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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
3
A boy marks a chalkboard with Our teacher is a donkey then adds driver as school opens. An old foreign man on a London street plays a concertina. He asks a servant to fetch the Doctor of Music to learn the bell charge for mending his instrument.
Otto Lessman reports in a German magazine that Wagner, guest of honor at the Royal Academy ceremony, urged the Berlin Verein der Berliner Musiker to repeat the Faust Overture under his baton. He confessed years away from conducting, then delivered a spiritual display of the poem’s moods that left musicians and listeners spellbound.
A Victorian advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for indigestion. It claims the pills improve concentration and ease misery in business, urging a course of treatment per directions and asserting the medicine will perform as claimed.
A Jamaican woman explains her baby's illness as blowing bones, a misinterpretation of English by a two year old. The doctor deduces the sounds refer to growing teeth. The passage includes brief humorous exchanges about wives and sailors.
A quirky Kentucky town column recounts humorous exchanges and mishaps. A druggist asks a boy about trouble then learns the boy tried to shield two others. Jasper explains a delay caused by a man falling into a sidewalk hole as he waited for the man to leave.
Passengers ask if there are enough lifeboats and life preservers for all aboard. Officials respond with preparations while the band rehearses Nearer My God to Thee in the dark.
A physician signs a certificate stating personal use of Minard's Tiniment and satisfaction with its effect in practice. He affirms he has never failed to obtain the desired result when a liniment was required.
A father teaches his son practical maxims on wealth and risk. He quotes that bankruptcy and failure build experience, and jokes that a wealthy marriage can be as good as a failure. The exchange ends with the son mispronouncing a proverb playfully.
In the dialogue the suitor asks to marry, claiming support from his father while the guv'nor is tired of backing him. The exchange hints at family money and a plan to wed Emily to secure support.
An old time remedy Nerviline is promoted as a quick cure for muscular strains rheumatic pains and painful swellings with testimonials from a Mr Bowen and general claims of success over forty years of use. The ad notes pricing and availability at dealers. It ends with a critic joke about judging plays and mutton.
Blathers and Bimpson clash on a street with a sharp insult as a judge recalls a similar exchange. The ad promises a free booklet on poultry basics by mail from Toronto, Canada, to readers who send name and address.
Marcella recalls making a carpet rug and carrying it to show a friend. She laughs as she explains that within three days nearly every girl in the block is wearing a muff made from carpet rag. The tale captures a playful urban trend spreading among local girls.
When a baby is ill or fussy from teething constipation or indigestion use Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the bowel sweeten the stomach and ease teething and colds. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Vice-President Bury of the Canadian Pacific boasts the railway carried more grain than any other line worldwide last season and notes Western production was substantial though still underutilized. A Montreal Herald piece mentions a Sunday school teacher’s Egypt reading with a child asking where the flea appears in the distance.
Uncle Jim Sugarfoot serves a rabbit to Parson Heavegrace then tries to pass it off as chicken to avoid an awkward dinner. The parson, feigning indulgence, jokes about preferring the gizzard as the second helping.
Laurence M. Symmes argues extravagance fuels low business mood and urges saving and directing funds to legitimate industry. He cites motor cars, theatres, cafes, and tips as wasteful uses and suggests buying smaller cars and investing or depositing earnings to boost prosperity. He estimates New York spending on small luxuries could fund industry if redirected.
Evidence in the case reveals the accused threw a kettle at her husband and other related actions described as more than a single impulse. The magistrate notes a display of intent and possible domestic violence dynamics in the proceedings.
Sundays see vast suburban travel as buses carry 1 645 000 passengers in a single week, a record for the year for the General company and urban transit.
Miss J M Godin of Mironette Gloucester County New Brunswick describes years of weakness and kidney problems. After trying several medicines she bought four boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills and reports rapid sleep improvement restored strength and ongoing health.
The project to deepen the Suez Canal to forty feet and widen the south section to 196 feet advances. The company can raise up to 30 million dollars through boats and plans sidings in the north and central sections to support modernization.
Auguste and Angelina struggle on the Alps peak as she spots a long white streak in the distance. He gasps at the sight and realizes the hotel bill is catching up, framing a comic moment of peril and finances during the climb.
In a playful note, Crabshaw quips that Crawford seeks a tire pump that prevents tiredness while a joke about a man’s overconfidence provokes a wry remark about St Peter.
A vintage ad copy promotes Holloway's Corn Cure with a playful exchange about chop houses and a request for an axe to cut a steak. The piece uses rustic dialect to evoke a period dining scene and advertises the remedy within the humorous dialogue.
Two unruly boys were kept after school to write their names a thousand times. After about fifteen minutes one boy confessed that the other’s name was Bush and his own Schluttermeyer, exposing the mix up and their embarrassment.
Four year old Flossie asks Aunt Clara for a favor. She wants to borrow one of Aunt Clara’s long skirts when she grows up until her own is ready. The light exchange captures a playful family moment.
A playful line about funding a hen gown by asking if the money came from the mint. The wife jokes about counterfeiting, prompting a humorous reply from the husband.
A town bachelor, long courted by charming women, recalls the happiest moment of his life as the jeweler returns an engagement ring and offers cufflinks instead. The moment marks a humorous twist in love’s pursuit.
A vintage ad promotes Orly One Brom Quinine as a cure for colds in one day. The label invites customers to seek the signature of E. W. Grove and advertises a 25 cent price for the laxative bromide quinine product.
A cryptic exchange hints at distraction from an opera performance as one speaker recalls football demands occupying thoughts, mentioning ball backs and fullbacks in a striking comparison. The remark suggests tension between arts and sports in that moment.
The exchange plays on a quip about a champagne bottle's foam signaling danger. A young man insists the foam proves nothing, while the other warns against a reckless impulse tied to the bottle.
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