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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
Prof. J M Rutherford of the University of California extols American grit and humor as faces fate with smiles. An anecdote from a Southern Pacific journey recounts two desert town residents bragging about leaving with only one pair of pants, highlighting luck and resilience.
The article promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a liver tonic that purifies the blood and improves skin clarity. It appeals to ladies, claiming healthful liver action yields gratifying, blemish free skin.
A Washington Star quotation features a ready-made philosopher remarking that you cannot get something for nothing, while M Lamkinson counters that the chaos he deals with on Wall Street seems to manage it.
An advertisement touts a constitutional remedy for catarrh from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It claims internal dosing, direct action on mucous surfaces, and offers a $100 reward if it fails to cure. Also promotes Mall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A real estate agent informs a client that the East 200th Street flat is too large and proposes a nearby unit on the next block that would fit well. The exchange highlights a practical housing search in a city setting.
For years Mother Graves' Worn Exterminator has ranked as the most effective preparation manufactured and it always maintains its reputation.
The brief weather note reports rain hail and thunder storms in the area with a practical nod to changing conditions. A vintage exchange about the weather in daily life contrasts with a humorous anecdote about General Edward M McCook and his regiment.
The Nations Bureau of Breeding plans to station more stallions across Quebec Saskatchewan New Brunswick and Manitoba and continue placements through winter. Cal Boy by Pleudit the American champion stands with Dr Amedie Marien at Rivieres Prairies and will mate with Laval area mares as the bureau eyes expansion aided by Major Samuel Harris and Lord French arrival in Canada.
A reminiscence recalls a Halifax style prank by Toronto students who serenaded a woman’s residence near Queen’s Park two or three years earlier. Plain clothes police officers and reporters mingled with the crowd as the revelers sang and the ladies appeared in night robes to kiss them goodbye. The note from an onlooker reveals the police officer’s punchline that the crowd was not students at all but “the help.”
The CPR handled 3,359 freight cars in 24 hours at the Winnipeg terminal, with 1,613 received and 1,746 forwarded. Of the received cars, 1,353 were loaded and 388 empty, and passenger traffic remained heavy. If placed end to end, the cars would stretch 31 miles.
The Sioux of Manitoba and the West used a two headed conjurer’s drum called wakanchan chagba. It appeared in religious ceremonies and healings, decorated with crude animal pictures, and was struck vigorously to appease deities or aid the sick.
An excerpt from Illustrated Bits features a humorous exchange about aging and marriage with a mock brain health ad for Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. Uncle Totterly mutters about marrying again while the Old Codger jokes about choosing a wife who will look well in black.
Special feature explains Gravel or bladder stone as a kidney disease that can be cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Calvin R. Snyder testifies to back pain and frequent urination improving after use. The ad urges readers with urinary issues to try the pills and mentions a humorous aside about engagement rings.
A period advertisement asserts Baby's Own Tablets are absolutely safe for newborns and older children. It claims no opiate or poisonous ingredients, backed by a government analyst guarantee. The product promises relief from indigestion, colic, constipation, diarrhoea, teething troubles, worms, colds, and prevention of croup, sold 2½ cents per box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
A witty bon mot from Bon Vivant style humor about proposing before marriage and a humorous reply implying a marriage to the proposer.
A Lakefield resident writes from October 9 1907 praising Minard s Liniment Co Ltd for hip and back relief after a July accident. He used a crutch for 14 months and credits the product for his复 recovery.
A barber holds up a pink bottle claiming it boosts business while his wary customer replies he already has all the business he needs. The exchange hints at a sharp wager or prank in a tense interaction.
A Louisville Times excerpt recounts Senator La Follette at a dinner and a strange anecdote about Harvey Lanigan whose mother-in-law was poisoned by rat killer mistaken for pain relief. The tale ends with Lanigan cautioning against Squills and Co as a unreliable drug source.
Davieville resident M. Bauer credits Gin Pills with curing years of bladder trouble after a free sample led to a six box course. He reports four months of treatment ended his suffering and urges others to try the remedy, with prices listed as 50 cents per box and five boxes for $2.50.
In a Boston Transcript snippet Willie and Tommy debate a wooden contraption and the promise of future gains, highlighting a playful exchange about fairness and fortune within a family context.
Mrs. M. Summers of Windsor Ontario offers free home treatment and instructions to mothers for cure of bed wetting in children and adults. She urges not to blame the child and promises relief for daytime or nighttime urine trouble without sending money.
A reader named Margie asks Effie how to tell apart the letters d and b. Effie answers with a mnemonic about the tummy on its back. The exchange appears in Tit Bits.
A Chicago News quip discusses a mother asking about smoking cigars for her birthday and a husband replying he will save them for Johnny when he grows up. The gag highlights a humorous misreading of remedies and parental control.
Lifebuoy Soap proves delightfully refreshing for bath and toilet use. It cleanses and purifies underwear and fabrics, offering a strong cleansing effect for daily grooming.
An old remedy prescribes two ounces glycerine one half ounce virgin oil of pine compound pure and eight ounces whiskey for coughs colds and bronchial trouble. The Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati supplies genuine virgin oil of pine compound in half ounce vials for dispensing. A separate Chicago News joke shows a man killing caterpillars with cigars in a tree while his wife scolds him.
Short ad style note extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil to treat burns and scalds fast with no prep. It claims immediate relief and quick pain cessation. The piece also includes a brief Cleveland Plain Dealer joke about Wrigley adjusting to country living and a late return from the office.
Advertised remedy claims to relieve eye troubles from Marine Eye Remedy Co. A Young Woman praises the product while a Yale Senior notes it as appealing. The firm is based in Toronto and offers free literature.
A humorous dialogue from Pearson's Weekly features a housewife challenging a self described sailor named Hornpipe Harry. He modifies nautical phrases to fit an airship persona claiming to be an airship sailor while selling a cure.
Mails for Gowganda and Elk City draw long lines of couriers and villagers to a tiny post office. For weeks Gowganda mail has been taken to Long Pointe Lake twelve miles away where men carry sacks over a rough road to the grading area. Four large mail sacks were unloaded recently with thousands of letters awaiting sorting by a limited postal staff in a building barely larger than a packing case.
Dillon Wallace describes Mexico's diverse wildlife from high Sierra Madres to coastal plains. He notes bears including silver tip and grizzly relatives, plentiful white tailed deer, mule and blacktail, mountain lions, panthers, jaguar, timber wolves, and the dangerous javalin wild boar that hunts in bands.
Mrs Graymore discusses a strange tale of a man named Samuels who was shot by a footpad but saved by a latchkey in his vest pocket. The anecdote notes his $10000 life insurance payable to his wife and mocks the idea of a latchkey as a great safeguard before the conversation ends with a quip about gas shutting off.
A writer in the Elektrotechnische Anzeiger argues ancient peoples used electricity and lightning conductors. He cites temple heliographs, lightning protection, and metallic points with chained terminals draining into water tanks, aligning with descriptions in first Kings and second Chronicles.
A London Times comment describes the crank as a collector of causes who advocates every odd creed with equal zeal. He denies instinctive wisdom and venerable tradition, claiming wisdom has just appeared and is held by only a few. He seeks sweeping life changes in all areas.
Mrs C C Edwards of Macleod Alberta compiles a book on Canadian women's legal status. She notes fathers own child control and education rights, and require only a father's consent for a minor daughter's marriage amid a Quebec case where a 12 year old was wed to a man over forty.
Ontario peaches, grown outdoors in Canada, are displayed in London, England in Emigration Office and CPR offices. Shoppers in Army and Navy Stores ask how this open-air fruit from Ontario is produced while the peaches sell for sixpence each after several middlemen before reaching diners.
London Tit-Bits reports a clever device found in a London gambling den. A table hides an invisible top drawer opened by a spring. Cards moved by the sharp vanish through a secret passage to a confederate on the other side.
A bear in its natural state patiently waits on a log or bank for fish. Salmon and trout are his favorites and he captures them with a quick snap and a roll into his jaws as he vanishes from view.
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