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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
3
In France dueling persists as a method to settle disputes among gentlemen. War has shifted the weapon from pistols to machine guns mounted on airplanes, signaling a new era where affairs of honor may be settled above.
The piece argues for enduring imperial memorials in every community to honor Canadian soldiers who died in the Great War. It warns against leveraging memorials for unrelated needs, urges thoughtful design and upkeep, and suggests varied forms from tablets to arches, all to inspire love of country and sacrifice.
Advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood improving remedy for anaemia and pale complexions. A Canadian testimonial from Mrs Anderson describes severe weakness before treatment, rapid improvement after taking the pills, and restored color and strength. Pills sold by dealers or by mail from Brockville Ontario.
German looting during the occupation is being reversed as three carloads of Lille museum pictures are returned and two carloads from Laon are sent back. Valenciennes unloads ten carloads containing manuscripts archives of the French government and other valuables including items from the Guild Hall Cambrai and furniture of Monaco and nobility.
A Norwegian factory reports successful extraction of aluminium from Labrador stone found in western Norway. The stone was previously valued at twenty commercial units, but the result suggests a new potential for local resources.
A Saskatoon reader claims Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills cured severe nervous shock and sleeplessness after a life changing fright. A Pilot Butte resident says six boxes restored strength, appetite, and steadiness, praising the remedy and recommending it broadly. Pills priced 50 cents a box, available at dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto.
Dr. Richard von Kuchiman, cited by Echo De Paris, claims the German empire will rise swiftly and Germans may reach Paris before 1925 under favorable conditions. He argues former ruling classes remain hopeful of power and notes Marshal Foch’s era of restraint.
The Alberta legislature announced by Treasurer C R Mitchell that total war contributions reached 42 million dollars. Bonds purchased in 1918 totaled 19 million, and Red Cross and other patriotic gifts added 5.48 million.
The Champlain, a 1500 ton wooden steamer, was launched at Northern Construction yards Vancouver BC. It is the first of five ships built by the company for the French government.
The London Daily News reports details of His Majesty's Ship Hood the new battle cruiser under construction on the Clyde for the British navy. Designed speed 32 knots possibly 35 during trials its length about 900 feet just under the Aquitania. Hood to be mine and torpedo proof with a blister hull and inner steel armor walls. Commission hoped within six months.
Letters from Alta and Saskatchewan patients praise Dr. Chase's Nerve Food for relief from headaches neuralgia rheumatism and insomnia. Endorsed by local officials and a postmaster. priced 50 cents per box or 2 75 for a full 6 box treatment. Sold by Edmanson Bates & Co. Toronto.
Vancouver World and the Aerial League of Canada chart an intercity air flight from Vancouver to Calgary via Crow's Nest Pass Edmonton and back via Yellowhead Pass Kamloops with a preliminary leg to Victoria. Eligible pilots are Canadian or British, using Canadian or British aircraft. A committee will oversee the event with trophies and a purse, aiming to prove air mail practicality with possible competition if multiple machines exist. The flight will occur once machines arrive from England.
Six aircraft appeared suddenly behind clouds near Amerongen castle where former Emperor William stays. They circled the area then vanished to the north. Weather obscured machine nationality, but their Dutch origin is widely presumed.
City council actions face hurdles as officials push a license reduction measure. In parallel, a folk remedy note promotes Putnam's corn extractor, advertised as curing corns and warts for 25 cents at dealers.
Shorthorns swept Ontario winter fair and West Toronto events with grand and reserve grand championships. At Guelph both grand and reserve titles went to Shorthorns, while West Toronto awarded the steer grand championship and the three steer championship to Shorthorns. T. A. Russell of Downsview also claimed three grand championships in the boys steer feeding competition.
A reflection on how the average man invokes being common only while seeking public office. It notes the paradoxical posture of self-identification with commonality during campaigns and political life.
A cable from Consul-General Harris at Irkutsk says typhoid is spreading in Siberia, attributed to Russians released from German prisons. The message to the YMCA war work headquarters notes the usual drug famine and requests YMCA assistance.
Police in Munich busted a plot to steal army goods valued at 11 million marks and arrested twenty four suspects.
When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills the roots and the callosity comes out without injury to the flesh.
American prize cattle breeders will invade northern Saskatchewan this summer to show stock at the Saskatchewan Industrial Exhibition from July 14 to 19, reflecting development in the livestock industry.
The liver governs blood quality and a troubled liver causes blemishes on the skin. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills act on the liver to purify the blood and promote clear healthy skin. Ladies are urged to use this standard medicine with confidence in gratifying results.
Official London reports say Odessa, the chief Russian Black Sea port, is in a critical state. No confirmation of an allied evacuation is found, though rumors persist and are not denied.
An advertisement promotes Lax Tive Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a genuine remedy. It urges calling for the full name and prints a signature line from E W. Grove, claiming to cure a cold in one day.
Dr James L Barton chairing a US commission reports extreme famine in the Caucasus. He states there is no bread anywhere with 45000 people wholly without bread and dire conditions in Erivan orphanages and troops.
A claim about Minard’s Liniment curing dandruff appears in a historical notice. A fisherman quotes a proverb about certainty when he finds an unexpected item on his hook.
Advertised Canada made Sloan's Liniment claims to ease rheumatic aches sore muscles and joint stiffness for men and women. It is described as clean refreshing soothing economical and quickly effective with instruction to ask a druggist for the product today.
A petition signed by Irish officers who served in the British army requests that Irish home rule be submitted to the peace conference. The document is addressed to King George and calls for a settlement framework within postwar negotiations.
Quebec postmaster Mrs. Geo Briand testifies that two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and two Diamond Dinner Pills ended four years of left side pain. She says the remedy cured her and she recommends it to patrons. The pills are described as kidney specific addressing related ailments.
A German wireless dispatch reports no major changes in Berlin. A Copenhagen dispatch says majority Socialists pressed a ban on dancing in Berlin. It notes that during the week, while women and children were being murdered, dancing in fancy dress continued in the streets.
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