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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
3
The liver and bile regulate digestion and Dr A W Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills cure chronic indigestion by improving bile flow and bowel regularity. Mr Duncan McPherson of Conten Alberta reports relief after four boxes. Sold by Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
An old newspaper note mentions Dr J D Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial as the best remedy for spring and summer dysentery, a safety claim tied to a standard medicine sold widely. It also cites a Swiss hotel prospectus describing Weissbach as a favored solitude retreat attracting travelers from around the world.
Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co sworn as senior partner in Toledo Ohio pledges one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason attested December 6 1886. Company advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Family Pills for constipation. price 75 cents.
A brief humor note from the Catholic Standard and Times jokes about cat ownership. The exchange suggests a playful approach to managing a feline with a sarcastic twist.
The local saying contrasts rainfall preparedness with drought resilience as Farmer Corn tessel explains that a rainy day fund is unavailable in their region. The Washington Star quote emphasizes the need for measures to endure a drought ahead.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote shows a person admitting anger at Bleeker over a $10 debt, noting anger felt easier than paying. The remark frames debt frustration in a blunt, humorous light, reflecting everyday interpersonal conflict and financial tension.
A brief Yonkers Statesman quip contrasts an umpire’s peril with a referee’s safer role, noting that referees rarely face objects hurled at them in play-by-play humor.
A light Yonkers Statesman quip on marriage and in laws about troubles beginning after asking for a girl’s hand. It jokes that paternal hurdles start the moment a proposal is made rather than after the wedding.
Harper's Magazine recounts Greek sponge divers off Tripoli coast facing sharks and paralysis. Divers use naked methods or air pumps with helmets. deep dives risk decompression sickness. The Greek government regulates depths and provides medical ships and shore hospitals.
A Strand Magazine note explains razor blades show grain direction changes with use and time. Constant stropping can straighten and then reverse grain, altering temper and edge retention, eventually wearing the steel back through.
The old sanctuary at Holyrood House offered debtors temporary safety from arrest during the week. A debtor could enroll for a room and, if able to pay, stay within a protected boundary near the pub. Sundays allowed family visits but returning by Sunday night was required. leaving on weekdays risked punishment.
A London woman buying at army and navy stores is asked by her son who she buys for. She replies father. The boy asks if it is father in heaven or in India. A friend repeats the remark, an Englishwoman at church responds with sympathy: Poor woman she was married twice.
A young English chess enthusiast fails to solve a simple problem and vows not to sleep or eat. He locks himself in a disused room and is found four days later emaciated and deranged. He spends a year in a lunatic asylum and the problem remains unsolved.
A weary traveler asks if the village is the birthplace of two legislators and a congressman. The tavern keeper, a grim, pessimistic resident, declares the claim merely exists, adding the village simply has it.
A speaker is mocked for returning after trouble with a pretended forgetfulness. The speaker notes the man’s offensiveness doubles when he appears amid shared hardships, pretending to overlook the community’s past difficulties.
A witty remark notes that when a young lady and gentleman clash over kissing they typically solve it by drawing close and sharing a kiss, turning disagreement into affection.
London Answers traces the evolution of hats from the earliest cap to the beaver derived high hat. It follows changes driven by fashion, Puritan taste, French influence, and political upheaval, noting cocked hats under Queen Anne and the shift to crescent shapes after the French Revolution.
The soap tree in Algeria grows to fifty feet and bears fruit at six years. Wood is fine grained and polished, suited for furniture. Each tree yields $10 to $20 yearly. The fruit contains a nut with a seed. shredding the bull releases soapy matter for lather and cleansing. Seeds imported to the United States hint at Florida examples. The kernel oil exceeds olive oil in quality and yield.
The text explains beliefs that a sleeping baby’s soul ventures away and may not return. Mothers fear prolonged naps, and families recite the baby’s name aloud to guide the soul home. If asleep during transfer, the risk of losing the soul is high, likened to a wandering bird.
London Answers notes that a fox bred to theft acts on chance and entrapment. A chained tame fox tricked a duck as he stretched his chain. He hid in his kennel while a chicken pecked the bait, then sprang to reduce the poultry stock by one.
A hospital note advises hygiene to reduce tobacco amblyopia. Do not smoke on an empty stomach or before dinner, and avoid smoking late at night to stay awake. Also ban chewing the cigar between the teeth.
An applicant outlines ideal duties in astronomy from eclipse prediction to comet orbit fixes and star distances. The respondent replies with a humorous note about last year serving as the official score keeper for a woman's bridge club.
A series of endorsements from Dr. R. Sylvester E. Smith and A. W. Perrin M D S extol Peruna as a cure for catarrhal bronchial ailments. Smith claims rapid recovery after months of illness and gratitude for restored health. Perrin adds personal use and patient recommendations, noting growing acceptance and availability nationwide.
In a comic exchange a man tells a house agent his wife will call and demand the house is taken. He insists he is taking it now, betting his wife will change her mind once she thinks she cannot get it. The scene highlights a hasty rental decision.
A notice extols Dr Thomas Ecletric Oil as an alcohol free blend of six essential oils. It claims lasting effects and promises superior preventive and healing power compared with other medicinal oils.
A humorous exchange between Mrs Suburbanite and Mr Suburbanite ends with a punchline about a grease slick forgot lard. The judge weighs in with a quip about memory and grease.
It was begining to rain and a man plans to go to church but cannot find a usable umbrella. His wife suggests borrowing from neighbors who never attend church, but he refuses, saying it is wrong to borrow on Sunday and he will not go.
The owner F. M. Doucet of Weymouth reports a valuable mare badly cut by a wire fence. After trying various medicines, Dr. Bell advised Minard's Liniment used diluted then stronger. Within three weeks the sores healed and hair grew in without turning white.
A terse exchange with an old broker questions a saintly youth applying for an office boy job. After listing habits and hobbies the broker declares the youth unfit, noting the tale’s level is not high enough and saying he belongs up in paradise. The Chicago News caption frames the satirical vignette.
In a humorous exchange, Sandy Pikes proclaims he will no longer claim poetry as he plans to recite De Call of de Wood. A lady in a wayside cottage interrupts by offering an ax and requests De Call of de Wood Pile, turning the scene into a playful clash of verse and wit.
A guest asks why the bride cries at the wedding. The bride’s younger brother suggests she cries out of love and sympathy for her new husband, not leaving home. This quip from the Chicago News captures a child’s innocent explanation.
The Washington Star quotes Farmer Corntessel praising summer boarders for posing nicely in photos. He jokes that photographs help them look pleasant and keep mosquitoes out of the pictures.
This portrait recalls the Guides formed by Sir Henry Lawrence in 1846 and their record during the Indian Mutiny. Notable feats include the Delhi march of 580 miles in 21 days, the Gorinda fortress assault with seven guns spared, and the Kabul mission massacre where seventy Guides fell. The writing honors Jemadar Jewand Singh and the corps devotion at Mardan memorial.
For over twenty years a swarm nested in Ifield Parish Church roof England. Recently they entered the nave stinging a choir member and troubling the vicar. A bee expert removed part of the roof and captured the entire colony in a hive. The vicar said he part with them without regret.
The article outlines how a woman should greet men she meets, depending on whether she knows him through prior introductions or is meeting him as a stranger. It covers who should speak first, whether to rise or offer a handshake, and how to end the encounter with polite remarks.
Witty reflection on knowledge versus courage. Fools rush where angels fear to tread and ignorance guarding us from fear is weighed against education's imagined dangers. The text contrasts Waterloo misfortunes, Napoleonic rage, and risks of nightly noises with the idea that knowledge often unsettles comfort and may harm bravery.
Practical tips cover kitchen efficiency, plant care, safety in dark stairs, and gentle fabric cleaning. From flat saucepans to tea grounds for ferns, cinnamon with canned pears, whitening the last stair, and dry cleaning with fuller's earth turpentine mix. Satin cleaning uses soap suds kerosene soak and careful pressing.
The renowned author George Eliot kept strict surroundings in her study during writing and dressed with care. She rarely wrote more than sixty lines a day and suffered severe nervous exhaustion after finishing a novel, finding relief only through trips to Italy or France.
A three year old, tired after play, says her prayers at the crib instead of the usual kneeling. Her mother prompts her through Our Father as she weakens, ending with God bless papa mamma and the whole shooting match.
A Baltimore American paragraph describes Reginald Speeding in pursuit of a belle at a ball. A discreet onlooker notes Reginald is holding his own as he steals a kiss with the belle while a young charge watches from the conservatory.
A living skeleton tastes his bread with oleo and sighs in displeasure. Nearby a lion in a cage listens intently, then, reassured that it was only a dream, resumes its restless oscillations.
The Jewish Chronicle reports Beerbohm Tree plans to stage real Jews in the ghetto crowd for The Merchant of Venice. He tells actors Christians will not be spit upon, only pretend. An elderly actor asks for more pay so the spit could feel realer. Holloway's Corn Cure advertises root-killing action claiming painless removal of warts and corns.
A Sunday school prompt leads to a brisk retort as a student cites Moses breaking all commandments at once. The exchange reflects a light anecdotal moment captured by a London opinion source.
A brief squib notes a claim that Minard’s Liniment cures diphtheria. The remark includes a skeptical quote about doctors and a reference to London Opinion as a source for contrasting statements.
In Chic.o a boy boasted his father is an Alderman. A companion retorted that his own father blows the whistle at the mill, a quip cited by the Home Herald as a sharp village moment.
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