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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
7
Fragmentary dialogue debates success and rivalry with mentions of stomach health and medicine. The piece blends satire and overheard exchanges about weather, a housefly germ claim, and temperance, with references to vague public-house observations and a misfit moral tone.
A quirky newspaper snippet notes Minard’s Liniment as a cure for distemper while a taciturn boarder jokes about prohibiting the public drinking cup and the loving cup. A courting theme among residents gets played for humor in the chatty column.
A quoted Q and A from a Puck item features the aviator Teyris claiming the toughest challenge in flight is the earth as she asks about hardships during the resent stage of the game.
The piece quotes President Taft urging immediate reciprocity with Canada to avoid losing advantages from tariff protection. It cites responses from the Boston Commercial Bulletin American Economist and Minneapolis Journal, arguing Canada’s industrial growth and the risk of splitting North American trade, with warnings that delay harms U S interests and could push Canada toward England’s tariff system.
Mrs. Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky reports two years of female disorders and severe backache. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills she regained health and performs all housework again. She endorses the medicine and offers to publish her testimony for others.
After a stern rebuke, young Bessie asked if a child could obtain a divorce from its parents, showing sensitivity and a surprising grasp of family rule concepts.
A bottle of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil kept in a farmhouse can ease many journeys for doctors. It helps children with colds and croap and adults with pains. The advertisement notes directions for use on sick cattle and urges having a bottle at home.
Cole Younger, famed outlaw, writes a song titled The Days That Are Past. Some of these trusted outlaws could pen a ballad on The Days That Are Coming.
The temple hall is described as it hosts Grand Day with Elizabethan decor, heraldic shields, and a feast for three hundred. Benchers and guests enter, grace is read, and messes of four dine with wine toasts and ritual bowing before the King.
Sx Starr Jameson, now in England for health, rose from Ca Colony doctor to prominent leader. In Kimberley he shared rooms with Cecil Rhodes, and the pair shaped history. Jameson recalls a seventeen month prison stint, claiming revolution must succeed to justify itself and admitting his 15 month sentence was deserved for failure.
The Hon J T McGowen Labor Premier of New South Wales touring England speaks of his working class origins. Born at sea on the voyage to Australia he started as a boiler maker apprentice. He rose as a trade unionist and politician addressing up to 70 000 in Sydney suburbs. He also spent many years as a Sunday school worker.
The Kohinoor diamond now in the English crown was once an ornament of Akbar’s tomb near Agra. Nadir Shah invaded India in 1739, sacked the mogul palace and tomb, and carried back 300,000,000 worth of loot to Tehran.
Municipal effort to curb female drunkenness shows over 45 percent elapsed and only a small percentage, a feihaidder, were effectively reformed, indicating limited success of the program.
A grammar school master denies an afternoon off but a sharp pupil notes that two negatives make a positive and wins the requested holiday. The lesson ends with the master granting the break after the wit.
A description of Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to strengthen the stomach and enrich the blood, claimed to cure indigestion and stomach trouble. Patient testimonial from D. B. McLean of SterlingNS describes renewed strength and full recovery after use. Pills sold by medicine dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 69 cents a box or six for $2.30.
Port Arthur reports J Wood, Dominion Express Co. agent, transferred to Brandon. R S Craddock of Kenora to succeed him at Port Arthur.
Humorous four line snippets offer a tonic claim that Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria while social maxims advise women to chase men, and men to be older uglier taller heavier and hoarser than their wives.
A coroner's jury in Lethbridge finds death by own action in the case of Jacob Bowman at Milk River. The verdict records self-inflicted death as the cause.
Twenty five years ago the Canadian Pacific Railway began transcontinentally from Montreal to the Pacific Coast marking the start of a vast development as an immigration agency mining and irrigation driver and ocean shipping operator. The article notes growth in earnings mileage passengers and freight figures land and water fleets expanding stations and a large workforce, highlighting CP R as an empire builder rather than a mere carrier.
The Kellogg 8 Dysentery Cordial is praised as the top remedy for summer complaints and bowels inflammation, favored for young and old. A turkey breeder notes a gobbler becomes an Old Tom after no longer serving breeding duties. Wilson's Fly Pads claim to be the best fly killer, eradicating flies and disease germs.
A family quarrel escalated when Tommy Tuff attacked Willie Whimppers after being told to stop. Mamma's Angel tried to intervene but tensions remained high as blows were exchanged.
Silthers voices doubt about attempting a task as curious old ladies on the piazza nearby mutter and threaten to tear it apart, creating a tense social moment in the street.
A Traveller's Department notice from Ottawa Ont invites applications for agents after reviewing other agency propositions. The ad urges readers to apply for particulars at 228 Albert Street in Ottawa.
Advertisement seeks women to take orders in spare time no experience required. Emphasizes suitability for mothers and girls and directs applications to the Women's Department at 228 Albert St Ottawa Ont.
Viavi Company based in Toronto seeks ambitious women for full or part time work in Western Canada. The opportunity targets early career professionals, offering flexible schedules and potential advancement in a growing regional team.
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