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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
3
The article recalls the shift from brown to white bread in Britain, noting wartime influences and foreign flour imports. It cites 1878 as a turning point when England adopted a complete plant to produce white flour, ending dependence on foreign imports and marking a change in British milling.
Wartime style ad notes worms attack children's intestines. It claims Miller's Worm Powders exterminates worms of any variety and repairs damage to the intestinal lining.
Proposal calls for ample canned food to sustain an army of one million next winter. Preparation for tin cans must begin now with tin largely sourced from Great Britain. Government explores fair-price pig tin import from Britain.
Ex king Constantine told Venizelos he answers to God alone, a remark cited as proof he followed his brother in law’s Potsdam orders. The quote underscores a clash between monarchic authority and popular sovereignty.
A Detroit News item describes a lawyer addressing a Chinese man in police court asking for talk with the judge. The man retorts that he has already retained counsel and walks away, leaving the lawyer puzzled.
Fragmentary recording of a personal testimonial praising Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies. The passage mentions years of illness and unsuccessful medical treatments, with references to a woman in bed and seeking relief.
Sir Edward Kemp announced a special reserve for Canadian officers. The plan restores officers to their former rank and seniority when suitable posts arise, with no pay as reserve status, but they gain first consideration for vacancies and priority for those with front line service.
A speaker notes that the amount of pin money a wife needs varies with her usage of diamond pins versus rolling pins, reflecting domestic economy humor.
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a painless, inexpensive cure for corns and calluses. A few drops lift corn from the skin and dry instantly without irritation. Readers are advised to ask their druggist to obtain a bottle if unavailable locally.
A court circular indicates further abolition of German titles for English royal members. Princess Victoria and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig Holstein will be styled Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise. Duchesses of Saxony relinquish the title, with royal warrants to confirm new styles. Prince Louis of Battenberg likely becomes Marquis of Mountbatten, a link to the Plymou th headland noted by The Times.
Insurance for all men serving with the British forces on land or sea has been inaugurated in England. It applies to all ranks with a fixed rate and varying benefits. The minimum yearly premium is five dollars and the maximum one hundred. In Europe deaths from natural causes yield five hundred to the beneficiary, while death in action or drowning at sea pays twenty five immediately plus a nine tenth share of the surplus at war’s end.
The interior ministry submitted a bill to the provisional government establishing freedom of conscience. Civil and political rights would no longer depend on religion. Parental decisions set a child’s religion up to age nine, with consent rules tightening as age increases. Courts of administration would protect citizens from illegal acts by officials and local bodies.
The piece touts Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a powerful cure for asthma, claiming immediate relief from restricted air passages and noting wide dealer availability and numerous testimonies. It warns asthma as a non fatal but severely tormenting disease with lingering fear of recurrence.
A fragment from London Tit-Bits captures a terse exchange about delivering a message. The conversation shows a clash over whether the recipient, an officer, or a private, received the message. The humor hinges on a misidentification and a bath interruption.
In Roye a German officer entered a hotel and ordered a meal with his drawn sword on the table. The waiter brought a pitchfork and explained it is the only fork available to match the knife, provoking the officer’s gruff question.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as nourishment for nerves and a cure for nervous breakdowns. It cites a testimonial from Mr Wilfrid Donald of West Flamboro Ontario who credits the pills with restoring sleep appetite and overall health after severe nerve weakness. The notice invites purchases from druggists or by mail at 50 cents per box or $2.50 for a block of five from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A captain complains his shirts arrive a week late from the laundry. Private Jones defends by saying the shirts are too clean to sacrifice to the laundry, so they should be worn another week.
A Winnipeg area report details a Thursday trip by 36 students and 4 teachers from Headingly to the Manitoba Agricultural College. Guides led tours of domestic science, poultry, pig pens, cattle, sheep, conservatories, and the museum. Lunch in the dining hall and hot tea followed, with praise for the college’s instruction and a hope for more rural excursions.
David Lubin, once mocked for ideas like the International Institute of Agriculture, now pushes a National Chamber of Agriculture to supervise marketing by parcel post. He envisions a government role balancing city and country, producer and consumer, with a standing commission to study and promote the plan.
A public notice urges parents to protect children from intestinal worms and promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as the remedy to drive out parasites and restore strength.
A Hague official communication relayed by Reuters states an agreement between the Dutch and German governments to replace Dutch merchantmen torpedoed off the English coast last February. Germany will substitute the lost vessels by ceding an equal value of ships now in the Dutch East Indies.
Orders issued to ring the monster bell in St. Pauls Cathedral to alert London of incoming raids The bell tolled only for sovereigns and high church officials and is said to wake eight million sleepers within its sound.
The writer notes a parallel between ancient warfare and modern tactics. He cites a line from the Iliad describing Mars spreading a vapor to aid the Trojans, likening it to a primitive smoke screen. The piece ponders why Homeric imagery remains a favorite among front-line writers and editors.
A humorous exchange features a diner instructing a waiter to boil an egg for three minutes while the waiter points out the egg is cold stored and three minutes may barely suffice. The Washington Star quote captures a light urban quip on food timing.
A brief report notes heavy enlistment with one of every twelve Britons and one of every twelve Frenchmen now fighting. It cites Great Britain having 000 men at the front and 3,000 in reserve at home, reflecting wartime manpower strain.
The Maple Creek district in Saskatchewan evolves from cattle ranching to irrigation farming. Irrigation began in 1896 and now over 190 schemes support diverse crops. The 1916 Maple Creek grain crop valued at 2.5 million dollars, and the town hosts Western Canada Irrigation Association meetings in August.
A proposal outlines a Harvester trail from Kansas to Canada to ease labor scarcity. It proposes cutting Kansas crops in July, Minnesota crops in August, and Western Canadian crops in September.
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