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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1911
Page
7
A patient reports years of suffering and partial relief from various remedies until Peruna produced a full cure after four months of use. The testimonial thanks the manufacturer for the product and its perceived healing effects.
A Zanesville widow consults a tombstone maker about an appropriate inscription for her late husband. The maker suggests placing the exact phrase Now To My Husband In An Appropriate Place, prompting the widow to reconsider the wording. The anecdote reflects concerns over proper memorial phrasing and social decorum.
An old advertisement touts Dr J Cheney and Tole selling a catarrh cure with claims of internal action on mucous surfaces. A testimonial from a Toledo pharmacist supports the remedy and price is listed. The page also includes a joke about postage stamps and a football rule quip from Puck.
A reader from Louisville objects to a policeman kissing a baby in the park. The exchange reflects community concerns about police interaction with children and public propriety. The letter presents a resident’s vigilant stance and a counterstatement from another resident, highlighting local social norms.
The advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion strengthens a child quickly and also enriches the mother, suggesting broad health benefits for the family.
Teachers explore the government annuities plan as a secure retirement option. A city example shows a 43 year old with no heirs converting 1000 dollars to an annuity, yielding 69.67 annually after disability. The piece explains benefits, conditions, and suggests contacting the Ottawa Annuities Superintendent. It also promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for delicate women, noting gentle action and widespread use.
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a biting remark claiming the father did not simply give away the bride he gave away a million and tossed her aside. The line reflects a sharp critique of a marriage arrangement and social expectations.
An advertisement for Shilohs Cure promises quick relief for coughs colds throat and lungs at 25 cents. The piece then recounts a humorous dialogue with Arthur Hawkes Camden Northern Railway publicity chief about The British News of Canada and English audience dialogue in a cockney accent.
The article surveys competing views on pumpkin origins, noting claims of Native American cultivation, Asiatic ancestry, and early English use since 1570. It also observes widespread European cultivation, highlighting Paris area market gardeners sowing in April and transplanting in May.
A compact look at the term Yegemen or yeegman as a cross between a tram and a burglar. The description notes these travelers move across the country by stealing or begging rides on freight trains and often target banks or post offices in small towns. Some face injury and become known as ex yeegmen after a loss of limb.
Mrs Henry J Jacques of Bondu Lac Manitoba reports curing her heart disease by using Dodd's Kidney Pills after kidney issues. She says swelling, back pain, and heart trouble vanished after three boxes, leaving her in excellent health. The ad-like piece links heart disease to kidney health and promotes ongoing use to protect the kidneys.
A Philadelphia man shares a long, personal testimonial about scalp disease and hair loss. He credits Cuticura Remedies, including Soap and Ointment, with stopping itching, healing sores, and restoring a full head of hair after three years of suffering.
Walter Ackroyd of Magrath notes 1908 ground preparation yielded good crops despite drought in 1909. He describes soil, plowing, discing, and weed control methods that led to solid grain stands, while spring sowing failed and early seeding worsened moisture loss.
Ve Tome S McEwade, a Duluth millionaire, comments on hygiene and faith cures in an exchange. He recalls stories of faith cures and compares them to a barber's error tale about a bottle of hair restorer causing two bumps, with a quip about Senator Smug and a note on trust.
A private secretary notes a visitor’s claim of riding the railroad’s suburban branch, prompting a formal response from the railroad president’s aide. The exchange includes a clipped, pompous visitor and a brief, humor-laced aside.
A brief humorous note from the Buffalo Express describes a man who appears benevolent yet is believed to be in the furnace room because his wife tends the furnace. The cartoon-like caption plays on appearances versus domestic duties.
A mother and daughter aboard a vessel endure rough seas as they debate seasickness and yawning. The daughter reveals she has spent the week training a waitress and explains it is for the family she is now serving. Life.
The fragment references Shilohs Cure claiming quick relief for coughs colds and lung issues at a price of 25 cents and a London Tit-Bits joke about a tin-haired man paying a shilling for haircuts. The humor contrasts medicine claims with a barber's complaint about sparse hair.
An ad promises a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide quinine tablets and offers a refund if it fails. The message bears W. Groves signature on each box. The piece also includes a humorous exchange about a rosebud mouth and a purple cow remark from a brother.
A humorous exchange ends with Miss Noling confessing delays from Leaflandville while traveling by the North-transfer routes. Miss Sterling teases why the trunk wasn’t sent on the N T C as explained by a friend who says the N T C is not a trunk line.
The ad promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a tonic for women with low blood, claiming improved health, energy, and family life. It cites Mrs. Fanny Shepherd of Girvin Sask who reports renewed strength after use and recommends the pills, sold 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 by The Dr Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
The Hermit Peer of Clanricarde, the fifteenth earl and second marquis, lives in retirement at The Albany. He guards a Cinquecento jewel known as Hercules and the Diamond Sword, an enamel and diamond plaque lent to exhibitions and praised by Sir Julius Wernher as among the world’s great jewels.
For thirty eight years Rev. William Cuff of Shore lited Tabernacle has served the poor of London's East End. Once a butcher he swapped carcasses for souls and fed, clothed, and counseled the community. He recalls dressing a child in a suit and a mother joking that he had made a boy of her.
The text traces a historical medical prejudice against drinking water. It cites Sir William Vaughan who warned water ought seldom to be drunk and notes a general distrust of water as a healthful drink for men. It mentions warnings about water for children and a bias linking water to quackery, with Wesley recommending water only if it agrees with the stomach.
Describes ganjali a Hindu hemp smoked by natives in Jamaica with severe effects on beginners. Reports claim it awakens distorted senses of time sound and distance and that prolonged use may trigger epileptic fits and eventual idiocy and raging mania.
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