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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement warning that syrup of figs marketed as a child laxative should be examined for ingredients and potential effects on a child’s stomach liver and bowels. It urges care in use and awareness of claimed benefits versus safety concerns.
Child laxative advertisement urges mothers to choose California for a safe harmless remedy. It claims a delicious taste and full dosing directions on each bottle. The copy emphasizes ease of use and parental confidence in giving the product to children.
Farmer Corntessel jokes about a former chicken raiser who now makes a fortune selling chicken feed. The quip notes a pivot from poultry to profit through feed plans.
Major Livius Teiusamau described Ekaterina Teodoroiun as Roumania’s Joan of Arc in a Manhattan Boy Scouts talk. The 16 year old donned boys clothes to enlist in the 8th Company, fought through many engagements, had both legs shattered, was commissioned an honorary lieutenant, and was killed in action days after returning to the front.
A health note stresses cleanliness to prevent a wide range of diseases. It urges washing hands and surfaces with soap and water to reduce illness risk and promote public health.
A short proverb notes that neglecting a cold hatch leads to danger and potential death, warning readers to pay attention to small hazards before they become fatal.
Work on a large up to date theatre begins in Calgary this spring with completion expected by October 1. The project will create one of Western Canada’s largest cinemas and cost about 500000 dollars to build and equip.
At Messrs Tattersall Knightsbridge England a large Percheron sale saw high activity with imports by H Overman and J L Wickham-Royston. Lord Minto bought Quadrille for 5 guineas, G M Gibbs paid 489 guineas for Oie, and Neronde went to Lord Minto at 440 guineas. Mrs Emmett acquired Negation at 400 pounds and Nemesis at 459 pounds. The sale featured numerous mares and stallions with notable prices and heavy bidding.
Putnam's Corn Extractor promises relief for hard soft or bleeding corns within twenty four hours. The painless and sure remedy is sold for 25 cents at all dealers.
The Admiralty plans a major spring cleaning selling obsolete vessels including the Bellerophon St Vincent Hercules Collingwood Inflexible Superb Neptune Colossus and Indomitable. Modern gunnery policy and longer ranges drive obsolescence as new ships will carry 13 05 and 15 inch guns or larger. Some ships may go to foreign powers or overseas Dominions at costs of 5 000 000 to 5 250 000 each. The move does not indicate a navy expansion.
The League of Nations assigns handsome bindings to fifteen copies of the Versailles treaty for allied and associated nations. Each copy bears a coat of arms except Germany’s, which is solid black. Italy’s volume is the most ornate, while Czecho Slovakia’s is simple with just three letters.
J. T. M. Anderson, director of education among new Canadians for Saskatchewan, urged compulsory education in English and distribution of English speaking teachers to Northwestern Canada. He sought support for assimilation of foreigners, while critics argued assimilation and compulsory education in English were un British and persecution.
An advertisement touts Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy for fainting spells dizziness weakness and shortness of breath. A Toronto company claims the pills restore heart vigor and normal beat with a reader testimonial from Mrs. Drake of Paris Ontario and notes a 50 cent price per box plus mail order options.
A Norwegian peasant calmly defies two Prussian officers blocking a road. He refuses to move, citing his luncheon and a broken wheel, then drinks schnapps while the officers rage. The scene contrasts liberty loving Norwegians with Prussian authority. A boy reports a funeral for a dead cat that never happened.
A Paris laundryman ferries wet clothes into a captive balloon to lift them high above the city, drying and bleaching garments in the open air while avoiding street dust and dirt.
A brief aphorism contrasts humor and wit, suggesting that those who are funny lack wit and those who are witty lack humor. The line presents a playful paradox about personality traits.
The Wakulla Spring near Tallahassee is described as the largest in Florida and one of the world’s great springs. It is about 400 feet across, 80 feet deep, and discharges around 120000 gallons per minute, feeding a river about 250 feet wide at its source.
Two engineers discuss a union action blaming a trolley strike for their absence. One notes deciding at a meeting to strike while the other explains he could not attend due to the trolley workers' public-spirited failure to show consideration.
The article warns that erratic March weather endangers infants, urging mothers to keep babies indoors in overheated rooms to avoid colds. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative to regulate digestion and prevent ailments, selling for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. A brief historical note mentions King Alfred dividing England into counties earlier.
A humorous fragment reports Minard's Liniment as a cure for burns and related ailments in a rural comic exchange. Panhandle Pete and Side Door Sam discuss an old question about knights of the bath, recalling a Saturday reference.
A new law imposes a tax on households employing servants and on pianos, setting 40 francs yearly for one domestic. The tax rises with more servants. Travel in France will cost 50 percent more, and goods transport 85 percent higher under the act.
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