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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
2
An ad style feature extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a spring remedy to restore strength and complexion, claiming they renew blood, treat neuralgia and eruptions, and make weak people active again. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Mises of Bronton and a price offer of six boxes for $2.60 from Brockville Ontario along with other period ads.
An advertisement from Mrs Summers of Windsor, Ontario, promotes a home treatment for leucorrhoea ulcers displacements menstrual pain and related female disorders at about 12 cents weekly. It includes a free book titled Woman's Own Medical Adviser and a rest offer. The text also briefly references a Washington Star quip about suffrage with pink ribbon.
A garbled clip reports a Minard's Liniment ad tied to a neighborly scenario and a string of quips. It includes a man refusing an invitation after three offers and his wife’s vain plea, plus a brief Herald reference and a late-night gas and kiss joke from Tit-Bits.
Martin O Grady of Renfrew County Ontario reports a yearlong battle with Bright's disease ending in relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He details poor appetite disturbed sleep and fatigue before taking the pills and credits them with his recovery. The claim notes the pills have helped many cases of Bright's disease diabetes rheumatism lumbago and sciatica.
A London Daily Mail commission of three photographic experts and three spiritualist figures plans trials to verify spirit photographs. Proposals include magnetized exposed plates sealed to prevent tampering and demonstrations with an ordinary camera aided by a woman medium to produce potential evidence either supporting or debunking spiritualist claims.
In the House of Lords a new peer enters in scarlet velvet and ermine robe with sponsors. The procession bows before the vacant throne and the presiding officer. The patent of nobility is presented and the oath sworn on the woolsack. Sponsors, peers, and the Lord High Chancellor greet the new member.
Lord Esher, famed for recruiting for the London Territorial Force, is noted as a shrewd English businessman and author. The piece recalls his father the Master of the Rolls and cites anecdotes about peerage, duty, and admiration for both father and son.
The note recalls Kinglake author of Eothen who joked about a lady doctor saying gout is not beyond her scope but men are. It also quotes his sharp take on The Times and his reaction to the new editor's marriage, calling the paper a juggernaut yet linking it to humanity.
The Squire of Blankney, Henry Chaplin, whose illness may force his retirement from Parliament, has long been a picturesque figure in the House of Commons. Once owner of vast Lincolnshire estates, he is celebrated for hunting and riding and remains a popular local figure despite age.
A private of the Northampton Regiment in Colchester Military Prison rang the fire alarm bell to summon warders. When four warders arrived, he stunned one with the metal end of a fire hose, seized his keys, and escaped. The alarm caused a crisis as guards searched for the escapee.
The piece urges staying optimistic during storms of weather and life. It argues that blue days end, compares misfortune to changing seasons, and encourages steady resolve with the refrain that hard times pass and others endure too. It appeals for practical patience and self discipline.
A veteran actor recalls meeting a wealthy friend’s son who joins a traveling company He claims to play Carlos the Fiddler though no such role exists Onstage absence aside he insists he is bound for fame despite his rough start and the veteran laments youth optimism.
Mr James Keir Hardie MP faced heavy disruption at a Oxford public meeting on unemployment and labor as undergraduates hurling rotten fruit and singing blocked his speech. A proctor stepped in and the event ended abruptly with Free fighting and noisy disorder. Victor Grayson, amid Labour tensions, gains a key staff position at The Clarion.
A salesman explains that ties rejected by men are not discarded but set aside and later sold to women shopping for men. He notes that five or six men may turn down a tie before one is chosen, and the rejected ones are placed in a separate box for resale.
Mrs Oldwoman faces a comic moral bind due to family ties and ill health as she weighs calling a homypath doctor and ally path her son in law and his wife. She muses on who to appease and contemplates not dying to avoid anger. The quip reflects witty social strain over medical and familial alliances.
Senator Beveridge advocates careful wording to avoid misunderstanding and anger. The piece cites a Cincinnati station incident where a man warned to keep his head in, with a sharp retort. It also warns that early colds can worsen without care and praises Bickle's Anti-Consummptive Syrup as a reliable first aid.
A reader asserts the average man signs any petition so long as it does not impede personal liberty. The remark reflects attitudes toward civic participation and individual rights.
Traders dealing in camphor balls anticipate a revival of business as market conditions improve and demand rebounds, signaling a hopeful turn in their fortunes.
A humorous exchange in the Boston Transcript features Willie answering the riddle seven as all months have at least twenty eight days and some add extra days. The quip showcases playful calendar logic from a classic newspaper item.
Advertisements recount cures from Minard’s Liniment for acute bronchitis facial neuralgia and chronic rheumatism. Testimonies cite Bay of Islands J M Campbell, Springhill WM Daniels, Albert Co GEO Tingley. Each note mentions location and individual user.
Lord Dunraven, aged sixty eight, is noted as a rare peer war correspondent with extra-master navigation certification. His pursuits include yachting, big game hunting, and painting collections. He served as captain in a South African war corps and reported from Abyssinia in 1867 and the Franco-German war for The Daily Telegraph.
The article explains fatigue from exertion or organ derangements affecting the liver kidneys and bowels. It lists symptoms such as aches headaches back pain dizziness and irritability and describes the pills as cleansing the excretory system for better digestion. One pill per dose costs cents a box and is sold by Edmanson Bates Co in Toronto.
A British scientist explains how animals defend themselves. Large carnivores use sharp teeth claws and venom while herbivores rely on horns tusks and head shields. Horn growth varies among cows deer and rhinoceroses with rapid renewal in some species and movable horn arrangements in others.
Rev Ceanen Elle good of Montreal marks his sith birthday with friends. Canon Ellegood is a vigilant church apostle, keen golfer, and salmon and trout fishing enthusiast. He favors vegetarianism and keeps liquor only to meet stomach ailments, a habit noted during a past parish visit.
A minister's wife tells guests she has not pictured Heaven and would follow her husband after death, prompting her husband to remark that such devotion is love that never grows cold. The exchange captures a lighthearted moment on faith and companionship.
A simple safe pocket lamp can glow for about six months with a vial of phosphorus and olive oil. Use a strong glass bottle, fill one third with heated olive oil, add phosphorus, cork tightly, and recharge by uncorking if dim. Safe for watchmen, but phosphorus is highly poisonous to handle.
The article notes a paradox in men’s tastes, praising charm before marriage while ignoring or condemning similar flirtations after weddings. It highlights how a flower in a wife’s hair once seen as romantic becomes something he overlooks or scorns. The piece reflects on curious traits in romantic perception.
A well dressed skater ran from a pursuing detective in a Serpentine chase. The ice near the bridge marked dangerous bent, the man escaped, while the sheriff’s officer broke through and drowned. The narrator notes the young man’s skates vanished.
A brief item notes Minard's Liniment relieves neuralgia amid a quirky aside about a speechless woman and a pretty girl dampening a man's dialogue with wit.
At Shap Westmorland Charles Southey son of the late Askham vicar and grandson of poet Robert Southey was sentenced to a week in jail for begging at Patterdale Hall on Sunday night. He claimed a good education but no trade led him to literature after marriage failed, and he said he has subsisted on fish and chips in common judging houses.
The Chicago Record-Herald recalls a humorous tale about a boy who maintains he did nothing wrong in childhood. Uncle Jim teased that the youngster’s story grew with imagination, highlighting a playful exchange about honesty and virtue.
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