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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
2
Sir Penywern escorts Daphne and her aunt Valerie Acrise through Redgrange Hall as Daphne's illness and sudden change unsettle family plans. Lady Acrise pushes for relocation for Daphne while Sir Penywern weighs restoring harmony amid estrangement and social scrutiny.
The Lyons mayor proposed wireless telegraphy training for educated war maimed men. A large school now educates disabled veterans in Lyons and gains favor from Paris. In London officials offered cooperation to expand or replicate the program.
The Northwest Mounted Police prepare a three year Arctic expedition to pursue Eskimo murderers of Radford and Street, daring explorers, asserting the region is safe as officers rarely let a murderer escape in Western Canada.
The farmer will never lack advisers though they may be ill qualified for the task. I will doubtless not be appalled by the avalanche launched by those who do not take the trouble to become proficient in their knowledge of farming.
Paris advances a new steel helmet and neck cheek and shoulder plates designed to deflect bullets. The innovation follows promising results from a steel helmet reducing fatal head wounds and aims to shield the throat heart and upper torso of French soldiers.
In a casual after dinner moment a wife tells her husband she has many topics to discuss. He retorts amiably that she often talks about things she lacks for discussion.
The article profiles Britain's Non-Combatant Corps in France, detailing conscientious objectors who refuse to fight but agree to labor. It notes pay and rations, argues about courage and freedom, and records one objector who deserted to return to regular drill in England.
The article notes a shift from reliance on volunteer forces to universal conscription in Holland. About 50,000 men reach military age yearly, with roughly 22,000 drawn into the army and a portion into the navy. Six in ten young men evade service, and training lasts eight and a half months amid wartime mobilization. The 1913 1914 and 1915 classes are now with the colors.
Two married women discuss rising living costs. One notes her clothing bills doubled from last year. The other questions how her husband can afford it, but she says he couldn’t afford it last year either, so the difference is moot.
A famed regimental pet dog named Jack saved a sentry during the Crimean War and earned a miniature Victoria Cross from Queen Victoria. The article also notes British soldiers taking French wives, with交流 between English and French in wartime villages and mutual affection growing amid shared labor and romance.
The article argues future historians may misjudge wars now unfolding. It cites Marquis of Crewe revealing 1914 to 1915 frontier clashes in India, unnoticed by contemporaries. It notes Turkey censorship and Persia events unseen, urging awareness of unseen global struggles during wartime.
An investigator reports severe shortages in Germany's army and navy due to the blockade. A reservist writes of trenches offering better food, and a torpedo-boat crew member says he cannot sleep from hunger. Meat and fat are scarce and rations approach starvation levels.
The Census and Statistics Office Ottawa lists farm animals by type: horses 2,990,635. milch cows 2,603,345. other cattle 3,826,519. sheep 1,965,101. swine 2,814,672. Compared with 1915, horses down 5,464. milch cows down 63,501. sheep down 73,561. swine down 297,228. other cattle up 427,304. Declines mainly in Eastern Canada. western provinces show gains except swine in all three western provinces and Manitoba’s other cattle rise.
A burglar just acquitted tells his lawyer he will drop in soon. The lawyer asks for daytime visits. An orderly outside the door delivers a verbal message to the sergeant, who suggests sliding it under the door.
Marie Corelli laments London society amid war, condemning extravagant dining and fashion while battle and bloodshed rage nearby. The piece contrasts costly pleasures with the suffering across the Channel and calls for restraint in austere times.
The scene portrays a khaki clad boy on a rear seat buggy with a girl beside him. The boy, home on his last leave before the battalion ships overseas, recalls the familiar road to the old church and back. A tribute pleads for God to bless him and return him to the girl and homeland.
An excerpt cites a Sikh soldier’s critique of British Indian command. It contrasts British officers urging action with Indian sirdars who sat on elephants, arguing that courage and leadership morals do not always align. The quotation underscores perceived differences in command approach during imperial conflict.
Collier's Weekly comments that Germany needs capable statesmen rather than relying on soldiers. The piece critiques foreign dispatches that promise colonies trade sea power or alliances while missing critical political leadership at home. It argues true national strength requires diplomacy and governance intertwined with military credit.
A terse dialogue centers on secrecy and a request for money. One speaker pledges total silence while another vows a discreet loan, with a jokey misquote about never having beard. The brief exchange hints at an unseen financial or confidant dynamic.
A British wartime article praises the Boy Scouts for service to the Empire. It cites a Southampton incident where a Scout halted a ship launch to deliver purchases, shows the promise to be loyal to God and the King, do good turns daily, and obey the Scout law, and argues Scouts train boys into responsible citizens and soldiers.
King George recalled a hospital visit two years earlier when he spoke to a patient with a broken leg. This time he recognized the same man, remarking on being in a different bed as the patient noted it was the other leg.
An old Highland sergeant, on rounds, demands a light be put out. A soldier responds it is the sergeant’s name. Hearing poorly, the sergeant repeats the demand in blunt terms and orders it out, creating a humorous mix up.
Italians fighting in the hills are shielded from hunger by a supplied siege railway. Kerosene stoves keep them warm as oil meat bread and wine are sent up by wire rope baskets. Wounded men are sometimes lowered by the sagging rope when quick evacuation is needed.
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