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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
3
A cobbled old-time phrase notes that the man “carries the flag for a militia regiment.” The excerpt mentions Corns cause suffering and promotes Hilvioway’s Corn Cure as a speedy relief option, reflecting period advertising tone.
In a dialogue style item a father asks about a confusing calendar theme and a son explains the book is unbalanced. The snippet mentions Minard's Liniment as a humorous aside in a period newspaper tone.
The text depicts a boy from college bragging about relay events while his father and mother react with ready plans to use his talents and prepare for household carpet relay efforts. The scene mixes sports boasting with domestic humor.
A dialogue notes the daughter has many suitors, numbering four or five, while she remains openly neutral about her favored match. The exchange highlights parental curiosity and the daughter's cautious stance in courtship.
A period piece exchange shows caution about air quality as two travelers discuss tire pumping and waiting until they reach cleaner country air, referencing a doctor’s remark about impure air near their current location.
A Belgian war area report alleges mass executions and destruction by German forces in Belgium. Tamines events describe 450 men shot, 260 houses burned, civilians slain, total victims 650. similar killings at other towns, with hundreds more dead. The letter also mentions looting, arson, and bayonet killings, attributing motives to drunkenness or orders from superiors.
The article argues that Germany and Austria rely on imported gasoline and rubber, scarce in occupied Europe, and that a shortage would cripple field transport and military capability. It notes Galicia’s limited reserves, lack of petroleum in Scandinavia and Benelux, and the crucial roles of rubber for vehicles balloons and military gear.
Mrs Styles But and Mr Styles argue over a sensational rumor. The exchange highlights the strain of gossip in a Yonkers setting as the couple contends with public intrigue.
Pat was called to testify in a civil suit about a conversation with the defendant. The exchange paused as the lawyer pressed for specifics and Pat calmly stated they talked over the telephone for about fifteen minutes.
The dying elevator chauffeur asks the doctor for his final order whether he is going up or going down. He speaks softly from his bed requesting a direct yes or no to his ultimate fate with calm curiosity.
Dialogue features a boy named Bobby asking if a cyclone could lift horses cows and wagons and a sea serpent. Papa replies with a steady no and a gentle rebuke about aging without seeing anything. The piece presents a whimsical exchange reflecting curiosity and paternal guidance.
A fragmentary exchange shows Kate complaining about someone and a rival retorting with sarcasm. The jittery dialogue includes misheard phrases and hints at fears about marriage, suggesting tension and social friction without clear context or resolution.
Advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as rich cod liver oil nourishment for thin, pinched faced children. It claims the product builds blood and strength, improves appetite, and helps kids rise energetic, with no harmful additives.
London employs 30 000 special constables to guard the city as Zeppelin raids loom. They work four hour shifts across all classes from artists to clerks, with duties including patrols, night watch, and coordinating substitutions when unavailable. Conditions at some stations are difficult but they serve without complaint.
A brief verse notes a change from sorrow to optimism as the speaker endures sorrowful moods yesterday and greets a brighter today with a promised pay raise. The dated tone mirrors a newspaper verse column by S. Kiser in Judge.
A town tradesman left a box labeled For the Blind outside his shop to collect pennies as charity. After weeks the box vanished and he revealed the money was donated to pay for a new canvas blind over his window. The tale ends with a wry joke about civic charity.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph remark quips that sailors endure wrecks, and sympathy should fall on the passengers instead, noting the sailors are accustomed to loss.
A quoted exchange reveals a diner planning tips and a complaint about delays at a restaurant. The speaker states they tell the waiter their tip, and they criticize wait times caused by cashier practices splitting a ten dollar bill.
Gigned L. D. Lockwood reports four years of hair loss and itchy dry scalp. He noticed flakes like saw dust and crust before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After a few days he saw a great difference, continuing six weeks to complete healing. June 4, 1914.
A mother reports a baby grandson suffering a chest rash with small red pimples causing fussiness. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the infant’s condition improved immediately and was fully healed in three to four weeks. Signed Mrs L Compton May 23 1914.
A Boston Globe piece extols Cossack prowess, history, and culture, noting their fierce horsemanship and polities from Russia’s frontier to Siberia. It contrasts their feared reputation with peaceful rural life and cites Ermak’s 1580 gift of Siberia to Russia and the modern massed forces.
The war office rejects German claims that British troops used dumdum or soft nosed bullets while asserting Germany has employed such rounds. The official note describes ammunition similarities and Hague convention compliance, and cites evidence of German bullets with a soft core and thin envelope expanding, prohibited by the Hague convention.
The ad explains crying signals illness not bad nature and touts Babs Own Tablets as a quick remedy. A Quebec mother testifies her baby cried day and night until taking the tablets, after which the child became happy and healthy. Sold by dealers or mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
In a reformation scene at Zeke's camp meeting, Zeke Billiken declares to speak only truth. His father praises the moment as Zeke vows to mend his ways. Later, Zeke supposedly heads to feed chickens, with the tale ending as the night continues in town.
Frederick the Great sought a royal guard of giants and sent agents worldwide to recruit. Extravagant bounties were offered, with reports that an Irishman over seven feet tall in London earned about 6500 dollars as a bounty.
A lawsuit in progress features a witness questioned about the defendant habits and character. The attorney presses for a direct answer on whether the defendant is abnormally lazy. The witness responds indirectly, saying he would not insult the man but hints the defendant would starve without voluntary work to eat.
The ad states dust triggers asthma and that J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy brings relief. It promises restored breathing and health with the claim of many annual testimonials supporting its effectiveness.
A dialogue snippet depicts a petitioner appealing to a widow to influence her husband in a campaign. The widow replies she has never succeeded in such inducement, highlighting personal political dynamics and influence.
Free samples of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are available by mail along with a 32-page Skin Book upon request. Postcard requests should be sent to Cuticura Depe D Boston U S A for details.
An advertisement urges users to apply Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor night and morning. It promises quick, painless relief from corns and claims the product kills the pain and cures the corn.
Fragmentary OCR text references a soldier and veteran on a train and a terse filing about people described as che or recnuty. The passage is garbled with stray quotes and incomplete phrases, offering no clear event or individuals to identify.
The advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders provide the most effective vermin purge on the market. It asserts the remedy clears worms from stomach and bowels and aids infantile systems, with a safe composition for children when directions are followed.
An extract from a letter describes Western Canadian Indians aiding the Patriotic Fund and Red Cross. It notes Graham’s Indian Agency colony’s wheat and oats sales, a $500 pledge, and Red Cross knitting by Indian women. Two Brandon Indian School graduates, Aleck Moore and Ed Swanson, join the war effort, with others contributing to a total of about $502.10.
In western provinces many rely on Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills for digestive and headache relief. A Alberta farmer's wife Mrs H K Hewer reports ten years of indigestion and headaches solved by the pills, improving health for her and her husband. Sold at 25c per pill dose, 6 for $1.00, via Edmanson Bates & Co Toronto.
The piece lauds unselfish sacrifice in war while highlighting persistent domestic suffering from overcrowding low wages and poverty. It contrasts soldiers dying for freedom with continuous social ills that rob youth and maidens of promise, urging action for social justice at home.
The account notes Portugal once ceded a key colony to England as a gift. It recalls Catherine of Braganza’s dowry including Bombay in the West Indies. Charles III later leased Bombay to the East India Company for fifty dollars annually.
Nobel laureate Prof Theodore Kocher of Berne and Dr A Fonce announce coagulen a water dissolved powder that stops bleeding instantly. They gift large quantities to German and French field hospitals for use by trained or untrained hands potentially saving thousands of soldiers.
A wedding party scene reveals a bride reassures her father that she will stay, as she explains her husband has confessed he lacks funds to start housekeeping, assuring the father he will not lose her.
The dialogue shows a defendant denying guilt while six witnesses testify to seeing the crime. The prosecutor questions the stance as the prisoner offers a counterclaim that many others did not witness the event.
A playful exchange unfolds on the Veranda with a young man confessing ignorance of a bunny hug while declaring himself a bear of plain variety. The moon hides behind a cloud as the scene shifts to a quiet, intimate moment.
A Baltimore American quip notes a wife’s honeymoon lasted only a week as the joke hinges on her husband’s money running out. The line places a light spotlight on financial strain affecting marriage in a humorous context.
Doctor Busier-How asks about practice health. Dr Grassler reports a thriving year with over twelve hundred patients and zero financial losses. The exchange highlights strong patient volume and flawless billing.
An old advertisement claims Bau biscod and toxins from irregular bowels kidneys and skin. It touts Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as acting on bowels kidneys and skin to cleanse blood and alter the blood, delivering purity and health.
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