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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
6
The high cost of living in Germany is rising at 42 percent annually forcing the average German family to incur debt for necessities. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show families earning 100 to 200 marks spend about 222.05 marks, while entertainment costs average only 26 cents monthly.
Witty exchange in the Kingston Whig features the Old Fogey asking who said adversity is sweet and the reply blames a pawnbroker. The snippet notes Mirard's Liniment as a cure for dandruff in a brief humor item.
The article details the production of the steel helmet used by soldiers, describing steps from stamping discs under a 156 ton press to shaping, polishing, drilling ventilation and crest holes, adding lining and chin straps, and final coating to bluish grey. It notes a drop in head injuries among French troops after adoption.
Mayor Church recalls a friend famed for stoutness and humor. While discussing gastronomy the friend reveals a single rule for meals. He sits about six inches from the table and, when he touches his food, he is finished.
An advertisement asserts most diseases stem from bad blood and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. M. Stills near Napanee praising relief from indigestion headaches and fatigue after using the pills, and notes pricing 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Sun Life of Canada reports 1917 results with assurances issued and paid for totaling over 47.8 million, the largest new business year for any Canadian life company. Total in-force protections exceed 311.8 million and assets rise above 90 million. Cash income tops 19.29 million. policyholder payments exceed 800 thousand, cumulative since formation over 69 million. The 1917 record earns strong credit for directors and officers. new Dominion Square head office in Montreal is now populated with modern equipment.
An Saskatchewan fire prevention campaign led by Fire Commissioner Arthur E. Fisher uses bulletins and movies to curb carelessness and save grain values. The piece lauds the effort as essential to conserving food and urges broad support from organizations and individuals.
The government architectural branch advances a province wide hospital plan for eight twelve and sixteen beds to standardize rural facilities. The first project likely at Didsbury aims for a twelve bed building with a one or two story wooden design to cost about twelve thousand dollars. Miller's Worm Powders touted as a remedy improving infantile worm related ailments.
In the House of Commons Sir Leo Chiozza Money stated that 200 British built merchant ships of 1600 tons or more were completed last year, totaling 1,067,690 tons. Net losses of such vessels in 1917 were 598 tons, a 20 percent drop from 1916, while actual cargo imports fell by about 2 percent. Details show 22 ships totaling 130,375 tons in November, 21 ships totaling 115,752 tons in December, 11 ships totaling 55,588 tons in January, a 54 ship total of 301,715 tons. Standard vessels: November two ships 9,459 tons, December six ships 28,931 tons, January four ships 24,738 tons.
A man who suffered years with asthma chronicles relief after using Dr. I. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. He reports dramatic decrease in suffering and claims inhaled smoke or vapor delivers the needed help. The product is sold by dealers or obtainable from wholesalers.
An elderly man yoked his peas to two telegraph poles and argued with a policeman over hitching there. The farmer yelled cantankerously and mocked the sign reading Fine for Witching.
Doctors tout Catarrhozone as a simple inhaled vapor treatment for bronchitis and weak throat. The device delivers soothing germ destroying substances directly to the lungs through a pocket inhaler, claiming cures without stomach dosing and offering various sizes priced to fit, with Kingston Canada as the source.
A Winnipeg dispatch reports a boom in 1917 livestock sales in Winnipeg Calgary and Edmonton totaling 60 million dollars, 24 million more than the prior year. Edmonton district livestock business reached 3 million. Cooperation with Washington on free cattle movement may double prairie province trade in 1918.
A humorous exchange echoes among the Kilties as a distant voice declares a poseetion worthless while the chorus retorts they have just dropped a sax penny in the same moment. The moment captures Highland festival wit and local musketry of mock history.
Restorative claim from a pale and peevish brood suggests worms cause illness. Mother Graves' Worm Ex terminator promises relief and restored health for distressed children through worm expulsion.
A teacher prompts students to name the most important knife part. Marjorie falters then says her father uses the corkscrew most, revealing a practical focus in the object lesson.
Mr Styles notes rain while shopping. Mrs Styles recalls two hour shower and waiting for change in a department store. The exchange showcases a lighthearted suburban humor moment reported by the newspaper.
The letter from Mrs Alters of Oregon describes chronic female troubles eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes farm life with 600 chickens and says the remedy restored her health enabling full work. The testimonial urges others with similar symptoms to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
Public health guidance stresses milk as a balanced affordable staple and water as essential for digestion and circulation. It cautions against excess tea and coffee, promotes cocoa and chocolate in moderation, and urges regular meals, slow eating, clean handling, and proper food storage to prevent disease. It also notes the value of bread and cereals and budgeting for nutritious intake according to work and needs.
There is more catarrh in this region than any other disease and for years was deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is described as a constitutional internal remedy that enters the blood to affect mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case not cured.
In a light exchange from the Edmonton Bulletin a wife responds to her husband’s gift with a wry remark about suspicion, reflecting a domestic moment captured in the paper’s humor column.
An ad touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a faster method to shrink and lift corn roots from the toe. It promises relief from sting and full corn removal in a day or two, claiming quick action for a quarter in any drug store.
The piece argues for a strong Allied boycott against Germany, viewing economic leverage as essential to ending the war. It urges a formal plan detailing duration and scope, including conditional market access and staged penalties tied to a peace timeline.
Economists and statisticians estimate war costs while weighing the economic benefits of universal liquor prohibition. Some observers, including Ferrero, argue prohibition could become a major social revolution with potential gains exceeding the war budget over the next generation.
The Canadian market has absorbed about 75 percent of sugar maple production. The United States imports all Canada can send and would take more. Demand for pure maple products has long exceeded supply.
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