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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1912
Page
7
A collage of quips and trivia recalls domestic tensions with a punch of social irony. The item shifts from a rural family dilemma to distant places and oddities, noting Dorchester, a Roman amphitheatre, and a critique of historical beliefs.
Rev C H Grundy argues early marriage strengthens morality and the state but rejects improvised unions. He urges parents to actively couple youths with suitable partners, train girls in domestic economy, and prepare youths to earn and marry promptly. He dismisses child marriage, stressing responsibility and thrift.
The article urges women to stay spotless in heat by washing blouses with soap-jelly melted in water. It covers color preservation with salt, alum, and hay water, and advises on easing white gloves and linens after washing to prevent fading and stiffness.
A wife suspects her husband uses the office boy to call and murmur endearments repeatedly. She learns the husband has been away, while she stays busy with bridge and the teen and cook answer the phone, masking the calls.
An unnamed young electrician touts a high frequency system using a crystal and telephone to detect occupancy in a strongroom from miles away. The device, costing little, could alert authorities and even photograph thieves automatically, with potential for wireless operation and stealth monitoring.
The London Times remembered Dr George Ernest Morrison as a fearless correspondent who reported riots and bloodshed in Pe kin. His shrewd, tireless work earned him appointment as adviser to the new Republic and inspired Lord Curzon to praise anticipatory insight.
Frau Langer proclaims herself hair athlete and shows feats of hair strength in Berlin. Her husband swings in a hammock tied to her hair while she holds him, and she also shocks spectators by swinging her daughter using hair. She attributes skills to years of practice and claims the scalp bears extraordinary strain without damage.
The article notes that thirty years ago most quinine came from the western South American coast with minor amounts from India and Ceylon. Cirrhona bark contained 2 to 3 percent quinine, but handling improvements raised yields to 5.5 to 17 percent. Amsterdam hosts monthly quinine sales. Java ships 35 to 70 tons monthly to the Dutch market, driving price declines. A testimonial from A. E. Roy of St. Antoine, P Q praises Minard's Liniment Co. for rapid healing after a horse bite and unrelated injury.
Dubbleigh and Binks argue over Wobbleton's humor while recalling a farm remedy ad for Dr Thomas' Electric Oil. The scene shifts to social banter about a woman Jones encounters, ending with a playful misstep as Miss Belle teases Jones with a mitten and a sack joke.
The remark notes that understanding grows when acknowledging multiple perspectives and avoiding aggressive self focus. It cautions against rigid thinking and urges open inquiry to balance viewpoints and reduce bias.
A reader thanks a St Louis sender for a 1060 cheque to support a baby and patriotism asks about sacrifices. E E Farrington, Ottawa chief clerk, becomes secretary to J P Kirkpatrick of Grand Trunk Pacific Regina, with McRoy Delisle joining West.
A South Dakota woman endures thirteen years of coffee misery and nerve trouble before switching to Postum. She reports improved reading, clearer thinking, steady nerves, better sleep, and regained appetite after two weeks. The letter, signed by Canadian Postum Co, promotes Postum as a solution and references The Road to Wellville.
A University of Pennsylvania English professor cites Sir Ellis Ashmead Bart lett as producing the worst mixed metaphor. He notes Bart lett wrote to London Times claiming the concert of powers in China is a delusive screen that sounds agreeable yet disguises inaction, hinders foe awareness, and enables policy checks.
A teacher recounts cures observed among his pupils for barber's itch with itching skin soothed and healed by natural remedies. The account highlights notable improvements and suggests simple treatments used in the classroom.
A teacher from Upper Caraquet testifies that Dr. Chase's Ointment cured Barber's Itch in himself and two pupils after a single box. The advertisement touts soothing healing and urges readers to buy for 60 cents from Edmanson Bates & Co. Limited Toronto dealers.
Henry Muller remarks on generosity as a little girl enters a drawing room and presents Hilary McMasters with a hard white lozenge striped with pink. The suitor praises the candy as he begins to suck it, while the girl smiles.
A humorous dialogue contrasts married life with an opera after the birth of a baby. The oldtimer jokes about a grand song and nightly calls for the author as the newlyweds adjust to parenthood.
The notice extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a standard medicine, claiming they are entirely plant based and easily absorbed by weak stomachs. It emphasizes reviving effects on digestion and promises healthful, agreeable results for sluggish digestive organs.
Testifying in Judge Landis's Cricago court, twenty experts contest the idea of Mocha as a real place or age of coffee. They note the last local Mocha shipment occurred centuries ago and Brazilians ship a bean labeled Mocha via Aden, turning a geographical name into a generic trade term.
Mrs Hugh Main abruptly left her discussion on killing song birds and went to the kitchen to demonstrate to the servant how to drop a live lobster into boiling water.
Fragmentary text mentions a creek and drowning a worm and includes names like J. M. Olbey and Pelfast Treland with a suggestion of broader future changes and Millennium.
A physician suggests carrying a walking stick can improve posture by pulling back the shoulders and expanding the chest. The piece argues a stick of ordinary length, reaching the hip, is essential, as shorter sticks fail and encourage slouching.
A short note cites a sensational claim that Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria while a separate item notes Governor Wilson's trip to Seagirt. The text blends medical quackery with political travel gossip from the same column.
A humorous note suggests the line about Mrs Rich waking at four o clock and hearing noises may be a typographical error. It proposes the intended meaning could be that she heard her guests snoring rather than mysterious sounds.
A Richmond woman employs a colored cook who has broken nearly every item at home. She finally laments after the porch thermometer is broken. The cook replies with weary humor that they must take the weather as it comes.
A punchline tale has an American and a Scotsman arguing about northern Scotland frost. The American recalls a winter when a sheep froze mid-jump and hung in the air like ice, prompting the Scotsman to invoke gravity and the joke that gravity was also frozen.
Clarice questions why she proposed to May with the same words. Vance replies the earlier moment was a trial, and this is the first professional performance.
A reflective piece notes that life differs for today’s young people compared with earlier generations. It highlights shifts in culture, technology, and opportunities shaping choices and outlooks for youth now.
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