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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
2
Advertisement cautions that cold exposure strains kidneys and leads to pains in back and limbs. It urges using Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills to prevent Bright's disease dropsy or rheumatism, claims one pill per dose in a 25 cent box sold by Edmanson Bates & Co. Toronto.
An Alabama defendant was defended by Senator Morgan who after clearing the man asked if he stole the mule. The reply from the accused claimed the jurors were swayed by the senator's eloquence and left convinced he had not stolen the mule.
Do Not Use Harsh Purgatives A tonic is all you need in spring. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to form new blood, clear skin, boost appetite, and raise spirits. Testimonials from B Martin of Deux Rivieres Quebec praise restoration of health after using the pills. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail Brockville Ontario 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
A customer asks for extra time to pay a small debt as the tailor affirms he has ample time to spare. The exchange occurs in a morning conversation, reflecting a simple, polite credit request and a accommodating reply.
A new college president, startled by a steam pipe break, searched for the janitor in the library. A librarian suggested the easiest way to reach him is by sending a postal card, in a humorous exchange reflecting campus life.
The article traces the menu card to a 1541 duke’s banquet where a list of dishes became a program for future meals. It notes the spread of menus in England and France, the ancient term bill of fare, and old inns using elaborately illustrated relation cards. It describes how noble houses kept large dedicated menu cards on prominent tables.
The muskrat builds a cone shaped home in marshy ground using flag and cattail stalks braided into a layered structure. It floods the ground floor intentionally while creating a dry upper chamber, connected by a spiral gallery and lined with dry grasses.
At a station we receive violets and then lilies of the valley from a florist. Jackson buys a two penny bunch. his wife’s reaction to the lilies proves a touching moment of happiness as she clasps them to her bosom.
The article notes Winston Churchill's distinctive habit with House of Commons Order paper. He rolls a sheet into triangles, twirls them on a finger, and flicks them under the Treasury bench. He can fashion several triangles rapidly, discarding each in under a minute.
A Prague Presse letter argues for the divided skirt as fashion, noting that men in skirts appear in Bosnia and Herzegovina and wear large skirts on major occasions while working in the fields with hidden trousers.
Rudyard Kipling, famed anti suffrage commentator, spoke at a London anti suffrage dinner arguing women already have privileges and should not receive the vote. He mocked a suffragist remark on a wife taking her husband's name and questioned why a wife would inherit her husband’s possessions.
The Queen, then Princess of Wales, prohibited ladies in royal circles from smoking cigars or cigarettes in her presence. A past dinner with an American guestess prompted the ladies to stand, while the hostess discreetly signaled them to discard their cigarettes. Since then the Queen has shown a firm dislike for ladies smoking in her presence.
Ontario Minister J. O. Resume greets Windsor’s R. J. Fleming of Toronto street railways. The exchange includes a quip about warts and a plug for Holloway's Corn Cure.
An old advertisement claims local applications fail to cure catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a direct mucous surface treatment with testimonials. The text also includes a joke about pale gentlemen and boys becoming golfers, framed as light humor in Women s Home Companion.
Guaranteed relief with PAZO ointment for itching bleeding or protruding piles. Money back offer if not cured in 6 to 14 days as stated by the druggist. The advertisement prioritizes quick cure and refund policy.
Old text presents a dialogue about a solicitor named Dingass and his loan work while a dubious syrup, advertised as miracle medicine, claims to banish cold symptoms with utmost confidence.
An Oklahoma editor shared an Eastern paper’s note claiming a flat earth would make the sea two miles deep worldwide. His retort urged harsh action against flattening the earth, quipping that many in the state cannot swim, reflecting local pride and humor.
A brief quote from a Success Magazine piece shows a woman addressing a girl about overheard private talk. The girl replies with feigned indifference, claiming she has never had a husband and that neighbors fear murder.
A benevolent donor gives a dime to a shivering beggar on the blind man on the blie square. The beggar lifts the hat to reveal the coin he saved. The donor suspects the man is not blind and the beggar explains he is resting at a moving picture show.
The Fish Commissioner remarks the long patience behind restoring East Coast Pacific salmon, likening it to a railway ticket agent who remains calm while a customer waits. An advertisement praises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for internal and external uses, claiming relief for sore throats chest pains and related ailments at low cost.
A quip from the Boston Transcript notes a theatergoer missing an opera due to two women beside him discussing how much they adored music. The joke highlights distraction during a performance.
A Washington Star excerpt records Mr Dolan quoting Rafferty about Casey. Rafferty says Casey was pacing in front of Dolan's door, making fists and signaling he could whip someone but avoiding naming anyone. The odd claim links a brand claim to a charged street encounter.
Mrs Henpechke recalls a thirteen proposal count before acceptance and Mrs Dashaway ponders superstition. A doctor diagnoses mental indigestion as a joke about reading too much baseball news, featuring Philadelphia Record and Pittsburgh Post.
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