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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
5
Citizens' Day will be celebrated in Rapid City on July 8. A four race event is planned for Dominion Day amid a busy season. The Manitoba Agricultural College offers a July 20 to August 21 short course in steam and gasoline engine engineering for threshermen and farmers, requiring prior engine experience.
A drifting tale of the Amity's voyage surfaces from the Essex Institute at Salem as Captain Jager and crew face mutiny and fate. A strange episode sees a schooner resembling the Amity appearing near Salem and then vanishing, puzzling observers and altering the ship’s course back to sea with a grateful crew.
The piece notes audiences in Restoration era were not always punctual with critics like Pepes and Sparkish cited. It argues early audiences paid close attention, and later centuries saw theater going become a serious endeavor. It references figures from Douglas and The Mourning Bride and mentions latecomer practices and a Thackeray-era custom.
A group discusses witches weight with Brenda saying she weighed ninety nine pounds and Grandpa stating witches weight was ninety one pounds. Mr Follansbee jokes that ninety nine is witches weight while referencing family lore about Maam Jones and a grandmother who was a witch.
The text explains collective caterpillars such as the American tent caterpillar create silk nests among leaves for shelter. It notes winter sleeping places called hibernaculums formed from spun silk, thick walls, and clustered caterpillars awaiting warm weather to resume feeding.
Ancient map shows the Towne of Mannados as a peninsula from a bay with Hudson River and a stream, naming Water Mill near Harlem and Ye Governour's House at the island’s southeast. The chart suggests limited reach to what is now Twenty third Street and marks Maine land and Longe Isleland to the east.
A mother praises her son for virtue after he wins a Sunday school prize. He denies involvement in cruelty by Charlie Binks, while his father urges him to intervene. Tommy explains he could not stop Charlie because he was holding the pug dog during the incident.
In a reminiscence from Pages From an Adventurous Life, George Cruikshank, though over eighty, enthusiastically demonstrates a land sword dance in Richardsons room. He urges the observer to note the display and declare they witnessed the famed artist in youthful vigor.
A reflection on duties, urging precise daily tasks and the lifting of household care to higher purpose. It emphasizes serving family with honesty and nobility, suggesting personal order and steadfast effort as the means to bear life’s miseries.
The account traces Thomas Godfrey a Philadelphia glazier who glimpsed a water refraction triangle from a glass on a pump and water. This sparked the 1730 idea for the reflecting sea quadrant later shared with Hadley in London amid American efforts to honor Godfrey.
A chemist describes using animals to test drugs in a black yard of a large chemical plant. Ergotine turns a chicken’s comb black, hasheesh is tested on dogs, digitalis on frogs, and sometimes chemists test drugs on themselves, risking death or insanity.
Rev. R L Giles notes the raven as a mixed symbol in Christianity. Viewed as an omen yet a pious figure, it represents procrastination with its Cras cry and appears in the Christmas mystery alongside other animals. The piece cites early sources from the fourth century.
A subway conductor on a Sixth Avenue surface car challenged a woman about paying fares for her young daughter. The woman admitted the child was with her but claimed she had never paid for the girl, while the conductor pressed for the fare. The exchange centered on whether the woman would begin paying for the child.
A short bulletin quotes a quip on genius: it is an unlimited capacity for taking what belongs to others. The remark frames genius as the sharp, ironic selectivity of a discerning mind.
In a humorous exchange, Kwater cites a familiar adage about pennies while Galley interrupts with a playful twist about jars and heirs, reflecting a lighthearted debate on frugality and future fortunes.
A brief comic exchange shows a parishioner slighting the new minister and the minister replying with wit. The vignette reflects humorous churchroom dialogue from Leslie's Weekly and a Poe quote on gratitude and generosity.
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