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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
5
A Brookline Eagle report quotes a judge on cross examining a Hebrew witness in a burglary case. The jurist notes that even the keenest lawyer can be outwitted when a witness provides an unexpected challenge. The narrative centers on a prosecutor’s attempt to pin fault on a defendant.
A curious adventure recounts Czar Nicholas at a masquerade as Satan who after a midnight exit hires a cab to Quai Anglais. The driver misdirects him into a cemetery where Nicholas menaces the cabman with a knife and demands money and souls before returning to town and continuing to use more carriages.
An old tale from St Andrews recounts a learned professor granting a degree to a student he had never met. The morning sun and a stroll to the exam house tempt the examiner away, while a maidservant’s note and a guard’s message confirm the student has passed the degree.
The parson, speaking to a crowded congregation in a church once served by him, noted shifts in attendance from his earlier days. He recalled a time when the gallery held only one sober person and contrasted that with current turnout, as reported by a local paper.
A short humorous dialogue shows a wife boasting about modern electrical devices that respond at a touch. The husband jokes that they avoid touching things, citing his own clothing as an example. The exchange highlights contrasts between convenience and reluctance to engage with new tech.
Fragmentary text describes an earthquake swallowing a town resident who is found alive. Include brief notes on Avanta Constitution and a claim about staking a gold mine as part of the misquoted dialogue. The passage shows slang and garbled speech from the era.
A physician tells a wry tale about a patient reciting Twelfth Night and a pun on patience. The lady replies that patience isn’t on monuments but upsets doctors’ patients, per a Lenden Telegraph item.
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