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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Linseed Licorice and ChaFyne as a remedy for coughing and throat irritation. It claims the formula soothes coughs helps sleep and treats the underlying mucus irritation. Children are urged to take it since it tastes agreeable.
Irving H. Wheatcroft ships one hundred thoroughbred horses from Lexington to Vancouver via Soo Line and Canadian Pacific. The six day limit is smashed with arrival in Vancouver at 8:50 a.m. on October 11 after departure October 13 from St Paul. Horses later sail to Australia aboard the Kish from Vancouver.
A collage of quips and a Holloway's Corn Cure advertisement plus a Puck gag. It includes lines about a professor's tongue, a joke about a wife, a remark on wart treatment, and a humorous anecdote of a busy aunt peering from a window.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Shilohs Cure for coughs and throat relief priced at five cents, alongside a garbled question about marriage and college. The passage also references Mabel and a conditional plan regarding marriage and college entry.
Advertises Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney and Co claiming cure for catarrh targeting the mucous membranes with a $100 reward for a non curing case. Mentions Eustachian tube inflammation causing rumbling and loss of bearing. Notes Edystone lighthouse in England and ancient warning fires near Alexandria two centuries before Christ.
A saleslady offers trading stamps with bathing suits. Mrs. Shyly reacts with humor and insistence that the wearer should have more coverage, even if only a stamp.
The article notes tobacco seeds are extremely small, stating a thimbleful can sow over an acre of ground. It highlights the minuteness of the seeds and their efficient spread for large planting areas.
The article notes bail can redeem himself only while in the game, but cannot play if he remains on the bench. It emphasizes limited return to action and the constraint of not bench duty turning into active play.
The tallest trees are Australian eucalyptus at about 480 feet, with California mammoth trees reaching 276 to 373 feet and up to 108 feet in girth. Some are 2,000 to 2,100 years old. The oldest may be on Cos island off Asia Minor, wall preserved and 30 feet in circumference. Ancient timbers in buildings exceed a thousand years, and Roman piles survive two thousand years underwater. Wood lasting longer when submerged is noted, and the U S government studies preserving wood with oils and tar to extend life.
A speaker warns that reputation is vital and acts as capital for a young person entering business. Slurs ruin employability and influence, while public warnings are often scoffed at. Protecting a spotless name requires prudence, especially to avoid appearances of evil and harmful gossip.
A judge jokes about contempt of court to an amused bar and clerk as a milkman witness recalls a summons for debt from twenty years ago tied to Casey the tailor, highlighting courtroom humor and memory.
Miss Lovely warns of telling her father as a bold suitor kisses her repeatedly. She seeks her father who brings a gun. A window is shattered as Mr Bolder bolts toward the railway, fleeing the scene.
An aviator and his wife aboard an airship plan a first trip but fear landing when she thinks she lost a pearl button from her jacket. The pilot reassures and notes the glistening object near Lake Pyle.
A quip from Ladies Home Journal recounts a sharp exchange. A reporter printed a piece on Willie Brown burned by a live wire, prompting a teasing note asking which is the west end of a boy, answered with The end the son sets on.
A scientist argues that insects have emotions and recalls witnessing a mosquito weep. The piece notes skepticism from a comic aside about a moth ball and echoes a Philadelphia Record tongue in cheek commentary.
A humorous village debate unfolds as Milkfan taunts a rival over cow safety, offering five dollars if any cow was bitten by a mad dog. The exchange critiques quality and old fears about dairy milk in a rural setting.
An exchange questions what a suffragette could achieve in politics while a woman is deemed unlikely as a logical candidate. A customer service remark about handling a coin is noted amid the dialogue.
Ambassador James Bryce spoke at a Washington reception urging abolition of birching at Eton. He praised the move and warned masters once believed in harsh discipline. A Los Angeles Times note references the phrase about a pupil’s extremity being a teacher’s opportunity. A Sunday school child, Johnny Williams, causes mild concern in a fleeting comic remark from Harper’s.
The excerpt discusses advice to publish small editions to maximize long term value. It quotes Cleve noting that the scarcer a book becomes after centuries, the more money it yields. The dialogue frames edition size as a strategic factor for future gains.
A French aviator on a holiday flight soars with grand boasts above the blue sea but is toppled by a gust and falls into the water. A holidaymaker rescues him, sparking a brisk exchange about his jam factory work and the rescuer’s sharp wit.
A new minister assesses Rastus as honest and industrious yet unsociable. The clergyman urges neighborliness and love for one another, while Rastus quips he interacts with others as much as they do with him and admits not being self-absorbed.
Higgins and Latherberry discuss Wagner with enthusiasm. Parzifal is praised as the opera of choice with a long intermission allowing a lobster meal and a nap before the next act begins.
A duke asks for marriage. the heiress cites commitment to the count. The duke reveals he paid the count five dollars to secure his position, prompting a confession of a trivial bribe and a prioritization of the count.
A terse exchange shows Jack Gale’s crew defeating the Lobster before the vessel turns turtle, prompting questions about the outcome and the ship’s fate.
A vain woman twirls before a mirror and is teased about her yellow and white outfit. A large man in embroidered slippers remarks the colors resemble a fried egg, prompting amused reactions from the observer.
Fragmentary OCR mentions pea n averages and Scotsmen tied to a theme about the United Republics and France for corresponding periods. Details are incomplete and names or dates are unclear.
The excerpt quotes Colonel Roosevelt stressing early work with boys to ensure durable reforms. It warns that poorly raised children threaten both families and the state, urging parents to supervise moral upbringing and citing the Wise King on training a child.
A brief humorous exchange references a job as an office boy and staying awake. The dialogue contrasts being alert with pretending to be asleep when seeing someone kiss a typewriter. The comic tone mirrors a newspaper snippet from the Washington Star.
Inherited Clinton I suppose your little ones ask many embarrassing questions. Clubleigh Yes they are just like their mother. The proof of the wedding is in the alimony. Boston Transcript Life
J C Green a rheumatism and lumbago sufferer for five years reports fast relief and cure from Dodd's Kidney Pills at Clam Bank Cove Bay St George Nfld. Mel Green, a well known resident, also credits Dodd's with cures after five years of pain and fatigue. He says strain and cold caused his trouble and he now sleeps better and feels restored. Dodd's Kidney Pills are praised as a universal cure for kidney ills.
Quote features Senator Sorem ham arguing patriotism motivates reform while resenting foreign endorsement. The Washington Star frames the idea as a tension between national duty and external approval.
A party guest attempts a riddle about a woman and ivy. He misstates the old joke and delivers a muddled punchline. Ladies present fail to respond appropriately before he offers a clumsy variant.
Canadian Pacific Railway plans to spend 5 to 7 million dollars on a new Chicago freight terminal and auxiliary yard. The Soo Line and Wisconsin Central assets are repositioned with land purchases totaling 1.39 million dollars for a new termin al and Grand Central Station access after lease expiry. 195 parcels have been bought for 639,900 dollars.
Disturbance of the stomach and liver precede fever and ague, signaling digestive derangements and blood deterioration. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are said to rapidly abate fever and subdue ague in a few days. A solicitor asks about hair loss and is told a cardboard box offers a simple remedy.
The Chicago Record Herald remarks that averting war and preventing illness is preferable to fighting or curing. It promotes Hamilins Wizard Oil as a household safeguard and cites a cynical line about wealth from fooling the public and a mistaken claim of genius.
A humorous Victorian style dialogue shows a job seeker claiming to be “the doer” while bosses and clerks pass tasks along. The piece notes naval matters and a remark on Rome's bridge history with a concluding line about Roman construction.
Jewelers seek an international standard carat as Belgium leads efforts to fix the weight at 200 milligrams. Traditionally a carat equals 3.2 grains in English speaking countries, though the origin from the Greek word for the carob fruit shows historical uncertainty.
A dialogue contrasts youth and adulthood as a character longs for the hunger of boyhood while noting he no longer pays his board. The exchange highlights the clash between realism and romance in aging.
In a sharp exchange the Baltimore American questions the credibility of witnesses. The paper notes a long history of branding crimes and jokes about lying, referencing the 1822 abolition of branding for crimes.
Coroner's jury concluded the collision was caused by negligence of Simon Turner, though Turner was only a passenger on the ill fated train. The inquest noted Turner was the sole deceased they could identify.
The battleship Suffragette arrived today under Captain Matilda Screech. The vessel landed a party of bluejackets trimmed with real lace.
Turkey announces a sweeping military mobilization totaling about one million personnel to support its war effort. Officials describe the operation as a major national defense push amid regional tensions and alliance commitments.
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