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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
6
An advertisement promotes Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets as relief for indigestion. It claims the tablets restore digestion after meals and curb appetite issues. The product is advertised as made by the National Drug and Chemical Co of Canada Limited and sold by druggists.
A dialogue notes a lawyer skeptical about separation from his wife after she throws flatirons at the dog. He counters that each time she throws at the dog she bites him instead.
A retired insurance agent recounts persuading a man to take a $50,000 life policy just before his death. He admits the tactic was harsh on the company and reflects on his success, noting he later married the widow.
Gibbs questions why Ridphleigh favors single rooms at hotels. Gibbs says his doctor advised avoiding jaltes. Mabel wonders about roosters in church steeples. Jack suggests hens would make collecting eggs difficult.
A private seeks two weeks off to help his sick wife and children. The colonel, strict on privilege, reveals a letter from the man’s wife calling him a nuisance and rejecting the request. Patrick then attempts a joke claiming there are two fine horses in the room and that he has never married.
The text promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a trusted vermifuge for infants. It asserts worms threaten many children and claims the powder expels worms, serves as healthful medicine, and remedies ailments weakening and endangering infants.
A farmer's wife rebukes a petitioner for past promises as she recalls giving him a fine pair of boots a month earlier. She insists he not trouble her again, while the petitioner asks if the worn boots can be resoled and reheeled.
A brief dialogue reveals a tense exchange as a mother tells Tommy to stay good in her absence. She warns him he cannot be her son unless he improves and behaves, hinting at deeper family strife.
An agricultural village spent over a fortnight preparing for a Keats lecture. The evening arrived with the lecturer ready to discuss the poet. The advertised chairman was replaced by a local farmer at the last moment. The speaker concluded with a remark about what he personally has often wondered what are Keats.
The doctor urges the daughter to take absolute rest for her health and complexion while the mother pleads, highlighting a conflict between concern and the girl’s resistance. The exchange emphasizes care and family dynamics in a medical consultation.
An invention claims to keep ship hulls free of barnacles with an electric system installed on boats, preventing speed loss and extending hull life. Separately a feeding bottle instruction suggests cooling the bottle after use and boiling milk if a baby fails to thrive.
The speaker compares a legal retainer to a slot gas meter where clients pay upfront. A retainer is money paid to lawyers before work begins, securing availability and costs for services.
A fragmented exchange features characters Brown Stranger arguing about names and recognition in a color blind dialogue. The text presents a quirky, back and forth moment likely from a street scene or a performance snippet.
Historical notes describe the expansion of sawdust applications from ice packing to large scale paper and wood plants. Ethyl alcohol production from wood, briquettes for fuel, and specialized flooring come under study, while methods in England and Austin Texas show differing processes. The text also notes sawdust in metapolish, meat curing, safety explosives, fiber, pulp, and carpet cleaning powders.
At an inland city boarding house the mayor's son, once flaunting wealth, reads a postcard meant for a namesake janitor. He blushes and leaves after realizing the note orders the other janitor to return because that worker is ill.
A man recalls an astrologer’s tale that he would love only a golden haired schoolgirl with brown eyes. He meets a woman who matches the description, but she says she was not golden-haired as a schoolgirl. The revelation unsettles him as he realizes the clue was misremembered.
A young Irishman, sent to box in a neighboring city, was taking a beating as his backers watched. He urged his friends to brace up and Jamie cried Stop more of his blows, while the crowd saw him struggle against the stronger opponent.
The speaker laments that movies never depict Central American revolutions and criticizes film makers for lacking a perfect film machine to portray such events.
Leo Scheff of the London Graphic reports on Canada's fast expansion in the last year during a three month coast to coast tour. He cites Medicine Hat’s large flour mill bound for China and Japan, the rise of Melville Saskatchewan, and widespread British manufacturing misses while American factories proliferate. He notes strong Home Reunion loans and opportunities for boots flour drugs clothing furniture and candies.
A wife testifies to the commission that her husband took her to the theater twice in one week, with taxi rides after shows and gifts of chocolates and flowers, arguing such actions prove sanity because she is his wife. She contends the actions reflect marital bond rather than insanity.
In a Cleveland courtroom a juror suddenly rose and fled the trial. He was chased down inside the building and detained. The judge, known for his leniency, asked the juror to explain the action. The juror cited confusion from opposing counsel as the reason for leaving.
A review extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a lasting favorite among vegetable remedies. The piece notes widespread use and strong public esteem, claiming the pills have established themselves as a standard preparation without needing further advertising.
Mrs. Giles is sick so Giles climbs a chair to wind the Seaweed Farm clocks. He is short and fat and barely fits the mantel shelf. He assures his wife the chair will bear him as he stands on one leg.
In a terse wartime vignette two women trade a playful banter about sharing ginger beer. He asserts a true Brit ish soldier never retreats while she questions the gesture and the implied hospitality. The exchange highlights wartime morale and humor.
A mother and child joke about spoiled milk left in the icebox and a mistaken morning delivery turning into a playful pun about cow pickles.
An old advertisement offers Marine Eye Remedy in liquid form priced at 25 cents and Marine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes at 2 cents. It promises relief for red watery eyes and granulated lids with soothing effects and notes free Eye Books by mail from the Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
The germ of smallpox is claimed discovered and propagable by Dr Walter Fornet at Kaiser Welhelm Academy. He says a pure culture can be produced without calf lymph and may enable new treatments and safer vaccines. German vaccination law mandates child immunization in the first year and at age twelve.
The article notes 22 million dollars worth of vegetable tanning materials used annually in the United States with hemlock bark as the chief source. Bark usage fell from 930,000 tons in 1906 to 698,900 tons in 1909, as forests deplete and substitutes are explored though limits to substitutes remain a concern for future supply.
A speech lesson fragment shows a teacher and master guiding boys in singing with a temperance message. The Say-er injects ginger into the verse as part of the classroom demonstration.
A medical student queries the famous surgeon about what was operated on and the surgeon replies that the patient’s cost was two hundred dollars. The student insists on knowing what the man had, but the surgeon repeats the same price, leaving the exact ailment unstated.
Demand for Canadian gold coins has nearly vanished since the first issue. A large quantity circulated at first, but interest declined and now almost none remain in circulation.
A short exchange recalls Jimson lending an umbrella in a moment of danger when the world seemed black and the clouds threatened.
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