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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
2
An advertisement for Na Dro Co Dyspepsia Tablets promises to restore full mental and physical energy through better digestion. It asserts improved digestion with tablets aiding the stomach, then eventual removal of the product once the digestive organs regain tone.
The narrator recalls an elder crying during a sonata and sharing that the music brought back happy memories from his youth. When asked if the man played violin, the reply reveals he once rang pigs, not played instruments.
A neighbor’s daughter serves a snappish customer who asks for a cake but forbids being served. The grocer recognizes the woman and mutters about secrecy, mentioning Genoa and a Sunday tea.
The proprietor jokes about assigning the sleepy clerk Smith to the pyjama counter stating their night-clothes are so superior the staff cannot stay awake. The manager reports no productivity improvement across three departments.
In Bushey Park London a stag drowned himself after a prolonged fight with a rival buck near Leg of Mutton Pond. A park ranger notes weekly deer clashes and says the beaten animal, about eight to nine years old with large antlers, charged into water and buried his head in mud, his antlers embedding in the mud as witnesses found the body.
London correspondent recounts Miss Eleanor Warrender sister of Admiral Sir George Warrender arriving after three months in Greek military hospitals nursing the wounded. She praises Greek courage, notes hospital workers from Paris to Greece, and recalls frontline zeal despite horrors and Turkish brutality.
In Brussels France reports that Marcinelle near Charleroi experiences repeated attacks on the van Zanten home. Ghostly stones crash windows, police and gendarmerie search unsuccessfully, leaving the family to abandon the semi ruined residence under night and day surveillance.
A brief exchange records a carpenter asking for alertness and an assistant confirming a glue boil over at ten fifteen. No further details provided.
A countryman visits London and reports his gold watch missing. Scotland Yard promises to leave no stone unturned. Days later streets are turned up in Scotland Yard’s inquiry, and the man jokes that if the watch isn’t found by Saturday no furrows will be left on the road.
A satirical vignette depicts a literary-minded man attempting small talk at a party with Miss J and a witty exchange about Crabbe tales. A farmer explains the New York Stock Exchange trading crowd and the high cost of seats, highlighting social and economic contrasts.
In a Lancashire town council meeting the nurses hospital recreation topic prompts various ideas including croquet. A burly councillor criticizes expense and jokes that toy and coffee were enough for him, while a cavalry riding master concisely rebukes a rider after a horse repeatedly drops him during practice.
One hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin in Toledo Ohio. Cure taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available free. 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A conversational exchange unfolds with a householder asking for references and the replied insists many exist but none do justice to the speaker, comparing them to photographs that fail to capture true likeness. The tone hints at social circumstance and personal pride in reputation.
A fragment tells how a bent pin at school aided Coppers, the millionaire, to begin his rise in life by securing an early chance or aid from authority figures. The note emphasizes a chance event shaping a future success.
At the school program a star pupil rose to declaim his piece with dramatic flair. The mother of the opposing pupil, identified as Sarah Jane Doran's son, sneered but was defeated by the confident performance.
Dr J D Kelloge's Asthma Remedy claims real relief and permanent benefit without extravagant statements. The ad asserts its cures are real where other remedies have failed and promises lasting improvement for many cases.
In a domestic scene Marie Cawker explains to her mother that a kiss from Mr. Smith was pressed upon her last night. Marie hesitates but confirms acceptance, revealing social pressure within the household.
A witty exchange shows a husband doubting a pudding’s flavor while the wife defends it with a cookbook claim. The playful quarrel centers on taste and imagination in domestic life.
A grouchy customer remarks that the restaurant advertises its own pies and offers a blunt suggestion that someone else should make them, prompting a tense exchange as he pays his bill.
The Washington based national pure food bureau incurs annual operating expenses of one million dollars.
A mother urges prompt nourishment for growing girls showing anaemia signs and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring red blood and vitality. Cape Town Ontario resident Mamie Krouse testifies to renewed health after using the pills. Pills sold by medicine dealers or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A famed Lancashire farmer known for humor finally gets a punch line after years of pleading the council to fill a mud-hole near his home. One wet night he finds three council men stuck in the hole, and with dry wit delivers a sharp quip about progress at last.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones joke about Mrs. Weeds marrying a farmer and living in the country. They remark she has experience, noting this is her sixth marriage, implying she knows all about husbandry.
In a brief town note, residents lament a departing cook and fear a replacement is unavailable. The message implies a wider shortage as every candidate is reportedly unavailable, prompting plans to adapt meals.
The narrator remarks on a comically poor health conclusion as they enter a ballroom and reveal a misguided heart scare, then jokes about a cold and forgetting a handkerchief with Mr. Snuffles-Heart dismissing the alarm.
Mrs Getrox says the club's effort was not a success while Mrs Swift counters that the gathering offered the same comforts as home, reflecting mixed reception from attendees.
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with curing stomach and nervous issues caused by coffee and tea. After two years of exclusive Postum use, he reports improved health and greater focus during long work hours, urging others with similar symptoms to try it.
Dorset inquest heard Sarah Mary Kearley kept the dead Ellen Griffin in a bedroom for over three years hoping she would revive. The women lived together after leaving London service and slept beside the skeleton, which a doctor said showed natural death. Open verdict returned.
Prof Vivian B. Lewis warns oil demand outstrips production across the empire and allies call for large storage facilities and subsidized development of oilfields in India, the East Indies, Canada and other colonies to safeguard future supply. He notes new fields may not match old output and fears the next fifty years may see scarce, expensive fuel.
London reports relics unearthed on Cane Hill Asylum land in Couldson Surrey. Excavations reveal hippo bones and mammoth tusk fragments. researchers consult experts and favor placing remains in the Horniman Museum. Also noted are a sixteenth century fresco near Ipswich and Wren staircases and marble mantels found around Tower area with sales recorded.
The Rev. G. Douglas Castleden of St. Andrew's West Kensington asks for congregational views on Sunday morning services which have been called too long. Referendum papers have been sent to communicants and members for input.
An elderly reminiscence from James R. Keene recalls the rough humor of the 1849 era. A temperance stance clashed with bar room bravado as a '49er teased a total abstainer over drinks, ending in a weary joke about violence.
An advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures piles within six to fourteen days. It asserts relief for blind, bleeding, or protruding piles and offers a money back guarantee if no cure is achieved.
A French physician exposes a hazardous coal stove as the cause of a patient’s headaches and collapse. He persuades the owner to sell it for twenty five francs, to be rid of the device. A later room visit reveals the stove still in use in Dr B’s mother in law’s home. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are promoted as a cure for nervous debility by restoring stomach function.
A young wife in regret writes to her husband, an usher, asking him to hurry home and shut off the gas. The usher places the note on the pulpit, prompting the minister to pause. He reads it with a smile that becomes a frown as he realizes the meaning.
An 82 year old French father, Colonel Nieurport, mourns two sons lost in conflict. The elder died in 1911 maneuvers, the second in a recent air accident near Etampes. Relatives say news was hidden while crowds and a passing regiment evoke memory and sorrow.
A brief exchange occurs as a stout faced woman talks with a fat lady. The woman asks if it is hard to be a freak and the other replies she often feels sorry for those who seem unable to avoid being freaks.
Readers criticize the Millers for poor conduct and pompous behavior after boasting about lavish dinners. Critics argue their social circle is tainted by arrogance unless they improve manners and humility.
A mother warns Tommy that he ate his cake and Mabel’s too, while Tommy insists he did not want anyone else to be sick. The exchange shows a child choosing self blame to spare his sister.
A courtroom exchange spirals with a faulty witness cross examination. The judge calmly corrects the misheard distance as the dialogue devolves into a comic miscue about flow, cries, and fire.
A dejected young man describes a woman as a disappointment and a fraud. He recalls saving tobacco money and living on bananas for two weeks to treat Miss Truelove to the opera and supper before asking her to marry him. she feared he was too extravagant to be a good husband.
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