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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1907
Page
3
A dubious itinerant claims to remove warts with a potato buried in a graveyard at midnight. The note warns against such quackery and promotes Dr J D Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial as a fast acting cure for cholera and summer illnesses.
A cautionary maxim urges prioritizing religious commitment within business efforts. It claims personal integrity and discipline arise from spiritual focus, unlocking one’s best performance through disciplined sacrifice.
An article arguing deafness cannot be cured by local applications, claiming only constitutional remedies restore the Eustachian tube and cure catarrh related deafness. It promotes Hall’s Cataract Cure with free circulars and lists a Toledo address for sales, amid a humorous dining scene anecdote.
The item promotes Wolford's Sanitary Lotion as a universal cure for Itch on humans and animals, claiming relief in 30 minutes. It includes a string of salutary quips about wealth and knowledge, ending with a humorous anecdote about a Boston clubman and his wife in Brookline.
The article discusses Canada’s New Meat Inspection Act and shifts in meat trade from local butchers to packing houses. It explains ante mortem and post mortem inspection rules, the allowance of dressed carcasses with organs attached for inspection, and the need for farmers to ensure proper dressing to sell to packers under the act.
On a railway journey the wife of a Member of Parliament asks for her missing umbrella, entrusted to her husband for safekeeping. He admits forgetfulness and suggests it is still on the train, prompting her sharp rebuke about entrusted affairs of the nation.
In a Life magazine snippet two men gossip about a friend who owns a car. One mentions the friend has not paid a penny for repairs in nine months. Another notes that the repairman confirms the tale.
A store clerk, exhausted from clearing shelves, offers to fetch the last roll of cloth as a persistent customer explains she is waiting for a friend. The exchange ends with the clerk joking he will retrieve the final roll if needed.
Fran Mommsen, widow of the Roman historian, bore him sixteen children with twelve sons and six daughters living. The busy thinker ignored his offspring in the street, until a servant burst in with news of a new boy, and he ordered him to wait.
An account traces New York City flags from Dutch East India Company and the Union Jack to the early American era. It covers 1612 settlement, 1673 reoccupation, 1775 liberty symbolism, Washington’s entry, and British rule until 1783, noting the final predominance of the stars and stripes.
Success Magazine recounts a wealthy New York woman's flustered tribute to Edwin Markham. She praises his work The Angelus misnaming it The Hoe Mant, shares copies for her den and children, and Markham convincingly but politely exits.
Historical note on windmills across Holland Norfolk and England showing uses from timber sawing to land drainage. A 15 horsepower windmill at Faversham reportedly pumped 21 million gallons of water in ten months 109 feet deep saving 100 tons of coal. Iron skeleton windmills in the U S fed domestic water pumps before irrigation. Farmers on plains used wind power for cheap energy and household luxuries.
Leecher Smith, secretary of the Manchester YMCA emigration department, criticizes English colonists sending youth to Canada. He cites conceit, poor adaptation, and reluctance to take new opportunities as reasons for failed placements, noting many Englishmen return home after seeking positions that do not exist. He laments English stay-at-home attitudes and predicts potential marriage opportunities in Canada if attitudes change.
Customs officers halted a smuggling ring led by Thomas Smith using trained dogs to carry opium and silk from Canada into the United States. Officer Lane shot a dog near Blaine Washington uncovering the contraband. Three days later officers traced three more saddle dogs to Smith at a Blaine shack where he was arrested.
Ottawa river region faces sewerage issue as Aylmer plans to dump waste into the river amid rafting grounds and intake near Ottawa. Hull and Britannia push for purification before discharge to protect Ottawa drinking water and river communities downstream.
A verse observing busy people and alarm clocks as tools that disturb others' peace, noting clocks are not natural but act to wake others. The speaker treats daily routines with a humorous, candid tone.
Mrs Strongmind invites her husband to attend a Town Hall lecture titled the Dark Side of Married Life. He is asked to sit on the platform and pose as a frustrated spouse. The remark hints at the tension between justice and mercy in relationships and the need to expect the unexpected.
A vintage ad touts Baby's Own Tablets for constipation indigestion colic diarrhoea and fevers in babies. It claims quick relief and worm expulsion with a government analyst affirming safety. Mentioned are Mrs Kerr of Elin Ontario and Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. Also a stray note references a humorous anecdote about sending Louis for a debt.
Minard's Liniment Co to Bear Island notes a visitor selling large quantities and praises the product as the best liniment on the market. M A Hagerman, owner, comments the business has 13 years and now sells only Minard's, with others needing effort to move.
A Milwaukee Sentinel quip notes a man answers safety in disagreements with his wife by staying outside. The joke reflects gendered conflict framing and casual humor in the era.
A clippings bundle touts ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT and Parmale's Vegetable Pills as cures for horse blemishes and human indigestion. It includes quips from Baltimore American and Chicago Daily News about doctors, pills, and a horse reporter's jokes, implying sensational ads and humorous exchanges.
A German passenger trying to use a meal ticket was asked to pay full 35 cents. He refused paying more than a quarter and was ejected. He then ran ahead of the engine and walked on the track as the engineer blew the whistle. He shouted you can vissle all you want to I won’t come back. In Manila many buildings use translucent oyster shell panes instead of glass.
A German thief dubbed the first doctor of safe blowing used a hotel room hideout and a chemistry powered blowpipe to melt a steel safe door in Dresden. He stole cash, then vanished, prompting police and scientists to discuss chemical defenses and countermeasures against such high tech burglaries.
The Shanghai Mercury reports official figures showing Chinese living abroad across regions. Russia Asia 937,000. Siam 2,755,600. Europe 1,760. America 272,830. Africa 8,200. Ong Kong 314,301. Formosa 74,506. Philippines 43,785. Japan 16,673. Korea 11,200. Burmah 134,560. total 6,703,429.
A reflection on how Moritz Morris became Nelsons Morris and then Nelson Morris after moving from Germany to Chicago. The piece explains a chain of local nickname origins and how the name change aided his public persona and business success.
The Japanese Esperanto association lists 800 members in Kyoto where a Buddhist temple hosts meetings. In Glasgow, Rev David Graham lectured on Esperanto at St Gilbert's Church, keeping listeners awake. L Zamenhof drafts Esperanto translations for La Revue including Schiller's The Robbers and other works. Finland's effort appears modest but earnest with Finna Esperantisto, a four page mimeographed paper from Helsinki.
Advertisement from The Imperial Furnishing Co offering home knitting work with free yarn and a simple machine. Earn $7.00 to $10.00 per week by knitting socks at home, with no risk. Toronto, Ont.
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