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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
3
An inventor from Winnipeg offers a new lamp that emits a bright white light without odor smoke or noise and claims it outshines gas and electricity. He proposes a 10 day free trial and offers agencies with potential earnings up to 508 per month, inviting inquiries.
Alderman Joseph Hoskin dies in Vancouver after deep ties to the Klondike rush. Also, 250 members of Friends of Soviet Russia join a Winnipeg demonstration ending in a street parade. Others note milk education plans in Philadelphia, a fatal Gravesend train crash, Cody statue commission, trout egg distribution in British Columbia, war trophies for Sir David Watson, H 24 repairs in Gibraltar, a Delorme insanity case, a London jewel robbery, and railway electrification talks in Manitoba.
The United States liner President Tali, twelve miles off New York, sighted a distressed Portuguese barque. The Mhurse diverted to aid, sending a doctor and supplies. A Portuguese captain greeted the relief party and asked to deliver two letters to his cousin in New York and the mate’s American fiancée.
An advertisement urges women to maintain strength and blood health with Dr Williams Pink Pills. It cites Mrs. Cora Conrad of Broad Cove NL reporting relief from headaches dizziness and fatigue after using the pills. Available from dealers or by mail for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A humorous exchange about false doctrine leads to a promotion of Dr J D Kellotzs Asthma Remedy. The ad claims the remedy clears bronchial passages with a healing smoke or vapor and offers quick relief based on years of success.
An advertisement urges relief for nausea and upset stomachs with Wherviline, claiming twenty drops in sweetened water ease vomiting. It promotes large 35 cent bottles and notes widespread home use and availability from dealers.
The piece cites Dugahi Campbell describing African justice methods. In West Africa suspects swim in crocodile-infested water for a set time and are deemed innocent if they emerge unharmed. In Central Africa the accused must smoke a giant pepper filled pipe without spitting, a rarely achieved test that clears suspicion.
The article advocates replacing carbolic acid with Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil for treating wounds in factories. It claims the product acts as quickly and does not burn skin, suggesting safer, immediate relief for workman injuries.
During the week ending August 6, the International Nickel Company shipped no fewer than ten cars of nickel matte from its Copper Cliff plant near Sudbury. Officials expect renewed demand to cause at least two furnaces to be blown in the coming weeks.
If one be troubled with corns, they will find in Holloway's Corn Remover an application that will entirely relieve suffering and return comfort to the feet.
A Bangkok hotel posts notices in multiple languages about electricity and lamp failure. The English text asks guests to return a postcard if their electric light goes out so the company can send a replacement.
Two hundred demobilized Indian officers are expected to settle in British Columbia. Major J. Clark, representing the British Columbia Government, stated on arrival in Victoria aboard the Empress of Russia that more settlers will follow, accompanied by two prospective settlers.
In a casual exchange Clara notes that their driver sometimes quarrels, while Ethel follows the scene and comments on driving with one hand. The dialogue hints at tensions during everyday tasks.
An English inventor claims a compact steam generating burner using hollow concentric water cones arranged over a large burner. The innovation emphasizes quick steaming and efficient fuel use.
A trainload of 36 cars of livestock moved from the Peace River to Edmonton over the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway in 30 hours, establishing a new run record. It was the heaviest cattle shipment yet from the north country.
Distinction and grace define this gown cut in black canton crepe. It features an allover Japanese design, delivering refined elegance for formal occasions.
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a painless solution for corns. It claims the product acts like magic by drawing out the core and roots, leaving skin smooth, with claims of universal effectiveness and wide availability.
The Kenora district in Ontario is actively prospected for gold and silver. Seventy six prospectors receive licenses as several claims are stripped trenched and sampled by engineers retained by financiers in Toronto and Montreal.
Catarrhal deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the bloodstream to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, offering circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
In a quick exchange a couple jokes about navigation appear beside an unfamiliar joke ad and a worm exterminator pitch. The ad for Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator promises decades of use and the standard remedy claims, while a passerby quips about location and time.
Ex-Sergeant Ells, once a Cardiff Corinthians rugby player and Gordon Highlander veteran, delivered a six by two and a half foot four panel screen to Buckingham Palace. Queen Mary’s purchase honors his wartime service despite his recent paralysis from exposure after surviving battles at Marne Verdun and Ypres.
Saskatchewan homestead entries totaled 2 729 in 1921, up from 1 726 in 1920, per a provincial government report. Among nationalities filing, Americans 567 Australians 1 Austro Hungarians 219 Belgians 15 Chinese 2 Danes 18 English 272 Finns 6 French 22 Germans 11 Greeks 1 Dutch 7 Icelanders 5 Irish 33 Italians 7 Norwegians 74 Poles 28 Romanians 29 Russians 74 Scots 81 Swedes 79 Swiss 2 Syrians 1.
Ontario gold mines produced about 1,775,000 in July according to preliminary estimates, a new high for the province and 10,000 above June. All mills except Kirkland Lake Proprietary operated at full capacity, processing roughly 175,000 tons of ore.
Saskatchewan farmers are reminded by M. P. Tullis that threshers must keep a card showing The Noxious Weeds Act provisions displayed on the threshing machine at all times. The Threshers’ Lien Act amendment does not affect Section 23. obtain the card from the Field Crops Branch in Regina and display it promptly.
The article notes that under the name chaturanga chess existed in Hindustan about 509 years ago. It highlights the historical origin of the game and its early form before modern chess developments.
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