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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
7
An advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for digestive ailments claiming they clear the stomach and intestines of deleterious matter and restore healthful action. The copy urges trial to prove their efficacy beyond written claims.
An old fashioned ad in the London Telegraph touts a marine eye remedy claimed to relieve sore eyes strengthen weak eyes and soothe eye pain. The blurb targets buyers by naming whimsical products and a theatrical motif featuring Miss Jones and an implied audience.
A humorous excerpt shows physicians using Minard's Liniment and a cab scene involving dialogue about rides and twins. Characters include a Lady Fare You, a Cabby, a Pullman Porter, an Ear Passenger, and Putman Porter in a comic crossfire. The piece reflects light social chatter and everyday misunderstandings from a New Zealand Free Law column.
A campaign seeks to form a National Veterans Association open to all who served Great Britain or Canada. The plan envisions a grand re union in a year or two and urges ex soldiers to send name, address, and corps served with to Secret Organization Committee, 183 Walnut Street Winnipeg. Many enrolled on the Roll of Honor include Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Northwest Rebellion, South African, Nile voyages, and other campaigns.
The advertisement promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a quick remedy for worm trouble in children, claiming mothers can easily detect infections and apply the best treatment without delay.
A fragment from Fliegende Blatter shows a torn message where a woman pledges fidelity to He-Farewil, with her jeers and tears reflecting emotional strain. The snippet hints at a personal romance set against a dramatic mood in the report.
A fragmented note mentions twins and a comparison of two individuals named Bobby and Tommy. The text questions resemblance and arrangement of right and left sides, with names appearing as Bobby Built and Toledo Mace in a stray dialogue style.
An Ontario advert claims Baby's Own Tablets cure stomach and bowel troubles in infants with a guaranteed safe product free of harmful drugs. A Quebec mother testifies to relief from infant constipation and endorses the remedy, sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville and others at 25 cents per box.
Dialogue between Mrs Gibbs and Mrs Blunderby recalls a lively Palm Beach outing described as full of gaiety and wit. The exchange hints at social banter and humorous tension in a seaside resort setting.
A nostalgic tour of astonishing travel feats shows sailors and railway workers amassing millions of miles. Captain Alexander Simpson completed eighty one world voyages aboard the Aberdeen liner Pericles before a disaster paused his runs. HR Stevens held a 3 million mile Atlantic crossing tally after forty years with Cunard. Captain Bennett logged a 53 year Canal and Channel career with 30,000 Channel crossings. Benjamin Jeana traveled 4 million railway miles over fifty four years on the London and Birkenhead line.
The Bookman notes Mr. Percy Fitzgerald holds 200 volumes in the British Museum catalogues spanning biographies novels essays travels and more. He wrote a life of Boswell and crafted the bronze Boswell statue at Lichfield and has just completed a statue of Dr Johnson whose life he has edited three times. Fitzgerald is the only living author whose stories were revised by Charles Dickens and he often sought Dickens’s help with proofs and long sentences.
In northwest New South Wales a hunter chased a kangaroo through mulga and salt bush. He paused, examined a stone, and found a red spot inside, not blood but opal. This marked the beginnings of the White Cliffs opal fields.
Cruit islanders in Donegal faced a broken bridge when a district football match caused the structure to cave in. People waded through the sea to reach church and back after services, inspiring calls for a new bridge.
An archaeological find near Castlepollard County Westmeath reveals ten large human skulls with teeth, chin bones, vertebrae and finger bones, along with ancient swords and deer horns. Remains suggest very old origins.
A historical anecdote portrays Queen Elizabeth I trading witty ripostes with a courtier. She queried what a man thinks of when he thinks of nothing, and Sir Edward replied that a woman’s promise is what he thinks of.
A Mansfield testimonial claims Dr Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills cured rheumatism after four years of sore shoulders and back problems. The writer says he spent about one hundred dollars in experiments, then found relief with one pill per dose at 25 cents a box, with dealers listed in Toronto and an offer for a free recipe copy.
In Austria, a 50 man cyclist detachment from the Austrian School of Musk etry, with over two years service, rode 965 miles in hours against a head wind. Before and after the march each fired 10 rounds at 500 paces. hits rose from 40 of 19 to 66 of 16, showing training strengthens willpower and shooting under fatigue.
Athabasca Landing Alberta special report recounts farmer James E. Brant who wasted decades neglecting kidney disease. After years of backache lumbago and other pains he found relief only with Dodd's Kidney Pills and now proclaims cured kidneys eased other ailments. The tale warns neglect leads to severe distress and endorses the remedy.
A lighthearted item: a woman made canoe pillows for eight young men, yet none proposed marriage. The Detroit Free Press quotes a remark about her seeming bad luck in love as she figures into local humor.
In a top New York building a young couple requested a housekeeping suite for offices. The agent refused, noting janitors sometimes live in offices but not at such heights. He recalls the man insisting on staying high to avoid mosquitoes as they boasted of a thirty five flight ascent with an aunt who won’t ride with parents.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and promote testimonials. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Charles a two and a half year old learns the strong scent of a skunk near the house. He sits bolt upright in bed and cries out to his mother asking if she smells the loud awful noise, a moment of vivid parental alert and humor.
The orator proclaims men receive more consideration than women across fields, prompting an irritable chorus remark from the audience. The scene captures tensions around suffrage rhetoric and social parity debates described in Lippincott's.
Harlin Fulton of Pleasant Bay British Columbia reports that Minard's Liniment is the sole liniment requested and stocked at his shop. He notes universal customer use and strong demand for the product.
Andrew Carnegie told a Washington dinner that vast billions spent on battleships are praised as creating prosperity but he calls it shallow optimism. He drew a contrast with workers who suffer wage cuts, noting the comfort of not losing as much money.
A brief Houston Post quote questions if he can play poker and notes that no one wants to play with him, reflecting social friction and a coy, newspaper tone. The remark conveys a sense of awkward social dynamics and single sentiment.
The Strand Magazine showcases British working men who contributed paintings and drawings. From a bottle washer earning 5 50 a week to a house painter earning 7, these artisans depict landscapes and scenes reflecting pride in craft and artistic promise despite modest wages.
Lord Kitchener after eight years abroad returns to England and tests officers for readiness. A captain’s horse shoe delay and a misread assignment illustrate his blunt judgment. He once tried mounted infantry and selected a master tailor as a corps commander, exposing his demand for instant competence.
An elderly lady Miss Fouquier, a Huguenot descendant, left her belongings to a shepherd and his wife. A hidden cupboard in an ancient writing cabinet revealed a rare collection of famous artist miniatures, old prints, and antique china. The items, valued under $100 at first, are expected to fetch a decent fortune at sale.
The Yao Midos woo their brides with music on the first day of winter. Bachelors play under the desire tree while marriageable girls listen. If a girl accepts with a flower on the instrument, they marry. if ignored, she goes away.
Police raided a crowded Belfast neighborhood and found an illicit still in a bathroom in full operation with spirits. A second still was discovered in another room. The front of the premises appeared as a grocer's shop. Gas was drawn directly from the main without a meter. The amateur distillers were fined $500 each.
A London employer requires a shop clerk to sign an 80‑clause agreement restricting future work. The pact bars the clerk from starting a business or accepting other employment within a set radius for a defined period after leaving the job.
A tired student fails a geography test as she cannot locate the Amazon River. The child confuses Putumayo and Maranon Ucayali rivers, while years later the same family member struggles with basic geography, unsure where the Amazon lies.
A historical notice urges readers to buy Wilson's Fly Pads to curb a looming housefly problem. It cites reproduction rates with 120 to 150 eggs per female and two weeks for maturation, predicting hundreds of thousands of descendants in three months and urging action now to kill present flies.
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