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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
3
A bystander pair watches a boy dive into a river and save a woman in danger. The grateful husband tips a dollar, while onlookers mock his stinginess. The lad quips that without his action the husband might have offered more. A separate note promotes Hickle's Anti Consumptive Syrup, claiming instant throat relief for 25 cents. Desk boy joke follows about jealousy over Psyche’s beauty.
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is presented as a prescription medicine with tonics and blood purifiers that work on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad claims physician endorsement and offers testimonials, with a price and distribution details.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes a woman who eats with lavish appetite, taking large portions at meals as if she were at home rather than in public. The remark contrasts her natural, uninhibited dining behavior with social norms.
A Windsor Ontario woman offers a free home treatment claimed to cure bed wetting in children and adults, insisting spanking is ineffective. She urges mothers to write for instructions and does not seek payment. the piece notes humorous asides and unrelated quotes from newspapers.
A man used his marriage license as a pretext in a reported incident where he attempted to drown his troubles. The event underscores how personal documents can intersect with serious actions in domestic distress contexts.
A reflective note suggests a wise man writes to a woman whose response yields little meaning. The line hints at unreciprocated sentiment, with the letter acting as a token rather than a reconciled communication.
The New York Tribune piece extols the Indian servant in colonial travel, noting a low monthly wage while detailing tasks from arranging tickets and luggage to cooking, cleaning, tending guests, and guarding against beggars. It frames subservience as efficient, ubiquitous service on long journeys.
In a famed case from the King’s Bench Captain Barnaby is said to have claimed he saw old Booty running into flames with the devil in pursuit, an event tied to Stromboli and the late husband’s clothes. Mrs. Booty sues for £1000, but the court accepts the ghostly tale, supporting Barnaby’s account.
A Strand Magazine writer recalls riding a balloon over London at more than half a mile high and hearing the city’s roar below as on the ground it was inaudible. The noise proved the air as a perfect conductor and the drift over a wooded area showed leaves’ murmur clearly audible half a mile below.
A Philadelphia Ledger item reports a candid thief refusing to give a real name, claiming it would compromise too many people. The magistrate asks for the name and the thief responds with Jobo Smith.
In Yonkers Statesman notes Crimsonbeak-Owen Moore visited today and spoke of his 800. Yeast-Indeed remarks on a fatherly resemblance. He asked to borrow five dollars from the paper’s writer.
A fragment from a 19th century journal shows a photographer asking about smoothing facial wrinkles and the elder beau replying to address any remaining wrinkles in his trousers.
Mrs J C Jamison of Marchant Street Watsonville California says six year stomach cramps and nervous dyspepsia vanished after taking nineteen bottles of Peruna. She previously tried three doctors and many medicines without relief.
A Scottish American speaker warns his fiancée that after marriage he may be arbitrary and dictatorial, while she laughs and says she will ignore his remarks.
A physician, c A. King M D, testifies to using Minard's Liniment successfully in practice and preservation. The dialogue includes a humorous exchange about a cough remedy and a wealthy purchase of a diamond ring with wife.
An old tale from Louisville features James Guthrie, secretary of the Treasury under Buchanan and president of the L and N Railroad. A farmer carried a scrap paper passed off as a friend’s pass. Guthrie’s quick glance revealed it was a receipt Guthrie issued long ago for a wood load.
The entertainer Gee Gee Grossmith reveals he has earned about 50 000 in seven months at the piano and will retire from active performance. He recalls public sympathy and odd fan antics, including a gift bottle and a prank autograph book incident at a Hampshire inn. He enjoys reading trade press and exploring engineering and shipbuilding.
The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a spring tonic to combat fatigue low mood skin complaints and minor pains. It claims to build new blood strengthen nerves and restore energy with testimonials and a price. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
In a tense exchange the woman reveals she will wear Parisian suit and hat to walk the avenue tomorrow, challenging George to prove his love. He falters, admits he cannot go through with the demand, and leaves in sorrow.
A weary man with a wife and six children is promised a nickel after he completes chores. He cleans snow, milks cows, tends horses, waters a mule, feeds chickens, and stacks stove wood. He weeps not for his family but for the world’s generosity.
Mrs Macquoid known to readers as Katharine Mecquoid writes over fifty novels and hundreds of stories and continues to work at eighty. Her husband Thomas Macquoid is ninety and also remains active in study and writing.
The piece describes 18th century French salons where men joined embroidery and crafts, carried needlecases and scent, and women kept workrooms. Charades and daily news bulletins filled evenings, with Mme Doublet de Persan compiling authentic news and rumors into a circulating chronicle.
A London Answers quip follows a street vendor hawking herrings in a northern town. The seller boasts fresh fish at four for a penny while dodging sharp questions from a skeptical woman. The punchline claims he cannot obtain birth and death certificates for every fish.
Ermyntrude flirts with a bashful suitor as she tests love through humor and a playful challenge. He remains hesitant, offering polite responses while they share a quiet, teasing exchange over supper time.
A boy asks what apprenticing means and the father explains it as a binding agreement where one is taught a trade while the other learns and helps. Freddie jokes about apprenticing to his mother and the father hurries off to catch a train.
In a brief exchange Mrs. Peckham explains that her husband's notable self control is a virtue he acquired after their marriage, contrasting with Gaddie's remark that he inherited it from his father the judge.
A letter from Mrs. and Percy Westaway in West China describes a humorous mix up when a Chinaman decorates a cake with DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS branding, thinking it a royal confection, after reading the London Advertiser. The tale notes clever imitators and ends by praising Holloway's Corn Cure as a leading remedy.
A witty exchange features a cynical bachelor claiming the longer a man is married, the happier he becomes, while a sweet young woman interrupts with a sharp retort about the same theme. The quip contrasts married life with bachelor perspective in a humorous anecdote.
The text notes sleeplessness as a vital loss and promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills to regulate the stomach and calm nerves for restorative sleep. It also reports Berlin unemployment figures dropping from 37,903 in mid November to 23,722 in mid February.
An old advertisement promotes Minard's Liniment as a universal sale. The copy contrasts money earning with alimony and frames an engagement ring as a hopeful symbol for a girl, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
The Victoria Colonist notes that ignoring the Great Lakes, the northwesterly chain of lakes across Canada from Lake Superior forms the world's most important freshwater series. The article emphasizes their vast extent and significance.
Prime Minister Asquith has been elected an Elder Brother of the Honorable Corporation of Trinity House succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. The Prince of Wales, as Master of the Corporation since 1894, presided at the ceremony.
Alfred Station Ontario section man Abraham Garand credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for his recovery after five years of kidney disease and rheumatism. He was off work four months due to the illness and says nine boxes cured him, urging others with rheumatism to try the remedy. He explains kidney failure causes rheumatism and sciatica and claims cure by cleansing kidneys and uric acid.
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