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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
3
Vivid fragments show Sam and a brother debating home and drink as friends advise him to go home. The text includes a pitch for Holloway's Corn Cure and scattered quotes about weather, records, and famous London sights.
A farmer and his boarder discuss a hired man famed as an inventor. The farmer bursts with pride claiming he is the greatest of the century, while the boarder expressions disbelief and curiosity about the invention. The judge’s calm posture hints at restraint and patience.
The Philadelphia North American notes that wet coal can yield surprising heat. Wet coal in open stoves burns briskly while in airtight furnaces moisture increases heat output by about one third or more depending on the form and setup.
A Sheffield Telegraph piece reports on how Sir John Singer Sargent reacts after finishing a painting. A visitor wonders how he bears to part with them and Sargent replies he is like a hen that has laid an egg, eager to remove it and start a new work.
Dr Charles P Steinmetz explained that his dislike is work, but he spends eighteen hours in the lab with one hour of true labor. He calls seven teen hours of play, a recreation that keeps mind and body alive, avoiding routine worry. He notes filling a niche with free personality benefits both him and his employers who pay him well while he plays.
The Montreal Evening News recounts Lord Wemyss who died at ninety six remarking that aging is slowed by remembering the world remains in its infancy of invention. He was born in the era of tallow dip and died in the age of tungsten lamps as electricity moved from lab to daily life.
A girl exclaims with delight as the fourth part of a film plays, likening it to turning to the last chapter first to glimpse the ending. The Boston Transcript notes her amused reaction to the cinematic reveal.
A quotation from T P s Weekly notes that spending two ways matters. Five shillings for a lunch may boost vigor or worsen digestion, illustrating how outgo and input affect well being.
A young Frenchman touring Calderstones Park with an English friend notes the abundant birds. The Englishman explains the country’s stance on wildlife while the Frenchman laments the food in birds flying about and unused.
An excerpt from the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl features remarks on naval and army revival, diplomatic etiquette, and a self-made millionaire meeting with a luncheon audience. It quotes a responder who notes the paradox of a self-made man who never wrote a play, prompting remarks on American drama.
The push for publicly funded play and recreation centers grew across the United States and Canada. Cities like Toronto Winnipeg and Montreal adopted supervised playgrounds as essential public health and citizenship training. Officials argued municipal provision is necessary when private initiative fails to deliver accessible, well equipped facilities for children and adults alike.
London Lancet reports Dr Heaton C Stoward of London endorsing potato juice as a remedy for sprains lumbago gout rheumacism and bruises. He cites cases where relief came quickly sometimes after the first application and the absorbed juices process is described. Juice is prepared by pressing raw potatoes removing starch and nitrogenous matter then boiling to five times strength and preserving with glycerin.
The note remarks on long street names in Europe with examples from Paris and Brussels. It speculates what a car conductor would make of a Belgian suburb street said to mean the street of the little unpicked silver nut.
An old Irish boy aboard a man of war earns praise for wit after laziness up the maintop provokes the boatswain. The boatswain orders him down for a dozen wuacks, but the boy replies he would not come down even if offered two dozen.
Dialogue reveals Ar Jones and companion discussing sudden wealth and changed lifestyle choices as money arrives, signaling a shift in prospects and expectations. The exchange hints at a resolve to secure comforts and status now accessible.
A Tolstoy quotation about human imperfection and interdependence emphasizes consolation guidance and mutual warnings as essential to the betterment of all individuals.
A bold claim notes Should Say Notsky defeating Levinsky in a tough bout. The piece suggests a regular fighter with six weekly bouts can win despite odds and fatigue.
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills are said to follow a century old Indian formula learned by Dr Morse. The tablets are described as unable to be improved despite attempts by physicians and chemists and are touted as a worldwide remedy for constipation and kidney and liver issues, acting promptly and effectively.
A fragmented dialogue hints at discussions around political strategy and authenticity. The speakers debate whether current actions reflect genuine intent or are merely outward appearances, ending with references to self-perception and satire.
Mrs Hector Currie of Turmods Cont writes she suffered three years with itchy dry cracked scalp and hair loss. After trying three doctors she used Dr Chase's Ointment and was completely cured with hair grown back. She recommends the treatment. The ad claims the ointment has no rival for itching skin diseases.
The London Globe notes a method in interior districts near Amoy where unbaked rice is roasted, cooled, spread in tubs, and layered with about 100 eggs per tub. Six rice layers and five egg layers create 600 eggs per tub, heated daily and incubated for twenty to thirty days until chicks and ducklings emerge. A late line promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for infant worms.
Garrett P. Serviss notes in Spokare Review that at 93 million miles Earth intercepts only about two billionth of the Sun's radiant energy. The Sun radiates freely into space, yet its vast output makes it a star among stars, while most energy misses all planets.
In the reign of Francis I of France a witty monk Regnne Maiius earns advancement after a sharp reply in a tennis match. The king jokes that such a stroke came from a monk, and the monk counters that it is the king's fault it was not struck by an abbot. A week later Maiius is appointed abbot of Beaulieu- Youth's Companion.
The National Geographical Society Bulletin notes the cicada as the noisy insect world’s song. It details a seventeen year molt from eggs to a white bodied creature with nose-like legs that burrows to twenty feet deep, then emerges after decades to mate briefly.
The Gemira country in Abyssinia has pagans who worship a sky divinity and earthly geni. Slavery exists in fact though not officially recognized, with chains for escape suspects and corporal punishment for nonperformance. Masters may present slaves as gabare rather than abria, but distinctions fade in distant provinces or during disorder. resistors flee to forests.
The piece recounts the lord high treasurer's governance within the House of Commons, tracing lineage to Henry VII and noting shifts under Queen Anne and George I. It cites a commission in 1714 and mentions five holders, ending with a board that ceased to meet like the board of trade.
The New York World credits German scientist Philip Reis as the true early inventor of telephony for his 1861 experiments with an electric telegraph and vibrating membranes. It notes Elisha Gray improved Reis’ design and that neither received substantial financial reward.
Edgar Lucien Larkin, in the New York American, notes the eerie precision of orbital paths linking a vanished comet and its meteor stream. He recalls meteors of diverse sizes from microscopic to a twenty two ton spectacle at the world fair in Portland, and warns a falling star could annihilate Earth in a single second.
A Cleveland attorney recounts his first voyage to the Mediterranean then to New York where customs officers questioned a trunk full of personal property. He quips that he would have preferred a direct trip and insists there is no real estate in his trunk, triggering laughter at the pier.
A seventeenth century Dutch innovator Cornelius Drebel built an underwater boat that sailed from Westminster to Greenwich. King James I awarded Drebel an Eltham Palace apartment and kept interest in future developments. A writer claims the craft allowed reading beneath the surface without light.
A playful exchange unfolds as a poet and editor play tennis. The editor loses and the poet quips about returns. Replies touch on stenography speed and diction, a geologist’s view of long times, and snippets from student chatter and shop talk.
The passage urges focus on a single line of work with steady concentration. It argues that persistence and deep knowledge in one business outperform scattered efforts and accidental gains, comparing broad talent without focus to a steam engine without a governor.
A standard oxyhydrogen flame enclosed in a shaped cover with a jet of compressed air was tested for underwater use. The air drives away water allowing the flame to burn and cut, producing a hole over one inch wide in a nearly one inch thick iron plate at 15 feet depth.
A fragment shows a husband railing at a wife about standing indefinitely while the wife pleads for reason. The terse dialogue hints at marital tension and a request for help or compromise in a tense moment.
A London cabie recounted a Quebec liner Empress of Ireland cat incident where the ship's feline with two kittens fled the danger as the vessel left port. The piece also notes Dr. Bell predicting air travel breakfast in America and Europe and cites cheeky anecdotes from Hamilton Spectator and Tit-Bits about a Caledonian raffle and its punch line.
Percival shows passion in a parlor scene as a man begs his beloved to see his love. The heroine replies with a chilling, wary tone and questions whether his display is just manners before others.
A beggar on Fifth Avenue at Fifty eighth Street pleaded for alms and was questioned by a callous policeman. He rented an apartment with a wardrobe and jewels revealing a lavish private life and claimed seven years of practice in his trade. He admitted sending $10 weekly to his wife abroad and boasted of social graces and music as part of his acts.
A western woman extols Grape-Nuts after seven years of use describing it as the most palatable economical and nourishing breakfast. She details improved health after switching to Grape-Nuts and Postum and notes her children eat it daily with none of the stomach troubles seen with other foods. The Canadian Postum Co. from Windsor Ont promotes the product with the slogan There's a Reason and a request to read The Road to Wellville.
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