as peasants fear counterfeit money and officials fear error in payments.
English actor John Hare recalls Beerbohm Tree’s Hamlet and his own relief at a supper gathering ending without talk of the play. Tree finally breaks silence with a biting compliment as Hare leaves.
In paleozoic times life began largely from Earth's internal heat rather than the sun. The planet's own heat fostered early life, with the sun acting as sustainer today, but the earth raised life in its youth according to Professor Lowell in Century Magazine.
Excavations at Herculaneum reveal a pillar stacked with ancient posters. The papers advertise public meetings and election proclamations, affixed with gum arabic paste.
A sharp one liner from Meggen dorfer Blatter about Meier in dire financial trouble. The jest compares debt to being up to his ears, even if Meier were a giraffe.
A historical narrative notes that great crises birth a guiding intellect while producing a crowd of diverse ideas and figures. The passage highlights the tension between strategic leadership and widespread speculation during turbulent times.
Advice on eye hygiene using a specialty eye cup and prescribed lotions. Recipes include borax camphor solution and a tonic wash with rock salt zinc sulfate and rosewater. Emphasizes warm bathing, careful filtration, and consulting a physician if yellowish eye discharge persists.
The census at Benares Sanskrit College shows striking vocations in Allahabad with 6 372 claiming to be poets 974 as low blackguards 226 as flatterers for gain and 35 as men who beg with threats of violence. Other districts list tomtom players 11 000 and hereditary painters of horses with spots among unique trades.
The text outlines the Bible's history from the 1455 movable type Latin Bible to the first Indian language Bible in 1663 and the first English Bible in 1782. It notes George Washington owning a Bible, global language reach, once prohibitive costs, and today a Bible price of 16 cents with the New Testament at 6 cents.
A renowned scientist asserts salt is essential to all foods and that all peoples crave it. He notes central Africa communities treat salt as luxury, uses veldt grass ashes for seasoning, and that animals seek salted springs, with sportsmen exploiting this for bait.
A cemetery keeper near Prague excavated older graveyard sections and sold old human bones to manufacturers who paid more for them than animal bones. He had earned money this way for several years before being removed from his post.
The article surveys how Jews across Europe were forced to wear badges of various shapes and colors as a mark of infidelity. It traces practices in France, Spain, Italy, England, Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Crete, noting ring shapes, bands, and badge-like symbols over centuries.
A historical note explains the origin of the term stool pigeon from nets used to trap wild pigeons. It describes large spring nets, concealed by hay, with a stool carrying a tethered pigeon that signals flocks to land, allowing a quick spring net capture of hundreds at once.
A man bursts into a drug store seeking preparations to remove the remaining hair atop his nearly bald head. The perplexed druggist questions the need, while the man explains his aim is to end his ongoing frustration with hair loss by a single sweeping solution.
In a witty riff Shakespearean line and a speaker with mouse colored whiskers argue a name can open doors. Stuyvesant Van Rensselaer Gouverneur evoke images of prestige, steering a boy toward high status and trust positions by age forty.
A Manchester Union quip derides the dull man who claims infallibility while fretting over neighbors’ errors and never admitting his own.
A short note from Hallock Enterprise discusses how men often avoid taking action in similar situations while women are judged for their methods, reflecting on gendered expectations and behaviors.
An antique advertisement promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a remedy for intestinal inflammation and death risk. The piece also references a press agent joke from Louisville Journal and notes on tea and dating morals.
Cartoon panel joke about household care where a dog distemper cure is claimed by a product and a back and forth about washing a face leads to a humorous exchange between Grandma Naughty and Polly.
At a reunion a member rose to praise the gentle 59th thanking them as the last in the field and the first to save others. A fellow Irish compatriot challenged him with a quip praising the old 59th as unrivaled.
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