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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
3
A fragment from "Songs from Vagabondta" by Biss Carmpn presents a bardic portrait of a restless wanderer. The speaker wanders seas of clever phrase and wind driven imagery, praising a daring, reckless figure who roams the world and hoards wealth while facing fate with bravado.
A biographical sketch of Canadian poet Charles Garman born Fredericton 1861. Noting education at Collegiate Institute University of New Brunswick and Edinburgh and Harvard studies. Details include The New York Independent staff 1890s and Chap Book venture, volumes Tide on Grant Place Vagabondia collaborations, marked by trical quality and stoic optimism, nature devotion, and fellowship.
Sir Sandford Fleming CE is hailed as a grand engineer of Canada. Born 1827 in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, he learned surveying before joining the Northern Railway of Canada. He became chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway and shaped the country’s railway system. He retired in 1880 and later urged the Pacific all British cable to Australia and New Zealand. His work at successive colonial conferences helped advance the cable project now nearing completion. His name remains tied to Canada's railway expansion and the Pacific cable inception.
A fragment notes the inscription in the Canadian arch in London reading Canada, Billain's Granary, God Save Our King and Queen. It praises Canadian thrift and loyalty, with mention of Delleville Ontario. The text also refers to muffe used by doctors to keep their Gnayrs soft and adopted by bodies about 15a.
A knife reed for peeling a pineapple cannot be used for slicing as the rind holds an acid causing swollen mouth and sore lips. The warning notes the danger from the rind and advises avoiding contact to prevent irritation.
A boastful advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a fast remedy for neuralgia and nerve weakness. A testimonial from John Mecher NMott of Bond Head recounts illness after an accident, weight loss, and eventual recovery after using multiple boxes, claiming restored strength and ability to work. The ad urges buyers to ensure the full medicine name appears on wrappers to avoid imitations and provides purchase details.
An old advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo. Endorsers West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin attest Cheney's trustworthiness. Product sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
A brief item quotes Jones denying owing money and comments on the shrewd tradespeople he deals with. The remark cautions that appearances can be deceptive, as the saying goes not every glittering brick is gold.
The note mentions Lafirippe cured by Minard's Liniment and records Lord Kelvin at 73 entitled to 26 letters of honor after his name. It adds a remark on geraniums blooming well in small pots with soil described as rich but not overly manure prone.
Column of old time health quackery praising remedies and cautions. It touts St Jacobs Oil for aches and pains, Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordia as cure-all, teething mothers needing medicine, and odd moral notes about husbands and wives, with a statistic on European consumption deaths.
A yellow fish called Alaskan mackerel and equal to Atlantic mackerel is found at the west end of the Alaskan islands. They swim in large schools and are noted for fine flavor.
A fragment notes the tratawa, a pine inch lizard of New Zealand, described as the most slageist animal in the world. It supposedly rests for months at a time while staying alive with minimal activity.
Prof W G Miller reports from the Sturgeon Lake region northwest of Arthur that iron belts and magnetite occur in local belts surveyed by provincial science. Two companies work the Stergeon Lake area with shallow drilling and promising ore, while a belt near Sanant Lake remains little known. Miller notes rail and furnace proximity boost regional value and plans further exploration across Atihoken and Steep Race Take regions.
Rev. Prof. Cody of St. Pauls Church in Toronto discusses the Chinese question after visiting Manitoba and British Columbia. He notes two sides, arguing Chinese workers in BC are essential in salmon canneries performing distasteful tasks and serving as reliable laborers in various roles. He contends Chinese do not compete with white labor, clean fish but do not fish, while Japs fish but refuse cleaning.
A diplomat recounts Prince Henry of Prussia in a Bonn cafe evading a spying official. The English conversation nearly breached Germany’s lese majeste law, prompting a warning and the official to withdraw after the prince deflected with a remark about the emperor’s sanity.
A muscular Irishman enters a Cleveland store advertising Dickens works for four dollars this week. The applicant, eyeing the sign, declares he came to get a job but will not take Dickens for the week, then storms out of the shop.
A tall country blacksmith challenges a curious schoolboy by holding a red hot iron to his face. The boy bets half a dollar he will not be burned and agrees to lick the coin. He takes the money and leaves whistling.
W. J. Keane of 56 Lippincott Street Toronto recounts his kidney illness and long bed confinement. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete, permanent recovery after seven boxes and urges others with kidney disease to try the remedy.
A quotation asserts Mrs Higgs endures and even welcomes life with her brutal husband. The remark highlights her steadfast devotion and willingness to suffer for him, framing a stark portrait of loyalty under hardship.
A Milton biographer notes nearly twenty years passed between outlining the Paradise Lost plan and its completion, while actual writing took two to three years. Lever's Wise Head Disinfectant Soap Powder is praised as superior, combining cleaning with disinfection.
The American whaling fleet has shrunk from 97 ships twelve years ago to 40 now, with a similar downturn in the Scotch whaling industry. The poem notes that some men fail to realize defeat until others have already seen it.
A compact reflection on beauty and intellect contrasts the value of inner mind with outward appearance. It notes that language ability in women is valuable when used judiciously and not gratuitously, highlighting restraint as a virtue.
A fragmentary collage shows product lines and trivia about European languages followed by a controversial exchange on race and lynching, then a quip about inheritances. The excerpt includes a joke about a widow and a fortune, reflecting dated social wit.
The article lists numerous book titles drawn from Bible phrases. It notes settlers favored concise, express phrases and includes items such as The Wages of Sin The Garden of Eden and The Crown of Life among others.
A Lafargeville New York resident reports severe colic and kidney difficulty eased by Parmelees Pills. The writer calls the medicine the best he has used and claims it cleanses and purifies the body, unlike other remedies. The note contrasts with Thomas Electric Oil, which the author says is cooling externally and remedial when swallowed.
The Canadian Pacific line offers the world's longest railway stretch without change of trains, extending 3,662 miles from Halifax to Vancouver. This route crosses multiple provinces and showcases the coast to coast reach of Canadian rail service.
The biggest orchard in the world sits near Santa Barbara California covering 1700 acres. It contains 81000 fruit and nut trees, a massive cultivation operation that highlights regional agricultural scale.
A promotional note urges families to use Parmelee's Vegetable Pills to keep the liver active and cleanse the stomach and bowels of bilious matter and to prevent ague. A testimonial from J. L. Price of Shoals Indiana claims Parmelee's Wills are the best medicine for fever and ague he has used.
Madame Isacescu, a Viennese woman noted for swimming, trains for another attempt to cross the English Channel. She intensifies practice as the date and route remain the same.
Practical kitchen hints cover browning pastries with sugar on the oven shelf and sealing broken beet skin with a red hot iron to stop bleeding. Suggestions include adding orange slices to tomato soup, broiling peppers, and baking guidance for cakes with flour issues and cocoanut pyramids using stiff egg whites and grated coconut.
The London Chronicle notes a Latin Bible fragment in the Cottonian collection used in coronations about 300 years before Edward I brought the throne relic from Scone to Westminster. Dating to the late ninth century, the quarto of 217 leaves has survived Ashburnham House fire damage and possibly belonged to Athelstan the Glorious, then king of Wessex.
Chicago originators of steel frame and isolated foundations enabled a twenty story building and transformed American commercial architecture with a new era of tall structures.
A sales notice from William Biggs of the Methodist Bookroom Toronto offers Lee's Priceless Recipes with 348 pages, cloth bound, 25 cents per copy, full contents index, and a money back guarantee. Terms for canvassers available.
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