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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
3
The text describes ancient Roman kissing customs from rulers to subjects, noting restricted behavior for emperors and officials, the social meanings of affections, and how kissing varied by relation and occasion. It mentions royal honors, marriage implications, and gendered practices among families.
An explorer recounts discovering a newly abandoned cougar den beside a rock outcrop. Bones show the dam fed kits away from the creek bench with a clean eatery, feeding mainly rabbits marmots creuse and occasional small deer. A family of badgers was also consumed.
The article lists numerous waste and byproduct uses for a dead whale and a horse. It details materials such as hair, hide, bones, tendons, fat, and organs, noting applications from stuffing and textiles to food, fertilizer, and industrial products like gelatin and phosphates.
An exchange shows Mr. Erastus Pinkiey delaying work over doubts about pay and a ticket drawn later. A sister Floy’s errand reveals a traveling carpet seller asking a mother about household items, prompting a blunt reply that she uses her hand.
A speaker recalls attacking a man yesterday and receiving a receipt for the injury. The dialogue shows rough talk and a boastful claim of striking someone with implied consequence. The fragment hints at a confrontation and possible legal or social tension in the community.
Tommy asks if Maroma sugar cures any illness and confides he would like to catch it. The aunt replies with curiosity as the boy questions remedies and health in a light dialogue.
A terse exchange questions a sister's confinement and a boy's view of her potential. The dialogue hints at community judgment and a common belief that she might have become a notable figure had circumstances been different five years earlier.
A fragmented note describes a man seeking a new residence after defaulting on loans. Friends discuss options and urge quick action to avoid further financial trouble while moving to a more affordable area.
The article details the formation of the International Harvester Company through consolidation of harvesting machine makers to cut costs and stabilize prices. It lists officers and directors, outlines assets including major plants in Chicago areas, and states plans to lower production costs benefiting farmers. It notes the absence of public stock and emphasizes conservative capitalization and strong management.
The article notes Culbin Sands in Scotland burying many dwellings and mentions Cannon in Ireland between Wexford and Waterford similarly entombed by sand, likening it to Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Letters from Gelert Ontario recount dramatic cures by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Samuel Kernahan, once declared incurable after 14 months bedridden, credits the remedy with his long lasting recovery. Subsequent notes from 1902 affirm ongoing health since treatment begun in 1894.
A testimonial promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a safe non opiate remedy for infant and child stomach and bowel troubles. Mrs George W Porters of Thorold Ontario reports her three month old improved, with better feeding, regular bowels and sleep after use. Tablets are available at drug stores or by mail for 25 cents per box from Dr Williams Medicine Company Brockville Ontario or Schenectady New York.
A young London editor set out to win a girl by finding her brother who vanished years earlier to a South American copper mine. After two weary years the seeker nearly gave up but a street encounter revealed the man’s identity, leading to a joyous reunion and the solicitor’s eventual qualification.
If the earth’s surface were penetrated to two miles depth the heat would preclude liquid water. Water would exist only as steam at that depth, highlighting extreme geothermal conditions beneath the crust.
The recipe describes chopping four cupfuls of cold boiled bam and heating fat. It instructs mixing a tablespoon flour in cold water, adding a quarter cup boiling water, then stirring in bam with a tablespoon of mesxiard before packing in a cold mold.
Market notes show little weekly movement in Manitoba with old wheat rounded up for shipment to Ontario at export values. Fort William spot prices hold around 71c for 1 northern and 69c for 2 northern. September delivery mostly 65–70c with few sales to exporters. Shipping of new wheat is slow along the border due to weather and scarce cars. 25 cars inspected this week, mostly 1 hard and 1 northern.
Cattle show steady export movement with export grades at 33 to 34c per pound and butcher grades at 31 to 34c. Sheep receipts moderate with prices 31 to 33c per lb. Hogs steady with best packing weights 63 to 64c per lb off cars. Milkh cows scarce with good milkers from 35 to 45 dollars. Work horses in strong demand as farmers seek fall surplus and driving horses trade actively amid broad market activity.
A Methodist clergyman in the city encounters a Celt sheltering near a church wall during rain. The clergyman invites him inside to wait, but the Celt declines, quipping about how Jesus mixed with enemies and noting the priest’s inaction. The exchange ends with mutual warmth.
Bridgewater bulletin reports Alfred Vienot a lumber surveyor cured after six years of catarrh of the stomach by Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad extols pills curing anaemia rheumatism sciatica and other ailments and instructs on purchase. A light humor finish notes an Ohio funeral sermon and peach joke.
A collage of items mentions Minards Liniment praised by a user in Quebec, German East Africa motor car plans, a Lübeck betrothal and simultaneous weddings, a whale's underwater endurance, warnings about Dr. Thomas Electric Oil, coal output cuts in Westphalia, a June 1898 hand injury letter praising Minards Liniment, London gas pipe leakage estimates, translucent oyster shell window panes in Manila, and a 400 mile homing pigeon flight from Listowel to near London in nine hours.
In Russia every weapon purchase needs a local permit and the buyer’s identity with weapon number is recorded. If the buyer later disposes of the weapon, they must notify authorities and record the transfer with the selling firm.
A health and household warning against caustic soda in soap substitutes notes wool and fabric damage from alkaline soaps. It praises Sunlight Soap for being free of free alkali, tested by chemists and authorities, claiming lower costs and less skin irritation.
A Lafargeville New York reader reports severe colic and kidney trouble improved by Parmelee's Pills. He says other remedies failed and the medicine cleanses and purifies, driving diseases from the body with strong claims of broad healing.
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