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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
6
In Ashington a financier at a club shows off a suit, declaring he paid eight dollars ninety eight cents while claiming thirty five dollars. He notes appearances mislead and a friend confirms the inflated price by telephone.
An advertisement touts Parmelees Vegetable Pills as safe for women with delicate health. It claims the pills correct digestive irregularities, relieve stomach and liver disorders, and restore health and vigor with mild soothing action.
A military dinner is described with a humorous exchange. The speaker remarks on a difficult-framed meal that resisted the attack of a frank steak, noting the tough battle and the remaining question of how the dining went.
A playful exchange notes a joke about staying in town as crowds from the countryside arrive, reflecting a light social moment. It highlights curiosity about seasonal plans and the movement of people between rural and urban areas.
A boy named Robert plays with his tin soldiers on a Sunday and explains to his mother that his army is the Salvation Army. The exchange spots a lighthearted misunderstanding about holiday rules in a late nineteenth century anecdote.
The speaker asks what Hi-What course Sarah studies at the boarding school and recalls perhaps cosmetics.
A French officer sentences a German soldier to death after a court martial for stealing five watches and francs from dead soldiers. A Swiss witness and a dying German prisoner with a broken arm witness the scene in Soissons.
A fragment references Minard's Liniment as a diphtheria cure while sharing a private anecdote about a young farmer trying to kiss a narrator who rebuffs him by saying she is no agricultural experiment station. The text mixes product claim with a personal dialogue.
A patient druggist humorously questions a small boy lingering at the counter. The boy confesses he wants candy but cannot buy it because his mother sent him to buy soap. The scene captures a light moment in a storefront dialogue.
In the early hours Mrs. Clubleigh asks John to return home for breakfast. Clubleigh promises to try not to be late as he heads to the office.
Dialogue notes a humorous domestic exchange about needing a rat trap. The wife insists, mentioning a previous purchase, while urging immediate action to address a rat in the home.
The Boston Advertiser argues that while disarmament is unlikely, nations must enhance army and navy efficiency. A new submarine design doubles size and speed, adds wireless gear and an American underwater endurance device. It promises lower costs than super-dreadnoughts, marking a forward step for future conflicts.
The advertisement describes anemia symptoms and urges treatment with Dr Williams Pink Pills. It cites Laura Dempsey of Auburn New York as a testimonial praising renewed health after using the pills. It claims broad effectiveness for blood disorders and offers mail order sales via The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 69 cents per box or $2.50 for six boxes.
Capt Aye of the auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, sunk off Africa's west coast by a British vessel in late August, received the Iron Cross first class. He says he reached Germany as a stoker on a neutral ship. Also, ten officers on parole from the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse escaped in a Dutch steamer, disguised as firemen, while lodged on a German steamer in Las Palmas harbor.
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil has stood for over thirty years and proven a blessing to thousands. It enjoys high favor across Canada and beyond the seas. It has no equal among liniments, and even at double the price would be a cheap liniment.
A Kaiser ban on moving picture men filming military operations prompts quips about German morale. A Berlin letter notes the prohibition while a New York Herald Tribune mockingly questions why Hohenzollern youths are not leading massed charges against French machine guns and Britain's “contemptible little army.”
The narrator plans to play the perfectly content husband as John and Belle visit with her steady. A hint of past disputes surfaces as John recalls a horse trade dispute. The exchange hints at hidden tensions beneath a cheerful surface.
A Brussels correspondent reports that the grounds of the Palace of Laeken were crowded with troops after Brussels fell under occupation, while the palace itself housed officers for three days. The German group allegedly damaged paintings and furniture, and left after a dictated dinner plan. The waiters recall a dated arrival in London that never occurred, risking royal displeasure for lateness.
A visiting woman asks Miss Smith why she avoids marriage. The spinster explains she owns a dog that growls in the morning a parrot that swears in the afternoon and a cat that stays out all night. The exchange ends with humor about the single life.
A jail scene unfolds as a police court missionary questions a hard prisoner. The prisoner concedes his efforts failed after facing six assailants who left him in a battered state and nearby chamber. The exchange reveals a grim, somber tone within the cell.
A private in the Cameron Highlanders recalls a bayonet charge during the battle of the Aisne. The Camerons formed with the Coldstream Guards and Scots Guards on the flanks as German attackers pressed the brigade on September 14. The bayonet action covered about 200 yards against machine guns, driving off the Prussian Guards and scattering the enemy.
Strategy Hans and Fritz devise a plan to avoid paying a penny for coat checking at the rink. Fritz proposes stealing Hans overcoat and using a found report to retrieve it later, a scheme described as simple to execute.
Ikey Abramovitch lost two fingers in a wood shop accident and medics rushed him to hospital. Two coworkers searched the sawdust for the digits while the foreman mocked them. A silver dollar on the floor triggered a bizarre moment as the fingers wriggled out searching for the money.
A dialogue contrasts money and happiness with one side claiming unlimited credit removes the need for money for happiness. The other suggests money remains essential for well being.
A storekeeper asks for a bright boy to work indoors and outdoors and the applicant questions what happens to wine when the door slams shut.
Passage describes a father recounting how he paid for college and the son reflecting on chores like washing his runabout before Saturday outings. The dialogue hints at values of hard work and practical responsibility across generations.
A reader asks whether suffrage is a temporary craze or a lasting change like measles and whooping cough, wondering if voting rights endure beyond a brief period. The note uses playful imagery to probe the permanence of political rights.
A humorous quip from the Boston Transcript contrasts two men dying with their boots on. The exchange hints at fatal bravado and social attitudes, highlighting dated slang and gender remarks about women’s safety on streetcars.
A Bordeaux note outlines France official participation in the Panama Pacific International Exposition. It frames the move as French U.S. friendship, cites Myron Herrick and Charles C. Moore praising ties, and promises ample space for industry science and art. An American naval vessel will transport exhibits free of charge from a French port in January.
The Washington Star quotes a man who, when asked why he would favor women’s suffrage, cites personal cost. He says supporting women’s votes is cheaper than risking his wife’s hurt feelings, suggesting it would require a diamond necklace to appease him if he refused.
A reader reports strong relief from a severe La Grippe attack using Minard's Liniment and notes its effectiveness in inflammation cases referenced by the same product.
A widow and her yellow skinned ague affected son travel from miles away to a town church. An overheated air system and a pew over a basement register trigger the boy to become ill with a fever rising as he whispered of another spell.
The Montreal Star argues that seditious material should not circulate in Canada in wartime. It contends that British cause support diminishes the case for seditious writing and urges Canadians to forgo such propaganda out of courtesy to the nation hosting their freedoms.
A humorous dialogue features an excited man asking to leave work for his wedding. The boss questions the reason and the groom explains he is getting married. The exchange underscores a common workplace dynamic between obligation and personal milestone.
Kaiser Wilhelm elevates General Von Bootschur with the Legion of the Bloody Escutcheon for recklessness in burning towns. Count Von Strut earns the Knight of the Red Suspender for shooting noncombatants. Vorruhlardt receives a Gold Bootjack for a controversial book. Von Swiller assumes command of the Imperial Insufferables after a bold attack. Freschenbed is promoted to the Looting Lancers for cathedral destruction.
A pleasant medicine for children is praised as the best remedy for driving worms from the system, attributed to Mother Graves.
In a geography class Benny Bromley, aged 11, muses on how the map of Europe will look postwar. He jokes about borders and drawing lines to reach distant lands, hoping the map becomes easier to understand and visualize.
Earnest youth asks what qualifications are needed to join the supreme court. Father replies one must be thoroughly respectable and honorable and write English so that other lawyers cannot be sure what is meant. The life lesson appears in this witty exchange.
A foreign attaché provokes staff with trivial questions and is rebuked by an old infantry officer who explains why the Advance bugle note is brief and the Retreat requires a whole brass band.
An advertisement touts Nerviline a penetrating liniment for back or side pain claiming deeper action than prior remedies. It guarantees relief or money back and offers bottles for 2 cents or 60 cents, sold by druggists or direct from The Catarrhozone to Kingston, Canada.
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