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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
3
The Allies with much larger resources gain as German efforts exhaust their own, though exhaustion spreads slowly. Germany hopes for a short war against France and Russia, underestimating Austrian support and sustained conflict factors that erode German stamina over time.
A historical note recalls that ideas about contagion and disease transmission were discussed as early as 1657 during Rome's plague outbreak. The fragment suggests early thoughts on contagion predating modern germ theory.
A testimonial from Emmanuel Bernard of St Pauls Kent NB claims Dr Chase’s Kidney Liver Pills cured his wife’s kidney disease after a year of doctor care with no help. The ad asserts pills act on liver kidneys and bowels, selling 25c a box or six for $1.00 through Edmanson Bates & Co Limited Toronto.
A husband suggests taking the children to the Zon for a trip during his afternoon off. His wife reminds him of a prior promise to visit his mother, and he agrees to this if the children are content.
Crew of the Grampus fought to save the ship after grounding off Texas. In the hold, ammunition survived nine months submerged. Remington cartridges fired readily while others failed, raising scientific and practical interest in long sea immersion effects. Asthma remedy ad follows.
Michiele Caiolo, 32, was buried for twenty five days at Paterno and saved by chance when a fellow rescuer heard his faint voice near debris. He cried for help for four days and drank only water, believing himself blind. He was brought to Rome for treatment as Minard's Liniment was advertised for sale widely.
The new bulletin No. 17 Swine Husbandry in Canada by J. B. Spencer, from the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, revises out of print sections and includes successful swine raisers. It covers housing, diseases hog cholera and tuberculosis, and related regulations. copies are available free from the Publication Branch. Miller's Worm Powders are praised as effective for children and worm infections.
Mr Marks recalls a woman dropping a purse on Twenty second Street while Mr Parks notes no response to an advertisement. A forty five year old plain dressed woman wearing last year's style hat may recover a purse containing $3.50 if returned.
A brief quip contrasts a professor's search for socks with a wife's remark about his late hours, attributed to the California Pelican. The exchange showcases a humorous, domestic tone and light newspaper humor.
Mrs Twick Embury argues a drastic cut to dental costs by buying each child a new pyrotechnic toothbrush. The remark implies a perceived novelty solution to expensive dentistry.
Pat asks Mike what holds bricks together and Mike replies mortar. Pat objects that mortar keeps them apart, joking that it is the material that separates the bricks rather than binds them.
An account from the front tells of a French soldier who faced heavy fire with unusual bravery. Wounded five times, he urged comrades to aim true, then collapsed in the trench after signaling the Germans and smiling as he died.
Popular Mechanics notes lumber interests use ocean going log rafts from Oregon camps to San Francisco and San Diego harbors. Each raft carries 4 to 5 million board feet, 700 feet long, 30 feet thick, 55 feet wide, cutting transport costs from rail to about 1 dollar per thousand feet and avoiding losses.
At the Metropolitan club in Washington a street musician played the Marseillaise in front of the German Embassy. Count Bernstorff paid him to stop after one more round but the grinder insisted on finishing another time, saying he had been paid by M Jusserand to play it five times.
A light domestic vignette centers on Harry and his wife after dinner as she quips about a pie and the baby. The new father answers with a rueful smile, noting the household has gas burning most of the night as the baby brightens their days.
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a quick cure for nasal congestion and chest tightness. It instructs rubbing the chest and throat, using Nerviline in water as a gargle, and claims rapid relief from coughs and pleuritic pain. The ad markets a 50 cent bottle as economical for families, with direct sales from The Catarrhozone Co. in Kingston, Canada.
Annual U S receipts from cinematograph shows reach about 150 million dollars prompting memory of Muybridge whose rapid photography work helped moviemaking and earned university grants around forty thousand dollars. The London photographer who invented the moving picture lantern received nothing.
Indigestion stems from stomach weakness and Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to strengthen digestion by building rich red blood. A Canadian testimonial from Thomas Johnson of Hemford NS describes long suffering easing after using ten to twelve boxes, with pills available 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A London Express quote condemns the shirker who ignored Britain's war effort and faces lasting shame. The second vignette has a husband asking a butcher for meat and receiving a boastful reply about the finest steak, followed by a humorous mispronunciation of sausage orders.
A string of humorous exchanges unfolds as an Irish girl asks about being a cook at Mrs Green's. The dialogue features mock formalities, jokes about eyes, money, sepulchral tones, and light social gaffes with several playful character quips and false reputations.
Captain Ernest B Towse V C, once a Gordon Highlander hero of the South African war, lost both eyes but joined the Expeditionary Force in France. Now blind, he gardens and learns typing at Long Meadow and helps wounded by writing letters near the front. Mothers praise Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
A traveller bets he can spot married workers by their habit of wiping feet on the factory mat. From the door after dinner he identifies most married employees, a tactic the manager finds simple and odd, as single men do not wipe as persistently.
With only three minutes to catch his train, a traveling salesman asks a streetcar conductor if the car can move faster. The bell singer answers that he could go faster but must stay with his car, underscoring the need to complete the ride with the vehicle.
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