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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
7
A boy leaves a dentist with a removed tooth and a comical request for the tooth tax. The tale includes health quips about purgatives and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, plus a humorous exchange about place names in England and a cyclist mispronouncing St Osyth as Snosey, a Tattler.
A curious resident notices a new neighbor's son in a doctor’s office. When asked his name, the boy replies with “Same as dad’s” and explains that he is first to breakfast, illustrating a humorous exchange from the Ladies' Home Journal style.
The article recalls Christ Church Cathedral Dublin’s long history including 1542 roof damage, Strongbow relics, and Donnybrook stone repairs. It notes Dublin’s canals owned by the Protestant church, parliamentary meetings, Simnel’s 1487 coronation, James II era Catholic services, and Treaty of Limerick violations urged by Dr. Dennine.
A deputation urged Home Secretary Gladstone to drop any plan to bar women from licensed bars. He warned drastic limits could backfire, noting his own varied past in licenced premises. The Times cites reformers failing to offer alternative work for about a hundred thousand barmaids and questions tea shop competition.
A German syndicate has acquired 2 000 acres between Dover and Canterbury in Kent for a new coal venture. Westphalia experts visited Dover colliery works, noting strong similarity to top German fields. Negotiations followed, contract signed for the purchase, with Dover area chosen as the nearest port access for valuable steam coal.
Vendors claim a fluid extract dandelion and compounds can cure back ache kidney trouble weak bladder and urinary issues. An eminent authority in a Montreal daily paper praises the mix as a powerful prescription. testimonials say it relieves pain without stomach injury.
A brief quip from Philadelphia Inquirer shows Mrs Gadabout asking about securing a new servant while Mrs Ondego says she has not yet found one, as she checks references.
A London Opinion quips about a prank claim that Minard's Liniment and Walford’s Sanitary Lotion cure distemper mange prairie scratches and other contagious itching in 39 minutes. The tone mocks promises of instant cures and a joke about money and resolutions.
A customer testimonial praises Minard's Liniment for relief during a harsh La Grippe attack and recurring inflammation. The letter, signed W A Hutchinson, notes strong personal benefit and repeated effectiveness. The message aims to endorse the product to Gentlemen readers of Minard's Liniment Co.
The London Chronicle notes that an arbitrator’s decision need not be feared as arbitrary. It traces arbiter from Latin for one who “went to” examine a matter, then to Roman law as umpire. Arbitrary later contrasted with judicum in meaning a fixed sum versus an uncertain amount.
A college professor returning from a honeymoon amused Lewiston townsfolk by saying no one at their destination suspected they were newlyweds. When asked what kind of place it was, the college president asked, and he replied it was an institution for the blind.
A London Chronicle snippet notes a laborer who hands weekly wages to his wife. She allocates an ounce of tobacco weekly, split into two half ounces to gain two turns of the scale, claiming a financial edge in small economies.
A vivid sketch of the London Bankers Clearing House on Lombard Street. It explains daily 24 hour settlements, the roles of clerks and runners, and the system’s efficiency handling large sums without coin. It traces origins to 1775, changes of location, and the 1954 admission rules for joint stock banks.
The Brixton Oratorio Choir of 70 voices sang at Wandsworth and Brixton Prisons delighting over 1000 inmates. Evelyn Wynne and a professional quartet performed, drawing quiet, attentive listening and softening even previously rebellious prisoners. Warders praised the move as bringing new hope to the prison world.
Justice Grantham harshly condemned so called swell ladies who defraud tradespeople by false statements to obtain expensive clothes. He urged that many costumers be held to account to stop credit abuse and protect poor tradespeople from being defrauded.
An actor describes being captured by a cinematograph while on stage and watching his own performance. A leading drama critic explains that the experience clarifies the actor's identity and craft for future work.
A New York banker laments gold coins as the most disliked form of money in circulation. He recounts a customer who faced delays and short weights when depositing $3,000 in gold, with coins then sent to the subtreasury and minted to redeem their value.
From Walter Raleighs Poems of John Keats, the speaker rejects marriage as a constraint on imaginative vastness. He finds solace in solitude, imagining himself amid epics and myths, with wind as wife and stars as children, while viewing most women as children he would gift a sugar plum.
A suburban resident boasts about five bee colonies and a library on beekeeping but explains they swarmed one day. While he searched his books for guidance, the bees vanished and have not returned, prompting humorous city folk commentary.
A small graveyard near Hamsborg on Westerland holds nameless remains washed ashore and unclaimed. The site was dedicated in 1855 for public use, with a later 1888 memorial reading The Home of the Homeless and a simple black crow marking a lone mound.
In a light exchange the Statesmen compare Thomjer to a parrot, noting he repeats what he knows until a situation makes his remark relevant, and then his comments seem marvelously apt. The banter highlights Thomjer’s knack for timely quips.
A fragmented New York press item questions how to influence public opinion by presenting oneself as honest. The brief hints at media manipulation and the rhetoric used to sway readers.
A first grade boy resumes missing several spelling words after a move by the teacher. His father asks whose fault it is and the boy blames the teacher for moving the seat neighbor. An ad claims Holloway's Corn Cure destroys corns and warts, offering a cheap, effective remedy.
A Cleveland Leader exchange jokes about affection and rivalry. A separate note highlights childhood worm distress and a worm exterminator offering relief. An observation compares lifespans of American and British ships. Minard's Liniment is claimed to cure diphtheria. An old dog bites when you are down.
An old man pursuing a loan is tricked by a smooth teller who borrows money with a promised return. A quick twist ends with a streetcar victim and a shocked officer as the coroner notes a broken heart from a sudden jar.
A new Irish conductor on a street car departs the barn with seven passengers aboard the inspector notes six fares. The conductor, puzzled, jokes to eject one passenger declaring there is one too many on the car. The scene captures a humorous moment from Harper's Weekly.
A charity worker asks a great man about saying no. He replies that saying no is easy, but the challenge lies in conveying genuine resolve to others.
Stephen Thomas Bidmead argued during a Thames related case that an eel was a freshwater serpent not a fish. The bench held that an eel is a fish and ordered payment of counts after lengthy consultation.
A new mayor, famed for frugality, declined a football club subscription citing office costs. A ledger labeled Mayoralty Expenses reveals a dress suit expense of ten dollars, illustrating the financial sting of public service amid lighthearted anecdotes.
An advertisement touts ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT for horse blemishes and illnesses. A humorous zoo of a motor car meeting an anxious groom and his frightened horses follows, with a groom advising motorists to hide behind a hedge as the scene unfolds.
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