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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
A Liniment for the Logger and His Wounds
A logger faces wounds bruises and cold in river work. Wet and cold daily exposure cause coughs and pains. Dr Thomas' Freight Oil is claimed to relieve injuries and ailments when applied or taken, with reported wondrous results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Coming Man Mr Ketch ley Impresses Mildred
A Chicago Tribune piece recalls Mildred advising her mother to treat Mr Ketch ley with respect due to his sense, connections, and business success, noting his attractiveness is not the point. She jokes about his slow pace in leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Ketchley
Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure legal notice in Toledo
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each non curable catarrh case. Statement dated December 6, 1556 before A. W. Gleason Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with testimonials and product claims from Toledo. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and Minard's Liniment in the period notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W.gleason
Notary Public Hall
Acta
Hal
Mexican engineer unveils knapsack bridge concept
Colobel Lopez of Mexico has designed a bridge built from knapsacks with hinged wooden frames that unfold into boards. Tests by the military show it can support substantial loads, and crews already practice assembling and using these portable bridges for crossing streams or scaling obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colobel Lopez
Mexican Herald
Puente
Housing reform and working men under the British government
The piece discusses changing views on state housing policy in England. It notes Conservative and Liberal lines shifting toward providing low rent housing for workers while facing opposition from the Opposition and many Liberals. It emphasizes sanitary reform, urban planning, and eradicating crowded rookeries, arguing the state should address housing to improve public health and vitality, despite fears of socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Conservative Party
Lib Tele
Greater London
Lota Symbolism Shows Religion’s Grip on Indian Life
A discussion notes how the common lota reflects Hindu and Muslim practices and beliefs. It cites brass versus copper preferences, the lotus origin, and how rules about ablution and prayer shape even prison dress codes and rulings by magistrates.
Violinist Joachim Encounters Mysterious Man at Station
After a Manchester concert the famed violinist Joachim waited at a railway station. A well-dressed navvy sparked interest, asked for a light, and suddenly pressed the violinist’s chest. The man whispered Feanaial, leaving Joachim to recount feeling small beside such a startling moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Joachim
Feanaial
Dramatic Scene Describes Betrayal and Stormy Ending
In the final act the heroine weeps like rain while the villain is taken aback by her sudden warmth. The cold front of earlier acts gives way as love finally surfaces, bringing a dramatic storm of emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nothlove
Atorm
Magistrate Praises Zam Buk For Skin Cure
A Montreal magistrate testifies that Zam Buk cleared years of chronic skin trouble after ineffective remedies. He credits three boxes of the herbal balm with complete relief and urges wider use, noting its availability at druggists for six cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aemussen
Montreal
Justice of the Peace
Penny
J.P
B.C
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Worms Exterminator Promises Relief In Sleep
A Chicago News excerpt highlights a quip between a broker and a banker about a clerk's integrity. The piece then shifts to a mock advertisement for Mother Grave's Worm Exterminator, claiming feverishness and restlessness during sleep are cured with nope and urging readers to ask their druggist for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Grave
Frightful cold prompts common remedies and questions
The frightened speaker asks what to do about a cold and Bennie suggests coughing as a typical response. The exchange captures a simple domestic moment about illness and everyday coping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Bennie
Baby's Own Tablets for Childhood Ailments
An advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a safe preventive and curative remedy for teething constipation and other minor childhood illnesses. A testimonial from Mrs. A. H Bennyman of Mettall, NS endorses the product. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H Bennyman
Mattall
N.S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Woman narrates a tale of a ruin seeking nuptials
A bemused woman recalls a travel moment and jokes that one ancient ruin asked to marry her, prompting a lighthearted exchange captured in Harper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Itch and Mange Cured in 30 Minutes by Wolford Lotion
A sweeping claim that Wolford's Sanitary Lotion cures all forms of contagious itch on humans and animals in thirty minutes. No corroborating details or sources provided. The advertisement emphasizes speed and broad effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolford
Clever club president uses nominating committee to dispose rivals
A Chicago Inter-Ocean quotation notes a club president, praised as clever, who eliminated rivals for office by placing them on the nominating committee, illustrating political maneuvering in social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Certification of Liniment Use by A Ards and A King
A physician notes personal and professional use of MIN ARD S LINIMENT and reports always achieving the desired effect. The statement is signed by A King M D and cc’d to concerned parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard
Cc. A. King
M. D
Blessings a Daughter Brings to the Household
A Martha Washington quote extols the daughter’s blessings to a home, noting the communion with the mother, comfort to the father, pride of siblings, and overall household joy. The line frames daughters as sources of family unity and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
He Did Go Says Townsfolk In Quirky Exchange
In a short exchange, Mr Staylate notes movement while Miss Patience Goune insists he remains still. The moment underscores a playful doubt about progress or change in a local scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Staylate
Miss Patience Goune
Untimely Tiff Between Houlihans Sparks Courtroom Quip
In a terse exchange from a Yorkshire dialect sketch, Mrs. Houlihan sobs I never saw ye till th day before me unfordh nit marriage while Mr. Houlihan retorts I oft wished ye hadn't seen me till th day afther The pair quip about their wedding day in a humorous stage moment captured by Puck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Houlihan
Mr. Houlihan
Puck
From little things men go up to great Dutch Proverb
A Dutch proverb notes progress from small beginnings to large outcomes. The saying emphasizes steady effort and gradual improvement leading to significant achievement.
Cures for Love Through Absence and Change
A collection of classic lines argues absence can cure love or intensify it. Quoted authorities such as Ovid Coleridge La Rochefoucauld Addison Hazlitt Goethe Goldsmith Cibber and Dryden weigh travel business reflection and a new affair as remedies and antidotes to distressed affection. Heine adds the notion that the most effective cure may be another love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid
Coleridge
la Rochefou
Addison
Goethe
Goldsmith
Colley Cibber
Dryden
Heine
Lord Mayor’s Day Ritual Crowns Wigs With Black Cloth
A London lord mayor visits the high court on lord mayor’s day with a ceremonial cocked hat salute to the lord chief justice. Judges wear robes and wigs, with black caps slipped over wigs. they crown their wigs as the mayor removes his hat three times. The procession ends with invitations to the Guildhall banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Law Courts
Westminster
High Court
Mansion House
Time and Oratory in a Scots Barroom Memoir
A St James Gazette note recalls a wry remark from a Scotch counsel who mourned wasted time. Cockburn's memoirs recount Lord Meadowbank taunting a dull advocate to declaim as if addressing a popular assembly, a quip that lingers in legal lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockburn
Lord Meadowbank
St James’ Gazette
Where Did You Get That Hat Interrupts Court Scene
A stage mishap during a London theater performance led to the court scene being interrupted when the judge was about to deliver the death sentence. The cast began singing a different song, prompting the sacking of the orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A Sharp Thrust Sparks Domestic Retort
A husband accuses his wife of overcompensating and she retorts that they need a man in the family, signaling a sharp domestic dispute in a period-tinged exchange.
Danish rover wisdom on debt and care
A concise saying notes that strong personal care or thrift cannot reduce debt. It frames prudent living as essential, warning against reliance on care alone to erase financial obligations.
Assassinations Shaped History From Philip to Nero
A concise survey traces ancient and early modern political killings from Philip of Macedon’s 336 B C death to the murders of Julius Caesar and later Roman emperors. It highlights theater settings, public plots, and the ripple effects on leaders and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip of Macedon
Alexander
Epirus
Olympias
Abraham Lincoln
Rome
Tiberius Gracchus
Caius Gracchus
Tiberius
B.C
Julius Caesar
B. C
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Eminent Singer Flirts at Dinner with Host’s 19-Year-Old Daughter
A foreign-born recital star dined with a household where all women were mature except the nineteen-year-old daughter who sat at his host’s left. He spoke with her as dishes thinned, offering a Latin compliment that called her a flower among vegetables, to which she coyly replied that first place in her thoughts at dinner seemed unlikely.
Shoemaker’s Humble Sermon Reaches Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu listened to a simple shoemaker who spoke with calm confidence. The tradesman explained he learned his sermon by reciting to a field of cabbage beads in a widst of which was overed one, a method that prepared him to address the cardinal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joachim
Cardinal Richelieu
Richelieu
Family business on Wall Street turns two months
A humorous exchange between two capitalists about a son starting with a million, now earning a quarter of a million in two months on Wall Street, highlighting early success in finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Inconsistency Explored in Father and Son Exchange
A father explains inconsistency to Freddy by contrasting daily grumbling with harsh behavior at home, illustrating how a person may act differently in private than in public. The dialogue centers on a practical, blunt lesson about character and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddy
Comparison of Zambezi and Niagara River Falls
The Zambezi is two miles wide and plunges 420 feet while Niagara falls 158 feet high and spans about a half mile. The description contrasts their breadth and drop in a concise river overview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zambezi
Niagara
Doubly Deficient Tyro Seeks Guidance In Irish Whiskey Riddle
A humorous fragment features a modest novice and MeeWhirr debating proper drinking for a man who has not killed a fish. The exchange includes dialect and a playful tone about whiskey consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyro
Not a Miracle But Medical Science
A Canadian testimonial from Alex McRae of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario praising Psychine as a life saving remedy for consumption and run-down conditions. He credits weight gain from 119 to 141 pounds after using the medicine and endorses its continued sale by Dr. T. A. Slocum Limited Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Slocum
Toronto
Rockies
Psychine
Alex. McRae
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Two boys square off over coins in street dispute
A bordered exchange shows two boys in ragged clothes trading taunts over two cents. One flings coins and dares the other to fight while the other questions the point, mentioning he can take the money without a shove. The scene comes from a Chicago Tribune clipping.
Piles Cured In Days With PAZO Ointment Claim
Advertises PAZO ointment promising to cure itching bleeding protruding or blind piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Details include price of 60 cents and guarantee.
Baltimore Lawyer Frederick Story Recreates Lost Will From Memory
The Baltimore Sun notes Frederick W. Story can reproduce his mother Elizabeth Story's will from memory after reading it. The Middlesex county Mass probate draft replaces the lost original. Story recalls court of appeals rulings, Plantagenet kings, U S presidents, and can map most countries from memory. He graduated from Harvard and is son of Judge Isaac Story of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Story
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Elizabeth K. Story
Story
Middlesex County
Mass
City Solicitor’s Office
Court of Appeals
House of Plantagenet
England
France
United States
Episcopal Church
Harvard
Isaac Story
Massachusetts
Flax Seed and Soil Exhaustion Compared by Experts
Agricultural authorities report flax does not exhaust soil more than wheat or oats. Studies by Prof Saunders show mineral removal in flax grain similar to other cereals, with exceptions for straw use and regional practices. Rotate crops and avoid flax on the same soil for two years. flax suits land freshly broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Man
Thos. Shaw
University of Minnesota Agricultural Department
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Promote Recovery of Flagging Energies
The text promotes Parmelees Vegetable Pills as a recuperative remedy for low energy caused by overwork and stress. It claims relaxation is needed to prevent lassitude, nervous irregularities, and stomach troubles, and asserts the pills restore healthful organ action and uplift mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee
Mrs Chatterton and Mr Chatterton in Witty Exchange
In a humorous caption from Illustrated Bit a pair of characters trade a pun on weighing words. Mrs Chatterton notes careful speech while Mr Chatterton counters with a light rebuke about not giving short weight.
Minards Liniment and a London Bobby
Country life bored Bill Slocum he left Yorkshire for London to join the police. The trainee faced a test about dispersing a mob with a baton, replying he would instead use his helmet to make a collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Slocum
Yorkshire
London
Bobby
William
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Ayer
Jd. C. Ayer Se
Lowell
NASA
India
Geo. Watt
Arts and Manufactures
Bengal
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Black Plug
Danish Rover
Prof. Saunders
Great West
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