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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
3
The Monetary Times reports Canada’s wheat crop and domestic needs. Western provinces yield 135,000,000 bushels, Ontario and others 20,000,000, totaling 155,000,000. Home use is about 65,000,000 with 40,000,000 for consumption and 25,000,000 for seed and feed. exportable surplus noted.
A well known English bishop in his diocese stops a lunatic asylum porter to learn how the chaplain he appointed is faring. The porter replies that the sermons are very successful and that the inmates greatly enjoy it, though his wording is odd and humorous.
A Louisville Courier Journal dialogue notes that rich women miss genuine happiness while contrasting with the allure of diamonds and sales in a playful exchange about jewelry and consumer temptations.
In Chicago Record-Herald style dialogue a widower asks if the maid could love his children as her own. The maid replies she would care deeply, even more since she would worry less about their pain or illness if they were hers.
Druggists offer Murine Eye Remedy liquid 25c or 50c and Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes 25c or 50c. Eye care book offered free by mail. Company listed as MURINE EYE REMEDY CO. Chicago.
A commentary notes that Jerusalem, famed for ancient glory, appears small and crowded by modern hotels and hospitals built by Russia Italy France and Germany. The piece contrasts Biblical grandeur with the modern city dominated by international interests and competing powers.
An article from La Patrie extols imperial unity defining a spontaneous, strong bond across the empire. It asserts a shared solidarity of interest and duty among all citizens to defend the empire's integrity collectively.
The list of royal possessions includes a Bible and a shawl presented by the late Mrs Gladstone. About thirty items are noted, among them ten photographs of various royal family members, reflecting items that accompany the queen between royal residences. Minard's Linicent Believes Neuralgia.
The Princeton Tiger notes a mother asking if her son who just graduated feels restless at home. The reply confirms he is very restless and has done nothing but rest since college, hinting at desire to move away from country life.
The Tourist laments a quiet week in the village while the Oldest Inhabitant promises a rousing future show. The pair banter about what next week will bring and the village’s upcoming plan to plough in.
The Grenadier Guards, with the Prince of Wales holding a commission, is the premier Foot Guards regiment. It traces its existence to just over two and a half centuries as Charles II’s bodyguard, with the King as colonel-in-chief and the Duke of Connaught as colonel.
An advertisement promotes Putnam's Corn Extractor as a painless, swift, and certain remedy for corn relief. The copy asserts the genuine product always cures and urges use for foot care.
A young man celebrates engagement and asks if he is worthy. His fiancée, Mrs Twickenbury, scolds him then quips that saving on dentist bills would come from giving each child a pyrotechnic toothbrush. The exchange appears in the Christian Register.
Two artists discuss an umbrella lent to a friend. The lender says the owner now wants the umbrella returned, and a humorous exchange ensues around ownership and responsibility.
A humorous Chicago News line has Lola explaining climate as what we have with us always and weather as what lasts only a few days. The remark captures student wit on scientific terms.
A humorous exchange from Tit Bits imagines an overly polite conductor telling a passenger she may return to New York. A clergyman’s nave remark prompts an old lady to whisper she knew the party referenced, adding local color to a light vignette.
A didactic essay compares incomplete coal combustion to robbing the coal pile, arguing unburned heat is wasted power. Anecdotes include a London bus incident where a laborer offers a seat, then comments on chivalry, followed by a claim praising Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal household remedy.
Sir Edward Careon, a leading Ulster Covenanter lawyer, was famed for sharp wit. In court he sparred with the judge over conflicting witness testimony from a carpenter and a publican, prompting him to quip about yet another bench and bar difference.
A humorous exchange from the Ladies' Home Journal reveals a family with diverse musical ties. The father is labeled a pessimist, while the son claims cornetist skill and the sister is a pianist accenting the zitherist mother.
An anecdote recalls Talleyrand saying to a young acquaintance that not knowing whist would lead to a dismal old age. The remark endures as a sharp quip on knowledge and prudence in social games.
A conductor explains the railroad remains punctual as the company relies on many credit extensions to keep the line running on time. The Washington Star notes this line of reasoning in its commentary on the rail system.
Dialogue hints at parental disapproval as a mother probes the seriousness of a young man's intentions toward her daughter. The girl protests, while a doctor’s return could affect the marriage prospects amid medical uncertainty.
A prominent Georgia physician recounts his recovery after illness using Grape-Nuts. He says two months of mountain retreat failed, but within weeks of the cereal his strength returned and he resumed practice. He presents his experience as a duty to inform sufferers.
The article explains how crew and passengers often overestimate wave heights. It notes seventy feet as a rare maximum, with North Atlantic seas around forty feet, North Pacific waves rarely above thirty, and the Australia bound South Pacific tally reaching fifty. Mediterranean waves seldom exceed twenty.
In a country road encounter, Bishop Ingram asks a pig caretaker how much he earns. The boy replies two shillings a week and quips that the bishop may earn more from minding than swine. The exchange ends with mutual sheepish humor.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson is reported in Edinburgh. She was one of the few remaining female survivors of the Lucknow siege. Her husband, Dr. Thomas Anderson, a former National Bank secretary, served as a medical officer in India and was stationed at Delhi. Mrs. Anderson visited Lucknow and stayed nine months during the mutiny, recalled sheltering in the taik hana cellar beneath the room where Sir Henry Lawrence died.
Dr. Felix Szontagh of Budapest endorses covering the wart and surrounding skin with ordinary caoutchouc plaster to a width of one centimeter for weeks or months. The plaster is changed every few days and adhered residue removed with ether or gasoline. No rubbing or irritation, and the cosmetic results are noted though the mechanism remains unexplained.
The article notes England's control of the world's tin supply and a sharp price rise driven by wartime demand affecting printers. It recalls Liege figure John Cockerill and his industrial legacy, while describing naval heritage in British uniforms and the Nelson memorial scarf worn by sailors.
A woman recalls paying 50 cents for a fortune telling that promised an inheritance of 190000 dollars. The other woman dismisses the idea as a waste of money, noting the contrasting views on the psychic offer. Minard's Liniment advertised as for sale everywhere.
A collage of quoted lines from various papers includes a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark about a waiter earning high tips, a London Opinion exchange praising a son as a varsity star, and a Chesterfield quip calling a weak mind a failing microscope.
The New York Times notes Germany’s wartime actions cut off trade with Britain, Russia, and France, shrinking 1908 1912 exports and imports from 3.64 to 4.72 billion dollars. The British and French fleets blockaded most trade, with German ports like Hamburg Bremen Stettin Luebeck Danzig and Warenmeinde heavily affected, as three quarters of the mercantile navy under the Triple Entente’s view remains German.
In a brisk exchange, Mrs Murphy learns her husband is released early from a seven year sentence due to good behavior, with relief at the prospect of his return and the judge's leniency.
A Boston Transcript line quotes Miss Flirt-Jack saying the speaker is his very life while noting her brother Jack will soon learn how uncertain life is.
The article notes a historical link between water power and religion by describing how Buddhist priests first used running streams to turn prayer wheels. This early mechanical use foreshadowed the large industrial development in harnessing waterfalls, rivers, and streams for power today.
A terse Italian proverb fragment notes a young man dying and an old man in need. The line hints at themes of mortality and hardship without additional context.
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