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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
3
A Canadian and Ontario view urges a nationwide campaign against mosquitoes seen as a major settlement drawback. Drainage of swamps is praised as the permanent solution, while chemical methods require repeated applications to stop larvae growth.
A fragmented verse laments spring’s return with hepaticas and blue blooms stirring beneath leaves. The speaker relives forest wandering and quiet observation as winds whisper of forthcoming flowers and tender growth in the woods.
An 19th century medical overview notes leeches grown in Toronto and sold by druggists for blood letting. It details Mediterranean beech leeches from Spain, their length up to three inches, olive backs with six red stripes, and three cutting teeth. A legal rule requires a doctor to apply them, not a druggist.
Seventy seven years ago a Banffshire villager fathered a son named George Stephen who rose to wealth as Lord Mount Stephen. He left for Aberdeen and London before entering Canada’s woollen trade in Montreal where he partnered in business. With Donald Smith they built the Canadian Pacific Railway and together donated over a million pounds to causes including King Edward’s Hospital Fund receiving about £11,000 yearly.
Matthew Lodge Jr. returning to Moncton from the Temiskaming survey party says the district west of Lake Abittibi is heavily wooded with pulpwood, mostly inexhaustible, and holds major industrial value. He notes ten falls along the Black River within fourteen miles, a deep river with strong flow ideal for future pulp industries.
In a Toronto lecture on Viewer Hugo, Prof. E. Howard Griggs argued Hugo lacks Shakespearean depth of humor. He warned that moral life requires humor and that over seriousness devalues perspective.
The passage describes sensitive people who misread others as offensive, blame their irritability on digestion and self thought, and exaggerate self esteem. It advises persistently shifting thoughts away from self and engaging in absorbing, elevating pursuits to break the habit.
Professor John Wise, famed aeronaut, described witnessing a thunderstorm from above on Sept. 28, 1879. He described the storm cloud as a boiling sea, with hot air above and cold air surrounding, rain audible like a waterfall and distant, pale lightning streaks on the gray vapor.
The passage argues that true happiness lies in freedom from self indulgence. It compares human freedom to the fish and fly and warns that initial pleasure from temptation leads to tyranny, with repeated yielding turning craving into aversion and pain.
A Sixth Wisconsin officer, mortally wounded at Gettysburg, rode in to present his request to Colonel Dawes and then died standing, his last act to tell his home he died as a man and a soldier. His side was blown away as he unbuttoned his coat, preserving a stark image of duty under fire.
The ninth century nose tax exacted by Danes from Irish households was so named because nonpayment led to nose slitting. After thirteen years of enforcement the householders rose up killing all Danes in Ireland and ended the practice.
A London Tit-Bits item notes a terse employer dialogue with a discharging remark and a doubled salary for a young man who claims a bookie connection through his brother-in-law. The brief exchange centers on betting tips and secrecy in a workplace setting.
A humorous quote depicts a suburban resident joking about predicting weather. He explains his logic that good forecasts earn him praise while bad ones still credit his effort.
A humorous exchange between Mr and Mrs Boastful about generosity and money. The couple debates how charity donations would look in a pile, imagining whether the plate would reveal the true value of giving. The quip ends with a witty remark on perception and wealth.
Theater manager rejects a long play as unsuitable for the stage while an amateur playwright urges extending the stage. The exchange highlights practical limits of production and creative ambitions.
The text questions why unmarried women are called girls and suggests married men are called men, implying a distinction in labeling. It presents a casual linguistic observation rather than a complete event. No identifiable people or organizations are named.
A granite monument near Leggan at the entrance to Kicking Horse Pass honors Sir James Hector and his son Douglas. Funded by geologists, geographers, and railway workers from Canada and the United States, the statue acknowledges both father and son and marks Hector’s historic travels and wartime hardships in Canada. A tangential notice promotes Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills as a tonic.
Mr and Mrs Fleischmann six months married arrive in Norway for an extended honeymoon joined by Dr and Mrs R Holmes and Noel Dearmouth of London. They boarded the steamship Laura at Tronos. The Laura, a converted whaler, is provisioned for twelve months though the voyage may last about three months.
An advertisement touts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as pleasant to use and effective at destroying worms, claiming many have tried it with the best results.
Birmingham University has opened an experimental coal mine on campus to train students in underground surveying ventilation air testing and drilling. The artificial mine covers about an acre and aims to enhance practical mining instruction. Mr H H Hudson solicitor general of the Straits Settlements has died in Penang from injuries after a horse belt incident. The German government has made no demand regarding Marengo the detained Hottentot leader. Two Berlin policemen fined for neglect after allowing Henning to escape custody.
Paris police ban natural ice in cafes after contamination concerns. Mixed Tribunal at Cairo rules against Khedival princes in Deira surplus dispute. Arab tribes along the Tigris attack the British steamer Khalifa en route from Baghdad to Basra. A man refuses dishwashing, citing gender roles, prompting a Bible verse reply.
The Hon. A. G. Jewett, a lawyer and politician, faced the Supreme Court in a case from his hometown. In a heated closing, Jewett began reading law to the jury, defying the judge who ordered him to stop. He asked if the court was there to keep order, prompting a sharp exchange and a reminder of judicial role.
A Canadian reader reports Hem-Roid cured a ten year pile problem with bleeding and pain. The ad promises a $1,000 guarantee with every bottle and lists dealers including Wilson-Fyle Co. Limited. Additional notes mention a Paris medical paper criticizing surgeons for unnecessary appendicitis operations and Holloway Corn Cure offered at 25 cents.
A Nova Scotia woman recounts near collapse from anemia and attributes full recovery to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She reports restored appetite color energy and improved health after using the pills and urges others with pale feeble or sickly blood to try the remedy. The ad notes the pills cure bloodlessness by building red blood and lists ailments addressed and how to obtain them.
The Swiss committee weighing a route through the Alps recommended to cantonal authorities the Loetschberg tunnel scheme by a 54 to 4 vote.
The passage warns that cucumbers and melons are forbidden to many due to causing cholera dysentery and griping. It then promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a quick relief and cure for summer complaints.
A man lies fatally injured with a throat wound as investigators search for how the accident occurred. The detective suddenly reveals the explanation: the collar had been laundered twice, suggesting foul play or a trap rather than a simple accident. The Milwaukee Sentinel quotes the line as a twist.
In England heavy fog prompts a repair gang system that replaces signals. Each distance signal has a signal man with flags and detonators on site. Two torpedoes warn the engineer when danger is set, with a red lantern as backup. a machine ejects the second torpedo after the first explodes to save cost.
A French provincial stationer created a picture-postcard during a 1870 regiment visit triggering a British and worldwide postcard boom. England first printed cards in 1894, and by 1903 production reached 450 million in Britain while Germany posted 1.161 billion cards, about four fifths pictorial.
William Miles, aged ninety, celebrated at his Roebuck Road home in Rochester England. A choir boy, lay clerk and verger of the cathedral for seventy five years he witnessed eight bishops and four deans. He befriended Dickens, who visited the cathedral, and Miles is believed to possess the original Tops character from Edwin Drood.
Mr George Cadbury founder of Bournville has built large public elementary schools costing 30000 pounds and handed them to the trustees who hold the state property.
Travelers are told at the Ho tel Agragas in Girgenti that at departure each guest can pass to the bureau and pay what he wishes. The proprietress offers this pay what you wish for the first year as a reclame for the new hotel. The plan is described as a unique experiment outside the Grand St Bernard monastery.
Governor Pardee of California selects Dr. Harry Fielding Reid of Johns Hopkins to head an investigative committee on the San Francisco quake. Associates include Mr. Gilbert of the U S Geological Survey, Professors Leuschner Durckhalder Branner and George Davidson from Berkeley Stanford.
A man who earned his living by swallowing coins and other objects underwent surgery at a London hospital. Surgeons removed twenty five cork pieces twenty five pieces of tinfoil a leaden bullet a string of eighteen inches long eighteen cents in small change leather pieces with a book at each end clay pipe stems and portions of a newspaper.
The article notes Germany spends on drink three times the army and navy combined and more than seven times education. It claims the drink bill nearly equals the national debt and that if the people abstained for a year and a month they could pay it off.
A South China Morning Post correspondent notes Hainan Island off China's coast as largely unexplored yet rich with development potential. At present two foreign expeditions are examining interior areas.
A widow provided a decorated egg as proof that her daughter had reached school exemption age. The egg bore nativity details and the inscription The Lord shall guide thee continually. The committee accepted it as the only record.
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes the remedy is taken internally with testimonials, prices, and availability through druggists.
The piece recalls figures from English life who faced false reports of their deaths. G B Burgin, Dr Venn of Cambridge, Lord Brougham, MP Roche, and Rev Prebendary Hobson are noted for reacting to or detecting erroneous obituaries or death notices, illustrating a long history of rumor and public curiosity.
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