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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
7
Thorold and Green enter a deserted country house and find a two person breakfast set for two left untouched. A dead youth lies near a window with a photograph in his hand, while Thorold remains unnervingly impassive as Green fears the moment that may follow.
A vintage ad touts Chase's Nerve Food to relieve sleepless nights and exhausted nerves. It cites Mrs. Sarah Campbell of Alma Street, Ontario, reporting improved sleep and nervous strength after use. The testimonial claims rapid recovery and urges purchase at 50 cents a box or two dollars a dozen from Edmanson, Bates & Co Limited in Toronto.
A famished girl about 18 with one eye was found by Swiss Austrian frontier woodcutters near a valley village. She claimed she fled her Bohemian tribe fearing the evil eye blamed for misfortune. She called herself Nina, knew neither name nor age.
Dialogue centers on a character questioning the value of a carried watch. The other character explains the watch serves as a safeguard, though it cannot be hooked or used to tell time, highlighting its symbolic or protective role rather than practical function.
A temperance advocate boasts of converting the town's heaviest drinker who took the platform with local officials nearby. The man claims a month without alcohol saved funds for a coffin and jokes about remaining teetotal to earn it, while a quip hints the fool killer may be out of work.
An advertisement promotes Baby’s Own Tablets as the only safe medicine for infants with a government analyst declaring them free from injurious drugs. Mrs Oscar Bedarf of Manseau Quebec testifies the product saved her child, and the tablets are sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Five French subjects were arrested at Metz Lorraine on charges of clandestinely recruiting Germans for the foreign legion of the French army. One man allegedly offered a German conscript $60 to cross the frontier to the recruiting station.
The note recalls a house gathering planned by Mrs Gray and the thimble club next week. Several guests have caused gossip with personal departures and elopement rumors while the author notes no relatives will be invited.
A town discussion weighs the value of women serving on the police force with a light offhand remark about a woman needing a pin, reflecting local opinion and social ideas of the era.
A dialogue between two crows frames a warning about trusting reports. One crow dismisses sensational claims while the other urges belief only after checking sources, reflecting discerning interpretation of news and rumors.
A patient credits Postum with reversing a long struggle from spinal irritation and nervous trouble after coffee worsened her condition. She explains switching to Postum improved her health, appetite, sleep, and ability to walk blocks. A friend, once wary of Postum, now plans to use it long term. The ad promotes Instant Postum, its preparation, pricing, and mailing offer from Canadian Postum Cereal Co. Ltd.
Albert Almon, noted collector of Louisburg relics, shows a French gold coin from 1720 valued at 10 to 15 dollars for its gold. The coin bears Louis XV on the obverse and fleurs de lis with a crown on the reverse. The piece ties to a treasure ship wrecked near Point Micheau, Richmond County, after sailing from France with gold for Louisburg.
An advertisement mix claims a cure for deafness via constitutional remedies for inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining. It promotes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and touts vacuum cleaners as unnecessary to an old fashioned housekeeper. It also notes defeated candidates fail to recognize supporters while successful ones monitor their fences.
A garbled page fragment weaves quips about remedies and honesty. It mentions Jim Brown enjoying life, warnings about telling truth, Christmas gifts, and a joke about a wife turning an ordinary man into a respectable citizen, ending in a grim punchline.
A health notice extols Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as the best medicine available to expel worms from a child's system and restore health. The claim emphasizes quick efficacy and safety for young patients.
As temperatures plummet to zero, residents face the double burden of shoveling and the lack of available coal. Utility reports hint at supply delays while families cope with rising heating costs and frigid homes.
A curious collector named Slopay receives a card engraved Professor Brace Antiquarian. The framed exchange reveals the old man as a dealer of antiquities seeking to settle a long overdue bill by offering to pay a deposit on the account.
An old patent medicine ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for colds in one day with a money back guarantee, noting E W Groves signature on each box and a 25 cent price. The prose shifts to a western scene and a joke about cowboys and riding ponies.
The Art Association of Montreal unveils a new marble gallery on Sherbrooke Street with free public access two days weekly. The Learmont bequest prompted the move, moving from private to public display, near the Ritz-Carlton, featuring a grand Italian marble interior and the largest monolith columns in North America.
Ninety nine graves in Levallois-Perret cemetery near Paris were found desecrated with toppled tombs water taps turned on to flood vaults and earth disturbed by five to six men using ropes. Monuments smashed iron doors ripped from hinges coffins exposed and wreaths fingerprinted for clues. motive not yet found, suspected anarchist sabotage.
Johannesburg report says G Vian der Schueren, editor of De Maas bode, traveled from Cairo to Johannesburg and described a race of black giants with European features in Germany. He notes tall men over six feet, beautiful women, cattle breeders, disdaining labor, and using spears bows and arrows.
A pointed one liner flips the script on a failing throw. The joke centers on a woman who cannot throw straight except for a cutting remark, delivering a quick punchline.
Long report notes Lloyd George spoke the most in the Commons last year with 391 columns of Hansard from Valentine’s Day 1912 to Christmas adjournment, followed by Bonar Law with 210 columns. in the Lords the Marquis of Crewe led with 252 columns.
Hamburg reports the Hamburg American Line plans the Imperator as the largest liner, 710 feet long with 50 000 ton displacement and 80 000 hp engines, carrying 5000 passengers. It features three electric lifts, a winter garden, theatre, gym, swimming baths, and a 300 foot long Louis XVI dining saloon. Other giant liners building include Cunard’s Aquitania and White Star’s Gigantic.
A local resident notes Henry behaved ladylike and surprised with a bold moment on Yonge Street yesterday as he greeted a person with unexpected affection.
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