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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
3
A pamphlet promoting care for infants and small children is offered free to mothers who send name and address to Brockville Ontario. The notice includes a testimonial claiming MINARIUS LINIMENT cured a four year old scalding injury and praises the product.
A dialogue scene where Nellie fawns over a mistress with hair and diamonds, noting a resemblance to Lady Plantagenet Gingham and asking for kinship. The mistress denies relation but offers to give Nellie a pink shirtwaist as a keepsake.
Curio dealers report four main buyer types for antique clocks and watches. Some seek dignified room decor, others prefer convincing retro style, a third group prizes artistry from French Flemish or Italian makers, and a fourth pursues age above all. A growing niche values historical associations and museum gifts.
A Success magazine writer recalls Horace Greeley's generosity and pride in lending large sums to Commodore Vanderbilt's son. Greeley dismissed repayment when pressed, likening himself to a southern planter selling a Tribune share. He once owned about half the paper, ending with a single share.
A patient recalls a bargain where ten medical visits were to cost 20 marks, with a doctor apologizing for only providing 10. A lady notes her children were charged half price for attendance, highlighting a partial fulfillment of the agreement.
In this excerpt, a speaker asserts con game short for confidence game and claims the term originated in Puritan times in Connecticut, tying the phrase to regional roots. The dialogue discusses the etymology and geographic origin of the phrase within American history.
A fragmented old-sounding exchange questions a 2 cent stamp price of seventy five cents, with a passerby puzzled by the charge and a clerical interruption about a prescription, followed by a casual remark. The dialogue hints at humorous or satirical tone.
Fragmentary verse recalls childhood wonder and promised life in a misty landscape. The speaker reflects on memory, loss, and enduring connection as time separates lovers and preserves vows. The poem uses symbolic imagery of light, birds, and nature to evoke longing.
A meteorology enthusiast recalls old sea captains who could sense hurricanes by cloud forms and barometric shifts. The piece recounts a Havana voyage where a captain ordered anchoring as a hurricane loomed, the glass fell, and a tropical storm destroyed nearby ships while their own escaped unscathed. The belief in storm sense is described as an art that faded with modern science.
The largest suspended clock in the world hangs at Liverpool Street Station on the Great Eastern railway. Worth £1000, it is powered by electricity and took 12 months to build with a skilled staff. The Gothic case measures ten by ten feet, seating eight or twenty standing, with six foot dials and aluminium hands.
A satirical piece from London Punch proposes a grand, impossible signaling scheme to Mars. It imagines a Europe sized flag mounted on a earth circumference length steff, flooded with conductive electric fluid via solar system waves, and altering natural laws to wave it. It jokes that even if Mars replies, it could take centuries.
Mexico marks a national bathing day each year on June 14. Everyone from the president to laborers is urged to bathe, while some fear water but many join in the swim to celebrate cleanliness.
An exchange quotes Willie Washington accusing Miss Briggins of laughing at his proposal and Miss Cayenne retorting that women lack a sense of humor. The brief dialogue highlights gender perceptions in a lighthearted social moment.
A brief note observes that sunlight does not reach below 200 feet in clear noonday ocean waters. It then mentions the origin of manicore as a centuries old craft from French convents.
A reader notes her husband never objects to her wishes and she can express desires freely. Another correspondent from the same group echoes the sentiment, saying such openness never disturbs her partner.
A playful exchange shows Buster lamenting bad luck and scarcity while Dedbroke boosts spirits with a stubborn joke about facing the final dollar. The banter captures quick humor and social resilience in a constrained moment.
Iromore Ontario May 27 Special Mr George Sackett drives the stage between Dromore and Holstein He faced kidney trouble yet kept the route nine miles each way in harsh weather He credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with immediate relief and says his wife recovered as well through the treatment
Maine doctors prescribe exile to northern pine woods for consumptives to gain light work and isolation. Patients endure four to five years of solitary confinement with strict conditions before earning liberty certificates, yet most decline the cure. Records show about four in ten who pursue it are cured, while deaths remain low among those who stay the course.
A Temple Bar writer notes naturalist Frank Buckland once enjoyed entertaining queer people. A neighbor found a huge crowd blocking the footpath near Buckland’s house as there was a dinner party. An officer said guests included Tom Thumb the Circassian giantess and Siamese twins with more expected.
An inquisitive neighbor asks about the newborn's weight. Mrs. Nexdore notes the baby weighed six pounds, but insists the family does not estimate infants by weight. The exchange reflects cautious privacy around a new birth.
A fragment from the New York Commercial Advertiser presents a humorous exchange about scented versus unscented soap and notes a window sign in an Irish timber shop offering quart measures of various shapes and sizes for sale.
A fragmentary list evokes items strewn about a storeroom including a duck, a gun, a brat, a Chinese doll, and a coughing toy. Mentions a tangled string and a rider named Emily. The passage reads like a stray memory or discarded scene from a Times Herald page.
A medical note defines catarrh as inflammation of mucous membranes across the body. It distinguishes acute from chronic forms, noting hypertrophic and atrophic types, with symptoms like nasal blockage, cough, hoarseness, and indigestion. Causes include irritants, dryness, microbes, and prior injuries.
An elderly Nantucket woman recounts a lifelong disappointment from over thirty years ago. A visiting man with an organ grinder and a monkey stopped near her street, but she was unable to see them due to being housed. She laments never seeing the monkey and notes her luck in other ways.
A description of Peking bells highlights the great bell of Pe king in the Temple of the Great Bell. Cast by Yongle in 1415 and moved to the tower in 1578 this colossal bell stands 15 feet high with a 34 foot rim circumference and weighs 5314 tons. It bears 19 Chinese Buddhist script inscriptions and its ascent to its current position remains a mystery.
Billson finally locates Jimson after weeks of missed meetings to repay a ten dollar debt. Jimson confirms the ask was repayment and hints at earlier expectations of a larger loan.
A mother chastises Tommy for candy as the boy laments a dreadful toothache. He insists only one tooth hurts, while he admits eating with all his teeth. The piece then shifts to a note on the ancient origins of saddles and outlines early riding gear in Assyria and Rome, with a brief remark on hereditary trades in China.
Miss Margaret Gillis of Whim Road Cross Fr gets relief after years of spasms and weakness from nervous debility. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring health, urging others to try the medicine despite imitations. The pills claim to rebuild blood and nerves directly, offering lasting cures rather than mere symptom relief.
Dialogue clips mix flirtation and humor with a quip about Holloway's Corn Cure. The text also cites India’s tea cultivation area at the year’s close, recording 516,700 acres as the extent of tea culture.
A historical column blends household remedies and promotional blurbs. It cites MIVAED'S LINIMENT 2 THE HOWSE and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as cures for early symptoms of illness. It includes anecdotes about snubbing plain people who later prosper and a testimonial for Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil. It closes with a note on British Guiana’s population at year end.
A tiny Kiowa county tale notes New Hampshire settlers who speak in ultra short phrases. Two meet on the road and exchange few words about what they paid for boots, one answering turpentine and another claiming the horse died. Later another pair repeats the same terse exchange with a fatal twist.
A Winnipeg report describes Dr. Sandie and Oxydonor as greatly aiding a grocer named John A Mayne who suffered lung illness. Mayne credits immediate sleep and rapid recovery after using Oxydonor in bed for weeks, noting doctors’ later praise and a friend also benefited from the remedy.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from mucous inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cites Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured, and notes the product is sold by druggists with the Hall family name attached. It also briefly mentions iron coins in Japan as metallic shinplasters.
A verse reflecting on the sunset and the golden gates of the west as a symbol of heaven. The speaker wonders if angels bearing loved ones to the afterlife pass through radiant clouds near the gates, and contrasts heaven’s peace with the harsh justice that can strike with force.
A compact proverb notes that boasting about one’s own achievements harms reputation. The message contrasts self praise with humility and suggests true merit remains unseen when someone praises themselves.
A whimsical ad copy presents a mock up product by Mother Graves Worm Exterminator promising relief from worm related fevers and nightly discomfort. It playfully notes the need to consult a druggist for stock and suggests easy urban living.
A historical newspaper snippet promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion caused by bile and gastric juice issues. It cites Mr. F. W. Ashdown of Ashdown Ontario praising the product and notes social quips about manners and love.
An idealized advertisement style fragment extols Minard's Limiment and Kellogg's Dysente Cer tial as quick cures. It mixes humorous proverbs with medical claims about rapid relief and universal insect facts, ending with a moral about business focus.
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