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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1900
Page
3
Local column recounts humorous incidents in a big office building era where passengers miscue floor requests. A woman asks for two back teeth then five, while a man shouts a rascal during a ride prompting confusion. The piece ends noting a joke about a five love gift between Briggs and Griggs.
Dear Sirs I cannot speak too strongly of the excellence of MINARD S LINI MENT It is THE remedy in my house hold for borns sprains etc and we would not be without it It is truly a wonderful medicine JOAN A MACDONALD Publisher Aruprior Chronicle.
A Chicago Record item notes Clementine stops speaking after a dream in which she is accused of saying mean things. The report frames the episode as matter of fact and local tension within social circles.
John T. Benson stationary engineer at Ridley College in St Catharines endured decades of sciatic pain with swelling and spasms. He reports dramatic, lasting improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills, testimonials noting renewed health and a permanent cure after twelve boxes. The ad notes blood and nerve benefits and offers mail order details from Brockville Ontario.
London dispatches report mixed tidings as 800 Sikhs and 200 Welsh Fusiliers join American and German troops to break the siege near Tien Tsin. Officials caution the legations at Pekin and Admiral Seymour face peril while India sends a substantial relief force including infantry cavalry artillery and engineers.
Notice offers a service to form exact payment amounts and claims large savings. Readers are urged to write for details and pricing.
Incomplete listing shows various currencies and amounts such as Reichsmarks and Austrian Guiden alongside Dutch Guilders, Finnish Marks, and other mixed figures. Text appears from a ledger or exchange note with unclear context and misread names.
London reports Gen Warren says the northern Cape Colony rebellion is extinguished. No word on capture or dispersal of Boer forces. Interest shifts to the Orange River Colony where DeWet harasses the British. Tribune report notes 1850 prisoners on the Delagoa Bay line and 800 in Orange River colony. Leitrim Ennismore and others captured.
A 26 year old man, Wm H Cheavins, drowned after swimming from a rowboat near Raven Lake Shoal Lake. He sank about ten feet from the boat as friends hurried to aid him, body recovered four hours later in St Paul. Other drownings occurred at St Cloud Mississippi River and Long Lake Chippewa Falls involving juveniles and families. In Raleigh township a boy Geo Laurier Knott, 16, died after diving into a farm pond eight feet deep and not surfacing.
Prices for wheat rye flour and oats, oats and barley choppings, and various feeds are listed. Grain and flour costs shown for Fort William and Ogilvie firms with per sack or per bushel rates. dairy eggs and butter prices, meat and poultry, vegetables and fruit values, and animal hides and wool prices provided. Indicates market activity and farm goods trade in regional centres.
The snippet notes the ice trade's seasonal demand and regional practices. It cites Ridgewood New Jersey and New York News as highlighting ice shortages in summer and the selling ritual in Chicago where ice is weighed before customers. The piece contrasts iceman independence with customer oversight.
A collage of maxims notes that perception, restraint, virtue, and energy shape character. Quotation fragments credit Ardor and prudence across authors including Alcott Bulwer Longfellow Wendell Phillips Goldsmith Burke Home Beech er and Ellison.
A playful rendition of Foucaults pendulum using an orange, toothpick, thread, cork and sugar on a plate. By rotating the plate beneath a fixed pendulum, the lecture shows the plane of oscillation remaining unchanged while the simulated Earth turns, illustrating the invariability of the pendulum’s plane.
The notice lists CP railroad routes with daily or intermediate stops across Canada and the United States, naming cities such as Montreal Toronto New York Regina Saskatoon Moose Jaw Yorkton Edmonton Prince Albert Morden and Elson, with named agents James Oborne and E McPherson and schedule notes for Mondays Wednesdays Thursdays and Sundays.
Manitoba legislators report on Railway Taxation act exemptions from municipal taxes and school levies. Debates include wolf bounty rise, railway earnings taxation, Langford promises, Gilberts Plains rail plans, liquor law changes, and private creameries inspection as night sittings begin to finish sessional duties.
The Chicago board of trade ousted a teletrope company from the trading floor amid reports the Southern railway wreck will claim 41 victims. Director T Skinner noted progress in the west while Minister Brenier faced citizen questions on trade and commerce policy.
A survey of events from Montreal to Winnipeg notes fires, drownings, battles, and political moves. Updates include river conditions, wheat prices in Chicago, a Yukon gold haul to Dawson, imperial and colonial affairs, and local incidents from Portage la Prairie to St Louis.
A Winnipeg shop advertises guns bicycles revolvers and light hardware at low prices. They offer gun repairs and accept various items including cards wood and other goods for trade or purchase at 320 Main Street.
Poem fragment from Elizabeth Gallup Perkins in Boston Transcript contrasts a lily with a life ruined by sin and shame. Holloway's Corn Cure ad touts a cheap remedy that claims to destroy corns and warts root and branch, ending with a promotional note.
A humorous exchange highlights Glabber as self centered warning that telling him to take care of himself backfires. The Chicago Tribune joke underscores his lack of care for others. A separate note promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claiming relief from worm caused distress in children.
The Chicago Tribune notes dangers of counterfeit money and then highlights Impurities in the Blood linked to kidney impairment. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are advertised as regulating kidneys to prevent systemic derangement and restore health.
The Detroit Journal contrasts public fascination with murder details and juror reluctance, quoting reactions to sensational crime coverage. An accompanying health ad touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for rheumatism by purifying the blood through liver and kidney action.
A dramatic quotation ends with a woman declaring she would rather author the verse than craft a new sandwich filling for her 5 o clock tomorrow. Detroit Journal item observed the emotional moment and its surprising boast of verse over culinary effort. Also includes a public notice-style testimonial for Dr Thomas' Eclectric Oil claiming rapid croup relief.
A friend with an owl room seeks a fitting motto for his home menagerie. A Cleveland Plain Dealer joke suggests hoot mon as a witty Scots line. The item also cites Bickle's Ann-Consumptive Syrup praised as a cure for coughs colds and chest affections with favorable taste among ladies and children.
Cleveland vessel owners report an agreement not to carry coal to the head of the lakes for less than 50 cents per ton. The move follows two Northern Steamship Company boats planning coal shipments at the same rate.
A courtroom exchange features a defense attorney questioning an expert about blood spots. The expert confirms blood, noting the substance was thicker than water as their method of identification.
Four men died in a Chamion mine explosion Saturday evening. The accident occurred at Chamioop, Mississippi, according to local reports.
Portage la Prairie reports that W. Moore of the M. N. road gang was injured near Harrowby yesterday afternoon when a water tank wagon overturned while being hauled. Moore was struck by the tank during the incident and injured in the descent.
The ad proclaims Hale's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. It asserts the cure acts on the blood and mucus surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation and build up strength. The firm offers $100 for any case not cured and invites readers to send testimonials to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Ottawa reports Mr. Chamberlain asking the militia department about terms of service for South Africa troops. The tone suggests the war may be nearing its end.
An old man notes a mourner aboard a streetcar and challenges the conductor's indifference. The conductor admits he is paid to work and hardened by traveling injuries and stress. He recalls past bosses showing sympathy and laments electricity’s colding of pity, planning to drink at the next corner.
A woman insists on personal branding ordering address cards reading Mrs. and Mr. J. Brown. She asserts authority over the household and demands cards reflecting her status with no compromise. The stationer agrees to print as she dictates, highlighting a domestic power dynamic.
A Chicago Post fragment questions whether neighbors are truly excellent, pondering if they never borrow or if they are willing to lend. The remark highlights social expectations and community trust in urban life.
Detroit free Press reports a prisoner balks at standing at the bar, claiming repeated standing in bars has left him unable to comply with the judge’s instruction. The exchange highlights courtroom friction as the judge prompts decorum.
A fragment notes Winaed's Liniment used by physicians and mentions the Bearded Lady Lina and Circassian Girl. It hints at delirium tremens and a spake charmer as part of the gossip in a Philadelphia Bulletin item.
A fragment notes prosperity prices and consumer behavior with quotes about overbuying unnecessary items. The source references Minard's Liniment and a figure named Lamberman in a humorous context from the Chicago Record.
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