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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
2
A tense scene unfolds as Griggs confronts Dick Gilder and Mary in a crime-ridden mansion. Griggs is killed by a pistol blast during a struggle, prompting Inspector Burke and Cassidy to arrest Dick and Mary as suspects while Dick defends Mary and vows to protect her.
A London Gazette royal proclamation exempts mouth organs and instruments valued under a shilling from import duty and classifies cheap tools as allowed. The scene shifts from war talk to a church walk as three men joke about a preacher’s depth and endurance.
Major G. M. Reid reports on Winnipeg Grenadiers volunteers for the 102th Battalion overseas. Most enlistees are English, with 21% Canadians and 12% others including Welsh, Americans, and New Zealanders. Married men make up 33.4% with families. Rejections run high at nearly 40% due to medical fitness. Winnipeg natives comprise 5% of strength. Occupations show skilled mechanics 6% and various trades. religious breakdown shows Church of England at 47%, Presbyterian 24%, Methodist 10%, Roman Catholics 10%, others 5%.
In a fragmentary captioned piece, a rumor circulates that a man is a millionaire. The dialogue casts doubt, noting he spends over $10 on a quilt of clothes, while the boss remains unnamed and absent.
Andrew Bonar Law addresses postwar needs at the London School of Economics. He argues England must pursue a broad agricultural development program to prevent emigration, stressing agriculture as the cornerstone of the economy and the aim to keep the best workers at home while growing imperial colonies.
A compact, aphoristic exchange contrasts blunt rebuke with defiant noncommitment. The quip about sueing for libel invites the jury to weigh truth and insult while a wry remark about youth and life as a con science hints at cynical perspective.
London women support wounded and fund wartime work while pledging to push suffrage after the conflict. Canadian women report relief from ailments through Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, advertised as alcohol free and herbal with printed ingredients on the wrapper. Mrs. F J Widen of St Thomas Ontario endorses the remedy as helpful to many women suffering nervousness backache and fatigue.
A quoted mood from the Atlanta Constitution asserts that business and society now demand sobriety with a strict no-drink policy. Ads in newspapers show sober men preferred, and officials and voters increasingly accept the rule, claiming better conditions and money in pocket as a result.
Sir John French lauds the army in France for sixteen months of relentless fighting. He argues that the war is a prolonged struggle requiring vigilance and preparation, and credits indomitable spirit and tenacity for the Allied push toward eventual ascendency despite patience from civilians.
Calculations for the first year of the war show British railways delivered extraordinary wartime efficiency at a government cost of about ten million dollars. United under government control the network moved troops and materiel with minimal waste, prompting calls to nationalize railroads after the conflict and drawing favorable comparisons to Germany.
A commented letter from Sir David Beatty to the Birkenhead SPC L meeting underscores the deep religious feeling among sailors. The piece notes Beatty’s spiritual insight mirrors historic seafaring minds like Nelson Drake and Raleigh, and remarks on Beatty’s comparatively young age of about 44.
Dr M C Hall of the US Bureau of Animal Industry reports on parasites and diseases carried by dogs. He argues the domestic status of dogs needs hygienic reform and that destroying excess dogs could save hundreds of lives and boost national wealth. He warns against dogs' liberties with humans and lists rabies hydatid gid muscular cysticercosis measles tapeworm roundworm tongue worth among others.
The Brooklyn Times voices confidence in US military readiness to prevent any invasion of Canada from neutral soil. It recalls an 1840s precedent where Irish American forces failed to invade, and notes Germany’s invasion would likely stall. The piece ends with a wry remark on travel and pessimism as indigestion.
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