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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
6
Miss Dora Hayden of SW Washington endorses Peruna for catarrh and urges friends to try the medicine. A Pittsburgh case notes severe cold leading to catarrh, with rapid improvement after taking Peruna, claiming restored health in two weeks.
The liberty emblem on the one cent coin features a goddess in an American Indian headdress, modeled on Sarah Longacre Keen. Her father, an engraver, placed her head on the coin. Keen died in Philadelphia after 35 years as secretary of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Louisville Courier Journal.
A fragment recalls De Soto seeking the Fountain of Youth in Florida and notes that Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil cannot prolong life but may ease pains that age the body and hasten deaths.
Short literary note reflects on dementia in America. A New York Sun fragment recalls baseball bleachers and public memory through a voice naming a Knickerbocker figure.
An ad-like fragment claims Walford’s Sanitary Lotion cures Itch and mange in 30 minutes for humans and animals, while Holloway’s Corn Cure promises relief from corns. The text also contains scattered quips about marriage, doctor warnings, and magazine notes from Young’s Magazine and illustrated bits.
With flax seed priced at 1.23 dollars a bushel due to a ten cent tariff on imported flax, farmers in the Canadian Northwest eye flax as more profitable than wheat. Flax matures quickly and can be sown late, even after wheat, oats, and barley. New settlers and broken prairie land favor flax following sod breaking, aided by its fibrous roots aiding sod reduction and soil disintegration before subsequent grain crops.
The piece argues that boys eager to quit school early signal arrested development rather than strength. It critiques parental and teacher emphasis on progress through higher grades and links defective aiming and delinquency to overly clannish high school fraternities. It condemns parental blindness to real needs and calls for timely, practical work and duties.
A survey of ancient military might cites Italy before Hannibal with near one million troops, Terah of Ethiopia with one million and chariots, and Sesastria of Egypt commanding vast forces. It notes Hannibal’s Italian and Spanish campaigns plundering towns, Thebes’ vast gates and chariot power, Hamilcar’s Carthaginian landing near Palermo with 300 000 soldiers and 2 000 ships, and a decisive battle where 150 000 were slain.
The London Telegraph notes no language captures the English sense of home. A French translation of Lead Kindly Light uses foyer for home, while Italian, Spanish, German, and Russian terms lack the same emotional resonance and memories.
In a candid interview a mature dramatic star questions a press label calling the U S tour a farewell show. The performer insists the tour is not a final goodbye despite being marketed as a farewell.
A humorous attache piece teases Fran Weber with a pretty tale and hints at an absent second person. The dog is mentioned as a light aside in the lighthearted text.
The Indian opium commission of 1890 reports opium as the milky juice of poppy formed into cakes. Daily use reaches forty to eighty grains in some areas, with death not common after cessation. Effects vary by race, with torpor in Chinese and fits in Malays. most opium in England is stronger than in India, and medical opium must yield 0.4 percent morphine. Insurance findings show no extra premium for moderate opium users.
London Truth details the harsh transport of pigeons from Italy to the London market. Crates pack nearly 8 000 to 10 000 birds weekly, fed only in Paris after three days, with deaths stacked along the way. Surviving birds are fed by hand and later served as dainties to London diners.
The article notes whaling as a modest enterprise compared with modern industry and says bone price tops $6.50 a pound. A right whale yields over 25 000 pounds of bone, two whales pay a ship dividend, and five is a typical catch. Outfit costs about $15 000, to be deducted from catch share, with possible catch values around $120 000 and skipper’s share about $25 000. The piece implies wealth from whaling exceeds mining and salmon canning, alongside increased lawlessness.
A London World excerpt extols the modern girl who smokes less and enjoys independence. It claims she golf with men, shops alone, drives, and travels unaccompanied, becoming a capable hostess for her future husband and home.
Paris physician Dr Varot presented to the Hospitals Medical Society that children raised on cocoa after weaning showed constipation anaemia and poor weight gain. The diet was popular with the children but associated with nervous irritability and pallor.
An automobile column argues that street accidents are not solely the driver's fault and that pedestrians are often careless. The writer notes it is remarkable more pedestrians are not struck during city travel, highlighting shared responsibility in urban safety.
Historical ad extols Zam-Buk as a pure herbal balm for skin injuries and diseases. It claims rapid healing for scrapes, cuts, eczema, ulcers, fissures and piles, with household use and nationwide availability from Zam-Buk Co Toronto at six boxes for $2.50.
In Dakota winters horses wear snowshoes constructed from boards twenty by fourteen inches. A hot branded indentation fits the hoof, and the board is fastened with an iron clamp and bolt. After a few days of practice a Dakota horse becomes adept at skimming over deep crusted snow.
A man quarrels with a telephone operator claiming the line is busy as cowboys reportedly borrowed the line to hang a horse thief. The tale highlights rural frontier justice and communications frustration.
A brief exchange contrasts grand opera with light opera, noting that appreciating one does not preclude appreciating the other and teasing the pretensions of admirers.
A Canadian testimonial advertises Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for headaches backaches and weakness during blood related distress. Mrs James McDonald from Sugar Camp Ont reports regaining health after using a dozen boxes. Pills sold by medicine sellers or by mail from Brockville Ont at 50 cents per box six boxes for $2.50.
The article recalls Milton's retreat to his cottage in Chalfont St Giles during the 1665 plague in London. It notes his completion of Paradise Lost, a five pound payment with future notes, and the cottage's preservation since his residence hosting notable guests.
The article traces the word zero from Arabic sifr meaning empty to its medieval Latin forms ciphra and zephyrum. It suggests the term passed through Italian gefiro, linking cipher and zephyr to the modern word zero.
A dramatic exchange features an irate father chiding his son George about money. The son retorts that his own needs are not the issue, but the demands of others. The scene is labeled Fiegende Blatter.
A critique of the lobbying system notes the lobby as a meeting place for influence on legislation. It argues lobbyists exploit legislators' vanity ignorance and fear, premised on human frailty and the search for personal favors at the public expense.
Hardy ferns vary greatly in size from hairlike creeping stems to plants two or three feet tall. Many thrive in shade with good drainage and leaf mold soil. Spring planting is best though summer works if fronds are cut back. Winter protection with leaves or straw is advised.
In a Williams College mathematics class Professor S. ears a noise from a rubber bladder squeaking near Jack Hollis. After questioning neighbors, Hollis admits guilt and refuses to name the culprit. The professor praises Hollis for his scruples, saying they honor him and should shame the guilty party.
A dialogue theme contrasts poets' scanty encouragement with the belief that people should read poetry but not write it. A sad eyed youth with inky fingers voices the paradox, highlighting tensions between artistic creation and public reception.
Rayner jokes about breaking the habit of smoking at an advanced age. Shyne notes the difficulty, while a wife adds a humorous remark about having plenty of that nerve to quit.
A testimonial from Mrs. R. Lockley Jones of Mount Tolmie B C lauds Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills for relieving constipation and liver trouble. The ad claims the pills act on the liver then help the kidneys, with a single dose priced at 25 cents and imitations deterred by the doctor’s portrait and signature.
The Mayflower passengers signed a binding compact before landing. Notable signers include Isaac Allerton John Alden William Bradford William Brewster John Billington Peter Brown Francis Cook James Hilton John Crackston Richard Clarke Edward Doty Francis Fuller Edward Fuller Moses Fletcher John Goodman Richard Gardiner John Howland Stephen Hopkins Christopher Martin Miles Standish George Soule Edward Tilly John Tilly Thomas Tinker John Turner Edward Winslow William White Richard Warren Thomas Williams Gilbert Winslow and a list of servants and women and children totaling 101 people.
The article argues that most right handed people favor their left leg in movement. It notes patterns in marching, running, dancing, mounting, and jumping where left leg activities dominate. It concludes that right handed individuals are generally left legged.
In the Pyrenees during the Iron Duke’s campaign General Picton’s line faced Soult’s attack. Wellington rode to the front, waving his hat to prompt a cheer that signaled Picton’s defences would delay. Soult’s cautious response allowed the Sixth Division to arrive and secure a bloody repulse.
The smoking ban in Congress, urged by the late Senator Ingalls of Kansas after smoke wafted from corridors into the chamber, remained in force even after officials found burning waste near the capitol sent fumes through the winds. The odor recalled a Kansas elvor to Ingalls, yet the rule endured.
An attorney for the defendant objects to a question as impertinent immaterial and irrelevant. The judge is asked to rule and the counsel insists the answer would reveal his client. The matter is placed under advisement as the exchange rises in tone and tension.
An antiquary reads from Hein rich Cruger’s diary and denounces 18th century food adulteration. He cites water tainted by urban filth, wine mixed with grain spirits and cider, bread with chalk and bone, table beer without hops, rancid butter, and brass pennies in greens and vinegar.
A medical authority touts a neck massage to clear lymph vessels and purge impurities after sleep. By stroking from just below the ear to the shoulder then down the back of the neck and repeating on both sides, the brain allegedly regains vigor, offering an alternative to coffee.
Eva asks Katharine if she will accept the suitor. Katharine compares him to a pack of cards and says she will deal if he has money and cut him if he does not. The exchange reveals a calculating, opportunistic attitude toward marriage prospects.
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