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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 05, 1902
Page
3
A columnist recalls a 1900s hoax in which a Chinese language card advertised a cigar as two for five, while the true text warned against smoking and praised Gong brand cigarettes. Lo Hen Wong wrote the deceptive lines and profit from the lithographed cards.
Fidith shares that she and Fred are deeply interested in each other and have played golf together three times without quarrels unless Freddy was in the wrong. Jertha urges secrecy and affirms belief they were made for each other.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune humor column features a love note mix up titled Dear George but meant for William, and a quip about settling down. It also includes a letter from J F Kellock about Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil curing deafness and a prompt order to Ireland. The piece closes with a proverb about young men leaving the farm for home.
A public notice promotes MINARD'S LINIMENT as the best household remedy with testimonials from well known Americans across the country. The brief asserts straightforward endorsements rather than press interviews.
A terse observation notes that some individuals can drink a single glass and abstain if prompted to start with treatment. The remark hints at self-control or addiction issues and the potential role of intervention.
Mrs Celeste Coon of Syracuse New York writes that she suffered burning pains and indigestion for years. She notes that after a certain unspecified treatment her health improved and she can eat without distress. She emphasizes the product's cathartic effect and urges others to use it.
A terse quotation notes the heavy burden of immense personal greatness, describing the weight as a defining influence on his life. The line emphasizes individual stature and self-imposed pressure.
A historical note comments that if one is fixed for life insurers will fix them for death, reflecting a satire on life insurance priorities and attitudes.
A brief, lighthearted remark on a young man’s view of a pretty girl and the elusive charm of manners in social settings. The single sentence reflects a casual social observation without further context or events.
A Chicago patent case recounts Jones presenting a smoke consuming device to laundries. Despite initial success, customers feared business loss as smoke ceased, leading to the removal of the device and the inventor giving up on marketing the invention.
A Baltimore American item quotes a sultan reacting to American comic papers arriving at court. The ruler lashes out at the grand vizier and burns the papers, condemning foreign humor as a threat to his realm and majesty amid Thanksgiving jokes.
A Georgia veteran and lifelong heavy smoker has died at age ninety nine. The obituary notes his long habit but does not specify whether smoking caused his death. The report appears in the Kansas City Journal.
Mrs Maxwell of Elora Ontario credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing a severe female weakness after years of pain dizziness headaches and kidney trouble. She reports rapid relief and full recovery praising the medicine as the greatest in the world. The letter has sparked strong public comment about the remedy's efficacy.
A collection of lines reflecting on liberty, virtue, truth, and deception. Notable phrases compare genuine virtue to bondage, and warn against graft and negligence in trust. The mix includes Addison and Shakespearean paraphrase and critique.
Mothers face many teething woes with pain irritability and constant care A tonic called Babys Own Tablets is promoted as safe for infants dissolvable in water claimed to prevent diarrhoea indigestion colic constipation and convulsions The ad includes a testimonial from Mrs C J Delaney Brockville and a provincial analyst's guarantee from Montreal dated 1901 B. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont sells at 25 cents a box.
A compact moral reflection contrasts crows feasting on the dead with flatterers harming the living. The aphorism warns that deceitful praise blinds the soul, while the dead receive no further use of their eyes, underscoring ethical contrasts between action and perception.
Turner, a ready wit, attended a dinner of artists and literary men. After a poet toasted painters and glaziers, Turner proposed the health of the British paper stale era, drawing laughter from the audience.
A panicked man flees a moving street car along State Street knocking over stalls and a baby. The mother curses him as he lunges toward the car rail, collapses into a seat aboard, and the conductor orders him off as the car proceeds to the barn.
In New York City the poker ace Dutch Hank sits at Daly’s and wins 25 000. He delays leaving to eat liver at a Dutch restaurant, then returns to play and loses the entire amount. His quip about eating 25 000 worth of liver in a minute earns a laugh from friends outside.
While en route from Siberia, Baron Nordenskjold faced a Telegram from the Russian government offering a czarist decoration. He wavered due to his Antidecoration club oath but accepted the insignia. A friend later revealed Russia had 300,000 rubles ready to reward his refusal, testing his resolve.
Many jellyfish species glow phosphorescent at night giving them the poetic name lamps of the sea. In daylight they show striped or tinted bodies, melon shapes, fringed edges, and telescoping tentacles. The Portuguese man of war stands out as the best known and attractive member of the group.
A humorous dialogue centers on a birthday gift that reveals a shared check. Mrs Styles notes the gift bore both her name and her husband’s, prompting a quip about selfish men. The punchline: the check mattered only because his name was on it.
The line questions Squiggs fame as a camera target while noting his wife’s snap captures. A quip suggests few reach the top, since the summit and the average diverge as they ascend.
A Charlottetown woman believed to be doomed by consumption improves dramatically after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Testimonial cites weight gain, regained mobility, and recovery from near-bedridden state, with ongoing evaluation by a physician. Pills marketed as blood-building treatment for consumption and other ailments.
A compact item notes a saying about a lazy man being hard to task and a chronic kicker not complaining about a stubbed toe. It also mentions Wall Street as the favored winter watering place.
A Marysville schoolteacher asks a student about tense in the sentence I am beautiful. The quick reply calls the tense Ibe past, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding in class.
A compact verse collection notes how time and youth shape life as poetry speaks on beauty, fate, and talent. Lines invoke Jonson Dawes Byron and Lanston to reflect on wants, aging, and the value of innate gift.
A short note notes that the saying what is done cannot be undone applies broadly. It recommends Lever's Dry Soap powder as satisfactory for washing woollens and flannels.
A Danish proverb emphasizes the need to prepare today for what you expect tomorrow. It reflects a mindset of foresight and steady effort to achieve future outcomes.
The ad touts Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup as a remedy for coughs colds and throat lung and chest affections claiming it never fails to give relief by promoting easy expectoration removing phlegm and aiding healing of diseased parts.
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