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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1899
Page
6
The text outlines a naming custom for a newborn child, detailing arrival ceremonies. Parents proceed to a temple after the birth and a father presents offerings to a scribe who records the name on consecrated paper. The rite involves incantations and a ceremonial toss, then priestly inscription and gifts indicating luck and longevity for the child.
Shattered exchanges show Bertha and Pertha discussing Mr. Sweetser's canvassing for subscriptions and a mistaken marriage impulse. The piece shifts to exchange about time and appearance with a cheeky line, hinting at social judgment and vanity in a Boston Tran script fragment.
A warning about the weak nervous man marked by exhaustion and loss of vitality. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is pitched as a restorative boosting brain function, memory, and energy without overstimulation. Available at dealers for 50 cents a box with a syrup also offered for respiratory ailments.
Hulda flees on skis after declaring independence from fiancé Mr Falck in a snowbound affair spurred by rival Brun. Falck pursues in fear of wolves while Hulda rides the slopes, returns to a tense household, and faces a stern mother’s judgment with Brun’s presence unseen.
Mrs Margaret Bowen aged about 121 lies dying in a weathered hillside cottage between Chicopee Falls and Holyoke. She was born in Ireland and came to America with her husband Bartholomew Bowen who cares for her. They live simply on the Holyoke Road. he tills the land to support them.
Mrs J Wise of Vancouver British Columbia writes Clarke's Kola Compound cured her bronchial asthma after eight years of near nightly suffering. She reports three bottles relieved attacks and six months of cold damp weather without a relapse. Free sample offered via The Griffiths Macpherson Company Canadian Agent.
A humorous snippet from Flhegende Blatter quotes a stingy husband forecast and a fortune teller predicting inheritance and a noisy wife. The exchange pokes fun at cost and credulity with playful boasts about money paid for prophecies.
Promotes Griffiths Menthol Liniment as a complete repair kit for damaged wheelmen easing toe muscle kink and soreness after long rides. Claims relief from sprains and bruises with instant effect. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
A survey of upcoming and recent stage offerings mentions My Son Dan by David Lowry possibly reaching New York, The De generates failing to meet high expectations, May Irwin's Sister Mary not a new title, The Weather Hen secured for production, The Queen of Chinatown staged in San Francisco, and The Great Train Robbery featuring a train hold up and dynamite used in the plot.
The advertisement touts Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a purely vegetable remedy for throat and lung ailments. It claims rapid action against coughs colds bronchitis and lung inflammation and notes the syrup is palatable enough for children and priced accessibly for the poor.
A compilation of maxims on virtue integrity and education followed by an advertisement for Holloway's Corn Cure promising removal of corns and warts without failure. The text blends quotes from Thomson Ben Jonson Saadi Longfellow and others with a patent medicine claim.
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