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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1902
Page
3
A garbled item from the Hamiota Herald mentions a food girl and an amount around four million, with unclear context about borrowing or a loan. The reading is fragmentary and lacks verifiable names or places.
A 13 year old girl injured when thrown from a sleigh experienced a stiff painful elbow for years. After using Minakiys Liniment she reports complete cure and renewed mobility following ten years of pain.
The Dunkerque lighthouse demonstrates powerful electric lighting on Sunday, with its beacon stated as more prominent than weekday output. The team behind the lamp emphasizes durability and visibility, claiming signals reach up to forty miles.
A jumble of old ads and quack cures includes a $100 reward for a catarrh cure from Hall's and Cheney's patent medicine pitch. The piece combines spoof lines about the beef trust and a short political jab claiming the golden eagle stays silent while commerce speaks.
A Toronto Star excerpt depicts a dramatic criminal trial with a grave judge a silk-clad clerk a solemn court crier and a full jury for a fraud case involving an 8 2 amount. The piece then notes 1100 Chinese pupils at Queen's College Hong Kong aged nine to twenty three many with wives and children and a rising average age of students each year.
A Kingston Ohio mother touts Bally's Own Tablets for infant digestion and sleep, claiming the remedy calms sour stomach and constipation. The ad promotes Baby's Own Tablets as safe for tiny children and notes postpaid shipping from Brockville and Schenectady.
A period piece advert extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for pale anaemic girls from ages fourteen and up. It cites Mrs Gage of Hawanitown Ontario praising recovery from headaches vomiting and nervousness, claiming the pills restore health and strength and improve red blood. The copy insists on genuine labeling and price details.
A society matron recalls a Virginia mountain visit with David to a remote cabin. A plain woman explains a cook stove placed on a kitchen table due to chimney issues, provoking amused disagreement over practicality and domestic ingenuity.
A compact quip warns that courting a grass widow should not be treated with gifts like a lawn mower or friendship may fade. The line reflects a light social pecking order and witty regional humor.
The sketch portrays Mr Roberts as the son of Rev G Q Voveris of Christ Church Cathedral Fredericton and a native of New Brunswick. It notes his education at the Collegiate Institute of Predvicton and the University of New Brunswick in 1879 with honors in moral science and petitions. It highlights his literary career as head of English literature at King's College and editor roles, praising his varied writings from poems to novels and sketches, and extols his descriptive prose in Round the Camp Fire and The Solitary Woodman.
This piece extols the value of sincere compliments to both girls and boys, and to men such as fathers and businesspeople. It argues kind words lift spirits, encourage effort, and smooth daily life, describing praise as a fuel that lubricates social interactions and motivates responsibility.
A wry observation notes that if a man could sell the advice he freely gives, he would stay busy managing his own income rather than offering guidance to others. The remark highlights the value of practical insight versus unsolicited counsel.
The text surveys major rivers including the Nile with no tributaries for 1,200 miles, the Jordan as the crookedest river at 273 miles, and the Potomac as 500 miles ending in a shallow estuary. It notes the Tsangpo as the highest navigable river for nearly 1,000 miles at 11,000 to 14,000 feet, plus Indus length and sacred status.
A New England parish minister argues a sermon test should measure minds not appearance. He notes that eye closure and nodding Deacons signal comfort, while alertness within ten minutes indicates genuine engagement. The piece contrasts city pastors with his own strict standard. Roses feature in ancient Greek and Roman culture, prized at feasts and regattas.
A five year old boy Willie cries and tells his mother his face isn’t clean when he started crying, then resumes weeping. The brief exchange captures a child’s blunt logic in a family moment.
The debtor swears retaliation if disturbed again, while the urbane lector replies that he will attempt to disturb at a similar time tomorrow, signaling a tense ongoing confrontation with tempered dialogue.
The Boston Transcript notes Africa's exports are chiefly natural products while imports are entirely manufactured goods. The phrase A woman's whim is often a man's fate is cited as a proverb.
Cotter's Cove Newfoundland reports Joseph Boon, a fisherman from New Bay, cured after eight years of illness and seven months in hospital. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills following a fortune harbor case, he recovered fully in 21 boxes and returned to lobster fishing, hailed as miraculous by locals.
A garbled collection showcases cynical quotes on honesty art and success alongside advertisements for quack medicines. It rails at liars praises greenbacks and touts Varmelee’s Ville as a universal cure while noting the public’s credulity and vanity.
The ad urges using Wells, Richardson & Co. improved Butter Color to produce a June shade. It contrasts pale or rancid butter from crude colors with well colored butter fetching extra value of 2 to 4 cents per pound. Drug stores and dealers are urged to insist on this color product.
A detailed historical recipe instructs to whitewash poultry houses inside and out. Mix one bushel of lime slaked in boiling water with half a peck of salt dissolved, three pounds ground rice paste, half a pound Spanish whiting, and one pound clear glue. Combine, let stand several days, and apply hot with a clean brush to prevent lice and rust.
The passage lists methods to cultivate parasites in fowl houses. It warns that neglect and dirty conditions promote infestations and that insects reproduce in shells, urging beginners to start with basic practices and expect new discoveries weekly.
An autumn health advisory urges farmers and families to use Paine's Celery Compound to restore strength, relieve rheumatic and digestive ailments, and build vigor against winter. It touts liver support, blood purification, and nerve nourishment, claiming rapid rejuvenation for the run-down.
The text references Winart’s Liniment claimed to cure distemper and extols Dr Thomas’s electric Oil as an effective remedy. It cites Cuba’s 1902 pineapple crop near 200000 barrels and 14600000 units, while praising various health claims, pains, and rheumatic afflictions with a skeptical undertone about reminiscence and social attitudes.
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