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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
3
Reader asks which group ages longest and is told centenarians. The piece blends satirical quotes about age, war, and public cures with brief excerpts from contemporary papers. It notes Holloway's Corn Cure as a simple remedy and references opinions on women's roles in war.
The Smiths faced a plumbing issue when a dead frog was found stuck in a pipe. Mr Smith told his Scotch neighbor the tale ending with the line A frog had got caught in one of the pipes The neighbor sighed in sympathy then exclaimed The pair froggie.
The article explains telemeter based range finding on warships, detailing how distance to a target is measured via base length, mirrors and internal light paths. It notes practice in British and French navies, mentions the Barr & Stroud instrument, and anticipates longer bases to improve precision.
Comic dialogue notes a boardinghouse table famed for gossip as Mrs Baker compares the table’s flair to cures for colds and other woes. Mrs Barker counters with a jest about days without gossip while a judge remarks.
British commentators hail the Czar as reshaping Russia by a wartime move to temperance and sweeping revenue cuts. They note surrendering 55.6 million dollars in peacetime would be historic and war time act nearly unbelievable.
In a humorous London Sketch exchange, a woman tells a man to be cheerful after he steps on her coins. He apologizes and asks why she cultivates such things, she explains she grows them as a hobby like orchids.
A brief dialogue notes two people, Winks and Another, discussing evening routines. They describe outdoor time to stay cool and bedtimes to stay warm, reflecting a casual rural setting and improvised living.
An old Scotch oman tries to sell a hen to a neighbor. The neighbor doubts the bird’s soundness. The owner admits a flaw yet asserts the hen will lay one egg on the Lord's Day.
Wartime dispatches praise the French army for heroic endurance and unyielding tenacity on the front. British observers note French advances despite heavy German losses and affirm allied unity under General Joffre’s strategy. Shoulder to shoulder, Allies vow to push the foe from Belgium and end Prussian domination.
A playful suggestion urges taking a month off to refresh. The speaker declines or affirms the idea with light humor about rest improving all things including the calendar.
Severe pains around the heart are rarely caused by organic heart disease. The stomach and heart share nerves, and gas or indigestion can press on the heart. Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted as a stomach tonic restoring appetite and relieving discomfort. A testimonial from Mrs. Henry Connolly describes relief after taking the pills. dealer mail order offered at 50 cents per box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
The British Red Cross Society calls the public to donate or finance motor ambulances for war front use. The War Office honors the effort, with donors providing cars or funds to buy suitable four or two stretcher ambulances, requiring drivers and spare parts.
An old newspaper blurb promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a simple earache remedy. A few drops on lint or medicated cotton placed in the ear are said to relieve pain and provide relief from torture.
Letters from readers praise Zam-Buk for piles and multiple ailments. Advert says the herbal salve relieves piles, eczema, cuts, burns, ulcers, and skin diseases, with testimonials from Henry Fougere W J Donovan and H E Hill. Available at druggists, price 50c single or 3 boxes 1.25. Free trial box by mail.
North Carolina congressman Robert L. Dougherty likens reversing order of things to the Bowers case. Bowers recalls a grocery clerk stint earning nine dollars weekly, falling with bad company, gambling, then concealing theft by turning a profit in a month. Philadelphia Telegraph.
A humorous tale follows a husband guiding his wife to keep household accounts. She presents a ledger showing "Received from Dick, $100" on one side and "Spent it" on the other, revealing a misused fund rather than tidy books.
The senator and the mayor stroll through the venue. The senator, heavyset and in good spirits, jokes about a pretty girl smiling. The major responds with a quip about the senator’s loud laughter on their first meeting.
A barber comments on a customer's thin hair and the customer replies he prefers it, saying he hates fat hair. The exchange plays on hair volume with a humorous twist.
A Dominion Forestry Bulletin reports Maritime Provinces use about 200 million feet of timber annually for industry plus millions more for poles and construction. Wood value nears 3.7 million dollars with only 25 million feet imported. Spruce tops the list of used woods among twenty eight types.
An advertisement promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claiming relief for nighttime asthma attacks. It asserts sufferers experience weakness nervous debility and flesh loss unless relief is secured and urges readers to try the remedy.
Lord Milner argued the British empire, not France or Russia, faced the global challenge to its hegemony and ideals. He praised British tolerance, noted French Canadians' loyalty, and called imperial supremacy a tremendous success.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages, stating it works constitutionally through the blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any uncurable case and urges testimonials, with sales through local druggists and a recommended Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In England an anxious farmer struggles to choose between a comely widow and her daughter for marriage. He decides to let chance decide by entering and closing his eyes. When he opens them after counting to ten, both women have vanished from the doorway.
A Westminster Gazette reprints Kaiser remarks praising German troops and condemning Belgians and a French youth labeled as traitor. The piece labels German actions as criminal, recalling Louvain and Malines, and cites a German sewer publication as propaganda for home readers.
The passage contrasts the Kaiser with the tsar and describes the tsarina as both marblelike and affectionate. It notes the tsar’s wide reading and Indian-history interest from his Asiatic tour, and quotes the empress on her recreation with poetry and reading aloud to calm the soul.
Government moves to curb pro German and pro Austrian agitation in Western Canada and among foreign settlements. Canadian editors may be required to print the British white paper to present Britain's war perspective.
An analysis of the British home fleet outlines that 372 big guns burning coal and oil fueled ships, torpedoes costing ten times as much, and 127 torpedo craft plus submarines use vast fuel reserves. A full eight-ship dreadnought squadron at full speed would burn 4,320 tons of coal causing about $15,000 in fuel costs. A single eight-ship squadron firing every gun and torpedo tube for 24 hours would cost about $1,000,000 in fuel and depreciation excluded.
A government memorandum directs public attention to the Canadian war contingent association in London. It has completed its organization and stands ready to cooperate with Canadian committees aiding the Canadian forces, medical or other tasks, or as representatives of Red Cross Societies, Daughters of the Empire, or other patriotic bodies. It urges correspondence on assistance to render in the emergency.
A 1914 testimonial from Nicholas Koch describes long lasting facial pimples itching and disfigurement then notes marked improvement after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad promotes Cuticura as a cleansing skin and hair remedy with free samples and a 32 page booklet from Boston.
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