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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
3
The article argues for strict adherence to a single standard of evening dress in New York society. It condemns dinner jackets and improper accessories, urging wear of the evening coat with a plain front shirt, and warns retailers to maintain the traditional, unobtrusive look.
Harlin Fulton of Mearant Bay notes Linufent brand is the only item requested and kept in stock with wide local demand. Retailer confirms it is the sole Linufent line available.
A short aphorism compares dew to flowers and gentle speech to the soul, noting that overcoming difficulties both teaches and fortifies future effort, attributed to Sharpe.
The passage obsesses on moral psychology as it asserts that real love among people comes from genuine affection, not performative appearances. It posits that leadership in any community requires authentic care toward others to foster trust and positive influence.
A letter from Thomas H Porter of Lower Ireland Pa states his 159 month old son suffered severe croup until a neighbor provided Thomas oil. After use the child recovered within a short time. The note promotes the oil as a lifesaving medicine.
Report notes horses in their wild state live to about 36 years, remaining fresh and hearty at that age in desert environments. The observation highlights the resilience of free roaming horses and their longevity under harsh conditions.
A dialogue recounts Mrs Minks and Mrs De Fashion trading insults while Mrs Minks blacks her face and hides at a pool to dodge visitors. The piece notes the immediate interruption by two fashion-minded women who plan to call again.
Towne accuses Wedden of talking to a man about a new wife. Browne asks for clarification as Towne reveals that Wedden has been divorced twice and has just married again for a third time.
A London Baptist cartoon quotes a village pastor asking what he would do with the Duke of Westminster’s income and the reply that he often wonders what the duke would do with his own money.
A fragmentary exchange questions whether a rescuer received compensation for saving a woman from drowning. The speaker notes his reluctance to press the matter after learning the rescuer had claimed the woman as his mother in law.
An old advertisement from Smidgewater New Brunswick promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and kidney disease. It quotes John B. Morgan claiming eight years of back pain eased after using the product, noting weight gain and improved health. The piece urges all workers to see the benefit.
In a private office a firm head tells a clerk that failures can seed later success. He recalls a former clerk who, fired for incompetence, rose to head a railroad earning $25,100 yearly, urging the clerk to pursue future success. The pair part with a hint of future friendship and encouragement.
A New York publisher notes devotional literature flourishes in a panic as church attendance rises and prosperity returns. The piece also offers wry snippets on marriage, speech, and politics including lines about a wife as a man’s better half and a flat earth belief among some candidates.
The piece argues that true heroism rests on personal responsibility and noble duty when disaster strikes at sea. It contrasts cowardice and courage across races and classes, noting that lasting glory comes from selfless acts rather than fatalistic stoicism.
The piece notes Es kinwo husky dogs and north sleds as symbols of luxury for Hudson Bay factors. A driver acts as cook while canned meats, vegetables, and tea replace stews. Fire, fried bacon and eggs, and flapjacks accompany nights under aurora borealis.
London Graphic details a brutal form of torture used on cavalry and artillerymen. A stool is fixed in the ground, a man’s right hand tied to a hook, and a sharp stump pressed under his feet to maximize agony. Prolonged endurance periods varied, with some men left standing well beyond 15 minutes.
A dinner for William Marconi recalled a memorable incident in which an orator toasted him as the inventor of wireless telegraphy. The speaker called him “the Franklin, the Faraday and the Helholtz of Italy,” prompting Marconi to thank the host but protest the previous speaker’s triplet tribute.
The article notes the Ischia and Scio islands suffered devastating earthquakes with 4 000 to 5 000 dead and missing, and Ischia later again struck with 10 000 casualties. It references the Java quake of 1833 described as the nineteenth century’s great convulsion killing over 120 000.
In Orangeville Miss Lizzie Collins tells how she fell severely ill two years ago with weakness headaches and pale skin. After trying many medicines a friend urged Dr Williams Pink Pills. She used eight or nine boxes and quickly regained strength, sitting up walking about and feeling pains fade. The pills are sold by dealers or mailed at 50 cents a box. six boxes for 2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The United Kingdom yields 76 million bushels of wheat, 78 million bushels of barley, and 150 million bushels of oats in a year.
In 1800 physicians in England used Mibard's Liniment and a horse named Phenomenon trotted 17 miles in harness in 53 minutes, a record reportedly never beaten in England.
An ad style note touts cucumbers melons as forbidden and promotes Dr Kellogg Dysentery Cordial as immediate relief and a cure for summer complaints. It quotes Swinbourne and Milton to lend authority to the claim.
Dr Parmelee presents Veoxrasie Puss a tonic stimulant for delicate constitutions. Small doses claim to stimulate secretions, offer vigor, and provide health benefits from his long scientific research era.
An aged judge muses on a past romance with Maud Muller as a scene unfolds at a circus tent. He notes her sallow face and washboard hands while the group of children clamors for a free ticket pose. The mood shifts to a brief reflection on a former marriage interest.
A traditional New England raisin pie combines boiled raisins in water, bread crumbs, sugar, lemon juice and egg. The mixture is baked in a tender pastry crust to yield a delicious dessert.
If buckwheat cakes do not brown readily, dissolve half a teaspoonful of soda in two cupfuls of new milk and add to the batter after the starter for the next morning has been saved out. The batter should be a little thicker than ordinary when milk is added. Then bake to improve flavor and texture.
A brief proverb noting that a fool who bets to defend an argument should be met with silence by the wise. It counsels restraint and cautions against betting as a substitute for reason.
A partial, garbled verse excerpt explores doubt about love and fate. The speaker questions lasting purpose, inner strength, and whether affection endures when the world misleads. It hints at perseverance and seeking truth through care and fidelity.
A disturbance at a lunch cafe on Eighth Street drew hundreds as a well-dressed man was ejected after the waiter described patrons who drink a chaotic mix of sauces and condiments. Journalists and innkeepers discuss a so-called condiment habit linked to other eateries and even arrests.
In 1858 during Lincoln's senate canvass in Rushville a young woman writing for The Schuyler Citizen praised his handsomeness recounting that his face lit up while speaking. Lincoln showed the article to his wife Mary saying another woman finds him handsome. Youth's Companion reports the anecdote.
A gentleman asks how they know when an idiot is cured enough for discharge. An attendant explains by placing them in a yard with troughs and taps. The inmates bail water with buckets while some stop the taps, revealing who is sane.
The article notes a confined spider can eat 26 times its own weight in a day. Extrapolating this rate, a man of ordinary size would need three or four bullocks and 15 to 20 sheep daily to satisfy such appetite.
The term Charlotte derives from the old English charlyt meaning a custard dish, and charlotte russe is described as a Russian inspired form of the dessert.
A Shakespearean style remark notes that in Chinese language there is no word class distinction and no concept of infection. The line parallels a warning about caution learned from harmful experience.
A brief note quotes John Hall on gold and wealth. It adds Oliver Wendell Holmes urging trust in money placed in trust. The lines reflect historical perspectives on value and finance.
A compilation of four aphorisms by Beaconsfield and Huxley. Beaconsfield urges focus on honest effort to avoid misery. Huxley asserts that success requires brave resilience. An enduring message on forgiveness and temperance accompanies reflections on fortune and poverty.
An old advertisement extols Minard's Liniment as a lumberman’s friend and promotes Northrop & Lyman Quinine Wine from Toronto as a superior restorative. It claims Quinine Wine strengthens nerves, aids sleep, boosts digestion, and improves vitality, with druggists selling it nationwide.
Due to competition from Spain Italy and Northern Africa with cheaper labor French farmers abandon olives. In Marseilles department alone thirty six thousand trees were uprooted in six months.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a father testing his son with a logic riddle. Tom asserts that because he is not in Rome he must be elsewhere, and thus cannot be present to feel the cane. The exchange ends with the boy realizing a flaw in his reasoning as the father disciplines him.
A young girl with a dinner carried it to the table and ate the pie first. Asked why she replied she would not waste the pie if anything else remained, stating that if there’s anything left it won’t be the pie.
The Moro is described as highly capable in multiple terrains and methods of combat. He fights on foot, on fat, horseback, in a war canoe, and in water, swimming like a fish and diving like a penguin.
A fragment notes the corar drink was sweetened with Loner prior to its discovery. The item mentions Loner as the sweetener used in early preparation.
Women have been gardeners at heart since the beginning of all things, but it is only during the latter portion of last century that they thought of flowers as makers of a fortune, of fruit and vegetables as sources of income.
A veteran homecoming tale shows a mother's quiet strength. While family members cry at departure, she smiles during separation and bursts into tears upon John’s safe return with a medal, uninjured, as others celebrate.
A testimonial from D. Carswell of Carswell Ontario extols Parmelee for acting on diseased organs and purifying the body. The letter says the medicine drives away many diseases and that it sells well and is excellent.
A century ago ministers ended marriages with a kiss to the bride, then grooms kissed many ladies, sometimes a hundred or more in one day. Afterward men visited the bride in a custom called going to kiss the bride, with mixed attitudes across New England and Puritan regions.
A week into their honeymoon in Rothesay the newly married pair sent a letter to their old home describing fine weather and routine morning rowing. The next day a telegram arrived asking about a son and how to pronounce a word, signed by the anxious father.
A historical note reports that twenty percent of horned cattle are killed for food annually and forty of every hundred sheep. It also mentions a nonstandard figure for pigs, reading 00 out of every 100. The passage reflects early agricultural loss data.
All market gardeners and fruit farmers in England suffer from the railway companies over transport. The complaint highlights excessive charges and disruptive policies affecting core agricultural commerce and distribution.
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