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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
6
Al Ont reader Mr Raymond Webber touts Zam-Buk for curing a severe rash and healing a crushed finger. He cites rapid results versus home remedies and endorses Zam-Buk and Zam-Buk Soap for eczema, boils, ulcers, burns and other skin injuries.
The Paris police officers who risked their lives chasing an automobile gang are not overpaid. Chief inspector Colmard earns 840 dollars yearly, Fleury 600, Rohr about 1.50 a day for a day's work, Leroy 1.34, Levetre and Huet around 1.25 after seven nights on a case, Naessens also 1.25, with pensions after long service. A butcher's price joke closes the piece with a swanky Royal anecdote.
Tommy visits his aunt and declines more cake. She jokes he is suffering from Iaxs of appetite, and he replies his problem is politeness, not loss of appetite.
During the coming hop season in Kentth workers will use stilts while tying the vines a custom which has been in disuse some years.
Testimonies from Mrs Louis Breaucace and Mrs DeVers Barzour in Hammond and New Brunswick praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving long standing female distress. The company notes the remedy is made from native roots and herbs and contains no narcotics, with confidential advice offered from Lynn Massachusetts.
Prof Frederick Soddy at the Royal Institution says most radium puzzles are solved except two linked to its origin and its disintegration products from uranium and thorium. He notes uranium and thorium are the only elements changing slowly enough to sustain earth radium and tests purification with partial radium return, suggesting an intermediate product between uranium and radium. Ionium, found in uranium minerals and chemically akin to thorium, is identified as a fast radium generator.
A London Chronicle note surveys fashion in parasols and umbrellas from George IV to Louis XIV. It recalls regal green silk umbrellas fringed with gold, parasols once shielding four, and red velvet designs with heavy fringe. Sizes shrank over time while materials stayed heavy, and parasols in Paris could be hired and dropped for a son.
In Rhode Island the late Bishop William N. McVickar, a bachelor, was famed for his imposing physique. A tailor sent a messenger to press trousers for him, and the sister’s tease prompted the boy to exclaim in awe at the prelate’s substantial figure.
A French firm wins concession to build Jerusalem tramway with first lines laid next summer. An English firm may supply electric light, and a German syndicate to build reservoirs north of the city to improve water supply. Government upgrades include pavements sewers water carts fire appliances and a forthcoming bicycle police. An American motor road roller arrives signaling modernization efforts.
A Times despatch from Rome reports Italian naval and military tests of wireless telephony. Messages now travel from Monte Maria to Ponza about 65 miles, then between Monte Maria and Bocco Di Val on Magdalena Island about 160 miles. An extracted paper read in Rome was heard at Magdalena, voices clear with a distinct speaker change mid message, with more developments anticipated.
Dr. Alfred Stanfield of McGill University Prof. Ellis of Toronto and Prof. Williams of Kingston conducted the trial of the Pyx at the Royal Mint. The ceremony weighed and examined the new gold coins on special scales with assays to assess the coins’ firmness. The commission will report on the mint’s accuracy.
A Chicagoan recalls meeting William Morgan Shuster at the Savoy in London. Shuster spoke bitterly about Russia, calling it a place to avoid though noting many liberal minded people have been knouted there at times.
Ottawa reports Premier McBride of British Columbia plans a week in the capital to confer with Premier Perden and colleagues on oral matters affecting the province. The trip spans several days as part of ongoing discussions.
Berlin reports a military airship crash near Quecienberg. Three crew members were ejected about forty five feet with injuries described as serious to critical for one lieutenant.
A humorous exchange appears in the Puck page where Mrs. Knicker quips that what you spend on a hat would pay the grocer's bill and a companion remarks that this shows market economy.
An old advertisement argues thin impure blood invites sickness and anaemia, urging Dr Williams Pink Pills as the best tonic. It cites Miss Annie Turner of Marie Joseph Post Office Nova Scotia who recovered after using the pills, priced at 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
In a Boston Transcript exchange a sermon line about a baby as a new wave prompts a playful reply suggesting a fresher nautical image. The dialogue contrasts religious imagery with sea terms to measure impact and precision in metaphor.
Beware of baking powders with hidden alum content. Ensure English ingredient labeling on packets. A simple No Alum claim in ads is not enough to guarantee safety.
Senator La Follette, during a Philadelphia visit, quoted a reporter on hypocrisy. He compared a Newport groom to a master with a costly, incurable cob examined by a veterinarian. The master asked the groom what to do, and the groom said to part with the beast to another gentleman.
A Moscow venue stages a wordless production by H. Mardschanow to prove audiences prefer action music and scenery over dialogue. The first play Tears is set to open this month, with actors who communicate without spoken language.
The piece argues idleness harms both body and mind, linking inactivity to disease and decay while praising ceaseless activity. It claims health rests on energy, enthusiasm, and effort, warning against overwork and urging personal responsibility and growth through sustained action.
A Chicago Tribune summary explains how a single lightning flash could light a two square mile area and compares energy use to 13 000 horsepower for a second. It notes the flash lasts briefly yet eye impact persists a tenth of a second and discusses theories on how static electricity builds in clouds.
Mrs Brown, curious about nightly guests, learns from her servant Jane that the young man visits quietly because he "does nothing but eat." The tale plays on an aging mistress's scrutiny and a witty answer from Jane.
Pall Mall Gazette explains that ancients predicted lunar eclipses via a 18 year 11 day cycle but failed for solar eclipses because they are not visible from the same earth location. Solar and lunar eclipses vary yearly between two and seven events, most commonly four, with eclipse seasons lasting 36 days for solar and 23 for lunar and shifting earlier ~20 days annually.
Ghee is described as butter prepared to stay fresh for centuries. It is boiled to remove water and curds, then strained and cooled into granulated oil that remains non rancid for years. Report notes ghee found in deserted castles believed to be over two hundred years old.
A narrative set on the eve of marriage shows a mistress balking at entrusted savings. A faithful old servant questions keeping the money, citing fear of a stranger presence in the house. The tale underscores doubts about trust and safeguard of funds.
A centuries old tale recounts the casting of Pekin’s great midnight bell. After two failures the Emperor tasked Kuai Yin with success. Ko ai’s daughter Ko ai sacrifices herself by offering her blood to the molten metal, ensuring the third casting’s triumph and her father’s safety.
Paris report notes a Lyons committee formed to honor Bar Thimonnier the tailor who introduced the sewing machine to France about eighty years ago. The project aims to erect a statue commemorating his contribution to industry and fashion in the nation.
A sixth century monk skeleton in a stone coffin was unearthed from a vicarage garden and reinterred in the Caerwent church in Monmouthshire yesterday.
The article notes the receiver must be at the ear to hear calls and urges a bell or similar audible signal for operators when not at the instrument. It cites Titanics distress signals not being heard by other ships and reports Marconi stating experiments are underway to perfect such signaling apparatus.
Col George W Goethals, then West Point engineering instructor, posed cadets with a problem about re erecting a fallen flagpole. After long analysis the true solution emerged: simply command the sergeant to put up the flagpole. The Philadelphia Post recounts the anecdote.
A brusque young man who prides himself on wit meets a famous sculptor at a studio supper. He notes the sculptor makes mud heads, and the artist replies that not all of them do.
A remark notes that Chinese blacksmiths habitually forge razors from discarded horseshoes, implying American barbers may source blades from those converted tools.
A rich young Pole in Vienna lives in flamboyant style and employs servants via bugs. He drives an omnibus dressed as a busman, spends heavily on clothes yet wears nothing new until hallmarked by his valet. At a ball he wore white with black shirt and tie and dines first on sweets, then soup.
In a brief note from Puck the Don't Worry Club members display nerves ahead of the annual officers election. Gillis reports the vote will be held Tuesday and many seek the presidency.
The Washington Star notes mixed results from a home chicken project. The writer reports success in some aspects but shortcomings in selling birds and convincing hens to lay eggs.
Isaacs says he fired two salesmen last week, challenging the claim of a fire sale. The exchange centers on honesty in advertising and personnel changes amid business rumors.
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