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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
2
Minna Reed seeks to end a troubling romance by hiring a clairvoyant Mme Ardesta. Jimmy Kent and Minna uncover tricks and suspicions as the occult session reveals faux insights. The pair debate truth, deception, and their bond under moonlit beach lights.
London Notes and Queries surveys how Milton Coleridge Wordsworth Keats and others treat the nightingale. It contrasts traditional melancholy associations with Coleridge’s claim that nature contains no melancholy and notes Wordsworths praise and Keats exquisite ode to the bird.
The Queen reduces the number of maids of honor to four, preferring a less stately life. The young ladies serve closely at all ceremonies, assist with correspondence, music, and rides, and even receive a dowry upon marriage. They must be tactful, skilled in crafts, and ready to perform for royal events.
Pater jokes about his family’s musical mishaps while admitting his own lesson. He says his wife studies the piano, his daughter breaks the violin, and his son learns the banjo. He finally adds he is learning to bear aw.
In Coventry England a police court heard a sensational tale of two married men swapping wives. Annie Saunders admitted stealing a leg of mutton to feed her boy while her partner claimed his wife left him and joined another man. The other man admitted aiding the situation and the court noted the disgraceful state of affairs. The woman was released as a tearful scene unfolded with both parties appearing dejected.
A lady's maid judging her figure at night overhears a remark about a prior burglary. She tracks the men who had entered a house, alerts Fagomar, and helps lead to the arrest of two suspects after recognizing a casual jest.
An eminent authority from a Montreal daily promotes a homemade tonic of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla. The recipe claims to strengthen eliminative tissues and aid kidney filtration, reducing rheumatism and urinary troubles. water intake advised.
A brief snippet from the Somerville Journal notes a floor above residents discussing a new photograph and planned hobby changes. Scraggs and Jagsby banter about moving or learning the cornet in a light local exchange.
An advertising feature touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for anemia and watery blood. Claims describe improved health, rosy cheeks, and renewed vigor for women and girls with testimonials, plus ordering details from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
A brief Chicago Daily News item notes a claim that Minard's Liniment cures garget in cows. A wedding couple quote illustrates local humor about marital resolutions as a light aside.
The Cement Age recounts the 16th century Arab boy Geronimo who fled Moorish captivity, lived as a Christian, then was executed by being buried alive in cement at Fort des Vingt Quatre Heures. His remains were exhumed in 1853, buried in a cathedral sarcophagus, and a plaster cast of the cavity was made.
The San Juan mountains of northwestern Colorado rise with massive, jagged spires including Mount Wilson at 14,250 feet and the 14,160 foot Lizard Head. The 290 foot shaft remains uncrossed by climbers, while trains pass along routes from Telluride to Rico amid the rugged landscape.
An Albanian who rode out freshets tells how a horse tied to a footbridge kept it from drifting. The flood swept both away, later the bridge lodged on a bank with the horse calmly aboard. A bystander jokes that the boss who vanished downstream would not return, then the horse is seen returning upstream pulling the old bridge.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on Japanese builders using a street mortar mix that appears playful. A worker forms six pound balls which are tossed to a ladder worker who catches and passes them to another man on the roof, creating an efficient transit method.
Theater Magazine argues the modern play should please women in the audience and center female characters. It contends a play wins audience favor when women approve, with men attending to accompany or escort.
A witty exchange centers on marriage and creativity. One speaker questions marriage, claiming it would destroy their literary work, while the other reveals they write love stories, implying a conflict between romance and renomade.
A brief note from Manchester Unica hints at domestic strife framed as a breakfast metaphor. The quirky line suggests marital tensions simmering beneath daily routines.
The Montreal Daily Witness notes the Canadian Pacific Railway plans to raise capital by 23,200,000 as directors forecast Canada’s steady progress and improved traffic. The piece highlights director confidence in a return to full activity by spring and cites Europe as a market for securities. Also promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a worm killer product.
A party game had everyone contorting faces to win a prize. After the rounds a man told a lady she won, but she replied she had not been playing.
A parish priest in a Prussian village resolves a domestic quarrel by debating whether the husband called the wife subject or object. The priest deems subject harsh but object harmless, and the woman leaves content to stay with her husband. The piece then notes London’s Scotland Yard origin and a sly aside about Holloway's Corn Cure.
A Washington school story recalls a pupil who perpetually says have went. The teacher leaves, prompting the boy to write have gone fifty times. He returns to find the other side of the page filled with I have went John White.
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