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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
3
In a Lipincott's piece from September a witty exchange unfolds between Brander Matthews and Andrew Carnegie. Matthews quips about limpness and the philanthropist replies with practical curiosity. A humorous hostess scene follows with a sharp bit of social observation.
A garbled column mentions Hall's Otarr pills and a claim of curing deafness, then shifts to anecdotes about a liniment for diphtheria and a witty tramp tale. It includes quips about a candy maker’s daughter, Yale poet Allen Updegraff, and college presidents discussing a donor’s yell.
A Monaco prisoner, spared death, ending up as his own jailer after officials, citing cost, created a jail and later paid him a pension to stay free. He managed meals from a hotel, bolted his cell, and finally accepted freedom only with an annuity arranged by Monaco authorities. The anecdote, linked to the late Prince of Monaco, circulated in Parisian salons.
Sydney Smith delighted by country life with children training animals. A well educated baby donkey Billy greets them on rambles and even carries a handkerchief bridled by Billy’s training. When Mr. Jeffrey arrives, he mounts Billy and the scene ends with Smith’s playful greeting comparing him to Horatius Flaccus and Gracchus while seated on a small jackass.
A Revolutionary War scene shows a captain urging men to lift a heavy beam. An onlooker asks why aid isn’t given. the corporal reveals himself as President Washington, who then helps and admonishes the corporal to seek the commander in chief next time. The moment ends with Washington’s gracious lesson.
The Baltimore American reports a joking exchange about a friend who is described as a chaufeur, clarifying that he has no particular walk of life to claim.
A brief comic scene shows a man asking a missionary for help with a punchline about foreign stamps. The advertisement urges Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup to prevent throat irritation and colds, priced at 2 1/2 cents, claiming it stops lung illness.
A terse exchange ends with the boss ordering the worker out after a playful whistle about music in the air, reflecting a moment of tension at the office in Philadelphia.
A fragmentary text notes a claim about Minard's Liniment curing distemper. A lawyer questions a witness about an assault in a bar, asking if the witness noticed the barman and if the witness shared the others' actions. The quoted dialogue is incomplete.
Advert says pain vanishes with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and that rheumatism and all bodily pains disappear when applied. It notes the oil is stocked by merchants for purchase and that users learn to apply it again if pain returns.
A man lights up and attempts to wear high heeled French slippers with little practice. He had rarely walked on stilts when young, highlighting the difficulty of the footwear.
Mrs. J. F. Loney of Allanford Ontario endorses Baby's Own Tablets for fussiness and stomach issues in children, praising relief and noting a government analyst’s guarantee that the product contains no opiate. Sold by dealers or mail at 26 cents per box from Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Also a money-saving quip about how some track spending only after it’s gone.
An advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as a universal horse cure, promising to remove hard or soft lumps and blemishes from horses including blood spavin curbs splints ringbone and sprains. It claims dramatic savings of $50 per bottle and labels it the most wonderful blemish cure known.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip questions vanity versus love, noting the demand for mirrors. A Fliegende Blätter anecdote recalls a dentist pressuring Baron Von Hallstein for payment for a full set of teeth, with the baron allegedly gnashing in defiance.
A list of endorsements for MINARD'S LINIMENT includes Matthias Foley of Oil City Ontario Joseph Snow of Norway Maine Charles Wheoten of Mulgrave Nova Scotia O Armstrong of Mulgrave Nova Scotia Landers senior of Pokemouche Thomas Watson of Sheffield New Brunswick and others.
A London clergyman pleading for support in a poor district wins a £50 first pledge from a generous man. The scene turns quiet when the clergyman learns the donor is an undertaker, prompting a grim yet pointed pause about charity and life.
The article recounts puzzling losses and incidents of U S Navy vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries. It cites the gunboat No 7 who vanished after leaving New York in 1896, the corvette Monongahela toppled by a tidal wave, the sloop Wateree carried inland by a flood at Arica, and the Saratoga vanished after combat with a British ship near the Delaware capes.
A New York Times report recalls Americans in Haiti during a revolution who pay tribute to the flag on a ridge. They meet an old enslaved cook named Georgy who has observed revolutions and keeps his pipe ready as the flag persists, a symbol of endurance despite upheaval.
Nathan Harrowe resists romance as Jared Parker defies family wishes to marry Phemie instead of Martha. Harrowe vents disbelief at the stubborn match and insists Martha, being older and taller, should wed, noting the two bureaus and possibly three accompany her.
A violet colored snail named tanthin lives at sea never touching land. It crafts a scientific raft with air compartments to stay afloat, stores hatchlings by position, and uses a jellyfish diet. Occasionally its violet dye is released when washed ashore on France's northwest coast.
The Samlag in Norway assigns retail spirit licenses to companies chosen by municipalities with a fixed annual return cap of 50 percent on paid up capital. Two license types existed, annual or long term and life licenses. compensation varied, none for annual licenses and annuities for life licenses equal to three year average profits prior to suppression. The aims were to eliminate private profit, secure public monopoly value, ensure liquor quality, reduce licenses, enforce laws, weaken the spirit trade, and support reform.
Anna Rogers argues marriage is not a man’s work but a cherished delusion, a dream of prolonging an improbably happy family. She notes many motives drive men’s hearts, yet for the average man the future of marriage remains a beautiful dream.
A young man remains restless as a girl teases him about his imagination. She jokes he thinks of arctic nights six months long. He answers with no clear plan and soon fades into gloom.
A French chauffeur brings an imported speed indicator to a repair shop. A mechanic tests the device and teases that only a Frenchman could read it while the chauffeur questions if the machine is run by an Irishman.
A wry exchange compares Mrs Chatterton to a talking machine and notes a missing detail in her mechanical design. The punchline reveals the exhaust as the absent feature.
A Shipping Illustrated writer notes the gulf stream edges are sharply defined and visible. Accounts include Captain James Korne of the Loch Garry near Boston, Civil War blockade runner evading pursuers, and Captain Folger proving the stream’s role in Atlantic passage for various ships.
A New York Jewish paper publishes a page of greetings preceding the Jewish New Year. Individuals include Albert Lucas and family at 56 West 105th Street, Senator and Mrs Simon Guggenheim, Mrs N Wilzin and son, Annie Zeitlin with Zionist greetings, and Samuel W Goldberg of 310 West 95th Street.
The article notes that ancient customs persist in primitive tribes with examples such as Askleplas sucking blood from a wound and Australian Aboriginal practices described by John Mathew. It claims a doctor or sacred man often used sucking as treatment and cites a case of eye inflammation relieved by mouth suction.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt humorously notes the market reality that extremely large diamonds lose value and appeal due to wearability. The exchange compares oversized stones to a football sized sparkler, suggesting even geologists cringe at colossal finds.
A wealthy plumber aboard a large ocean liner watches a distant whale. He muses on sending a dandy bill for stopping a leak, while a sailor bellows there she blows in stentorian tones. The scene blends humor with nautical whimsy aboard the voyage.
An advertisement proclaims Wolford's Sanitary Lotion cures Itch and Mange on humans and animals in 30 minutes. A vulgar husband and wife exchange is noted in a brief, period-tinged spoof within the Free Press.
A Kansas City Times quip recalls a tourist from New England boasting about winter sports in warmer climates. The Turk counters with a jab about lively staying parties in Armenia, highlighting playful cultural banter rather than news.
Tan explains to Tommy that a chef oversees the cuisine while a cook runs the kitchen. The exchange highlights the distinction in roles within a restaurant kitchen.
A Beacons column by Seid argues religion should govern daily living rather than be a mere accessory, urging consistent spiritual guidance over sporadic practice.
Native papers report plans for state control by the Ministry of Posts and Communications. Proposed laws ban attacks on government or administration and prohibit publishing secret documents, to take effect after ministerial advice is secured.
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