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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
6
Shorts can be used for work horses but require careful feeding. The food value is similar to oats but less palatable due to stickiness. Mixing two parts shorts with one part bran and one part cat chop improves intake and results on the Saskatoon university farm.
An advertisement extols Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an unmatched vermicide, claiming it has saved countless children’s lives through its effectiveness and safety.
Farmers urged to feed layers with skim milk whey buttermilk waste and grain. hens not solely on insects. Ewes prices are rising, signaling livestock market shifts.
A Scottish scientist reports the discovery of a new metal called canadium, likely part of the platinum group. He obtained a few grams per ton in pure state from rocks in Nelson British Columbia and expects industrial uses, notably in jewelry.
They extol the Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a reliable household medicine for many ailments. It is portrayed as effective for ordinary complaints and cheaper than a doctor, urging families to keep it on hand for unexpected calls.
Chinese export eggs reach about 400 million yearly with Shanghai as a major hub. Japan is the main buyer, sending shipments of up to a million eggs. Interior China sources the eggs by small boats to Shanghai stations. The future lies in dessicated or powdered eggs, previously German dominated with large factories in Tsingtau and Hankow. American entrants have introduced new methods over the past year.
The Canada food board conducts experiments to determine if whale meat should appear on elite menus. Ottawa has received fifty pounds for nutritional and caloric testing. The shipment was sent by the Victoria B. C. Whaling Company and is claimed to be edible and nutritious.
The allies must compel Germany to withdraw from Russian lands seized to ensure civilization's safety and world peace after the war. Germany's conquest would allow a broader, deeper power and enable future world domination, briefing as a real threat if Russia remains under German control.
An American jockey, newly arrived from Austria, comments on Prussia’s psychology in war. He warns against underestimating German peace talk and urges continued “carry on” using all military, economic, moral, and intellectual means. Toronto Globe notes the Ledger summary.
A Washington man driving to Virginia stops at a toll bridge and learns a new keeper is in charge. When he asks about the former keeper, the reply hints at death but stays noncommittal, noting the previous man was “a good enough man.”
A dialogue from a Detroit Free Press fragment presents a rejected suitor arguing that a gentleman never criticizes a young woman for choosing another. The counterpart insists only a cad would reflect on a lady, while the man questions if mild suggestions count as reflection.
A Van Buren Maine industry plans to convert sawdust and wood refuse into pulp paper and paper boards. The project intends to turn a by product long regarded as waste into valuable manufactured goods, linking old mill by products to modern processing.
The ad claims weak nervous people can restore nerve force by building blood with Dr Williams Pink Pills. It cites Mrs. McIntyre of Gavanoque Ontario who reports eight boxes rebuilt her run down nervous system and improved sleep. Pills available from druggists or by mail for 50 cents a box, six for 2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville.
A fragment recounts a display described by Jones showing a printed card reading Do not touch with canes or umbrellas. A young observer leaves a postscript saying Take an axe, highlighting a bizarre interaction at the show.
Advert says Putnam's Extractor removes corns with two drops, dissolves calloused parts, and shrivels the corn so it can be peeled away. Advert claims no pain during or after use and guarantees lifting out any corn for a quarter at any drug store.
A Providence Journal editorial notes A Bonar Law in the House of Commons condemns German Uboats for killing at least 14 120 non combatant British men women and children. The piece denounces the war crime as an undeniable blot on Germany and a breach of humanity.
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript hinges on a suitor confessing a potential $50,000 yearly prospect if he marries. The exchange shows tension between truth and ambition as the couple weighs marriage against financial promise.
A light humorous exchange in the Edmonton Bulletin contrasts a wife’s honesty with a husband’s joke about lying. The brief quip highlights playful banter on truthfulness within marriage and ethics.
In Inhambane, Dr FE Richards notes a missionary teaches literacy by writing a demand on a board. A boy carries a written card to request a saw, provoking a lesson on written communication and a cultural shift in transmitting words. Also a Holloway's Corn Cure ad follows.
Alberta legislation championed by Duncan Marshall enables five homesteads to group for $500 notes each to secure loans for cows and heifers. The province holds security on herd increases, loans at 6 percent repayable in five years, pending officer inspection. Marshall says about $560,000 already borrowed and cattle redirected from slaughter or export.
Organ Kingston, a noted tenor once working in the Notts coalfield, receives news from his son at the front. He recalls hearing his father’s voice singing I Hear You Calling Me in a field hospital, a moment noted by a nurse who said the singer is one of the world's greatest.
A husband laments a loud neighbor rooster that crowed during his sleep while his wife defends the bird’s wake up effect. The Ottawa citizen quotes both sides in a humorous exchange about morning noise.
An advertisement claims morbid stomach and intestinal conditions invite worms and that Miller's Worm Powders will rapidly alter these conditions and expel worms. It asserts the medicine destroys parasites and improves health, especially for the young constitution, with no superior remedy.
London reports a Berlin exhibition of the Library of World War Literature gathered over 42 months at the expense of an anonymous German industrialist. It shows 38,000 war books in multiple languages, 2,500 newspapers including 85 in German, plus placards, food tickets, and soldier letters, notably from aviators.
Isi dore Mercredi touts Dodd's Kidney Pills after his wife, ill for two years, recovered using two boxes. He claims the remedy cures the kidneys and improves blood, saying it benefits many women and restores health.
A quoted exchange questions police duty to intervene in a burglary. The Life magazine phrase argues a bystander should intervene, while another view defends noninterference. The piece reflects evolving attitudes toward policing and citizen responsibility.
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