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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
2
A well dressed stranger arrives at a quiet wayside inn near Highmaston Cross Roads. He orders lunch for two with a lady companion and negotiates terms with Hoskins the landlord, insisting on a four o'clock return and a private luncheon in a cellar-filled setting.
A U S canning industry shortage looms as estimates show about one billion cans short. Last year used nearly five billion, with demand this year doubling and output hoped to rise 50 percent. Transport delays and steel shortages limit production. a shortfall of imported black tin from Britain and colonies adds pressure.
A dairy herd using cow testing shows two five year old cows with milk yields of 6 616 pounds and 204 pounds with fat at 39 and 28 percent respectively and a difference of twenty seven dollars in income. The piece urges using milk records to identify the best cows and save feed time and labor and notes milk record forms are free from the Dairy Commissioner in Ottawa upon request.
The Kaiser and Bethmann-Hollweg face rising distrust as the German public doubts their pious rhetoric. The Kaiser, Sultan, Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and Constantine of Greece arecalled hypocrites and should be sent to St Helena, the New York Globe notes.
The firm promotes Counter Check and Sales Books with high grade paper and carbon leaf books including Triplicate and duplicate sets. It notes rising costs but claims low prices due to a modern plant and Canadian paper mill connections. Also offers Waxed Papers Wrappers parchment and butter wrappers with samples and prompt service. Located in Hamilton Canada with offices in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver.
William Maxwell argues that a man can be part of the crowd without drinking or gambling by showing courage through character. He envisions being a “regular fellow” who is accepted for restraint and humanity, not vice, and hopes peers and figures of authority would speak kindly if given the chance.
The Russian foreign office states the aim is to abolish restrictive laws from 1812 when Finland joined the empire. It declares void past autocratic decrees, removes Russian appointees from the Finnish senate, and places full self government and financial control under Finnish legislative bodies.
Experiments by the Experimental Farms system prove the best forage crop yields occur when Canadian grown seed is used. The study highlights clover performance with origin seed, indicating higher productivity and potential economic benefits for growers.
The Oregon dry year yields economic and social gains with more bank money, steady credits, former saloon sites repurposed for community service, fewer vagrants, reduced jail populations, and safer roads as alcohol is curbed. Patience and public welfare appear to justify the prohibition in Portland reporting.
A Waterloo resident testifies that her husband suffered muscular rheumatism for four years despite doctors and various medicines. After using Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets, he recovered within a year and now works daily, expressing gratitude to Dr Pierce.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful vegetable remedy for stomach liver and bowel health skin clarity and nerve strength. It claims to remove impurities via liver kidneys and skin and offers liquid or tablet forms with a trial box for 50 cents from the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo New York.
Government releases two more reports from the Davidson Royal Commission. The first examines alleged improprieties in government food supplies to troops near Regina during the early war, finding no solid evidence that contractors failed to meet specifications. The second concerns irregularities in the purchase of horses for war use nearby, noting a presumption that public officials may be at fault rather than conscientious.
A brief caption notes a domestic scene where a husband leaves for a club meeting and his wife warns she will not speak if he returns after midnight. The exchange highlights marital tension and social routines reflected in a 20th century setting.
In 1600 about 600 people spoke English, more than Italian Spanish Greek or French speakers. Now English speakers number about 120 percent, roughly twice those who speak Italian Spanish or French combined, and fifty percent more than speakers of Greek Russian or related languages.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture issues Bulletin No 88 by Poultry Husbandman Foo Elford. It guides preparing poultry and eggs for market, crate feeding, killing, cooling, packing, marketing, and crate design with color frontis, aiming to improve quality and methods. Copies available from Ottawa Publications Branch.
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