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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
3
A banker fears losing a savings habit as a wary black workman Mose jokes about trust. The tale ends with Mose admitting fear, noting the banker’s readiness to move and his own reluctance to keep money in the bank.
The mistress asks about the identity of the French sardines. The new waitress replies she does not know and that the contents were soaked when opened.
Two women credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgery and restoring health. Mrs Frank Emsey of Edmonton Alberta reports relief from organic female troubles after three bottles and praises Liver Pills. Beatrice Nebraska resident RB Cutis says the remedy ended years of side pain after multiple doctors recommended operations.
The aged lady next door is ill and Willie’s mother asks him to check Mrs Smith’s age. Willie runs back claiming she said it is none of your business, then explains he only asked what his mother told him to.
A man tinkering with his automobile is questioned by a bystander. The laconic reply reveals a forty horse power engine with thirty nine horses dead, hinting at a humorous misfiring metaphor.
A humorous exchange asserts that Jenks never drinks. The line parodies a saying about someone drinking like a fish, ending with the joke that neither does a fish.
The article promotes Parmelees Vegetable Pills as a cure for fever and ague revealing stomach and digestive disturbances as precursors. It claims the remedy abates fever and subdues the ague in a few days and presents it as the best available relief for these distressing ailments.
A manager asked George Ade if he had ever been taken for a minister. Ade replied that he has now been treated as one, kept waiting for his salary six or seven months.
A West Indian island faces periodic earthquakes. A year before a tremor season, Mr X living in danger zone sent his two sons to a brother in England for safety. The sons return with a terse message for their father: here are your boys, send me the earthquake.
A humorous dialogue finds a Sunday school teacher asking about forgiveness and a boy named Harry answering that the way to avoid sins is to commit one first, illustrating a misheard moral in a playful way.
A father asks what would happen to his son if he were taken away suddenly and the son replies with a sharp retort about who would be left. The exchange highlights a terse, ironic exchange on responsibility and absence.
A theater couple dialog reveals a noble ambition as the woman rejects George. She declares she needs a man with a worthy object, then concedes she is his, sealing a conflicted but hopeful turn in the romance.
A bashful lover misreads a quiet invitation as a chance to sit near Miss Grace. He declares that sitting beside her would cause him to lose his appetite, while the maiden coyly offers instead a cautious smile during the holiday meal.
A brief dialogue shows two neighbors with tense relations but mutual hookups. The hostess notes they do not speak directly, yet they cooperate indirectly through arrangements. The exchange hints at a fragile truce and practical ties.
A new Western member is asked by Senator X to contribute twenty five dollars for McCook's wedding present. Slocum reacts with disbelief and jokes about the request, calling it cheeky as X asks again to settle the matter tomorrow.
An advertisement claims Nerviline cures stiff neck lumbago and other muscular or joint pains instantly. The notice emphasizes rapid relief and urges readers to try the product.
Advertises Nerviline as a rapid acting liniment for muscular pain lumbago and stiffness. Cites a Caledonia testimonial from Mrs BE J Grayden praising its family use and claims a 25 cent trial bottle cures attacks and aches for many conditions a quick home remedy.
A teacher received a humorous note from a mother explaining Willy's absence. The letter claims Mrs. O'Toole's goat stole Willy's only pair of pants, so he stayed home to wash them. The missive ends with polite regards.
Donald and Jeanie tackle laying a carpet when a mishap occurs. Donald slams his thumb with a hammer and erupts in exasperated language. Jeanie protests and urges calm as the moment escalates into a heated exchange.
Little Tommy’s first day at school ends with a child’s humorous exchange about learning and doing nothing. A woman asks how to spell cat and the reply is a simple, comic statement about not learning or doing anything.
A railroad section foreman writes to request shipments of pick handles spike mauls spikes and wrenches. He adds he needs a frog for a switch. The note ends with the signature Pat Hogan and the closing Yours truly.
Ethel Barrymore invites friends to a birthday party. A cake and candles are planned, but she calls it a simple party, not a torch light procession.
In a small Western town during a cancer scare, health officers remove quarantine signs after checking the outbreak. An elderly resident protests, arguing no one has collected rent for the houses since the signs went up. The exchange highlights tensions over enforcement and livelihood.
A young law graduate writes to a prominent Arkansas practitioner asking for chances in the section. He is told that as a Republican he will be protected by game laws and that with an honest lawyer he will face no competition.
A father confronts his son Willie in a garden dispute about pears. The father finds three pear cores in Willie's room while only one pear remains in the cupboard. Willie admits telling a lie and explains the missing pear was the one he did not touch.
In a stern remark Finnegan disciplines an assistant in the workshop. He warns that no action will proceed without silence from the crew and that even a small utterance will be met with strict enforcement.
A couple by the shore discuss the moonlight and its effect on tides. The woman asks about the full moon's impact while the man replies that tides are unaffected, though he notes a broader effect on unti d energy as they draw closer.
A brawny scrub woman flirts with a doctor about profits from tending a patient. The doctor privately admits a good fee while mentioning Willis’s brick attack connected to the case.
An early Western paper lists a job ad seeking a man to undertake the sale of a new patent medicine, with a guarantee of profitability to the undertaker.
A boy named Sandy returns home with a barometer bought at the fair and shows it to his mother claiming it predicts rain. The mother scorns the device asking why such extravagance is needed, joking that Providence spared him from rheumatism anyway.
A medieval festival tale describes a gilded child dying from blocked skin pores and blood poisoning. The text contrasts this with Dr. Chase's Ointment, claiming it is absorbed, opens pores, and heals without irritation, offering soft skin and benefit to tender users.
A St Paul audience heard a speaker condemn reckless motor car driving in Minneapolis and urge St Paul to avoid the rival city’s example. The speaker claimed four or five Minneapolis inhabitants are killed weekly by automobiles, prompting a spectator to quip that it still isn’t enough.
The company faced prosecution for swindling and unfair business practices before England's highest court. The Chief Justice warned the verdict lacked full proof, yet invited inquiry into methods. Two days later the firm ran an advertisement in London papers claiming special permission from the Lord Chief Justice.
A girl declines a young man at a dance saying she promised supper to someone else. She offers to introduce him to a very handsome and clever girl, but the disappointed suitor repeats his wish for her specifically.
A frame maker insists he prefers the impact of large canvases to small pictures, dismissing being called an art critic as secondary to his craft.
Druggists offer Murine Eye Remedy in liquid form at 25c and Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes for 25c. The product claims relief for red weak watery eyes and granulated eyelids with a soothing effect on eye pain. Free eye books promoted for readers.
During a company tour Frank Daniels faces poor meals and small towns while a sold out Ticonderoga house offers brief cheer. A rosy sunset cheers him until the stag driver exclaims the new opry house is burning down ending the day with a dramatic line.
In Confidence to the Oysters Mark Twain sat beside two vain youths who flouted staff. One ordered and asked the waiter to tell the cook who it was for, but Twain, despising swagger, commanded, Bring me dozen oysters and whisper my name to each of them.
A Sunday school joke notes two essentials for baptism water and a baby.
A parent testimonial extols Baby's Own Tablets as a remedy for constipation indigestion colds colic and worms by regulating stool and bowel. Mrs Jas Deroce of Cache Bay Ontario says she has used them for three years and finds them the best for little ones. The tablets cost 25 cents a box and are available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario or through medicine dealers.
An old notice claims worm infestation in children causes distress and explains mothers can detect parasites by the child's writings and fretting. It promotes Miller's Worm Powders as prompt and efficient for expelling worms and improving health in run down children.
A fragmented verse depicts a titled figure scolding and nicknaming a playful man as fun turns mischievous. The following night the same gentleman resumes pranks, described with sparse, period-tinged phrasing and minimal narrative detail.
The speaker, George, recalls telling a woman he would kiss her once per step of the journey. She grew angry, and he notes that she wore her hobble shoes as a sign of protest or discomfort.
A Western town pulpit read a notice announcing the regular Donkey Club session after services. Members will line up outside the door, comment and stare at passing ladies as per custom, with the club meeting to follow that Sunday.
A fragment shows a professor asking what would occur if an irresistible force met an immovable body. The text hints at a future result described as "replica" of an appealing coed, suggesting a speculative or sensational emphasis inconsistent with full context.
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