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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
3
A government appeal seeks 400000 women to fill the 450000 men missing from agricultural work across Great Britain. Newspapers praise the response from women and organizations, noting wide employment of women but highlighting farm labor as hard, poorly paid, and less appealing than other war roles.
A young mother credits Grape Nuts with ending her nervous collapse from overwork and illness. She stopped tonics, adopted a diet of four servings daily with cream and milk, and in two weeks experienced sound sleep, weight gain, and renewed energy. The Canadian Postum Co endorses the letter as genuine and human-interest.
The Far Eastern Review in Shanghai names Frank N. Meyer a leading agricultural explorer who just returned from Thivet and China with hundreds of plant specimens. His notable finds include the Chinese wild peach as a hardier rootstock for stone fruits, a large disease resistant chestnut, a pest free odorless cabbage, new plum and grape varieties, and the jujube. Aquatic roots and swamp crops round out his promising collection.
The pie trust would retreat from the field, its defeat bound in wounds to its finances, unless women rise to the challenge with the kind of pies mothers used to bake.
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and notes sales through J Cheney & Co Totxo, Ohio, with accompanying patent remedies and constipation pills.
In a Youngstown Telegram item a reporter notes Katherine offering a cough drop to coworkers in the circulation department. The other girls accept lozenges and ask about the cold, with Katherine confirming the source of the remedy in the office. Minard's Liniment is advertised after the anecdote.
A sensational ad copy argues overbearing public figures and a preacher about a child’s visibility while warning that worm infestations threaten children's health. The note promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a cure.
A terse dialogue reveals a man crossing the street and tricking the speaker with a flimsy claim. The exchange hints at an attempted bilking or scam over money.
A playful exchange shows a wife urging new clothes this spring while her husband laments the lengthy wait. The couple recalls similar hopes from last fall, noting the promise of spring brings a chance for the young man to get busy with attire.
An article argues rheumatism stems from blood condition and can be prevented or cured by Dr Williams' Pink Pills. It cites a testimony from W. T. Fell of Palermo Ontario who says the pills restored health after years of suffering and ineffective treatments. Pills offered at 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
An artist touring villages asks a laborer about a picturesque old house. The worker explains the house is not a manor but the home of an old widow living there.
A playful item notes Minard's Liniment as a dandruff cure and mentions Watch Wizard Burbank enabling fig picking from thistles in a humorous, quip filled snippet.
A letter argues the Personal Liberty League ignores liquor industry harms to dry goods, boots, and others. It cites Sunday bar closures improving Chicago business and criticizes license fees versus public costs for paupers and crime. It notes neglect of wives and children affected by drink and questions liquor sellers' enlistment.
The article records a decline of 142000 horses in the United Kingdom, a drop of one million in France over eighteen months, and an increase of 48000 in Canada in the most recent year. It comments that a good grant is a hard thing to find, and when found is usually working.
British authorities disperse a huge number of parcels seized from the parcel post en route to and from the United States. Innocent parcels are sent quickly to destinations while those suspected of German origin undergo prize court procedures to determine shipping arrangements with American importers.
A vintage advertisement touts Nerviline as a universal cure for neuralgia backache lumbago and rheumatism. Included is a testimonial from Albert B. Cornelius of Kingston praising relief after regular rubs and Ferrozone tablets with a purchase price of 60 cents for family size and 25 cents for trial size. The copy claims broad cures from toothache to colds using Nerviline.
Bakers in New Southgate complain of being undersold by up to 60 percent due to leavings from German prisoners interned at Alexandra Palace. Bread meant for the camp is sold at 2d a loaf to a swill contractor who claims to take only items in the contract. Some prisoners avoid their rations while parcels arrive adding excess supplies.
Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers form cooperative livestock shipping associations with no capital stock, enabling yardage unaffected by stock amount and profits. about 200 groups exist, with one failure noted. Also featured is Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and U S Department of Agriculture youth clubs promoting soil, pig and poultry projects, canning, corn and potatoes.
An 1880s style advertisement features a young woman who believes she is pretty and seeks corroboration of her suspicions. The copy promotes Minard's Liniment as a remedy for neuralgia and related pains.
A humorous exchange shows Henry arguing about buying new shoes for the children while his wife suggests they must economize. He accuses her of giving away the old shoes, she retorts that they were minced for hash to use later. The playful dialogue ends with plans for dinner.
The Manitoba cheese output rose from 400000 pounds in 1914 to 725000 pounds in 1915, reversing a prior decline. Creamery butter production also climbed by 1000000 pounds in the same period.
How Sickly Women May Get Health. If they could be made to see half their ills come from impure blood, it would take little time to cure them with Dr Hamilton's Pills. The medicine invigorates strengthens renews. Every tired woman using Dr Hamilton's Pills will improve rapidly with better color appetite and digestion. Forty years Dr Hamilton's Pills have been America's family medicine, 25c per box at all dealers.
The text traces punctuation from Aristophanes to Charlemagne efforts by Warnetriede and Alkuin, noting their rise and fall before Aldus Manutius popularized the modern system in the first half of the fifteenth century. It credits Manutius as the real father of period comma semicolon colon apostrophe and the quotation marks, whose system spread across Europe.
A teacher asks a student for the three words they use most. The senior hesitates and the teacher confirms the expected answer as a cue to reflect on language. The brief exchange highlights communication and memory.
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