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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
3
A narrator recalls a currency tale at a street corner where an industrial broker offers to buy apples for two for one. The exchange grows into a pledge of a large profit, a benevolent gesture, and a later encounter that ends with a nickel presented as a token of esteem. A boy steals two apples during the scene.
A collage of sensational lines and ads recount a comic masher tale, a policeman defending his sweetheart, and a chorus of medical and patent remedies. Prominent appeals cite St Timothee cures for rheumatism, Dr Thomas Electric Oil, catarrh treatments, and Hall's Pills, reflecting late 19th century orienting of sensational anecdote with commercial pitches.
A compilation of aphorisms notes private credit as wealth and public honor as security. It reflects on the feathered royal bird and the magic of a bright spring morning to shape minds and warn that friends and enemies both affect us in varied ways.
An advertisement notes Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere, pairing bold product pitches with an austere quotation about silence and love. The fragmentary text blends marketing with a moralizing aside, suggesting broad distribution while invoking a literary aside from Professor Drammond.
Toronto resident J Jardine, Canadian Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, extols Dodd's Kidney Pills as curative and energizing. He recounts backache relief and mood improvement during his Paris stay and notes wide local endorsements of the medicine.
A Toronto supplier markets Quinine Wine as a restorative for despondency, sleep, and digestive vigor. The ad claims the product strengthens blood, boosts appetite, and aids convalescence, recommending it for general health and vitality.
Market notes show dull Manitoba wheat with cooler weather delaying navigation at Fort William, dragging demand as first ships depart Chicago. Prices for No 1 hard, 72 3/4 cents, and 2 northern 66 3/4 cents in store at Fort William Port Arthur and Duluth with April delivery and higher May bids.
A customer blames a grocer for ruined blankets after using a strong soap. A neighborly discussion cites Dr Stevenson Macadam on soda’s destruction of wool, and a Sunlight Soap claim as the remedy. The tale ends with locals adopting Sunlight Soap to avoid alkali damage.
A Brooklyn Life poem extols Watkins as a golf figure whose address and posing steal the scene. It humorously contrasts critics from many nations with the English mastery evident as Watkins addresses the ball, lifting atmosphere and provoking awe among caddie boys.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Cassidy and Casey arguing about Flanagan. Cassidy asks what was done. Casey claims he did something to Flanagan. The exchange suggests a confrontation or miscommunication without full context.
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore blood and nerves during spring fatigue. It cites Miss Belle Cohoon from White Rock Mills as proof of quick improvement after using the pills, which allegedly treat anaemia rheumatism sciatica and other ailments. The pills are sold at 50 cents a box or six for 250 by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A short promotional note cites Millard's Liniment claiming healing for burns and related uses. The text frames health benefits as part of building a complete person through physical and moral training, attributed to Samuel Smiles.
Mrs R McMaster of Cookstown Ontario testifies that Baby's Own Tablets eased her eight month old daughter's indigestion constipation and teething troubles. The remedy claims to regulate stomach and bowels relieve colic and aid sleep with no opiate. Sold by druggists or 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont. Free samples on request.
The orient uses a plate type horseshoe covering the full bottom of the hoof with a central perforation. Average weight is three quarters of a pound. Native smiths cut these plates from wrought iron sheets and shape them crudely for use.
A frivolous man notes that reviver reads the same backward and forward. A serious man, just awakened from his new sxper, challenges the idea and demands action. They ride on in quiet tension.
An advertisement style page warns against daydreams and coughs while touting Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup for coughs colds and throat ailments. It promotes relief through easier expectoration and lung comfort. It also sells Parmelee's Vegetable Pills claiming to cure stomach liver and black bile derangements with revitalizing effects. Various literary quotes punctuate the sale pitches around medical products.
An advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills containing drake dandelion roots and herbs as cures for liver and kidney issues and stomach and bowel relief. Quotations praise their efficacy from E A Fairncross and a Goethe quotation closes the piece.
Sir Frederick Leigh ton, famed English painter, visits a country roadside and fixes a signboard. He chats with a rural artist named Tam who jokes about pay. Leighton adds the final painting and introduces himself, claiming his name as Leighton.
The list gives a quirky sequence of flowers as stand ins for people and events. It names Chinese Lily as her nationality and appearance and Sweet William as his disposition and name, with a chain of floral substitutions for roles and actions surrounding a wedding and departure.
Mrs Adramn McCoy of Meadville spoke to the Women's Club at Chautauqua on woman's inhumanity to man. She urged a single standard of responsibility and questioned whether wives and daughters overburden men while stressing the home as the noblest mission for women and mothers.
A scholar who broke a pane of glass in a school near Clinton receives a letter. The item notes consequences and local disciplinary steps as recorded in the schoolroom diary.
The Clinton New Era reports a teacher receiving a note from a pupil's father demanding payment for a broken pane. He threatens consequences and warns against threats, saying the pupil may leave school if the issue continues. The letter, dated March 21, asserts the father can earn more by other means and requests no threats.
A church ward notice in Hertford shire states that no one may be buried in the church yard except residents. those wishing burial must apply to the parish clerk. The rule targets who may be interred and directs applicants to the parish clerk for permission.
A young man visited an Atchison schoolteacher after explaining prior neglect. He said he would have come and taken her if she had indicated interest. The couple married despite the awkward circumstances.
An Orange county lake angler recounts hooking a large bass that later revealed the same lengthy leader and a big minnow as a swallowed lure. He had earlier lost the same bass when the line snapped the leader. He found the re-encountered fish with the missing bait lodged inside its mouth, proving the prior catch had taken the same chub.
The Chicavo News recounts an underwater cigar trick performed by a recognized swimmer. He explains flipping and reorienting the lit cigar with his tongue to appear as if smoking at the surface, aided by elm juice to prevent mouth burns.
A clipped exchange notes a woman’s role and purpose. The line questions if she is advanced and if she has a mission, replying that she aims to make a good man happy, as described in a Chicago Hot context.
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