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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
3
A claimant reports years of kidney trouble and failed remedies until Gin Pills provided dramatic relief. He says after four bottles he is cured with clearer eyes, better mood, and restored vigor, urging others with kidney or bladder issues to try them. Written from H Powis Herbert, urging readers to write National Drug & Chemical Co of Canada for a free sample.
A visiting religious worker in a Western town hosts four talks about conduct. He asks if a man should visit places one would fear taking his sister, prompting a youth to name the barber shop as a place he would avoid. The exchange fuels debate about personal standards and behavior.
A mistress orders a dance next week and a new cook promises to perform the polka and Scottish reel, pledging to do his best. The exchange shows playful tension as the kitchen staff prepares for the social event.
A fragmented column mixes comic quips about dandruff cures and old marriage woes with a note on a battlefield trench plan and a London auction result. It cites a Louis XVI writing table sold for 3670 dollars and a City of London dieted sum near fifty million.
Mrs. Martin of Erskavale Sydney writes of her five month old baby suffering hours of crying from eczema. After trying multiple doctors and ointments, Cuticura Soap, Cream, and Skin Balm are credited with clearing the condition with repeated use, the child remaining well thereafter.
After seven years buried in a Namib desert dune near Kolmanskop the body of German trooper pam Rogge is discovered by a patrol. He had gone to carry mails from Luderitz to inland stations via Ukama Springs, but lost his bearings and suffered extreme thirst before ending his life. A bullet wound is found in the body with letters nearby.
A dry goods merchant argues courtesy is the essential tool for small shops to beat larger rivals. He cites amiability, understanding customers, and thoughtful touches like rest rooms, reading rooms, baby care, and even a smoking room as ways to build loyalty, respect, and sales. He calls courtesy a principle of scientific management yielding rewards.
The London Mirror reports higher costs for bullets due to lead price hikes. Lead, nickel casings, brass, and base metals have risen in six months, pushing British War Office contracted cartridges upward. Sporting cartridges and pheasants will cost more.
The Dead Sea forms an elongated oval about forty seven miles long and ten miles wide at its widest. Its surface lies as deep as 1300 feet, with the deepest point at least 2600 feet below the Mediterranean. Its waters are extremely dense with 23 percent solid matter, heavier than the human body. Salt levels rise from the Caspian Sea to the Dead Sea, where 187 pounds of salt per ton of water are present.
A shabby young man staggers to a friend’s hotel room on the ninth floor and declares a tragedy has struck after calling his wife. He cannot recall the reason for his prolonged absence, leaving both men in a tense, baffling moment.
A young Willie begins work as a draught clerk in a local bank. His uncle asks about progress and Willie jokes that his duties are simple: open and shut windows and close doors after patrons. The piece hints at early career ambitions and humorous misinterpretations.
An irate competitor storms the editorial room claiming the paper misidentified him as the famed lightweight champion. He insists he is not the champion and reveals he works as a coal merchant, creating an awkward confusion after yesterday's athletic match.
Polly Miss Yellowleaf voices her effort to sleep well while Dolly Well jokes that she endures severe insomnia, reflecting a humorous social exchange in a women's magazine.
Huxley compares life to a chess game where the board is reality and the laws of nature are the rules. He argues everyone should learn the rules, since outcomes affect life fortune and happiness, and emphasizes the opponent acts fairly yet unforgivingly.
A lawyer cross examines a German witness about a house and its doors and windows. The lawyer asks how the stairs run and the witness replies with a playful misdirection that stairs run up when upstairs and run down when downstairs.
In a playful exchange from the Bostoi Transcript, Ethél recounts how a bold confession was manufactured by claiming deep affection and invoking leap year to spur a young man to compose. The dialogue presumes a lighthearted, romantic setup.
In a noisy snatch of dialogue from Life, Speedo recalls a chicken dash and ostrich prices while DeMote questions the remark. The scene shifts to Korea and waters near the Tumen Ula, noting unsettled fishing rights not covered by the 1907 Russo Japanese convention and ongoing data gathering by both governments.
Zarif and Muhamed, two Arabian thinking horses in Elberfeld, are pupils of Kari Krall. German journalists report the animals read German and French, answering questions in subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division by stamping the answers with their forefeet.
Mr Hugh Martin Jr of St Hippolyte de Kilkenny Lake L Achigan Terrebonne reports recovering from a two year kidney trouble after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills He cites headaches back pains dizziness and nervousness as symptoms and credits two boxes with his recovery The piece endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills as a sure cure for kidney disease with cold as the cause.
In town a farmer boy and his girl sit in a buggy as a popcorn vendor nearby attracts attention. The woman comments on the smell and the gallant replies with a playful invitation to move closer to enjoy the aroma.
An importer received Ager cat skins from Paraguay and Argentina placed with North American wildcat skins. South American fur shows round black spots on a whitish background, smaller size than the North American variety, with thinner fur but skins dress well and make good robes.
An aphorism notes that sunbeams filter through clouds and that silent people have double the odds of success compared with talkative ones. The observation emphasizes restraint over chatter and optimism amid shifting weather.
The text presents garbled dialogue with Mr Dustin Stax and references to chaos and a stub in a checkbook. It notes Newfoundland’s customs revenue rising by 160000 dollars in six months. The overall coherence is unclear and many phrases seem miscopied from an old Washington Star report.
Dialogue shows humor about punctuality as Gibbs jokes about his wife being late and another quips he sets the clock an hour ahead in a Boston Transcript exchange.
In a limited access room at Scotland Yard’s museum, visitors view De vereux's trunk Crippen's spade the false arm of Charles Peace and other macabre items. The collection includes a lantern from the Lillswell Hill murder a rope that hung Fowler and weapons and coinage devices with chilling backstories. Louise Masset’s boa Brinkley bottle bombs and a disguised bomb held by an engine driver are showcased along with a real cigar for scale.
An ad notes low mood and melancholy stem from a disordered stomach and torpid liver, promising Parmaiee's Vegetable Pills restore stomach action and relief. It claims widespread usefulness in thousands of cases and urges wise use for relief. The text also states Cheshire acre is 10,240 square yards and Irish acre is 7,840 square yards.
Advertisements claim cures for acute gronchitis facial neuralgia and rheumatism by Minard's Liniment. Testimonies cite Bay of Islands J M Campbell Springhill William Daniels Albert Co Geo Tingley as users.
A debate prompts a farmer and Reeve to discuss taxation. The Reeve argues excise taxes are paid directly by manufacturers of intoxicating liquor and by customers, questioning the true cost borne by drinkers. The exchange examines indirect and direct taxation effects on farmers.
A brief exchange questions opposition to votes for women and asserts suffragettes would seek the ballot if given it. The dialogue hints at debate over gender rights and political participation.
Vienna plans to equip bakeries with electric ovens at reduced rates as the electric plant coordinates with the bakers syndicate. Other European cities promote electric ovens for bread, while buyers consider Holloway Corn Cure for corns and warts and a typist’s spendings on books and gifts reveal modest wages and expenses.
In a witty exchange from Harper’s Weekly, Count offers a glove gesture to an American beauty, who quips she wears a glove only once. The reporter asks if he is Mr. Spudde the potato magnate, who rejects “potato king” as common and prefers a grander title.
A child named Edgar responds to his mother by claiming wisdom from Ielen and a saved nickel for a ride home, illustrating a humorous family moment. The piece also notes royal trivia about Bulgaria’s queen earning a medical degree and Belgium’s young queen being described as the sole oceurist of royal blood.
An old ad claims LAXATIVE EROMO Quinine Tab cures a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Signature marks on each vial suggest authenticity.
A humorous Harper's Bazaar fragment presents a maid quipping about last place in a misquoted exchange. A lady buyer asks about color designs for auto dresses and a saleslady offers crude nods to lubricating oil brown and gasoline gray.
Ancient sources claim unbreakable glass was known 2000 years ago with Petronius and Dion. Cassius doubts the tale while Pliny recounts the incident of a glass cup struck and dented yet repaired by a mallet. Tiberius executes the artist for revealing the secret.
In Siam a tiny cadre of aging, plain guard women staff the Inner Palace in Bangkok. They wear uniforms but carry no weapons and shadow any visitor, escorting them until departure. The palatial gatekeepers face recruitment difficulties, low pay, and harsh duties amid a calm royal precinct.
A girl asks about the animal’s long snake-like object. her father explains it is the trunk while noting the elephant’s backside. The exchange occurs near the elephants at the 700 block of Oakalts Home Company.
An eclectic clipping blends comic dialogue from Ally Sloper with a bleak quip about an old millionaire and a mock plan to pacify him. It closes with a markedly factual line: in one month Southern Rhodesia yielded over fifty thousand ounces valued at about $1,000,000.
In a witty aside from Smart Set and Century Magazine humor, discussion centers on India exporting vast tea to the United Kingdom. The piece lampoons self importance with references to a bass drum and violin misadventures as a playful aside on influence and perception.
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