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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1901
Page
3
Readable lines describe a dramatic scene with a governor figure, a crowd, and festive reaction. Vague imagery includes the earth, laughter, and homage as characters react to an advent. The fragmentary text references a character named Megara and an emotional moment.
An old dealer laments the decline of nautical lithographs sold to sailors. Once popular forecastle walls displayed dramatic shipwrecks from vessels like the Arctic and Ville du Havre, but modern crews prefer new ships and tourism, reducing demand for these pictures.
The first complete English Bible appeared in 1535 by Miles Coverdale. It mixed revisions from Tyndale and translations from German and Latin sources. Known as the Treacle Bible and Bug Bible, it contains notable nontypical renderings such as treacle for balm Galahad for Gilead and a school master for fear.
On Good Friday Iberian sailors observe a long standing ritual on ships. A straw Judas dummy is made aboard the day before and subjected to humiliations after morning services. Sailors kick stamp sit on and spit at it before it is tied and hoisted to the masthead until Saturday.
The text notes earrings were worn by men and women in ancient oriental nations except the Hebrews, with women reserving them for men. It cites Homer describing statues of mythic deities wearing earrings and mentions prehistoric wildlife in California and jungles. It ends with aphorisms about will, conscience, and honesty.
A wife describes using Tasteless Samaria Prescription to stop her husband’s drinking. She gives doses in coffee over days and claims he quits whisky, feeling hopeful for a peaceful home. Free sample package offered by The Samaria Remedy in Toronto with confidential letters.
Mrs George Grant of Paisley Ontario describes a cure from drunken habits using the Samaria Remedy. The Paisley WCTU adopted the remedy after a meeting, praising its home use and urging families to help in temperance efforts.
A brief sermon notes the vanity of material wealth as shrouds have no pockets. It reflects on death and the beyond, urging focus on spiritual riches over worldly gain. The line underscores humility and detachment from possessions in moral reflection.
Within the past year three fatty tumors on the heart have been removed by the application of Minard's Liniment without any surgical operation and there is no indication of a return. Captain W. A. Pitt Clifton N B Gondola Ferry.
A reflective line on love and reason notes that intense affection can pull men into a bind where logic struggles to guide them back to balance. The quote emphasizes the overpowering pull of emotion over rational thought.
A wary observer notes a con artist bent on fleecing a victim by pulling wool over the eyes. The piece hints at deceit and a warning to readers about sharp practices.
A method to measure rainfall depth uses a funnel with a 100 square inch opening guiding water to a tube scaled to the aperture. The depth read in the tube corresponds to one tenth of the rainfall. larger funnels improve accuracy, and roof gauges often collect less water than ground gauges due to air absorption and drop size.
The article questions why deer horns are so unique among cattle like horns. It notes growth from the brain, vegetal like sprouting, skin covering and self hemostatic hair, annual branching tied to age, odorless and resistant horns, and the horn’s reliance on male biology without female horn production.
A compact meditation on theater in life and politics. The author cites Shakespeare and Alsop to argue that people crave dramatic framing for creed and truth.
A Berkshire native born without arms or hands could write with his mouth thread a needle tie a knot shuffle and deal a deck. John Simons was shown in London in 1654 as an amazing exhibit of skill and ingenuity.
A domestic quarrel centers on a thumb injury from hammering. The wife accuses her husband of selfishness and brutality for forcing himself to drive in nails, while she retorts with sharp insults about his character.
A light anecdote recalls a young woman’s tip for keeping hands white and soft. She suggests soaking hands three times daily in dishwater while mother rests on the sofa, a playful nod to domestic routines.
The coast lengths for France include the Mediterranean coast at 05 miles the Dover Straits and English Channel region at 572 miles and the Atlantic Ocean at S54 miles. The text warns against efforts that serve others poorly and notes that a bank failure upsets depositors who lose balance.
Physicians sometimes enable men to postpone the payment of the debt of nature. The wealthy lawbreaker usually gets less justice for his money than the poor one does.
Telegraph recounts Ernestine Cloutier of Quebec City rising from frail health to vigor after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Her father cites improved color, appetite, weight gain, and strength, urging the remedy for other weak girls. Also mentions other health ads and a remark on sleep aids and proverbs.
Advertisement claims THOMAS' ECLECTRIC OIL saves money and eases pain by small doses curing coughs and healing cuts sprouts and bruises while claiming benefits for lumbago rheumatism neuralgia and inflamed breast. A line about a girl in a crash suit appears as stray text.
An old advertising passage extols Quinine Wine as a universal tonic. It describes benefits for despondency, nerves, sleep, and digestion, claiming it strengthens vitality and blood flow. Northrop & Lyman of Toronto market the product and note it is sold by draggistes. It ends with a quip about silence and money.
A Toronto travel salesman, J. H. Ireland, touts Dodd’s Kidney Pills as a preventive and cure from a Nova Scotia ordeal. He claims the pills restored his health after kidney trouble and recommends them to fellow travelers. An unrelated anecdote about Carmele’s Pills and a proverb closes the piece.
Physicians use Monard's Liniment and Dr. J D Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial. A caution against arguing with a wasp is noted. The text promotes these remedies for dysentery diarrhoea cholera sea sickness and teething, claiming prompt relief and cure for summer complaints.
A naval officer recalls a tale of a ship’s crew where a coal passer finally speaks when asked who brought aboard grog. The skipper finds the honest man and the mystery remains in a humorous maritime anecdote. Pride has but two seasons—spring and fall.
The article reports 1901 census results noting Scotland’s population at about 8.2 million and Ireland around 8.2 million, with Scotland now exceeding Ireland for the first time. It recalls historic declines in Ireland since 1841 and prior closeness of populations, and mentions regional figures and the depopulation trend in Ireland. It also covers a separate item about Christ's Hospital’s great painting by Antonio Vario and its relocation to Horsham. The piece mentions Charles II and the Royal Mathematical Scholarship foundation.
Collection of brief anecdotes and quips about pacific slope residents. It includes a crowd silenced by polite rebuke at a play, a witty comeback to a rude railway official, and generic aphorisms about labor and betting. The tone is humorous and observational.
A quirky piece notes how a theater devotee embodies both past and present eras. It observes money as a force that never wanes, shaping affection, art, and identity in show business.
A collage of light dialogue and jokes from Yonkers and theater life plus brief notes. Snippets cover marriages unions jokes about salaries, mills, holidays, and office toil. Also a bone-dry trivia line on tea culture in India and the population of British Guiana.
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