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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
6
Mrs Maris Goerts of Orienta Oklahoma shares how her family used Hartman medicines to recover from chronic catarrh and how she regained health enough to do housework alone. She notes her weight increased from 100 to 140 pounds and credits Dr Hartman for advice and books.
The line notes that giving is more blessed than receiving yet implies higher costs accompany generosity. It frames philanthropy as costly, suggesting a tension between moral reward and financial burden. The text hints at practical consequences for donors and institutions involved.
It travels widely as orders arrive from distant western and northern regions. Its fame grows as it earns recognition for humanity through its work. The piece notes the low cost that makes it accessible to many.
A fragmentary dialogue recalls Geraldine and an assertion that people cannot craft a man from imitation. The speaker notes even fine imitations fail to create a real person, reflecting on identity and authenticity.
A historical classified style notice promises a 100 dollar reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements for F J Cheney and references to druggists and wholesale druggists. The text is a fragmented testimonial style appeal with typical 19th century medical advertisement language.
An exchange of cigars between two men leads to a bold claim of returning good for evil. Mr Sirius Barker asserts not just trying but succeeding, noting a reciprocal gesture with Biggins who gave a cigar yesterday and Barker one of nine today. Washington Star.
Pursuant to Judge Denton’s order detectives turned over the formula plans and drawings of machinery used by former Morrison and Gibson employees to the Gillett Company. A scene features a maid at a piano as a song pleases a character.
A street conversation between two tramps contrasts a rich man with a different suit for each day and a man claiming to wear the same outfit already. The exchange highlights class disparity and pride in dress.
A dramatic note on Syed Ameer Ali rising to the judicial committee of the Privy Council. The piece extols his role as Calcutta judge and author on Mahometan law and lauds Islam’s historical contributions to science, philosophy, and liberty within the British Empire. It argues for religious liberty and cross faith influence in imperial governance.
The article traces how various peers carry the surname Smith or are linked to it. It notes Vernon Smith who became Lord Lyveden and his omission of the surname, Carrington substituting for Smith, and how Smith appeared in the name Smith Stanley in a Derby lineage. It also recounts youthful Radicals misnaming Lord Derby as Smith.
An anecdote about artist Lewis Baumer, linked to a joke from Woman at Home. The tale describes how a Whistler quip about an airship reached Baumer, then Punch, while multiple others sent similar versions, affecting the timing of the cartoon’s publication.
Lady Somerset of the English Temperance Association recalls a young campaign tale where a tramp asks help and is challenged with a question about beer. His reply humorously claims he cannot drink by quipping he does not squirt beer into his arm with a syringe.
A yellow flower variety from England's first chrysanthemum, introduced to Chelsea Botanic Gardens in 1764 by Philip Miller, remains in the British Museum herbarium. The specimen was preserved by Miller, but the flower failed to catch on after his death.
A shopper warns against substitutes for Zam-Buk noting imitators exist. The ad urges buyers to insist on the Zam-Buk name clearly printed on each packet to avoid paying extra for an inferior imitation.
A Washington Star excerpt presents a quip about enjoying a fire while the wind rages. Farmer Cortessel replies humorously that he is the man who fetches in the wood, not the one who sits by the fire, highlighting rural life contrasts.
An advertisement extols a home remedy said to strengthen nerves and improve health and personal magnetism. It claims help for nervous, despondent, sleepless and physically impaired readers, and for workers after late hours. Directions mix syrups and tinctures. take a teaspoon after meals and at night.
A comical scene unfolds as Ajax faces an electric storm, with boastful claims of ending the rival and warnings of a war. The incident escalates quickly as Ajax shifts focus to seeking arms and court places, amid chaotic chatter and crowd reactions.
Cure offered for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days or money back. Advert says price 56c and guarantee of relief or refund.
Frederick Townsend Martin described a New York dinner where McDonnald, Lord of the Isles, arrived late and sat by the door. The duke asked him to sit at the head, but the Lord of the Isles replied that wherever McDonald sits, there is the head of the table, reflecting Scottish pride.
The death of Frederick Greenwood, 79, famed editor of Pall Mall Gazette and founder of the St James Gazette, is announced in Sydenham. A lifelong journalist, he shaped political journalism and aided Britain’s Suez Canal influence, earning praise from George Meredith and Lord Morley.
General Sir Dighton Probyn receives the Order of the Bath. His career includes the Indian Mutiny where he earned the Victoria Cross by single handedly capturing a standards bearer amid a hail of bullets. A hunting trip with the future Queen accompanied by a humbling inn anecdote concludes the tale.
The artist Mortimer Menpes seeks to sell his Cadogan Gardens home famed for interiors sourced from Japan. He employed about 100 craftsmen over two years to craft ceilings doors panels and porcelain screens, shipped in a thousand packing cases. Menpes recalls sometimes workers would skip work to enjoy sunny blossom seasons in Japan.
A home remedy claimed to break a cold in 24 hours combines glycerine two ounces, Virgin Oil of Pine compound half ounce, and eight ounces of pure whiskey in a large bottle. Marketed as non addictive and inexpensive, the note says 2% makes a year’s supply for a family and cites Lesca Chemical Co. of Cincinnati Ohio as the sole producer.
A promoter asks if the capital stock of 2 million dollars is fully paid enough to take them to lunch. The exchange continues with further questions about funding before proceeding.
An advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as mild and effective for women with digestive disorders. It claims no violent pains or purges occur and cites thousands of testimonials endorsing their use by delicate women.
In a terse dialogue a troubled man admits recent drinking, while his companion reflects on repeated quits and relapses highlighting a cycle of alcohol struggles.
Notice announces a price reduction to European levels for Trench's Remedy for epilepsy and fits, with package prices $120 for pull, 86. a0 for half do, and 63.75 for quarter do, plus extra postage. It warns against imitations and requires the trade mark seal intact on each end. pamphlets mailed free on request from Trench's Remedies Limited Toronto.
A reflection on society praising both the truly notable and the universally agreeable. The speaker toys with the idea that genuine character contrasts with artful appearances and pretense in social circles.
Minard's Liniment cures distemper prompts a quip about McBlusher joining a brass band for one day. He hired an assistant because he was too modest to blow his own horn, leaving the bandmaster unpaid for two. The exchange echoes a Chicago News quip about modesty and performance.
A childhood anecdote from The Delineator tells how Carrie, at three or four, overindulges in berries during a visit with her grandmother. The grandmother warns of pain under the apron, prompting Carrie to request her apron be removed.
General Booth, head of the Salvation Army, has been composing his autobiography during surgical eye treatment. He dictates to two secretaries in the quiet hours, continuing chapters whenever he awakens at night. The work focuses on his life and the Army’s remarkable growth and achievements.
A note on geography places Sydney New South Wales as the farthest major point from Jonden by air distance. The line says the separation is 10 120 miles, emphasizing vast global span and imperial reach.
An old gentleman jokes about purchasing laughter as a wedding gift while a tradesman confirms vanishing ink. The banter turns on the idea of a breach of promise suit and a comical sum of a thousand pounds as a wedling present.
A brief health advertisement from The Dr Williams Medicine Co promotes Baby’s Own Tablets to ease indigestion and teething troubles in infants. Customer testimonial from Mrs. Edward Sicord of Maskinonge, Quebec praises the product, priced 25 cents a box and available by mail or medicine dealers. A separate clipped note recalls a social piano recital remark from the Chicago Herald.
Mr Robert E Young acting as Canada’s representative at a London Foreign Office conference on world map standardization. For years a Dominion land surveyor in Western Canada he surveyed Winnipeg and earned an appointment as superintendent of railway lands. He is praised for promoting Canada’s Northwest and for sharing extensive knowledge with newspapers. He is described as energetic, courteous and talented and is noted as brother to Charley Young of The Cornwall Freeholder.
A Tudor era tale recounts Walter Le Brun, a celebrated farrier, earning land and a forge from Edward II. The king’s quit rent required six horseshoes and sixty one nails yearly, with ten nails per shoe to cover accidents.
A fragmentary reminiscence of the English scholar and orator Crowe. It recalls his firm stance, classical learning, and social context in England, noting his carpenter father and their warm relationship as the son speaks to him near Winchester. The scene captures social norms and dialect in premodern England.
A quirky old item recounts Shilohs Cure Quickly claiming relief for coughs throat and lungs and a Swedish carpenter in a humorous exchange about not speaking because his mouth is full of screws.
A Canadian farmer, famed for absent mindedness, travels home with a firm belief he forgot something. He checks his pocket-book thrice in vain, then arrives to his daughter asking where he left mother, illustrating his quirky memory lapse.
A Denver mayor laments political tricksters who “always give them selves away” and recalls a grim tale of two starving men seeking to sell their bodies for dissection to a New York medical dean. The dean contemplates the unusual offer, noting similar exchanges in Philadelphia.
A witty exchange between a sweet girl graduate and a jocular man centers on ragtime as a creative influence. The notice adds a brief advertisement claiming Holloway's Corn Cure eliminates warts on hands without pain.
A reporter asks Mrs Thrycewed if she received her final divorce decree today. She evasively replies, pondering the idea of remarriage as she reflects that difficulties reveal character.
The advertisement extols Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a universal remedy for constipation biliousness indigestion sick headaches rheumatism and la grippe. It claims the pills open and regulate the bowels clean the system purify the blood and relieve numerous common ailments.
An advertisement urges clearing facial blemishes quickly at low cost. It attributes skin eruptions to impure blood and a disordered system and promises disappearance after a few doses of a presumed remedy.
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