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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
10
Classified notice seeking female workers from Armour Art Dept. B in Winnipeg for at home tasks. Advertises earnings from three to five dollars daily, mentions decor ating cushion tong.
A poet asks about manuscript costs while the postmaster explains two cents per ounce for first class mail. The scene shifts to a flirtatious, tension filled moment with a beautiful girl leaning close as cigars and a jewel heist are referenced. The dialogue mixes light romance with a comic streetwise threat.
A Vienna encounter shows the great pianist De Pachmann joking about a future monument for himself and a tablet inscription. A Philadelphia pupil’s arithmetic lesson ends with the mother learning every classmate’s answers were wrong, as the student explains other mothers were wrong too.
A fragmented extract references detective banter about Stump and past life disclosures, election agents plotting to insinuate shady deals, and a bride's remark on selfish men. The text also notes a brief domestic scene with lamb chops prepared by a cook.
A child asks if Regzie-If pa would go to heaven if he died, and a parent replies to hush the notion as silly.
The report notes a quiet courthouse moment with a bailiff asking about meals after a long day and a foreman tallying dinners. In San Francisco a colored woman completes voter registration with amused wonder at the process, expressing relief at its simplicity and surprise at its familiarity to others.
Advert copy touts Dr Chase's Ointment as a cure for eczema claiming it quickly kills skin fire and soothes itching. It highlights many uses for itching chafing or irritation and asserts success in long standing cases.
A fragment describing ticket criteria at a state fair and questions about changing tickets. The speaker notes money involved and implies tickets are not forgotten once issued, hinting at a policy or experience with entry procedures.
A neighbor finds a cheerful seven year old Charlie eating a large peppermint candy before breakfast. He explains he was sick yesterday and now is fine. The exchange hints at domestic tensions with his wife asserting control and referring to him wearing a bathing suit her made.
The article notes rubber’s early role as a plaything in Columbus era stories. It cites Haitian natives making rubber balls centuries before European awareness and mentions Spanish use in Mexico for waterproofing cloaks. It also records rubber’s first appearance in England as a curiosity for erasing pencil marks.
An ad-like piece describes half speed living caused by nerve weakness from watery blood. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy, cites a testimonial from Newton Mardew of North Tryon P B 1, and notes pills are sold by dealers or mailed Brockville Ont for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
Bishop Rutherford retells a New York Bar scandal involving Colonel Byrne who defended a man accused of murder. The alibi hinges on moonlight, the jury laughs, and the defendant is acquitted after Byrne reveals there was no moon. Byrne explains paying four hundred dollars for the almanac.
Relief for suffering everywhere claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills ease indigestion and disorders of the digestive system. The ad asserts the pills relieve where others fail, urging long study behind a sure corrector of digestive ailments.
A stranger asks where to find the chief of police. Locals point to the officer by the Palace hotel, described as shining a grocery drummer’s shoes nearby.
A mother and two brothers clash over sharing marbles. Willie hoards the toys, while Ma argues against giving in. Willie claims his brother has swallowed two marbles and the exchange reflects broader tensions about control and obedience.
Dr. Thom as' Eclectic Oil will take the fire out of a burn or scald more rapidly than any other preparation. It should be at hand in every kitchen so that it may be available at any time. There is no preparation required just apply the oil to the burn or scald and the pain will abate and in a short time cease altogether.
A speaker explains he involves his wife before any business transaction. Her advice rarely helps him but it mitigates her shock as he anticipates a trim or loss in the outcome.
A light exchange jokes that a palmist told the speaker truths, while humorously noting that the wife has been doing the same for years. The line implies long standing domestic insight and playful self awareness.
An old advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy for red weak watery eyes and granulated lids. It claims soothing effects without smarting and offers marine eye salve in aseptic tubes and a liquid product. Includes free eye books by mail and an eye tonic seed for all eyes.
Learning George builds a tethered golf practice on the lawn. He swings hard but the ball returns after snapping the tether, and his wife asks what he has been doing. A House of Commons anecdote follows about a member courting a young woman and joking over a bouquet proposal amid rules.
A teacher explains how adding suffixes to nouns creates adjectives like joyous and courageous. Johnny Jones grins and adult humor appears as he offers pious meaning full of pie, causing a light moment during class.
Famous author Sir J M Barrie will spend several weeks each year at Killiecrankie Cottage at the Tenandry estate head of the Pass of Killiecrankie in Perthshire. Miss Marie Corelli occupied the cottage in a prior season.
A dramatic line hints at a pursuit of a man named Dick who has run off with the narrator's wife, implying betrayal and personal crisis. The fragment suggests a stagey 19th century melodrama tone centered on scandal and pursuit.
A London Public Health Department leaflet warns mothers not to rock babies. It argues rocking stifles the child and is linked to digestive disorders, as doctors oppose the practice and advocate other sleep methods.
A curious exchange features a woman desiring silk matching while being asked to reveal the shop’s entire inventory of refrigerators and grinding stones. The scene highlights negotiating tension over goods and preferences.
Aviator Pegoud performed a bold experiment at Chateaufort airfield in Paris. At seven hundred feet he released control of his craft and descended by parachute to the ground.
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