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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
3
A jumble of playful quips and observational jokes from the Hamiota Herald column. The piece mashes cartoons of romance, social mores, and everyday quirks with lines about New Year resolutions, dress, children, and a satirical note on bridge ideas. Notable bits reference Miss Stries hair, a barber’s fee, and a satirical New York Tress line.
A list of supporters spans Ontario Nova Scotia Maine New Brunswick and New Brunswick towns including Oil City Ontario Norway Maine Mulgrave and Pokemouche with names such as Matthies Foley Joseph Snow Rev R O Armstrong Chas Wootten Pierre Landry senr Thomas Wasson and others.
A Detroit Journal note recalls a parent’s method of teaching a child science over fear. The mother explains germs with a microscope to deter misbehavior and contemplates whether prayer may function as antiseptic in moral guidance.
A bitter exchange between a young man and a woman ends their engagement as she accuses him of drinking and duplicity. He retorts that her claim proves she has lied. The pair now meets as strangers.
A young person asks what a family tree is and Miss Cayenne explains that a family tree is rooted like other trees yet becomes increasingly fragile and unsubstantial as it branches out, illustrating a view from the Washington Star.
A summary of chaotic headlines includes outbreaks, deaths, disasters, and political turmoil. Notable items: Howards death confirmed in Ottawa. Geo PF Newkirk dies in NSW at 317 years old. massing troops on a Belgian frontier. a Pa. fire kills four children. several political and criminal incidents across North America and Europe.
Reports recount a mix of tragedies: a virden sleigh accident leading to a death, an insane woman drowning six children in Uniontown well, and a Birmingham fire killing six. The Minneapolis case ends with a seven year sentence for Day's killer, while a Diamondville mine blaze endangers 40. Piet Fourie and Boers in Dewersdorp plan surrender.
Montreal will raise a $30000 monument in memory of Canadian soldiers.Campaign reports from the South Africa war show British preference. Rio de Janeiro foundered with 128 dead. Major Gat Howard of the Canadian Scouts is reported dead. Strathcona's Horse left Liverpool for Canada. Blair seeks to extend the Intercolonial railway to the Great Lakes. A cyclone hit Marinius Islands sinking a British steamer with 25 crew lost.
The Marquis of Headfort marries an actress while Boer forces seize a supply train near the Klip river. The Salisbury succession debate narrows to Chamberlain and Balfour as Sir Richard Cartwright consults about an Evangeline call. Alex Sharpe surrenders after the Hull murder near Havelock Ontario. Viscount Hinton seeks ejectment from Hinton house. John F. Lindsay of Moosomin inherits a fortune from Australia. Albany reports Governor Odell may replace Mayor Van Wyck or seek legislative action on a state constabulary bill. The Warrimoo brings John F. Lindsay home to Canada. Sir TH. McCallum requests Placenza calls for his party aboard Evangeline. Washington notes Minister Conger on leave. Rockhill gains control of ongoing negotiations.
For years Geo McLean of Thorold suffered extreme sciatic pain and months in hospital with no relief. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills, used for a month, with rapid recovery and permanent improvement, noting multiple prior treatments failed. The ad promotes pills for rheumatism neuralgia and other conditions and urges purchase from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt portrays a stubborn father-in-law who rejects gas heating, electricity, automobiles, and railways. He insists on coal and wood, shuns modern timekeeping, and urges his son-in-law to set clocks to sun time, insisting on living by old standards regardless of progress.
A pedestrian complains after his hat is knocked off by a man with a folded umbrella. The offender, halted, boasts of lawsuits about eye injuries and anatomy jabs, arguing the bat incident is trivial.
Amateur notes and stray garbled phrases mention a veteran actor and Detroit film context with unclear details. The readable fragments suggest a discussion or column about aging performers in local cinema.
The condemned man, about to be executed, addresses the crowd with defiant words. He denies being a specialmaker, claims a rough past with theft and drinking, and says he would have faced the legislature if he had lived longer. He thanks the Lord for escaping a worse fate and bids Jin to proceed with the hanging.
A railroad branch in Wisconsin faced resistant miners and lumbermen who refused to pay fares. To enforce payment a heavyweight fighter was hired as brakeman, but the deadheads overpowered him on his first run. He admitted defeat and urged abandoning the rail line for a turnpike.
An alley car tale from Chicago Tribune describes a passenger with a smooth face demanding another remove his arm from the back of his seat. After repeated refusals the arm remains, a man strikes the other on the cheek and departs. A bystander comforts a protecting blond as the train continues through Forty-third Street.
Kitchen helps advise cleansing techniques for pans and dishes. Vinegar heated in a frying pan removes odors while boiling milk in a saucepan then washing with cold water and soda cleans well. Avoid washing eggs milk flour or potato residues in hot water as it sets them hard. A quip about political eyes opening notes that a man must keep his exes open to avoid someone else opening them.
Shiloh’s Consumption Cure marketed to parents promises fast aid for gasping children with croup. The ad urges quick purchase from druggists in Canada and the United States with price details and a money back guarantee, claiming a British price and a free booklet on curing consumption.
A Virginian man living in a log cabin asserts he squatted on 40 acres for 30 years without any deed or papers. He recounts three times the true owner tried to oust him but was killed each time, arguing that deeds are secondary to an old long gun as his form of “right.”
An advertises a remedy for deafness caused by catarrh. It claims deafness results from inflammation of the eustachian tube mucous lining and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulation materials invite readers to send for free circulars. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. product sold by druggists.
A Baltimore American report notes a party remarking on adopting letters as a preteason, asking whether to favor typewriting or sign painting. The exchange features a sardonic respondent, highlighting early attitudes toward written communication.
Mrs von Blumer reports her children have attended two terms with little progress. Mrs Witherby echoes concern calling the school very good but notes poor advance. The item captures parent dissatisfaction with the local school outcomes.
Fragmented text shows a quarrel between a gas company official and a consumer over pricing and service. The snippet includes hostile exchanges and garbled lines, with scattered references to Chicago and Philadelphia. No clear event or outcome is established.
A man, described with comic detail, pauses at a corner in a Tit-Bits excerpt as he considers his wife’s charges. A bystander named Abobbe stares vacantly upward, drawing a crowd on the pavement while the scene unfolds with quizzical humor.
A quarrel over a Christmas gift ends with Aunt Betsy returning a box of shaving soap and leaving a note calling the gift joke in poor taste. The scene unfolds in a grand store as a big woman and a meek man argue over an inexpensive present choice.
A pair of editorials argues for universal parcels post at low cost while condemning the principle that the charge should be the same for short and long distances. Indianapolis News supports closer ties via parcels post. Indianapolis Journal warns the plan ignores proportional pricing.
A reflective piece notes that the world treats good nature with ease and that humor masks seriousness. It argues the man who never looks up fails in lifting or lifting spirits.
A fragmentary column presents a string of quips and aphorisms about motives, happiness, and everyday misdirections. It jumbles themes from cures to milkmen, chasing happiness, and pursuing on foot versus in a car.
A satirical note contrasts quack medicine claims with practical help for the ordinary man. It jokes that while Charitable persons encourage direct aid, uncharitable talk worsens sleep loss and beauty, urging practical effort to do the best one can.
There are times in every man life when he is justified in kicking himself. No man was ever so much in love that it interfered with his appetite. The text presents quirky ad style lines and exaggerated claims about men and affection.
A cryptic line notes Minard's Liniment curing distemper while musing on aging women and recurring history. The text asserts a one sided quarrel lingers and curiosity moves ahead of it, hinting at social reflections rather than a clear event.
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