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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
6
In a foggy evening the Rev. Sands Macereg wandered from the street and plunged into a deep hole dug by local sanitary authorities. After a long struggle he called for help, a passing laborer finally responded and learned the minister was trapped but offered little relief noting it would not be needed until Saturday.
Friday afternoon Mr Grigson, annoyed at visitors, finally receives Theo a cheeky four foot tall youth. Theo recalls Grigson promising an older boy and returns seeking the held job, insisting on the intended older helper.
Two travellers test safes with animals to prove safety claims while an asthma remedy by Dr. Kellogg is promoted. One tale shows a cat survives a long fire trial, another claims the cat died, illustrating biased testing. The ad extols relief from asthma and urges readers to buy Kellogg's remedy from local druggists.
A teacher asks pupils to connect life forms with common substances. She notes plants in soil and birds in trees, then asks what fish associate with. A learner promptly answers that fish associate with chips, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
A vivid fragment recalls a man in a slaughterhouse watching hogs slain around him and a New Haven girl quipping about fear with a breezy, tactless remark. The scene hints at humor and local color without a clear headline event.
A sluggish man running a shoe shop in a small Arkansas town tells a customer he cannot wait on her today and to come back another time when he is standing up. The anecdote highlights his extreme laziness and humorous excuse.
A fragmentary notice notes Shakespearean reference to sermons in stones and mentions suffragette imagery in windows as a symbolic object lesson. The snippet hints at moral or reform themes tied to public display. No clear events, dates, or individuals are fully named.
An article cites French scientist M. Dubudont arguing that women’s talk is shrinking. He claims global shifts in France, America, England, Italy, and Spain show women increasingly engage in pursuits like business and politics, leading to quieter dinners and gatherings.
The article contrasts the welcome for King George at the Kaiser's wedding with the autocratic display for Nicholas II in Berlin. Guards, police, and undercover porters transformed the city into an armed camp as the Czar’s party toured, illustrating autocracy’s intimidation and the strain on royal hospitality.
A city councillor presided over a charity concert where the advertised singer failed to arrive. After a delay the baritone appeared out of breath, prompting an apology and a second artist. The chairman finally introduced Mr Ampton for the longed for number The Owl.
A woman gently tells a suitor their lives cannot be joined and she would risk his future entirely. He notes the scene in shorthand, then thanks her. a boastful orator and a married man in the audience debate family headship, revealing Nine daughters' hats purchased.
An advertising blurb asserts Baby's Own Tablets completely cure childhood colic by regulating bowels and soothing the stomach. Mrs. Wm. A. Smith of Rockhaven Sask praises them, saying a couple of tablets quickly heals her baby. The Dr Williams Medicine Co offers 25 cent boxes by dealers or mail from Brockville Ontario.
In a cricket clash between Puddleton and Mudmore the newly elected Pud dletonians captain funded a post innings luncheon. The final Madmere pair resisted home bowlers, provoking a terse exchange with a pompous umpire and a terse end to plans for hot mutton.
A prison warder finds a prisoner starving and failing to finish his bread. The warder discards the breakfast, and the prisoner explains he threw the oakum to the birds, saying if the birds can pick his bread they can pick his oakum too.
A village man named Peacock kept many turkeys in a paddock by the road attracting onlookers. A traveler asked who owned them and a youth wrongly replied Peacock. The traveler then struck the youth, insisting he could distinguish peacocks from turkeys.
A garbled exchange presents a humorous exchange about a meal and a mistaken belief about eating more. The fragment references an ostrich and a bill amount though names and context are unclear. The tone mimics a casual chat or script with misheard words.
A Tiffin man encounters a sad faced girl in a grocery store corner who holds mud and says she is queen of the May. He asks who she is waiting for and learns the name Henrietta with mild curiosity about her action.
The article notes global witchcraft beliefs that stealing hair and nails can bring misfortune to an enemy. It cites universal folklore showing concerns about disposal of clippings to avoid harm, and mentions Australian native girls fearing rapid death if a lock is stolen.
In the seventeen provinces of Siam there are 166,233 monks and nuns connected with the temples of the native religion.
A Victorian humor piece urges would be grooms to mind their manners before marriage. It jokes about keeping peace on the wedding day and warns against assuming knowledge of a wife. It includes quips on cleverness, appearance, and a Bible anecdote about Jonah.
The famed comedian Arthur Roberts faced persistent would be actors. A young man asked for stage guidance and haunted the theatre door. Roberts invited him on stage and bluntly said he was already on it, then sent him away with a sharp good night and no thanks. The episode ended his harassment.
Sincere praise for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a staple household remedy. The ad claims it treats many ordinary complaints, is cheaper than a doctor, and should be kept on hand for unexpected calls.
In a village near Durham the home captain took a fast ball from the visiting eleven and felt a sharp crack on the knuckles. A boy yelled serve him right while an old man admonished the lad as the batsman, the village school master, grimaced in pain. The moment sparked a terse exchange about manners and a lesson about hurt.
A compact note highlights Liniment Lumberman’s Friend as a liniment product linked to human nature themes in a historical advertisement or feature, suggesting familiar soothing remedies and everyday health reliance.
Fragmented vignette recounts a woman who rose from selling gloses at McKnight Grant Street to a wealthy life amid harsh judgments from customers. It notes a broker husband and a derogatory jab by a child about marrying a Chinese laundry man, followed by a juror’s exchange about dock labor classifications.
Fragmentary dialogue about addressing someone by name and choosing a kiss or handshake as a greeting. The text shows folks asking for the correct name and intent of the welcome, with playful dialect.
A disgruntled guest complains that the seaside hotel provides flawless service from beds to baths and staff, insisting he needs a flaw to grouse about, while the manager highlights meticulous guest comfort and seamless bills. Separately a new maid, called in by the employment agency, offers references that satisfy or frustrate the mistress.
A reading scene ends with a couple’s marriage, a quiet resolve following a playful remark. The exchange hints at lasting commitment beyond turmoil.
A man visits a new doctor who gives rules for recovery. The patient notes he has followed them for a year, discovering they were the same as his old doctor’s. The tale ends with a remark about lime killing laws.
The speaker, a senator, explains a busy schedule delivering a soil sample to the agricultural department for assay and sending seeds to a constituent. He mentions finding summer boarders for a man who voted for him last fall.
More than 400 000 New York school children are annually referred by school authorities to physicians for medical treatment. Italy's last census shows Rome with population over 538 000, up more than 7 000 in ten years.
A wife recalls ten years of marriage to avoid work and explains she now occupies herself with tending seven children. The dialogue questions her son's college studies, jokingly listing revelry relaxation and rot as the three R's.
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