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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
7
An article extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for anemia general weakness indigestion neuralgia and nervous disorders in women claiming improved health and rhythm after use. It cites Mrs Webber of Ontario who recovered vitality after taking the pills and urges others to try the treatment.
Dialogue shows a child asking for a toy bank that is not breakable while the merchant assures safety. The exchange humorously contrasts a fragile request with a sturdy promise amid a toy shop scene.
A medical advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises $100 for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation, with a note to send for free circulars and purchase from a Toledo company and a local druggist.
A man with a couple of hours in Dublin hires a cab to tour for two hours. The driver speeds recklessly, nearly causing crashes. The passenger protests, but the cabby retorts in a Dublin dialect that he won t drive all day for two hours.
A publisher recalls a tale of a swimmer who bet he could reach a buoy but waited on it for hours. The watchers saw only still legs and a dark sea until a boat approach revealed the truth: the buoy had been freshly tarred and he was stuck.
Alfred Russel Wallace argues in the Fortnightly Review that humans have not advanced intellectually or morally since ancient times. He contends that savages show comparable innate capacity and that even stone age people were not inferior to modern humanity.
The New York American summarizes instinct as actions guided by adaptive faculties without knowledge of how means relate to ends, while reason uses adaptive actions with awareness of the relation between means and aims. The true core difference remains unknown and likely unknowable.
A brief note recalls Thackeray likening his heroines to pink bonnets with Becky, Amelia, and Beatrix each pictured in this playful accessory. The exchange hints at social fashion and literary characterization in his works.
A fragmentary line from Bohemian text invokes a mythic belief that persistent water can erode stone. It presents a dreamy figure named Pete and a cautionary reflection on what would happen if a glassful were poured into a stomach.
A humorous quoted exchange notes a husband who always suggests dinner ideas, highlighting practical usefulness in domestic planning. The line features a Detro dialect tag and a light, playful tone about household decisions.
The readable text shows a fragmentary note about Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati Ohio with mentions of properties and directions on vials. The rest is garbled OCR.
A quote praises intense work ethic, urging dedication and passion. The piece shifts to public health ad copy extolling Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for delicate digestion and nervous system balance, promising better digestion for hearty eaters and warning that those who do not strive fail.
N. W. Hide & Fur Co of Minneapolis advertises top rates for furs and hides usable for robes rugs or coats.
In Philadelphia, Towne laments his wife’s severe nightly insomnia that worsens when he returns home late. Browne notes he was unaware of the condition before. Towne confirms the routine of a severe attack each night upon his late arrival.
An Ontario reader from Farewell, April 15, 1907, endorses Psychine as a top remedy for pneumonia and lung ailments. The ad claims Pneumonia Bronchitis Coughs and throat and stomach troubles yield to Psychine sold by druggists for 50 cents and 1 dollar or by Dr. T. A. Slocum Limited Toronto.
Cols are the most frequent causes of headache. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes causes. E. W. Grove on box 25c. That's a beautiful rug. May I ask how much it costs. Three hundred dollars' worth of furniture to match it. The Hebrew Standard.
A Quebec letter from J. B. Livesque of St. Joseph states his 13 year old daughter was thrown from a sleigh and injured her elbow. After four bottles of Minard’s Liniment the elbow fully recovered and she has had no trouble for two years. The note is dated August 18, 1900.
A teacher asks about architecture and a pupil shouts that a buttress is a nanny goat, revealing a humorous misidentification from a classroom moment reported by The Herald and Presbyter.
The text explains the earth’s rotation causes centrifugal force to bulge the equator and flatten the poles, forming an oblate spheroid. It notes the polar axis is about twenty six and a half miles shorter than the equatorial diameter.
Forty one applications pour in from across England after the London Hippodrome offers £100 to a couple willing to marry underwater in the arena. Officials note no license exists for such a ceremony and a Church of England special license would be required, an unlikely outcome.
About a year ago a scheme proposed by a Mr. Willet would move clocks forward eighty minutes in summer, giving 210 extra daylight hours. Mr. Pearce has drafted the Daylight Saving Bill to set a new British summer time, with mixed views from business leaders, railways, and Savoy Hotel on practicality and social impact.
Sir Frederick Treves extols Burmese attire as near perfect in health and simplicity. He praises a white linen jacket and unstitched silk skirt, worn with sandals and gold bangles, simple hair, and a single flower or comb as ornament.
Maha rajah Sir Jagatjit Singh Bahadur marries Senorita Delgrado of Malaya in Kapithata. The wedding follows orthodox Sikh rites with a lavish dress and jewel studded crown. Kapurthala prince, famed for wealth, owns about 4.9 million dollars in jewels and recently built a winter palace.
A group led by Stewart Grey marching from Manchester to London encamps near Windsor aiming to claim up to fifty acres of royal land for cultivation and self-sufficiency. Grey vows to fast and die if the petition fails while his followers threaten to push a mourning handcart along roads to convey his body to Scotland.
Lily Whiterose, a circus rider charged with drunkenness, recounts a dramatic life. Daughter of an army officer she ran away in youth, joined Buffalo Bill's show, rode and shot under Col Cody, married an Austrian officer, spied for Boers in South Africa, passed as a man, deserted to the British, fought in battles, carried a wounded soldier, fell ill, and resumed her circus career after hospital discovery of her sex.
Lord Dalmeny son of Earl Rosebery and MP for Midlothian faced a choice between sport and politics. He captained Surrey County Cricket Club and impressed cricket fans last summer, but his Scottish constituents preferred he focus on parliamentary duties. He resigned the Surrey captaincy to prioritize his political future.
Frank Walters, a 16 year old busker from Stroud, Gloucestershire, has been praised as a musical genius after three years of street violin playing in Bristol. He has had only three months of lessons and now prepare for a charity concert with backing from a benefactor who supported Marie Hall. Walters tours Manchester and Liverpool with his family for about nine months, showcasing his talent.
A compiled quip recalls Paganini's price insight at Vauxhall Gardens asking how many would attend a full space. It notes cures for itch and corns by 19th century remedies and a London humor strip praising quality over price.
Advertises a cold cure claiming one day relief with a refund if it fails. Notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a 25 cent price. Also contrasts speculation and investment and asserts happiness comes from disposition rather than position.
An advertisement extols Bickles Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a universal remedy for colds coughs influenza and throat and lung diseases. It claims years of successful use to eradicate afflictions and prevent consumption urging early use as the cold may lead to that fatal disease.
A terse exchange humorously warns against deception and duplicity with a playful quip about one face being enough to wash away cold mornings heard in a Pittburg context.
McCall teases Magley about a new typewriter. Magley admits it is useless, claiming the device cannot spell better than he does, labeling it a bloomin' fake in a snappy Philadelphia Press vignette.
A collection of home remedies addresses red noses from tight clothing and indigestion, sleep tips with fresh air and warm baths, methods to dislodge fishbones with raw egg, and advice on footwear, egg yolk shampoos, whitening hands, and non blistering mustard plasters. It also covers exercise for posture, quick sprain care with hot water, convulsion first aid with a neck deep bath, thermometer substitutes, toothache relief with glycerin and cloves, and cavity treatment using oils and soothing liquids.
A brief tip explains drying hair by removing the crown of an old straw hat and slipping the brim over the head. Hair falls above the brim, shading the face and eyes and speeding the drying process.
W T Roe a one legged man slid down a fire escape from the top floor of a burning building in Pittsburg with his wooden leg under his arm. The Fetterman family of Columbia County Pa consists of a brothers and six sisters all the Brothers are hired and are cared for by the sisters whose eyesight is good. Spencer Bedeau aged seven of Bethlehem Pa playing tea party in sipping tea swallowed the saucer which lodged in his throat and was removed several hours later.
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