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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
3
The Hamiota Herald reports irrigation companies control up to 16 canals and purge stations capable of watering 1000 acres of rice. It mentions purchases of a horse for 30 dollars and liniment sales totaling 190 and 54 dollars, with hotel keeper Moise Derosce in St. Phillip’s Que listed for 1901.
A quirky note on how beer brand resolutions vary with occasions and how 25th birthday milestones trigger anniversaries years apart, reflecting social quirks and aging rites.
A 1896 stockman event links opal discovery to a surge in Australian exports totaling 120000 pounds. Indianapolis sets a hog-killing record with 3298 hogs ground into sausages in five hours. Hickle's Anti-Conscriptive Syrup touted as a cure for coughs colds and chest complaints with child friendly taste and adult relief.
Ravemspur writes of shore birds like plover sandpipers and snipe as fine sport along seas lakes and rivers. He details calling by imitating cries luring Greater Yellowlegs and Golden Plover to gun range and recalls a spring migration disrupted by a three day north gale that filled the bay with warblers and sandpipers.
John Burroughs argues against overanalyzing poets in college courses. He urges reading Homer Dante Chaucer Shakespeare to feel and love the poetry, not merely dissect it for facts, claiming true culture comes from intimate encounter with a poet’s living spirit.
Mrs John Shott of Grangeville recounts her three year struggle with dyspepsia and related symptoms after moving from Ingersoll. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after months of suffering and urges others to try the remedy. The ad notes pink pills strengthen blood and nerves and lists prices and mail order options.
A collage of claims about medicines and remedies, plus early 20th century labor wages. Testimonials praise Holloway’s Corn Cure while others recount medical pains and dietary issues. Domestic wages in Spain are cited, highlighting low pay for farm laborers and vineyard workers.
The article praises Winnipeg as a cosmopolitan city with residents largely descended from Scotch settlers and a hospitality that extends to visitors who reach true friendship. It highlights a mix of visitors from every land, clothed in diverse fashions and languages, making Winnipeg unmatched in diversity among North American cities.
Market trends show a halt to recent price declines on the American speculative market as late harvests advance in the north and Manitoba. Wheat quality varies by region with strong southern crop quality and heavier yields. western Europe reports cold rains while Argentina sees dry weather. Prices on oats barley and hay move with season, stocks of dairy and meat products hold steady, and livestock demand remains firm in Winnipeg markets as hogs and cattle trade cautiously. Farmer demand remains active for work horses and milch cows fetch solid prices amid broader regional fluctuations.
The source notes that prior to 1066 horses in England were never shod and credits William the Conqueror with introducing horseshoeing to the British Isles.
A black oak framed nursery screen features lower panels woven with rushes and an upper scene titled Old King Cole. One panel shows the merry old soul and the other two depict the Colers three in bold black and red.
Lemon juice lightens frosting while cranberry or strawberry juice turns it pink. grated orange rind strained yields a yellow tint.
A Chalker letter from Housey’s Rapids Ontario states he will substantiate his published assertions about Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He recounts kidney trouble with back pain and weight loss, says after six boxes he gained ten pounds, and claims the pills cured him for over three years with ongoing good health. The piece ends with a generic testimonial flourish and a couple of quips.
At a Royal Institution lecture Major P F A MacMahon presents the 36 officers from six ranks and six regiments to be arranged in a 6 by 6 square so each row and column shows every rank and every regiment. Euler Cayley and MacMahon note the puzzle remains unsolved, offering immortality to any solver.
An old advertisement notes Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere and suggests books flowers and fruit are welcomed by invalids for the kindness behind the gift. It contrasts human kindness with the quality of milk.
Prominent advice urges mothers to keep Baby's Own Tablets to treat diarrhoea teething troubles and other hot weather illnesses in infants. The advertisement touts safety no opiates and postal order price of 25 cents per box with testimonials and purchasing options. It also notes Dinner Pill and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for indigestion and claims about 19th century German immigration and a new Boston schooner.
In a tense early morning scene a fisherman battles a musky at close range. The fish wears down the angler as it leaps, its tail drenching the boat, until a final shot from a guide with a revolver ends the struggle and the angler collapses in exhaustion.
A negro evangelical minister, preaching eight services in a chapel once Anglican, finds an old hymn in a hymnal. Confused by Roman numeral CXIX he rereads and then, with stentorian resolve, proclaims the hymn as the Skee-six.
A novice reporter in a southern town rushes a tale to a New York editor. He offers 600 words for a story said to require 1200. The editor responds with a terse challenge and confirms the task is the world’s creation told in 600 words.
Dartmoor fishermen advocate killing large trout which prey on smaller fish. They claim two pound Devon trout survive by eating their own kind and have killed others in the stream.
A descriptive notice extols thermal waters in a North American setting. It claims the baths remedy nervous and muscular diseases, kidney liver and stomach ailments, and rheumatic troubles, presenting the waters as a universal healing cure.
A man who wants a quiet home notes birds avoid crowds. His wife points to ants living in apartment blocks and argues they are smarter than birds, turning a domestic moment into a streetwise comparison.
A brief dialogue shows an agent urging preparedness in New York, while the man resists labeling himself a cripple. The exchange frames technology and readiness amid urban danger or risk.
A column fragments discuss various topics including a claim that Minard's Liniment cures dandruff. The text also mentions plans for a railway from the Southern region to Western Australia costing £4,400,000, contrasts self-made and self-inflated individuals, and notes a minor cattle decrease in Great Britain within a long-term herd trend.
The report highlights that horses, giraffes, and ostriches possess the largest eyes among land animals while cuttlefish top sea creatures in eye size. It also notes Chicago’s municipal debt rising from 24 to 5 million dollars over five years.
A judge quips that only imaginary trouble is harder to bear than real trouble. The remark appears in a smoker section conversation with an Intellectual man, reflecting on trouble and perception.
A cryptic aphorism notes wealth hinges on generating income even in slow periods. It suggests disciplined financial strategy and continuous value creation to sustain prosperity.
In Harry de Windt’s Finland as It Is an anecdote recalls the arctic explorer Andree provoked at a dinner party. A witty question about crossing the north pole prompts Andree’s dry reply that a sudden wind will induce a south wind.
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