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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
7
The text urges that confidence is essential to success and warns that admitting weakness invites threat. It stresses that belief in oneself enables overcoming challenges and achieving goals. It also advertises Portmelee's Vegetable Pills as a premier liver remedy with no superior among such preparations.
A brief item notes that a physician has lost confidence in Smith, prompting questions about why Smith has not consulted his family doctor. The source cites Lippincott's as the reference.
An 1880s advertisement claims a hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case, promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy, cites testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and Hall's Family Pills, and lists Toledo Ohio as the base of operations with 75 cent per bottle pricing.
A brief humor item notes a man’s remark about dessert and a witty reply from a woman, described in compact, period-voiced style for the Catholic Standard and Times.
The piece analyzes Mrs. Humphry Ward's London Times letter, noting English suffrage seeks municipal control while American debate centers on national rights. It argues British tactics risk misreading the movement, while Ward's stance highlights contrasting roles in education and local governance.
A playful home entertainment plan includes a men’s task to write a description of a lady’s gown and a women’s nonsense contest with pin filler. Pins are placed in a bowl and the fastest or fullest paper wins a pincushion, while judges pick the best male description for a prize such as a portrait book.
A fashion advice piece explains what men notice in women’s attire focusing on shoes gloves and overall neatness. It notes men judge by small details like worn shoes missing buttons frayed gloves and pressed shirts, not by price or overall style.
A young ensign in 1505 on guard rounds incorrectly faced a password lapse. The general later learns the counter sign was whispered to him by the sergeant, and the boy’s bold reply to passively enforce his orders earns a light reprimand and a joke from an amused officer.
A Bohemian Magazine passage features Abe arguing with a judge about responsibility for his family and hunting possums. The text shifts to a dyspepsia treatment promotion praising Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as effective relief from stomach and liver distress.
Maudie earned a $500 gown by writing an article on How to Dress on $50 a Year. The judge confirms the clever fundraising style and the article’s impact on her purse.
A fragmentary collage shows Salada Tea praising quality and delicate aroma while a mountaineer recalls fear atop 25 000 feet. The Philadelphia Ledger note warns of corns with Holloway’s Corn Cure and other stray lines from New York Sun.
David Henderson of Belleisle Station writes that after trying many remedies a course of Minard's Liniment completely cured a long standing facial tumor that had bled, healing it until it disappeared. The note is dated Sept 17, 1904 from King's Co New Brunswick.
An Englishman Irishman and Scotsman peer into a confectioner's window and scheme to spend money to chat with the shopgirl. They propose seeming frugality by asking for two sixpences for a shilling to learn Mr Thompson's address instead.
A Baltimore American quip notes a Norwegian friend who seems constantly in the clouds, remarking that his recent ski championship victory explains his elevated demeanor.
Keep dining rooms and kitchens free of flies by using Wilson's Fly Pads exactly as directed. Choose the genuine Wilson's product for reliable control. other killers do not compare.
A couple at a seaside resort watched a woman slip from a landing stage into the water. The husband cried for help as a brave young man plunged in and saved her. After the rescue the husband quipped about the purse in her wet pocket, saying she should leave it behind next time.
A long haired man tells a boy the time and the boy retorts with a joke about getting a haircut at nine. The man, breathless, says the boy ran off, pursued by a policeman who notes the time left before nine. The exchange hinges on a misinterpretation of the time.
Bob bursts into the house smeared with sticky material and proclaims he proved the front door notice is wrong. He insists the substance was varnish not paint, after signaling the new neighbors’ front door. His mother scolds him for mischief and danger.
The piece asserts a method to steal honey from a beehive by holding one's breath, claiming hornets cannot sting without air. It suggests one can handle the bee without breathing for a moment, watching the stinging apparatus fail to puncture the skin.
The magazine editor challenges the upcoming author over the phrase lean rs and asks how songs can be lean hours. The author defends the phrase arguing spare moments exist and can be used creatively.
The 13th century Lebaon monastery monk Hermann wrote the Vattcinium Lehoinense foretelling Germanys fate. He predicts Jena defeat and 1815 Germanic confederation, then the downfall of the Hohenzollerns with William II as the last emperor. A 1840 prophecy to William I. warned of empire end in 1913, with prior prophecies fulfilled.
Fishermen discuss Peary and the pole over lunch. They claim proof would come from a hung bullet photographed to show a circular arc, arguing a full day at the pole is six months long and that arc would certify his claim.
The author praises all animals including spiders noting their cleverness and musical behavior. She recalls Swedish composer Hallstrom’s two spiders that descend by threads to listen to his piano. She admits fear of snakes but argues aversion stems from lack of study and extols loving animals once understood.
A room at Utrecht designed by Zwaardemaker promises near zero sound. Walls eleven inches thick use six layers including horsehair felt trichopiense, porous stone, lead-isolated floor, air gap, wood, cork and korkstein.
An elderly New Yorker recalls early household labor as she marks her fiftieth wedding anniversary. She notes the lack of modern conveniences such as electric lights, streetcars, and sewing machines, with a parlor full of tinware and water carried for cleansing. She recalls the modest wages of hired girls, five to seven dollars a month.
The Rev Hiram Bingham recently arrived from Honolulu is highlighted as a leading figure in Gilbert Islands history. His work since 1857 shows a life spent aiding the islands, where literacy was unknown and mail was misappropriated by natives who believed scraps were edible.
The Los Angeles Times describes Italians as frugal and temperate with macaroni a luxury for workers. Meals center on bread with tomato sauce, scarce meat, and cheap water. Wine and tobacco are tightly controlled by the state, and cigarette lighting is rarely needed.
A man recalls a misinterpreted note to his wife about a long absence. She travels home, tears blot the letter, and a long distance call reveals she feared he had harmed himself. The anecdote highlights the danger of assuming intent based on witty writing.
A physician recommends lifting the left arm high to relieve choking, noting it works faster than thumping the back. He warns against alarm and explains children often choke at meals or play. raising the left arm calms the child and frees the obstruction quickly.
The popping stone marks where Sir Walter Scott asked Miss Carpenter to marry him in the Irthing valley at Gilsland near Carlisle. The site draws thousands in summer as lovers gain courage there while nearby attractions include Mumps Ha and remnants of the Roman wall and Lanercost priory.
A child in a poor family creates an imaginary large doll family and a visionary visitor to cope with hardship. She narrates poverty with a blunt remark about spanking her babies to keep them warm, revealing a fragile household life.
A humorous exchange notes the cost of a chronic disease versus a thief’s impulse. One author quips that a chronic illness is expensive, the other replies his illness costs nothing. The punchline reveals the diagnosis of kleptomania.
In a playful exchange Hewitt recalls a fellow who tried to light a cigar from an electric light. Jewett adds that the man is a joke writer known for jokes about countrymen blowing out gas.
A pithy aphorism from the Atchison Globe notes that once a man gains decent sense he is called an old fogg, a quip reflecting on aging wisdom and perception.
A vintage clinic advertisement promotes Dr A W Chase's Nerve Food claiming it forms rich blood and cures rheumatism. It cites a testimonial from Mrs M A Clock of Meaford Ontario who says eleven boxes made her strong again. Portrait and signature of A W Chase appears with product details and price 50 cents.
A rustic exchange about a pond as a joking fishing spot appears beside a health note praising Dr. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial. The latter promises rapid bowel lining relief and is advertised as affordable at drug stores or general dealers.
The maiden accuses the silent caller of using nightly visits to influence her, and she presses him to confess his motive. He stammers, admitting he wants to marry her, and she decisively agrees.
A brief claim asserts diphtheria is spread by house flies and promotes Wilson's Fly Pads as the best fly killer, urging rejection of substitutes.
A speaker recalls laughing sardoniacally at a fish story and asks another to remember the joke rather than the literal tale, emphasizing the humorous misdirection.
A Chicago News item notes urban youths boast of Minards Liniment being abroad in high society. A city youth claims trunks bear Swiss labels while a rural uncle quips that a box of cheese travels similarly.
Advertisement notes house flies spread diseases like typhoid scarlet fever smallpox and consumption. Wilson's Fly Pads promise to kill the flies and the disease germs as well.
Enpeck dictates his will to a lawyer naming his wife as beneficiary with a single condition: she must marry within a year. When asked why, the testator explains he wants someone to be sorry he died. The exchange shows a lighthearted, self aware note in a legal scene.
Special to grain shippers notes decades of grain handling experience and a Fort William branch office. The firm promotes prompt returns and good service with strong connections at Manitoba grain centres and references including Union Bank of Canada, Manitoba Commission Co., Grain Exchange in Winnipeg.
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