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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
6
Belief that the Hudson Bay railway will finish in time for 1917 crop shipments. Summer plans call for steel track to reach Kettle Rapids, 90 miles from Hudson Bay, by August 1. Cantilever bridge over the Nelson River to be completed to allow further steel laying before frost.
Heavy potato losses from disease last year lead the Dominion department of agriculture to urge growers to reserve seed tubers now. Choose sound, decay free uniform size tubers and store in a dark cool ventilated place no more than three layers deep, with extra kept for losses. Farmers with sound seed on hand may fetch high prices as scarcity grows.
A wartime view argues age does not limit achievement as veterans like Wallace Tennyson and Gladstone produced landmark work past 80. It notes Wallace wrote four major books after 80, while Tennyson and Gladstone showed enduring leadership and artistry, suggesting age is a state of mind.
Mrs James Brown of Miscoul Harbor Gloucester County New Brunswick praises Dodd's Kidney Pills as the best remedy she has used after three weeks bedridden with headache and backache. The article notes many New Brunswick women report relief and health restored by the kidney remedy, which is described as toning kidneys to filter impurities from blood. Nine tenths of women’s ailments are attributed to kidney issues with abundant evidence claimed.
Gossip notes that Brown plans a quiet summer lifestyle with a notable twist that a certain72 year old Brown is deeply involved in an unspecified matter.
An advertisement asserts that Millers Worm Powders rapidly improve morbid stomach and bowel conditions and sweep worms away. It claims the medicine kills destructive parasites on contact and offers health benefits for the young constitution.
A brief dialogue notes a magazine joke and asks if a diagram was omitted. The two speakers discuss whether a diagram was omitted, implying a missing visual element in the publication.
The entry details Aden as a strategic British fortress guarding the Red Sea route to India and the Far East. It describes its impregnable defenses, moats, batteries, and the diverse population under a climate noted for harsh heat, with water supplied by government condensers and rock cisterns.
A reader asserts Holloway’s Corn Cure contains no poisonous ingredient and can be used safely. The exchange clarifies product safety and avoids risk of injury.
Figures from official blue books show Canadian hog buyers deducting about 179 906 from farmers in a season. About 1 795 053 hogs were purchased nationwide with 4 007 condemned. McCoig urges government action to stop the inspection fee take and protect farmers. Hazen says the matter will be studied with veterinary input.
A distressed caller tells Bessy that Uncle George ate something harmful and may be ill. The speaker speculates whether Aunt Little or a child was eaten, noting tensions within the family and prior quarrels with their father.
Local testimonial from Chas E Sharp of Hawkshaw New Brunswick dated September 1905 praising Minard's Liniment as an unmatched cure for croup and highly recommending the product.
The article argues Britain’s geographic dominance sustains war effort, enabling prolonged conflict while continental powers lag. It cites sea power, shore defenses, and recruits as key factors shaping the entente’s strategy and the war’s trajectory. It also recounts an anecdote about Kaiser Wilhelm and English midshipmen, and ends with an asthma remedy advertisement note.
A spinster cites a saying that hesitation consumes a woman while a bachelor and then a milliner’s shop owner joke about wives. A wealthy man notes his wife once worked in a milliner's shop, and another man adds she still does, with humor about looks.
A co worker is someone who helps you work with you in tasks and projects. The phrase highlights collaboration and shared effort within a team.
A peculiar line imagines an egg aging and facing a harsh environment as years pass. The thought compares long storage to a chill, indifferent world. No other details or sources are provided.
A Nervy Needham confrontation on a moving train leads to tense exchanges with a conductor as the passenger demands a berth by the sleeping porch. The incident unfolds amid irregular seating and boarding protocol aboard the Chicago Daily News reported service.
A London lecture recounts a British navy action where a ship reached a port in the Mediterranean held by a Bulgarian artisan community. Shelling destroyed a troop housing building with precise fire, leaving no survivors within forty minutes of attack.
An advertisement urges mothers to treat fretful babies with Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. listing 28 cents per box and a testimonial from Mrs. Ronald Hurley. It notes possible causes for a fussy infant and promotes the product by mail or at medicine dealers. The piece also includes a satirical aside about picnics and unpredictable weather.
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