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Hamiota Echo

Location

Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Dec 11, 1913

Page

8

Fond Young Mother Describes Baby Matching Father

The mother confirms the baby resembles his father in appearance and manner. She notes the infant occasionally emits a yell that imitates cheering a home team.

Baby

Man Finds Fossil or Hog Bone in Field

Minard's Liniment inspires a joke as Professor Beanbrough celebrates a discovery. Farmer Sodbuster debunks the find as a hog burial. A separate courtroom scene shows a restless young man asked to explain his disturbances while the judge jokes about lost overcoats.

British Grouse Hunters Open Season on August 12

A long tale contrasts grouse shooting tradition with business, showing English social life halting for two weeks of hunting. A New Yorker learns patience as a financier delays meetings until after the hunt. The piece ends with a wry exchange about fish eating and intelligence.

Britain New York London Hut

Unexpected Bet Stirred by Rash Youth Dialogue

A youth wagers on a woman's future actions while an elder advises caution. Miller's Worm Powders are advertised as a remedy to expel worms and improve health, claiming the product ends a child’s restlessness and pain by removing the worm cause.

Irish Witness in Baltimore Burglary Trial

A Baltimore lawyer recounts an Irish witness in a burglary trial who feels alarmed by his sudden prominence in court. The judge reminds him to tell the truth and the witness nervously replies that he will do his best, asking the gentlemen for a little ally at the start.

Baltimore Casey

Penurious Woman Confronts Loyal Maid Over Leave

A penurious woman argues with her maid who has served three weeks, insisting she has been treated as family and declaring she will not endure the situation any longer. The exchange reveals tension as the maid resolves to depart.

Lizzie Indade

Electric meal orders by numbered menu system

A patent style idea enables restaurant patrons to order by numbers from an index bill. A railway work gang anecdote features Pat the Irishman claiming he is good with figures. Jokes about schooling and family life appear with moral quips and quips on marriage and responsibility.

Pat

Theatre manager reassigns roles to banker's dismay

A touring company cuts two actors to save costs and asks a banker to take their parts. The banker balks fearing a staged stabbing scene in the second scene of the third act and a servant who intervenes to save him.

Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Health and Energy

Life's sunshine returns as Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to cure a wide range of ailments from headaches and neuralgia to rheumatism and eczema by restoring red blood. A Haileybury witness recalls dramatic recovery after illness linked to tropical service, praising the pills and offering purchase through Brockville Ontario dealers or mail order.

Dr. Williams F. Ashford Haileybury Ont India Peshawar Valley Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co Brockville

Man Bids Free Entry to Crowd of Boys at Circus Tent

A man in a small New Hampshire city told the ticket taker to admit the many boys and count them as they passed. After all entered he announced twenty eight, claiming he had guessed the number exactly.

New Hampshire

The Original New Zealanders described as fierce cannibals

The text recounts that the original New Zealanders were seen as ferocious cannibals and warlike savages. It notes their size, muscular strength, and sagacity, and mentions beliefs about burial where the heart separates on the third day and is borne to the clouds by an attendant spirit.

Kentucky druggist stops boy collision in town incident

A drug store proprietor in a small Kentucky town bumped by a boy rushing from a corner. The lad explains he is trying to prevent a fight between two boys, admitting he himself is one of them. The exchange leaves the clerk puzzled about the other boy involved.

Kentucky

German two section electric wire moulding introduced

A new German designed electric wire moulding arrives in two sections. The first section attaches to the wall and the wires are laid in it. The second section completes the installation, supported by a cover.

Germany Jin Spramy ™ Oa

Of Little Value Young Mother Dialogue

A newspaper snippet presents a fraught joke between a mother and Mr. Bache about an unwanted baby. The exchange riffs on monetary value and future earnings, reflecting harsh sentiment about life and viability.

Holloway's Corn Cure Praised for Unique Healing Power

The advertisement extols Holloway's Corn Cure as a powerful remedy unmatched by other preparations, claiming it has cured countless cases and possessed a unique efficacy.

Holloway

Europe to host balloon stations for alr current study

Scientists urge a network of stations across Europe for regular balloon releases to study air currents. Germany has opened more than fifteen stations and Russia plans to establish fifty.

Europe Germany Russia

Trouble With The Eyes

An ad explains eye strain from nervous exhaustion weakens the optic nerve causing headaches. It touts Dr Chase's Nerve Food to revitalize nerve cells, boost blood red cell formation, and restore eyesight. claims headaches ease and light sensitivity improves without glasses.

Optician Chase

Origin of Iron Duke nickname linked to steamship

The Iron Duke designation for Wellington arose after a Mersey steamship named the Duke of Wellington. Biographer Sir Herbert Maxwell notes the nickname matched Wellington's resolve and energy, with the transition appearing natural over time.

Wellington Waterloo Mersey Duke of Wellington Sir Herbert Maxwell

The Judge Questions Thefts Over A Dispensary Prescription

The judge questions a defendant accused of stealing a doctor’s watch after a prescription. The prisoner admits the act but explains he was in a hole and had no watch, claiming the prescription ordered a spoonful every hour.

Imitation Minard’s Liniment Sold Cheap in Toronto

A druggist can obtain a greasy imitation of MINARD'S LINIMENT from a Toronto house at a very low price and label it as his own product. The fake is described as the poorest version yet seen among many imitations. Ask for MINARD'S and you will get the genuine.

Minard Toronto Tom, Dick Harry

The Peony Through Ages A Chinese Glory

The tree peony Paenia moutan, native to China, has a 1500 year history of beauty and fragrance. For over a thousand years China has kept seedling records and traits, making the flower a favored emblem of emperors. It inspired painters and poets in Chinese culture.

Paenia Moutan China Hwa Wang

Wrong End First Willie is urged by anxious mother

The infant’s mother, agitated by the sudden appearance of a rich relative, tells Willie to kiss his Uncle John and then wash his face at once.

Willie John

Irishman buys scented or unscented soap in drug store prank

A famous inventor recalls a morning scene in a drug store where a young Irishman points to a stack of green castile soap and asks for it, choosing scented soap to take with him after a witty exchange with the clerk.

Irfehman

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