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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
3
A tale unfolds as a boy named Teddie bursts into a house amid a family exchange. Mrs Johnson offers a penny and an apple while discussions reveal a child’s clever remark about a peony and a sixpence. The scene centers on a careful mother and a candid boy.
Sir Thomas Lipton accepts the challenge for the America Cup with hopes no slip between Cup and Lipton. The exchange expresses gratitude and eagerness for the forthcoming treaty of sailing competition.
A jumbled dialogue shows a student explaining how he keeps hands clean. The teacher asks all children to observe Tommy’s clean hands, and Tommy replies that his mother makes him wash breakfast dishes every morning. No poisonous ingredient in Holloway's Corn Cure is mentioned.
A rambling photographer visits a country inn for dinner after fresh air. He enjoys roast beef and vegetables and requests dessert. The hostess reacts with concern as the servant volunteers brandy balls before a patient exchange includes several quips about people and pets.
Mrs H Von Roden of Lyndon Kentucky reports relief from headaches neuralgia backache nervousness and general weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. A Canadian woman from Windsor Ontario shares postpartum weakness relief and renewed strength from the same remedy. The firm invites readers to write for confidential advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
The Marcus and Marthioness Ces ali del Drago, leading Roman aristocracy, were swindled for 250000 by a steward during a long illness. A signed document empowered the steward to manage finances but he gambled 70000 in a day and vanished with 30000 from the family safe.
An advertisement asserts indigestion stems from blood issues and touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. It features a Quebec man’s testimonial of relief after six weeks, and notes the product costs 59 cents per box or 2.50 for six, sold by druggists or The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Jimmie enters a chemist with a coin and asks for a thermometer. The shopman asks what kind, and Jimmie replies with a bold request for the biggest thermometer available to keep his bedroom warm.
A hotel proprietor pressured a timid guest to ring a bell for service over four nights. On the fifth night the guest demanded a bell beside her bed, thinking it a fire alarm, while the proprietor explained the bell was for service. The misunderstanding reveals a miscommunication about the fire alarm.
A husband returns after midnight to a tense breakfast in which the wife, already awake, challenges his attempt at levity. She bluntly states she would share exactly what she thinks, halting any mood improvement as the couple exchange terse words.
A coastal dialogue depicts a lady asking an indigent seaman how he felt as waves broke over him during a wreck. The seaman replies he was wet and frightened, crying as the sea overwhelmed him.
Hedwig Strawna, a farm worker from Dormono in Posen, is officially certified at 118 years old. She dug potatoes in the fields until recently and then suffered a minor paralytic stroke, leaving her bedridden.
In San Francisco’s Chinatown a sacred furnace burns discarded manuscripts and love letters as sacred writings. Collectors retrieve papers thrice weekly, burning all in front of a Joss idol. the process applies to rich and poor alike, preserving family secrets and personal affairs.
The piece notes tavern origins in Roman times and the proliferation of liquor sales. It mentions a pole with a fuzz-bush over tavern doors and a seven foot limit. It states The Seven Stars in Manchester claims Britain’s oldest license for more than 500 years and references a child’s flag anecdote during a visit.
The speaker walks beneath autumn trees and speaks of mysteries in nature and faith. A companion reflects on closeness, silence, and secret knowledge shared with a divine presence guiding perception beyond human understanding.
Grace asks about a daisy chain at commencement but Maude says only rich girls attend and proposes an orchard chain as the alternative. The exchange hints at social class distinctions at their school and a playful yet sharp remark about traditions.
In Farm and Fireside, a writer argues the eight four day balances labor and chores. The piece claims farmers require eight hours for work and eight hours for chores, prompting discussion on rural schedules.
A man attempts to buy two thousand pigs and asks to place them in a neighbor's pen until a better pen can be built. The neighbor, thinking he means two thousand pigs, jokes the space cannot hold even a dozen. The speaker clarifies he means two thousand two hundred, but the miscommunication ends with exasperation as the foolhardy plan collapses.
The piece muses on dust as a universal element from agriculture to cleaning, noting its presence in summer landscapes and as a nuisance. It contrasts dust with a sales pitch for Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills claiming long lasting potency and portability.
A two by three inch New Zealand ensign with the Union Jack and Southern Cross was given to the Canterbury Museum. It accompanied Dr. Wilson of Captain Scott's polar party to the South Pole, found on his dead body, then returned to Miss Anne W. Hardy and finally gifted to the museum.
Dialogue shows a wife urging her husband to settle a late life milliner's bill while he sleeps poorly. She pretends conscience pricks him but reveals she merely needs two more hats to stay ahead of the order. The exchange captures domestic humor and thrift.
Two newsboy spectators in the gallery watch a distinguished English actor perform Hamlet. As the tragedy unfolds, the duel, poison, and deaths grip the crowd. A sudden rush begins when one boy yells to his partner, fearing extras will spill into the theater.
A humorous verse describes a plumber arriving at noon and leaving after an hour and minutes forty. His bill is said to read one day’s work as he, half an inch pipe, clenches a stubborn job, then returns briefly.
The tale mentions a purported longest rabbit-proof fence stretching across Western Australia from temperate zones to tropical ends. It notes the fence runs about 1200 miles with gates and rare gaps, a detail debated by an audience member and a telegraph operator.
She said she was glad I admitted it but her father had been having me trailed by a detective and was prepared to prove if I had admitted it.
A tired agent arrives in the suburbs where his wife notes the dog has whined all day. George suspects the dog’s behavior stems from the house papers needing attention.
A tramcar conversation has Bounderby inviting a friend to dine. The friend declines, saying he will visit Charney's Aunt. Bounderby cheerfully welcomes the idea, urging him to bring Aunt along for a larger gathering.
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