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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
3
The piece argues that rationing food supports the war effort and that allies with sufficient supplies have already contributed their part in feeding the front. It emphasizes collective sacrifice as essential to victory.
A fragment from the St. Louis Globe Democrat notes Bolsheviki zeal for liberty leads to the suppression of dissenters, highlighting intense internal conflicts and political repression ideas in the era.
In a Boston Globe snappy note a fan hurled an empty bottle at the umpire after a game. The judge questions the incident and the liniment brand is cited in a humorous aside about cures for dandruff.
The Aero Club of America opposes Gen Pershing’s cut of extra pay for air service noting flying duty is not more hazardous than other troops. British reports support safer aircraft and training while aviator fatalities draw outsized notice. A broader pay readjustment movement seeks commutation allowances for officers with dependents in a liberal army.
The British armed forces require jam and marmalade in rations. Australia’s minister of customs, via the commonwealth government, secured a contract with the British government for five million pounds of jam, totaling over 5.25 million dollars, distributed across Australian factories to boost small fruit production.
A user credits Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy with relief after thirteen years of seeking help. The notice urges early use to prevent suffering, claims simple use and low cost, and suggests it is widely available.
Secretary of the Winny Grain Exchange announces that 120,000,000 bushels of wheat were inspected in Winnipeg Manitoba between September 1 and February 8. This compares to an estimated 208,581,000 bushels for last season’s crop.
A humorous exchange contrasts a goose’s honk with a car’s noise. The gag sets a playful tone about old autos and animal sounds.
The piece argues for more farmers and better distribution, urging financial stake for youth in crops to curb departure from farming. It suggests giving youths an acre to manage, with paternal support to foster interest and profit awareness, framing farming as good education.
In Hamilton Ontario Mrs Mary Dickens of 70 Tom Street shares a hopeful story. After birth her back pain eased and her energy returned, and her daughter’s nervous troubles improved after two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She urges others to try the remedy.
France has appropriated 87,200,000,000 francs for war expenses from August 1, 1914 to December 31, 1917, per Deputy Louis Marin. Total spending plus civil costs reach 106,500,000,000 francs while government receipts total 101,000,000,000 francs with 15,300,000,000 from taxes and the rest from loans. Nine teen billion three hundred million francs were obtained abroad.
A simple and effective care method named Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claims to feed upon worms that threaten children's vitality and risk their lives. The item presents a remedy approach asserting protection for kids.
The quote recalls Howells as a boy in Martin's Ferry where a printer's error changed a line about mill workers. He mentions his father warning that showers were copious but not enough for the milkmen, a humorous childhood misprint.
A farmer brags about selling eight month old hogs for three times prewar price. The blacksmith raises plow sharpening fee to a dollar fifty, justifying it to cover higher pork costs, delivering a sharp line about pricing ethics and survival.
Crawford Vaughn, premier of South Australia, told twenty eight state directors in Washington that allies need ships. He noted 300 million bushels of wheat in Australia await tonnage and urged American shipyard workers to stay vigilant, linking work pauses to artillery downtime on the French front.
A London Sketch quote shows a minister declaring they will take up the collection before the sermon as he plans to preach on conservation. The lighthearted remark underscores the preacher's agenda and local newspaper voice.
Washington Star notes a humorous exchange on preferences with a twist. The quote finds a speaker declaring no favorite flower and favoring cornmeal instead, reflecting a lighthearted civic-voice moment in the paper.
A reminiscence advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as an excellent medicine for little ones. It claims they sweeten the stomach regulate bowels break up colds and fevers cure constipation and ease teething. Mrs E Quinn of Parame Quebec endorses their effectiveness and the product is sold by dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
In a Humorous February issue of Popular Science Monthly a wild tale describes a church built of whalebone in Hudson Bay country inhabited by dogs half wolves. The story claims the hungry animals ate the edible church during a Sunday service, leaving the converts sorrowful.
Marquis wheat, a hybrid developed by Dr. A Saunders and Dr. C K Saunders at Ottawa’s central experimental farm, traces to a 1642 cross between Indian Mard Ked Calcutta and Ked fire wheat of Lunana. It rose to prominence in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, escaping rust in 1987 and yielding 13.5 to 38 percent more than Red Fife across eight years of testing. Ontario also reported high quality samples last year.
A playful exchange shows Clarence Lilywhite asking about a millennium and a parent humorously explains it is like a centennial but with longer legs, using dialect and a light tone. The vignette captures language and household humor from a period voice.
The British Ministry of Reconstruction aims to save about 500.9 million dollars yearly by shifting Britain's industrial power to large scale electric stations, possibly sixteen or more, using 25 million tons of coal instead of 80 million. The plan seeks to boost industry, reduce coal use overall, and claim electricity is the cheapest industrial power when produced at a grand scale.
A Rochester man recounts a German-American in Minnesota who opposed the United States during the war. A group of villagers gave the man $1.75 and arranged his ticket to Boston and Hamburg. They delayed expulsion to observe his pledge of loyalty to the government and to the Hag.
The Paris Journal notes that French land sown to wheat this year exceeds last year by 800000 acres and could lift the crop by 4,000,000 quintats totalling 50000000 for the year. Nominal production before the war stood at 90000000. Additional sowing will use Manitoba seed if transport arrives before the season advances.
An old advertisement claims Dr Thomas Electric Oil opens pores when rubbed externally and soothes irritation in the throat and bronchial tract when taken internally. It touts rapid relief for respiratory troubles and urges readers to try the product to be convinced.
A movement among women’s organizations plans a system of cooperation to advance citizenship for women in England. They aim to educate voters in the rules of citizenship, coordinate activities across societies, and remove legal barriers to women’s careers, focusing on industrial and economic reform after the war.
William Marconi testifies that Italy shows stronger spirit and unity under Austro-German invasion, with factions drawn together by the presence of the enemy. He notes German hopes of breaking morale failed, as Italians grow more resolute since October reverses.
When fatigue and overwork drain the system, this advertisement promotes Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a tonic to stimulate appetite and convert food into tissue. It claims to build nerve fibre and muscle, promising lasting health at 25 cents per box from all dealers.
Japan presents £62,258 to Italy to aid wounded soldiers and refugees from invaded provinces. The funds were raised by a Japanese society led by Prince Tokin gawa with the Japanese prime minister among its promoters.
Mrs. Erwin guides Selma through her son’s Yale room. A lad named Axel, claimed as Selma’s brother, has no year but faces a jail sentence after punching a man in the eye, with a judge reportedly ordering sixty days.
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