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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 15, 1917
Page
6
A terse exchange unfolds with a man returning home at 2 am to find his wife silent in the hall. After a full minute of stillness she finally speaks at length, suggesting a charged domestic moment captured in brief dialogue.
Dialog notes a comedic exchange about New Year resolutions and finances. A humorous comment links moral decisions to being broke after Christmas, implying restraint is easier when funds are low. The exchange reflects lighthearted social observation on self-control and timing.
The Winnipeg Free Press totals 1936 provincial market returns for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta valuing livestock and dairy and the first four months grain at 258 010 681. It compares 1915 254 102 954 and 1914 140 609 535. Wheat through Winnipeg 1916 crop 97 000 000 bushels passed. Oats barley flax valued over 10 000 000 higher than prior year. Total grand year by source includes wheat 161 389 955 oats 22 155 625 barley 6 891 ve r flax 6 851 803 dairy 12 728 614 stockyards 19 346 203 Calgary yards 10 110 770 Edmonton yards three months 618 251 hay potatoes roots 17 938 000.
A court heard remarks from counsel and the plaintiff in a debt case. The plaintiff recounted asking payment and the defendant replying Go to the devil before the plaintiff sought legal advice from his solicitor.
A concise note contrasts giving advice with choosing not to speak it. It suggests both actions carry simplicity and restraint, implying value in measured communication and thoughtful restraint.
The Boston Transcript notes that W. Harkness who died May 1 saw his fortune rise by 7,618,991 dollars between his death and December 7 when an appraisal disclosed his wealth. His estate swelled to about 60,000,000 as possessions increased in value while he lay in his grave.
A Dartmouth reader endorses Minard's Liniment Co limited product, claiming twenty five years of use and recommending it for colds, bruises, and sprains, noting it works when rubbed and inhaled. The letter lauds effectiveness and reliability.
The Detroit News reports three tracts in Ontario of 6000 to 8000 square miles each remain unvisited by whites. An east region near Reindeer Lake and Kasan River totals 73 009 square miles yet to be explored, larger than several New England states combined. Overall about 901 000 square miles would appear as unexplored on maps, excluding smaller unvisited areas.
A Practical Farmer piece argues that lead pencils reveal which crops and cows yield highest profits and that timing and labor savings justify new machinery. The text promotes careful observation to identify where time and money can be saved.
A 19th century advertisement claims Parmalee's Vegetable Pills clear the stomach and bowels of impurities with mild action and mighty results. The copy asserts painless purging and a permanent cure, suitable for delicate constitutions with no painful effects prior to action.
A Wide World Magazine excerpt describes a Japanese superstition in which a wife harms a rival by driving nails into a straw effigy nailed to a shrine ground tree. Each night she prays for the rival’s death, believing illness will strike the target until death. The practice, ancient but largely vanished except in villages.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each tubeless catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason notarizes this December 6, 1880. The company claims internal action through the blood to the mucous surfaces and offers testimonials.
A analysis notes French in Lower Canada share ancestry with Britons, Brittany Bretons, Normans, and Danes, tracing origins to Brittany and Normandy. Early St. Lawrence explorers blended lyric French traits with British perseverance, per Hamilton Spectator. Holloway's Corn Cure is advertised as removing corn at the root.
A Toronto letter from a Canadian lieutenant aboard a British Grand Fleet ship compares the navy’s growth to a green bay tree and notes swift modernization. He praises Britain's wartime manufacturing power and the awe inspired by speed and power, even as old ships are pruned and new branches appear.
A teenager aged sixteen, known as Alice, adopts the name E. Alysse Jones. Enrolled in a new school, she confirms her chosen spelling with the headmistress, who asks for how Jones is spelled. The exchange underscores her poetic rebranding and schooling transition.
A London hospital orderly recalls astonishing war medical feats including jaw reconstruction from rib grafts and artificial teeth, spinal cord reattachments, heart fragment removal, and regained mobility. The piece also advertises Dr Kellogg’s asthma remedy promising renewed hope and vitality for sufferers.
A quip from Life imagines a hippo lamenting prosperity as he cannot hire a servant to prepare his morning mud bath. The exchange highlights whimsy about luxury and the absurdity of abundance.
The winter season traps the infant in stuffy rooms, causing frequent colds and stomach ailments. A mother’s remedy is Baby's Own Tablets to regulate digestion and ease colds, sold by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. for 25 cents a box from Brockville Ontario or via mail order.
A Minnesota man recalls a western rail trip where a passenger spots a sign and asks the conductor if there will be time for a soda before departure. The conductor reassures him and offers to join for a drink, saying they can fix it together.
Extravagant expenditure on silk stockings and showy boots is rising as economy in dress fades among the war enriched population. A firm notes stockings of artificial silk cost 4s or 5s a pair, with merino tops, and boot prices soar as manufacturers report limitless pricing.
A country hotel proprietor glimpses a waiter chasing a chicken in the yard. The waiter clings to a bowl and explains it contains mushrooms, claiming a gentleman wants chicken smothered with mushrooms and he is trying to smother him.
Dialogue snippet shows Mrs Blunderby praising niece and ward as well as their cordial relation. The exchange hints at domestic harmony and social propriety within a witty, observational tone.
The Matin lauds French aviators and the Royal Flying Corps. In Egypt a plane was attacked by three enemy machines. the English pilot was wounded but landed safely after reporting his observer, who died. Lieutenant Albert Ball led a bombing raid against twenty enemy planes, destroying several and pursuing others until his fuel ran out.
A Buffalo Express piece contrasts the German emperor's gloomy call for sacrifices with General Nivelle's optimistic pledge for a victorious 1917. The observer questions whether race underpins the tonal divergence in leadership orders during wartime.
A joke author sought acceptance at a major paper. The editor rejected his quip with the note Too original to be good. He sent a second piece and received Too good to be original. The exchange appeared in Cloveland Plain Dealer.
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