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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
6
Patent medicine advertisement touts Nerviline as a fast acting back ache remedy. Claims include deep pain penetration, swelling reduction, and superior effect to weaker treatments. Endorses a family size bottle and sale through Catarrhozone Co in Kingston Canada.
Weeds rob crops of moisture and nutrients and crowd out desirable grasses. Prompt identification is advised, sending unknown weeds to the Dominion Agricultural Department at Ottawa. Foxtail is a common weed. most perennials spread by roots and seeds and long-term control requires persistent hoeing, mowing, and cropping to alfalfa or pasture.
Election Agent praises a candidate’s farm policy while Farmer Plowson notes marginal gains from recent rain. The Bits column captures rural voters debating the impact of weather on politics and agriculture.
The official Canadian casualty list exceeds 250 names and the Canadian Red Cross coordinates care across France England Belgium and the Mediter ranean. Beds and staff number 4 320 beds and 1 264 medical officers nurses and orderlies supported by 6 935 total personnel in the field.
Charles Cotter of Oklahoma, back from East Africa, describes enemy methods. He says Germany started with 4000 Europeans and 40000 natives armed with poison arrows. one drop in a wound meant death. He notes the British sunk the cruiser Koenigsberg by gunfire after allowing a dangerous river approach. He praises British tricks in war over German craft.
Old Uncle Jacob parades in his Sunday suit claiming a golden wedding celebration. A passerby asks why his wife isn’t joining, and Uncle Jacob retorts she has nothing to do with it, revealing a public ruse.
An article warns farmers about grafters and parasites harming poultry. Grafter acts by consent or deceit, with warlike penalties in extreme cases. Chickens suffer most from parasites in hot weather. inspect, spray quarters, and treat birds to protect the flock and improve the poultry business.
British dispatch from the front reports the destruction of the Prussian Guards as prisoners flood back in small groups. Officers admit morale and fighting capacity are shattered, many prisoners are from Lehr Grenadiers and Fusiliers with Poles among them, and some long for home as war weariness grows.
The London Telegraph urges Britain to abandon imperial weights and measures and coinage in favor of the metric system. It argues the war showed insular habits hinder trade, and that adopting metric would reduce losses and boost foreign commerce.
A political speaker urged the public to resist higher import duties warning that if the wool of the golden egg is removed the wealth will be drained.
A dialogue notes two seniors. one says he will hunt a foo after graduation, the other vows to join a firm with an established reputation. The exchange reflects career ambitions among students.
In dialogue, a playful exchange hints the child could grow into a town crier given his keen experience. The remark reflects light humor about career expectations and local voice in the community.
The New York State Department of Health outlines preventive rules for typhoid including safe water and milk, boiled or purified drinking water, pasteurized milk, protecting food from flies, screened outhouses, washing raw produce, thorough hand washing, and typhoid inoculation before travel. Additionally a separate note extols sleep for infants and promotes Miller's Worm Powders to treat worms and improve rest.
The Country Gentleman argues against idle philosophers who study self knowledge. It contrasts Brown the deep thinker with White who acts without reflection and achieves practical success. The piece defends learning by doing as the path to knowledge and to dollars.
Captain F. R. Desjardin of Kamouraska lauds Minard's Liniment for ships and home use. He says he would not voyage without it, even at a dollar per bottle, praising its efficacy for everyday ills and accidents.
The New York Globe editorializes that Germany, with 160 million allies and expanding white support, faces an uncertain outcome as extended war drains military capital. It notes German leaders seek a peace that is only a truce while the world hopes for a revolution ending Hohenzollern rule.
The Boston Transcript questions naming a new German dye shade brought to America as "Lusitania crim son" or "Arabic scarlet" amid debate over characterization and marketing of the color.
An essay endorses gradual water acclimation for boys learning to swim, debunking the overhand throw method as unsafe. The text then shifts to Dr. Thoms Electric Oil for burns, and a historical overview of Arish and surrounding sites, touching on forts, trade decline, and ancient battles near the Egyptian–Syrian border.
Officers and crew of H M S Highflyer receive 12900 in prize money for sinking the German auxiliary Kaiser Wilhelm der Große after she fired first. All 500 aboard were saved. A Swedish vessel Hakan carrying 3238 barrels of herrings was taxed for half its cargo as a lawful prize though its destination was a German port. Prize Court also condemned 6000 tons of rice worth 609200 seized from four Scandinavian steamers for provisioning German forces.
A historical note recalls the Warrior as England’s first ironclad and its relation to the French La Glorie. It highlights public curiosity about new ships and early aviation parallels, with Delane of the Times sending La Glorie drawings to Lord Torrington who could not return them, and the Prince Consort and Prince of Wales later comparing prints.
General Henderson of the National Flying Corps testifies at the Royal Commission on the British aeroplane. He calls Lieut Busk’s death one of aviation’s greatest losses and praises his pioneering stability work on a B E 2 C by performing a high altitude control test.
The two year old Rambouillet ram named Laramie on the Oklahoma Agricultural College farm set a record fleece weight, weighing 245 pounds before shearing. Purchased in 1915 from King Bros Wyoming, Laramie was sired by Laramie Boy and is a half-brother to Majestic, a World’s Fair champion.
Advertisement asserts that no one must endure corn pain with Holloway's Corn Cure available to remove them, framing it as a painless instant remedy.
The 1916 English and French statutes edition includes public and private statutes imperial orders in council resolutions increasing senators and extending parliament life and tables of amendments to the revised statutes. It covers the Business Profile War Tax Act and measures to aid provincial liquor control legislation.
The National Liberal Advisory Committee’s Ottawa three day session highlights the need to address returned soldiers. The public should see this issue given attention as it concerns those who sacrificed in service to the nation and the citizenry at large.
An enthusiastic young woman proclaims a deep devotion to music and expresses a wish to dance all night, sharing her love for melodies and rhythm in a lively scene.
English mining workers in the Black Country now earn over two dollars per day marking an unusual wage rise in the era. The figure stands out as a notable development in regional labor wages.
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