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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
3
Twenty five well educated conscientious young women sought as pupil nurses at City Hospital Cleveland Ohio. Applicants receive a monthly allowance from acceptance. The hospital plans a new Nurses' Home and a Contagious Diseases Building with a Children's Ward and Maternity Department. Apply to Miss Frederika K. Gaiser, Principal.
A humorous remark from Fliegende Blatter notes a pupil whose sums are correct yet deemed too original by the teacher. The quip highlights how novelty in solutions can clash with expected results in a classroom setting.
In a humorous anecdote from The Book of Edinburgh Anecdotes, Dr John Barclay, anatomy lecturer at the University of Edinburgh from 1797 to 1825, accepts a free ticket request for a medical student. He guides the student to Dr Laing's bookshop, selects anatomy books equal to the ticket value, then gifts the books to the student and ejects him from the shop.
Egypt plans rapid electric power development after the Assouan dam enables 5000 horsepower. The output could produce 100000 tons of calcium cyanamide yearly, worth about 900000 pounds, supporting fermentation of fertilizers. Potential uses include summer irrigation and silk weaving.
The passage argues that unspecialized experience breeds idleness and waste. It warns against taking any job without purpose and urges turning all thinking and action into a purposeful, large experience of experiences that are connected and useful.
Two tramps cross a bridge read a notice offering five dollars for saving a life. One jumps in to rescue the other, but reveals a newer notice promising ten dollars for a dead body, prompting a grim punchline.
Little Willie asks Mr Chumpley what a popinjay is while the sister’s beau denies being a bird. Hints of family chatter mix with a city suburb clash and gentle humor about theater shows for different crowds.
A 10 foot tall skeleton unearthed at Dysart Co South is reported with a skull 18 inches long and abnormally large leg bones. Two men digging for laborers cottages found three graves, each skeleton encased in stones. The remains are believed prehistoric.
A visitor asks a two week student who is the smartest in class. The boy deflects and cites his father’s rule against boasting, charming Chicago News with his modest reply.
The piece urges that youth is partly a gift of spirit and largely tied to internal energy and external refreshment. It notes that curiosity, joy, and a light memory for misfortune keep youth alive, while quarrels and worry age the face and arteries.
A quip from Mrs. Chuggins about her husband’s use of profanity while driving, noting she fears it could endanger his eternal salvation as quoted by the Washington Star.
Mr. E Handkeells of Vanbrugh Ontario reports that after being laid up with a sore back he used six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and regained work readiness. He claims the pills saved him a large doctor bill and much lost time, urging other men with back pain to try them and noting cures in every Canadian neighborhood.
A quaint old description lists desirable wife traits as like a snail echo and town clock, urging restraint and politeness. It contrasts traditional aims with modern attitudes toward women, noting the discord with contemporary ideas.
A mixed clipping features an old Shiloh cough and cold remedy claim calling it best since 1870. It also includes Denver syndicate editor Harold Jenks noting low pay for magazine writers and a quip about a seedy writer borrowing a quarter and comparing a hen to a magazine writer.
A historical note extols Dr Tomas Eclectric Oil for broad reach and humanity benefiting many regions. It praises its affordability and wide adoption while mentioning literary references to Robert Burton and An Anatomy of Melancholy illustrating enduring esteem. The humorous Heitere Welt dialogue about a departing guest adds a lighter closing moment.
In a clipped dialogue format, a caller asks about marrying Ethel as Cissie reacts with embarrassment. The light exchange, noted by London Tatler, captures social awkwardness and witty restraint characteristic of the period.
D R Gourlay of Gourlay Winter Leeming, Toronto piano makers, reports Zam Buk cured a severe back strain after two applications. The advert states Zam Buk relieves stiff muscles sprains rheumatism and is used by top athletes. Available 50c per box at druggists and stores. Also claimed for eczema cuts sores bruises ulcers piles and skin injuries.
A Harper's Monthly anecdote shows Albert using fractions to outsmart a friend who claimed two half sisters. The passage shifts to medical lines noting worm symptoms and promotes Miller's Worm Powders as an immediate remedy.
Gabe and Steve debate newspaper contests and weather forecasts while Willie Uncle recalls a scalp on Uncle’s bedroom table, prompting questions about past games and legitimacy. The quirky exchange hints at a quiet domestic mystery framed around printed notices and everyday life.
Smythe and Co announce plans to erect a five story building. The project aims at commercial and office use with projected finance and market demand still to be evaluated.
The fragment recalls George Ade at the Chicago Athletic Club recounting a scene with an eight year old girl. Sue asks if mirage spells marriage, prompting Ade to respond with a playful remark about the notion of marriage.
The New York American notes that wild dogs never bark as domesticated dogs do. Wild canines growl snarl and howl while lacking the true bark born from long human association and attempts to respond to a master’s voice.
Dennis Drew recounts a story from the Wells Carpentier bout. He notes the match lasted seventy three seconds and includes a club remark about two spectators who left early.
In January last a lumber worker named Francis Leclare was crushed by a falling tree in the woods. He recovered fully after Minard's Liniment was freely used, with three bottles said to relieve pain and restore him to work. Satveer Duval, Elgin Road L'Islet Co., Que.
The piece praises a perfect record on the Canadian Pacific Railway eastern division noting every train was on time on May 3 a Sunday and May 4 a Monday at Windsor station. Mr Miller smiles at the blameless performance despite single track constraints for freight and passenger service.
A humorous exchange about an apparent fright and beholder’s claim circulates as a light moment from Harvard Lampoon. The brief quip underscores campus wit and social perception in a playful headline style.
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as a fast penetrating remedy for chest colds and throat irritation. It claims relief from sore throat, hoarseness, and coughs with topical chest rubs and gargle use, offering a 60 cent bottle and a 25 cent trial size.
The article notes that many early Australian settlers were convicts or failures from Britain sent abroad. It explains Australia’s selection as a distant penal colony and recalls ongoing sensitivities about this history. A French observer’s remark highlights perceptions of being the “best chosen race.”
A captioned exchange captures a photographer urging a young man to place his hand on his father’s shoulder. The father counters that a hand in his pocket would look more natural, framing a domestic moment.
Brander Matthews argues that Shakespeare was not a powerful performer or exceptional as a stage carpenter yet this does not ruin his enduring reputation. The Cincinnati Enquirer is cited in the quotation about Willie-Paw and a girl learning piano.
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