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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
3
The text recounts a strange habit of Dr Parr filling an ice half with tobacco and salt, then smoking with philosophical calmness. It cites an occasion when Charles Lamb smoked strong tobacco, prompting Parr to ask how Lamb achieved such rapid power, with Lamb replying that he toiled after virtue.
The note quotes a judge remark about a college flirt claiming devotion via dyed hair in school colors. It then references a father’s sense of home returning after Italy, followed by snippets about Venice floods and Pompeii street damage from the Louisville Courier Journal.
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal liniment. It claims to ease pain for all sufferers and to offer hope by relieving distress everywhere. The product is advertised as widely available across the continent.
A conversation pivots on a boomerang and a prodigal son analogy. A woman explains that a boomerang returns after throwing, while a boy asks for clarification, linking the idea to a familiar biblical tale.
An odd historic ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy for watery eyes and grainy lids, claiming soothing effects and eye pain relief. It markets liquid and salve forms, with cryptic references to aseptic packaging and promotional free eye books.
A bank published a simple catechism on money making and saving. It explains that people earn money through labor and products, save by spending less, and that starting small saves leads to greater sums. It urges people, including children and parents, to save for emergencies and future plans.
A fragmented 19th century style advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor promising cure in twenty four hours for corns and warts. The piece also includes dialog snippets and literary quotation from a London Sketch style, featuring a cardsharper and a prison sermon anecdote.
Country Roads Board Victoria members touring the Heytesbury and Otway Forest districts find farmers clearing about 11500 annually from 254 acres through cheese manufacture and export. Cooperatives form thriving export ventures with prospects for butter factories as road improvements and rail links expand. New Zealand not alone in antipoidean cheese export trade.
A brief dialogue reveals a suitor asking Ethel to drop the Miss, proposing a new prefix. Ethel concedes, asking what prefix should replace it, eliciting a candid exchange about social titles in a Catholic Citizen context.
A fragmented column blends banter about marriage and flirtation. Aunt Nancy pokes fun at Eben's temptations in New York while Uncle Eben jokes about purity and work. A dinner party tale features a cook and a witty exchange about behavior.
Cornwallis Nova Scotia resident Mr B David says gin pills cured a year of constant back and hip pain after trying twelve pills. The ad promotes National Drug & Chemical Co Canada Limited Toronto offering samples free for $2.50. A Canada duty piece notes high food taxes in 1913 and urges Canadians to buy domestic substitutes like baking powder from local factories to save money.
Caen in Normandy plans weekly lists of intoxicated men seen in the streets to curb public drinking. The first issue provoked strong reactions as wives scanned for husbands and families of neighbors cheered the effort while other messages went unmentioned.
An American physician Jon Williams reports that insanity rates rose in prohibition states by 7.3 per 100 000, while the national increase was 4.4. Maine shows 212 per 100 000, Nebraska a wet state shows a 27.6 decrease. He blames increased spirits consumption and easier smuggling for the disparity.
The Christian Guardian recounts Hugh Fullerton’s 1904 roster study of 30 drinkers and 30 abstainers among major league baseball players. By 1909 only four drinkers remained and twelve abstainers, with ten more years passing leaving two drinkers and the abstemious many still in the field, plus varied financial outcomes and fatalities among both groups.
Pett Ridge retells a comic London scene in which two American women ride a horse omnibus. The driver endures their questions as he taunts with landmarks from Trafalgar Square to the Adelphi. A humorous climax shows his exasperated punchline about being the driver.
A playful line from New York Weekly depicts a honeymoon couple with a joke about a bride admitting love sparked by anger at insults. The exchange showcases a lighthearted wedding moment and domestic humor.
A light exchange about postponing marriage asks if the man can wait five years. The woman replies she will, provided no other suitors appear. The caption hints at domestic power dynamics and a joke about a bathing suit the wife made for him.
An advertising item from the Cleveland Plain Dealer cites Holloway's Corn Cure as a speedy remedy for corns. The brief note emphasizes relief and satisfaction, framing the product as a sure solution for sufferers.
A magistrate fines a motorist four shillings, then five pounds, remarking he is too quick with repartee. The motorist concedes, saying there is nothing more to say. The exchange showcases sharp wit rather than a formal hearing.
At a club gathering Mrs. Brayton shared an unpublished poem while Mr. Diggs retorted with a playful jab as Mrs. Diggs announced she would read an untried Hungarian goulash recipe. The exchange showcased rivalry and humor among members.
A Boston law professor discusses Socrates and Diogenes as if alive today. He imagines Socrates as a street loafer dragged away as a vag rant and Diogenes seen as a daytime snooper who would be pushed into a home of nuts.
The article notes that Alfred Lord Tennyson and his relatives all wrote verse, with brothers and sons publishing anonymously or not at all. Alexander Japp cites the family’s unusual literary streak and the lack of open competition with the era’s great poets. The piece references Lionel and Hallan Tennyson and mentions drafts sent by the elder poet.
In this humorous exchange Polly notes income figures while Paul defends married exemption rules. Polly smiles at tax warnings as Paul jokes about being taxed only after earning four thousand dollars. Sandy encounters a moose in a Canadian forest setting with a playful Native character retort.
A London Opinion quip has the deacon teasing a vestry vicar about a dozen cough lozenges found in the collection plate. The joke hinges on improvised use of church funds for medicine.
An advertisement for No-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets from the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada presents relief for disordered stomachs after meals. The claim promises restored digestion and comfort, suggesting taking one tablet after each meal for 50 cents a box at the local druggist.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip describes a flirtatious moment where a young woman tricks Mr Rabbitin into closing a stubborn door from outside. A Cincinnati Enquirer joke about a burglar raises Mrs Hammer and Mrs Cabb’s cool husband, with teeth chattering as the punchline.
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