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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Zam Buk as a purely herbal preparative for wounds burns and sprains. It claims antiseptic and soothing effects to prevent infection aid healing and relieve pain. The ad lists uses from barbed wire scratches to eczema heat rashes and ringworm and promotes Zam Buk Soap at 25 cents per tablet.
A joking exchange unfolds in a parish church as tales of a fiancés jug of water and a pub tack incident surface during festival preparations. Jimkins jokes about untold heads and the vicar’s sermon warning. Minard's Liniment is mentioned in passing as a remedy.
A motorist ends up distressed as a friend, fronting an oil can, jokes about oiling a cylinder. The prank escalates with tempers flaring and the driver clutching his head. The punchline reveals the mistaken focus on a cylinder with a revealed ear.
The advertisement praises Wether Graves Worm Exterminator for relieving children’s suffering and restoring health, noting many mothers’ gratitude for its効果 and benefits.
The Parisian League for the Protection of Horses awards a humane caballos cigar to cab drivers who treat horses well. A horse head pipe is earned after ten cigar bands, encouraging gentler handling of animals in a city where horse cabs are scarce.
Swarthmore Pennsylvania Mrs Eiry Summersgill suffered long with hemorrhoids and menopausal trouble until using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound now in good health. Fort William Ontario Mrs Wa A Barry gained rest and strength after trying the same remedy. The company guarantees testimonials are genuine and invites letters for confidential advice answered by a woman.
In Frankfurt a Prussian Diet delegate lived with a difficult landlord. Bismarck asked for a bell to summon his servant, the landlord refused, then a pistol shot spectacle followed. Bismarck calmly explained he was merely calling his servant, and a bell was later installed.
Franklin Fyles tells a traveling companion at a hotel that he must see a doctor and a lawyer, with introductions, and plans to visit Goldsmith's grave in Temple Gardens. By ten o'clock he returns alone, leaving his companion surprised as all others are away.
A pompous official on the promenade is approached by a polite fellow passenger who asks what %C.M G stands for after a boastful claim. The exchange ends with the passenger calling him “Governor” in a comic rebuff.
A politician notes compromise can be good. He recalls a young couple arguing over buying two bicycles or a modern motorcycle. They finally compromised on a baby carriage, proudly sharing the outcome.
A newly appointed Indian judge ignorant of Hindustani orders the theft case to produce the stolen property. In an upper room the usher directs him downstairs to fetch it. The fumbling official reappears dragging in the blue ball, and the judge approves inspecting the item himself before removal.
A husband insults his wife for not washing dishes, cooking stew, or mending stockings, comparing her unfavorably to his mother who did all the work. He sneers at her efforts and, after years of nagging, finally strikes her as she tries to rest.
A narrator describes a passenger tour along Piccadilly with a conductor pointing out sights. Apsley House is named as the Duke of Wellington’s London home. The left shows the town house of Lord Topknotch, notable landowner. An American girl on the front seat clutches the conductor’s arm in excitement.
A father proud of repairs tapes a room with paper creating a giant curling serpent that swallows his family. The scene turns chaotic as the paste spills, engulfing the house and ending with the narrator also being covered. The tale blends cautionary whimsy with a dramatic household mishap.
A ship stuck on a perilous sea fights for survival as lifeboats fail to launch and passengers fear a catastrophe. A bold passenger vows to settle a long standing debt with his rich uncle as a rescue vessel finally appears on the horizon.
At Blackpool the comedian in kilts distributed prizes in a donkey competition invited by the mayor. He fixed medals to winning donkeys while sharing pit life tales. Lauder recalled a coal mine drift where a pit pony saved them as tons of rock cascaded, saying he owes his life to the Shetland pony.
A London dinner party exchanges stories about US lynchings. Eugene Field recalls witnessing a waiter being hanged by a rope after a gown spill, but he reveals he was downstairs killing a chef over mustard in blancmange, turning a grim tale into dark humor.
Western farmers denounce the Winnipeg grain ring and their push for a sample market saying it would strip away current grading safeguards, force farmers to pay high commissions, and ship grain at unfavourable prices. They emphasize the present system benefits Western producers and foreign buyers from Britain to Germany.
A claim that Dr Thomas Electric Oil helps sailors soldiers fishermen lumbermen and other workers exposed to injury and the elements. It promises to ease pain relieve colds dress wounds and overcome rheumatic pain, and recommends keeping it in every home medicine chest and taking it on journeys.
Charles the Xi of Sweden used an old fashioned meat cooking method without coal or gas. A bird was larded trussed and butter stuffed with a hot steel piece inserted in the belly. It was cooked in a tin box wrapped in wool on a soldier s back during travel and later horse gallop cooking by Tartars. The method was cheaper than modern fireless cookers.
A father and his twelve year old daughter discuss daily teasing as she explains boys at school grab and kiss her. He questions her as she considers fleeing. The exchange ends with him returning to his paper and no immediate action taken.
A distinguished lady visits her solicitor consulting in a formal room. The lawyer offers comfort with chairs and a window blind, then insists on a business, man to man tone while awaiting her question and offering a cigar. The scene focuses on tension and social formality without violence.
Captain F R Desjardin of St Andre Kamouraska writes that he uses Minard's Liniment on his vessel and in his family for everyday ills and accidents and would not start a voyage without it even if it cost a dollar a bottle.
A foreign traveler aboard a London tram complains of slow progress. The conductor explains the reason with a joke about the car ahead being behind, prompting the amused foreigner to repeat the phrase in his accent while marveling at the country.
Rustic dialogue reveals a mother debating what to do with a striped kimono her son plans to send home. She jokes about chaining it in the back yard and feeding it with goodness, reflecting a tone of comic domestic concerns.
Angler complains that fishing is cruel after three days without a bite. He endures gnats, wasps, a lost pocket knife, and sunburn while split between the Benevolent Party and a hunting mood.
A criminal defendant candidly tells the magistrate this is the fiftieth arrest for vagrancy and suggests a humorous plan to stage a “yibilee” as mitigating proof. The exchange frames a skeptical hearing atmosphere and repeated run-ins with law.
A professor objected to a graduation candidate from Ceylon over a spelling joke about aire and ex ce d. The candidate’s supporter replied that the speaker comes from the language of the Cingalese, and the joke saved the candidate.
A fragment notes fashion writers report on mourning color shifts, predicting white or black dominance for hats, skirts, and stationery. It mentions the persistence of black bands on sleeves and the impact on stationers who fear white notices will replace traditional mourning cards as families announce deaths.
An Italian paper catalogs dogs used to signal political sentiment from 1894 to 1902. Incidents include blackened dogs in Istria mourning bilingual policy, Milan and London candidates dressing Newfoundland pets with campaign scrolls, and dogs bearing votes for Chamberlain or the Socialist. Reports also mention dogs in London wearing party banners and rivers of logs seen after Boer War news.
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