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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
3
Director of recruiting Sir Eric Swayne told a Hull audience that Britain must raise about 3,000,000 additional men by spring. He estimated Germany still had 9 to 10 million men aged 18 to 44 and argued that wearing Germany out was ineffective without stronger British manpower.
A salesman explains winding up put tees nightly after use to a young man recently earning commission. The young man, formerly in the watch business, wonders about eight day ones and asks for clarification.
A terse exchange depicts an Irish recruit confirming shots left behind while an officer demands answers. The terse dialogue conveys tension and a sense of urgency in a military setting.
A Wisconsin university statement urges treating farm animals as living factories that convert feed into products for meat wool mohair hides and draft work. It warns that selling grain removes soil fertility and that feeding livestock preserves fertility, with stock farming boosting land productivity year by year.
An advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure offering one hundred dollars for cures Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as internal medicine reaching mucous surfaces. Ends with testimonials from the National Bank of Commerce Toledo and a claim of trusted honesty of F J Cheney over 16 years. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Reports from the Dutch frontier say German authorities in Belgium conducted a wide sweep of arrests and executions targeting spies and civilians. Miss Edith Cavell is reported executed along with four Belgians. 23 others were sentenced to prison terms, including Princess Marie De Croy. Executions and imprisonments were said to occur in Bruges and across major towns.
A letter from Mrs. A. Crowell of Sandy Cove Nova Scotia recommends Baby's Own tablets for childhood constipation. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells boxes for 25 cents by druggists or mail order.
Grain Growers' Grain Co notes a CP Railway circular cancels prior loading instructions. Box cars of specific series now have suborized capacities of 4600 pounds with wheat corn rye and flax allowed to 10 inches above stencil, barley and oats at full visible capacity. Shippers should verify car capacity and load to full when possible.
A man after years of asthma pain reports relief through Dr J D Keiloge's Asthma Emory. The inhaled smoke or vapor remedy is said to bring needed help with minimal effort. Available from dealers or directly from wholesalers.
Greece enforces universal service beginning at age twenty one with a total service term around 31 years. The nation’s war strength is described as ranging from 280000 to 800000 soldiers.
Casey protests constant surveillance and mocks the watching foreman as Old World dialect frames a rural labor scene. A tense exchange ends with Casey throwing down a pick and insisting the situation will be idle tomorrow.
Auto travel expands a farmer’s reach while horses still perform field work. Autos shorten distances and broaden business and social ties, yet horses remain essential for farming tasks. The article notes increased field work, lighter road burdens for horses, and a blended era of mobility where autos serve travel and horses handle labor.
A speaker extols books as magical tools that instantly summon people and eras. The narrator claims libraries let him hear orators, historians, and poets, and travel from the equator to the pole, from the beginning of time to now, by his books.
J. L. Garvin argues in the London Observer that the Balkan campaign could crush German aims or British hopes. He says victory in the Balkans would force a decisive weak point in the Central Powers, with France and Britain delaying a western push if needed while the Balkans decide the fate of the war. He notes German supply limits and stresses leveraging allied strength from West, East, and South. He also highlights Russian relief on the eastern front and potential to shift momentum toward a final European victory.
The stomach is the centre of the nervous system and when it falters nerves suffer. If untreated nervous debility may follow. The manufacturer urges Parm er's Vegetable Pills as a quick remedy to restore stomach function and cites thousands of testimonials for nervous disorders.
New Brunswick hosts a patriotic auction to raise 50000 for the war fund. St John committees gathered gifts for weeks and filled two or three rinks with stock, horses, cattle, farm products, automobiles, furniture, real estate, shares, and diverse goods. The mayor opened the sale by auctioning a patriotic pumpkin for 300 to a United States citizen.
The article explains measuring speed by counting wheel clicks on rails. With 176 rails per 6,280 feet, a train at 45 mph covers about 125.5 rails per minute, 2.25 per second, yielding 45 rails in twenty seconds, matching forty-five miles per hour.
A mother reports dramatic child health improvements after changing from potatoes and coffee to fruit Grape Nuts with cream and Postum. She notes sturdy growth, fewer stomach troubles, and cites a teething baby improving after Grape Nuts with milk. The Canadian Postum Co. endorses the letters as genuine.
The Postmaster General warns many parcels to prisoners of war abroad fail transmission due to inadequate packing. Emphasizing strong packing, round shape, and sturdy outer coverings, officials prefer small parcels and caution against perishable or soft items.
Corns result from tight boots but can be quickly relieved with Holloway's Corn Lure. The remedy promises simple, effective treatment to ease pressure and discomfort for wearers.
Miss McManus, teacher at the Headingly one room school district near Winnipeg, now provides hot lunches daily replacing cold eggs and tea. Inspector Parker Chapman reports to C. K. Newcombe that the lunch program is a success and highlights the district as the first rural Manitoba school with a visiting nurse.
Observers note that across four centuries bright comets appeared during Russia’s major wars eleven times, with few exceptions such as 1577 and the Japan conflict. Delavant’s newly found comet resembles the 1812 visitor, predicted to stay visible for about the same portion of the year as that historic comet. Minard's Liniment Cures Burns Etc.
The general surveys a regiment ready to depart, posing a hypothetical scenario to a young subaltern. He asks how the subaltern would react if his regiment faced a hostile plain, artillery in front, cavalry on the right, a morass on the left, and infantry closing in, demanding the response halt arms ground army knee down and prayers.
A wartime recruitment scene shows a sergeant testing a recruit’s willingness to fight. The recruit rejects dying for others, declaring his intent to make enemies pay, reflecting brutal wartime sentiments and callous phrasing.
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