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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
6
Lloyd Brady of Breckenridge Queen. reports using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to treat a red itching face with watery blisters and scales. He says the treatment healed within about a week. Sample by mail from Cuticura Dept A Boston USA.
A fragment from Century Magazine recounts Giovanoni, an Italian engineer exiled to Siberia. He describes defying a czar’s order, being seized from his bed, robbed, and sent to a penal land, with a note on anger and fate under imperial rule.
Farmers in Southern Alberta push heavy investments in cattle as 30 head of Shorthorn heifers from Ontario bring high bids at Lethbridge with averages above 300 dollars per head and top bulls selling for around 575 dollars. The extract notes strong profits and ongoing purchases to sustain future earnings. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a remedy for intestinal worms, claimed to clear parasites and restore health.
Mrs Binks notes her husband, once a confirmed smoker, now never smokes. The exchange highlights the strength of will needed to break a lifetime habit.
In August and September no fewer than 35000 German deserters crossed into Holland amid fears of another winter in Flanders. Some observers suspect the crossings conceal a hidden German objective beyond mere escape from combat.
The cooperative movement in Saskatchewan shows rapid expansion with an average of two new associations each week. In three years since the act turnover rose from 271,544 in 1914 to 3,232,800 in 1916, with one small association handling 43,302.80 in 1916.
In a dialogue the lodge offers a vote of thanks as a collective gratitude not binding on any individual. The exchange clarifies that it is a formal expression of appreciation rather than a contractual or legal obligation.
Toronto Globe notes renewed Jewish Zionist interest as Britain supports Palestine policy in World War I. It observes Jews abroad retain identity while many prefer urban life and trade over farming. It predicts Allied nations may back reestablishment of Jewry in Palestine with Allied victory.
An earache remedy is offered by Dr Thomas Electric Oil. Place a few drops on lint or medicated cotton and insert into the ear to relieve pain. The piece emphasizes the ear as delicate and often treated by doctors.
The Saskatchewan department of agriculture reports rising demand for sheep across the province. Inquiries from buyers are steady, with about two thousand sheep sold under the live stock purchase and sales act and more orders expected. A circular seeks all sheep owners to announce for sale to meet this fall demand. Farmers show renewed interest in sheep raising amid high wool and mutton prices.
Mr. T. B. Kidner warns that war exposes national issues such as land settlement tuberculosis and industrial and vocational education. He stresses the need for preparedness and vocational training to aid disabled soldiers and secure Canada's future through soldiers rehabilitation programs.
C Vere Brown spoke in Winnipeg noting about 40 percent of farmers in Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan could pay cash but keep credit habits. He cited 703 of 890 rural merchants with Bank of Commerce branches offering no cash discounts. He blamed lack of cash discounts for mail-order success and urged banks to boost rural service and cooperation.
The Montreal Herald notes General Jan Christian Smuts stands beside Lloyd George as a leading public figure. It calls him an outstanding national figure whose decisive voice will shape the war's final phase in both politics and military strategy.
Brent and Sanderson debate duck shooting with Brent claiming wild ducks escaped. Sanderson counters by misnaming birds, prompting a terse exchange captured in the Boston Transcript.
The Toronto Globe notes 1 180 000 fewer cattle sheep and wine in Ontario since 1913 and Canada 1 742 000 fewer animals overall in four years. Milk producers are down about 100 000, cattle 700 000, sheep 119 000, and horses 933 000 fewer. A global livestock shortage drives high meat prices amid feed and labor shortages and heavy wartime demand.
Mrs Wildie Theriault of Pacquetville New Brunswick says she is extremely thankful for Baby's Own Tablets which helped her baby thrive. The ad claims the tablets break up colds fevers cure constipation colic indigestion and ease teething and can cure minor child illnesses. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 23 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
In a casual exchange, one speaker accuses another of repeating a tale, while the storyteller insists he has shared it multiple times with the group. The dialogue captures a light moment of ribbing and camaraderie.
British Columbia fisheries products for the year ending March 31, 1916 valued at fourteen million dollars, says a report from the King's printer in Victoria. The figure is forty percent of Canada's total fisheries output and exceeds that of any other province.
Dialogue reveals Edith stunned by a marriage proposal while Elsie notes she never checked his finances, highlighting concern over his financial standing before commitment.
A Baltimore American quip says the audience may be the critics when the city stages a new opera. The remark frames expectations for reception and raises questions about critical influence on the production.
The article quotes Lloyd George in the house of commons detailing three years of war naval work. It notes 13,000,000 men ferried, 25,000,000 tons of explosives moved, and 1,000,000 tons of coal safeguarded. It claims the navy kept seas open to allies while neutralizing enemy battleships.
There may be other corn cures, but Holloway's Corn Cure stands at the head of the list so far as results are concerned.
The London Daily Mail argues British pacifists are dupes or accomplices of the Hohenzollern threat. It calls for harsher action against treason to the allied cause, urged by President Wilson’s approach now echoed by the French government. It demands exposure of who funds antiwar speakers and prints.
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript shows a collector asking when to call about a bill and a debtor replying he cannot predict when he will be at home, highlighting demands for payment and unpredictability of availability.
In Regina, Hon. C A Dunning declared Saskatchewan's total industry output this year would reach 400 million dollars with a 700,000 population. He estimated per capita production unmatched globally and forecast a clear profit to citizens of about 50 million dollars.
A brief dialogue snippet features Sam and a Black speaker named Yassir admitting a promise to take Liza, with hesitancy over who is better suited for a task, reflecting dialect and social portrayal of the era.
The text claims curative powers proven in hundreds of thousands of cases and predicts broad adoption in homes as the essential family medicine. It notes a quarter cost for a test and asserts results will surprise and delight the user.
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