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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
2
A narrator argues with a skeptic about proving the sun's heat. The exchange explains that a burning glass concentrates a tiny fraction of the sun's heat, enough to melt granite into steam when focused, illustrating the principle with a lamp comparison and solar ray concentration.
Hunters report mosquitoes as a terrifying pest in northern Scandinavia. A writer describes the swarms as vast, dense clouds that cover horses and people alike, with biting, cunning insects penetrating seams and clothing, raising questions about their bloodthirsty nature and dietary habits.
The article traces early cotton seed planting in the Carolinas in 1621 as garden experiments, notes Winthrop's 1643 claim of cotton manufacture with Barbadian imports, records 1736 cultivation along Chesapeake bays near Baltimore, and states cotton as a garden plant at the Revolution’s start in New Jersey and New York, with its true value emerging about 1780.
The American chameleon a smaza rd inhabits parts of the southern United States. It changes its color rapidly from brown to yellow and pale green. It eats insects and is harmless to larger life forms. Often kept as a pet and even worn as a chain ornament. Its toes have adhesive pads letting it move on smooth vertical surfaces.
A ticket seller tells the professor lower berths are taken and he must take an upper berth. The professor grumbles that there’s always room at the top, delivering a light railcar humor line about seating.
The British Museum is described as housing items written on oyster shells and various materials such as brickage bones ivory lead iron copper skin and palm caves reflecting a collection of ancient texts and artifacts.
A fragmentary OCR item captures Mrs. Nagget exclaiming about unsatisfactory shopping. The line shows garbled phrases and partial quotes, reflecting damaged text and unclear context around a mistaken guess or observation.
The article argues against keeping local “just geese” and urges adopting well bred game birds for better returns. It outlines top breeds Toulouse Embden Chinese and African, detailing weights egg production and market suitability, noting Toulouse as largest and popular while Embden excels in market dress and Chinese brown or white varieties offer fertility and market challenges.
A. V. Meersch urges warm henhouses and hot meals such as boiled small potatoes mixed with bran grain meal and ground meat. Provide ample water, add charcoal to water weekly, include oyster shell grit and scratching material, feed corn at night, and keep doors closed nightly. If hens grow lice in winter, grease wings and spray roasts with crude carbolic acid diluted in water.
HH Hiniker discusses Toulouse geese in American Agriculturist, noting a preference for Toulouse, one gander per four geese, and a self-contained flock. He raises up to seventy-five in a season, lets birds free range, and plans to pen them and feed ground corn with water from September, expecting rapid weight gain in six weeks.
Feather advises selecting Mediterranean or Plymouth Rock like breeds for high egg yield and white or brown shelled eggs. Choose a strain of egg producing fowls and care for them properly to avoid mistakes while aiming for large egg output.
The American Poultry Journal argues against using screenings or damaged grain for fowl feed. It states that cheap grain cannot outperform good grain in results, no matter the quantity provided.
Guidance on managing male birds after breeding. Turn hens together on range when finished, then place cocks in large yards with green food and shelter so each bird can rest and be ready for the next breeding season.
A physician offers a remedy to remove surplus arm hair that spoils wearing short sleeves. The treatment has been used with some success and is promoted as a way to achieve smoother, more confident arms.
The article provides international liquor consumption figures, noting Americans average about one and a third gallons of pure alcohol per year, while French drink roughly three and a half, Belgians and Swiss around two and four fifths, Spaniards about two and a third, and Norwegians about a half gallon. It details per capita intake of proof spirits, wine, and malt liquors, highlighting global sobriety rankings and United States habits.
Describes Mecca during Mohammedan pilgrimage as a vast sea of white-robed worshippers gathered around the Kaaba. The article notes a silver plated door, a gold rain spout, and aloe wood columns within a red velvet and white arched interior. Pilgrims chant and weep in devotion as the Talbib and sacred rites fill the scene.
Mr. Robert Barr showed a portrait of Mark Twain to a Lyons silk merchant. The merchant called him a statesman, then suggested he may be a writer or historian, adding that if he makes silk he makes the best. Barr revealed the subject, and the merchant agreed with the final summary.
In a Youth's Companion passage Mr Chase extols Boston blue blood and subtly patronizes. He asks a Syrian immigrant if he is Christian. The reply notes the Syrian family was converted to Christ’s teaching during John’s second Lebanon visit.
A humorous exchange shows Cholly Nitwit and Dolly Cutter discussing literary interests. Dolly reveals she is a kindergarten teacher, while Cholly flirts, hinting at a shared intellectual rapport.
The essay notes that a person’s face mirrors their inner life and moral character. It argues that facial features carry the marks of experiences, good or evil, and that thought and emotion continually shape appearance.
A dramatic exchange portrays a married couple debating fidelity as the husband questions why stars shine nightly while the wife accuses him of nightly wandering. The dialogue captures themes of trust, loyalty, and romantic tension.
A concise aphorism attributed to Kay Mound argues that deep seated suspicion in people arises from poor schooling or lack of knowledge, suggesting education as a remedy for entrenched doubt.
A guardian explains in quirky phonetics how a French phrase sounds, noting the doctor’s pronunciation as small and odd. The remark reflects language mix and playful inquiry into pronunciation.
An advertisement extols Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as building up the nervous system and aiding digestion. It claims to restore appetite, improve saliva flow, stimulate gastric fluids, and support liver and bowel function, with testimonials from Mrs. George Fuller of Lakeland, Manitoba. Boxes sold by dealers and Edmanson Bates & Co in Toronto feature Dr A W Chase's portrait.
A heraldry expert notes only forty to fifty American families merit noble insignia while genealogists thrive in cities like New York and London. Fake armorials appear, yet true coats of arms exist for Standish, Wheelock, Carter, and Astor lines, seen in Hotel Astor decor. Washington and Adams used crests, and Cromwell reportedly sought titled ancestry before his death.
It is said Lord Salisbury once dressed in breakneck speed for a levee without his valet. He appeared in the coat of the elder brethren of Trinity House with deputy lieutenant trousers and a royal archers hat. He hung his sword on the wrong side and wore a waistcoat too short, creating a visible gap between hem and waist.
Professor Frederick Soddy of Glasgow University proposes that gold slowly breaks down into other substances. He has studied Western Australia and New Zealand deposits and suggests gold may be the product of a parent element and itself changing to form offspring elements, lamenting scarce gold for experiments while noting vast quantities may be dissolving in the Bank of England vaults.
A famed sports minded candidate addressed a Scotch political meeting when a schoolmaster sent a slip asking his view of the Decalogue. He admitted ignorance and asked a fellow speaker on the platform to explain what the Decalogue is.
The piece notes Abraham Lincoln balanced cheerful demeanor with deep melancholy rooted in pioneer strain. Pioneers faced harsh conditions, illness, hostile terrain, and constant danger, shaping a temperament that could bear joy and great sadness. As Lincoln matured, ambition and love intensified these depressive seasons in his life.
The article notes nature prepares the trunk to shed bark via cork patches that form on olive spots. It explains bark shedding varies by species, aiding observers in tree identification. It endorses washes like soapy water and lye water, scraping, and lime wash as cheap effective bark treatments despite color.
The article explains yawning helps lung ventilation by expelling residual air and fills the lungs with fresh air. It notes yawning also opens and ventilates the nasal, vocal, and auditory chambers, with the cracking sound from Eustachian tube stretching. London Hospital
A bashful young couple in love boarded a crowded Boston street car. He asked to squeeze in and she shyly suggested waiting until they got home, creating a moment of lighthearted embarrassment in public.
A fragment hints at a clock’s ability to tell different tales using one face. The text suggests shifting perceptions or meanings as time marks change the story told by the clock.
Andrew Lang writes in the London Post on how modern Berotnes and Shakespearean heroines shape Victorian readers. He contrasts married women with cowedded maids, praising Beatrice Portia Rosalind while rejecting Lady Macbeth and Desdemona as unsuitable loves.
The city’s crime bill runs into the tens of millions as police, courts, prisons and prosecutors cost about $13.09 million, with losses from stolen property and injuries adding further to the burden. Even higher private spending on alarms, safes, and guards figures into the total loss.
Edward the Confessor described as pious and ill suited for kingship in a potted biographical note. An advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a swift remedy for bilious headaches common to women, claiming relief by neutralizing stomach bile and easing nerve pressure.
In British Columbia the dry season reduced placer gold output while the Yukon declines until permanent mining methods for lower grade gravel are established. Britain Columbia and Ontario, with Cobalt development, are credited with 98 percent of Canada silver production.
A brief local note from Marion Bridge dated May 20 1962 claims Minard's Liniment is the first choice for healing and the best of its kind after a year of use. The speaker endorses the product as a reliable remedy.
A Paris survey notes beggars average seven fifty per week while distant notes forecast Swiss railways adopting electricity as motive power within months. Some advertisements claim Holloway’s Cure relieves pain from foot wear and offer soothing relief. France to issue a smokeless cartridge to infantry. U S locomotive production last year surpasses two thousand two hundred units from a single firm.
The army plans a complete corps of armored motor cars to enhance mobility and firepower. The move signals a modernization of France’s mechanized forces with specialized armored transport units integrated into existing formations.
A kleptomania case in Paris reveals a woman with a mania for coloring pipes stole two thousand Meerschaum pipes.
A brief report describes Minard's Liniment relieving neuralgia in Chatham Island off Ecuador. The article notes the island's lava crevices home to many black cats living by catching fish and crabs rather than rats or mice.
A man labeled incurable by chronic dyspepsia credits Dr Von Stan’s Pineapple Tablets with restoring his health. He says he bought his life for 85 cents, praising the treatment and urging friends to try it based on his dramatic recovery.
A physician warns that the belief that more medicine is better causes harm. He cites cases where even small amounts of quinine can help, yet patients buy large quantities at drugstores and overdose, risking serious harm before seeking professional advice.
Last year twelve thousand six hundred German children paid visits to the clinic as part of the movement for free care of children's teeth.
A historical note states Minard's Liniment claims to cure burns while Russia bans public kissing with fines of 3.75 dollars on streets and streetcars, and 2.50 dollars for kiss on a postcard, indicating strict public morality penalties of the era.
When a manager tours a company, they must deposit with the government enough funds to bring all actors home, ensuring they are never stranded in Russia or elsewhere.
Mayhew of Mahameasville Ontario shares relief from rheumatic pain after using South American Rheumatic Cure. He says he could neither walk nor feed himself months ago, but three bottles cured him and he has felt no pain since. The note also mentions royal families owning New York properties including King Edward and Emperor William.
The text notes that gesture language remains in use in parts of Australasia where some tribes have developed such a precise sign code that it approaches the efficiency of spoken language.
In spring a weak constitution is blamed on confinement and poor air, with Dr Williams Pink Pills claimed to fortify blood, cleanse impurities, and strengthen nerves. A testimonial from Mack 4 Mense of Sine Point NS cites renewed energy after using the pills, while the ad warns against laxatives and suggests the medicine acts on the blood rather than stomach purgatives.
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