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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
6
The note recalls tea cost in 1781 with Lady Newdigate's letters on high prices, and mentions Garraway's coffee house in Exchange Alley where tea first publicized in 1657. Advertised teas ranged from 16s to 50s per pound.
An odd column praises standardization in various fields noting that while ships and circuses vary, the circus ring remains the same diameter. The bare back rider has found the exact angle to square the circle, and the ring never marries an inch.
A bandsman visits a doctor on a sore throat and is advised a fortnight’s sick leave. After the leave ends he returns on parade ground and informs the officer that his throat is well and he plays the bass drum.
A Louisville Courier Journal item records a young housewife asking if a special flour makes good flannel cakes. The reply praises the product as excellent for flannel cakes and notes a concern about possible shrinking.
An article argues backache stems from poorly nourished muscles due to thin blood. It claims kidney trouble is unlikely and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to build blood. Pills available from dealers or by mail for 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The German bomber chose the Palazzo da Mula in Venice as the target. The missile sliced through three floors, shattered a marble slab inscribed with the Kaiser’s visits to the Queen of the Adriatic, and destroyed a painting signed by the All Highest presented by William to the Countess of Morosini.
The Nova Scotia lumberman T. G. McMullen writes that he jammed his foot and treated it with Minard’s Liniment. He reports the foot was well the next day and endorses the product to readers.
London Tit-Bits notes the twelve volume register of laundries and marks kept by the Scotland Yard commissioner. The book aids tracing clothing ownership, aiding many cases from the Yarmouth beach murder to railway thefts, with notable outcomes and arrests.
A discharged soldier on duty at a German internment camp sees a small Fritz peering through a doorway. The exchange is tense with a joke about baths and a question about a missing van. The fragment ends with a quip about a son burning the midnight oil.
A discharged soldier with a recurrence of a service related disability is entitled to re attestation on pay and allowances while in a military convalescent hospital. Ottawa officers state that the order in council applies equally to overseas and non overseas cases when the medical officer confirms the disability is due to service.
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a child’s Santa Claus letter left where a parent can see it. The exchange suggests the child’s belief is uncertain as the letter stands as visible evidence.
A brief exchange cites Newrich offering a hundred dollars monthly to a prospective butler, while the butler questions the need for daily association with the family as an aside in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
A fragment discussing soldiers and health remedies. It promotes drinking water and using Anuric to treat backache rheumatism and kidney weakness. Dr Pierce's products are cited with testimonials from readers in Ontario and Wisconsin areas.
The piece argues America’s forces are growing in strength and soon will be able to strike alongside Britain and France. It praises British resolve, envisions Allied air and ground power combining next spring, and urges defiance amid reports from Italy and Russia.
Taft argues the Allies must raise a five million man American army to ensure victory on the western front. He contends England has shown what is possible, stresses U S control of the seas, and warns against delaying a decisive, scaled up war effort. He cites Russian withdrawals and German losses as factors favoring a larger U S force.
A short quote from Dessoit Free Press questions dog affection and loyalty, noting that dogs stay by you and do not constantly push their views on people. The excerpt highlights the bond between humans and dogs and contrasts it with intrusive behavior.
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a versatile remedy for internal and external use. It claims to ease sore throat croup whooping cough chest pain and other ailments while stressing low cost and convenient availability.
The article contrasts expert predictions of future air routes with actual progress. It notes an eight flight, 2 000 mile Handley Page endurance journey and argues a global air network may emerge, with civilian use expanding as military gains become public knowledge.
The Portland Oregonian notes that the waste of SOMO pot of paper weekly costs large resources. Authorities estimate the loss entails cutting about 2000 trees weekly. Recovered paper saves eight mature trees per ton and reduces need for woollen rags for shoddy, conserving capital and labor each reuse.
An archival note hints at a compact, clipped style in dense text, mentioning a tendency toward condensed phrasing and the difficulty of parsing tight passages in written work.
Kinestor British Whig contrasts Allenby entering Jerusalem on foot to demand submission with German occupation of Brussels. He notes proclaiming authority in seven languages and reluctance to use force, praising Anglo-Saxon justice versus Teuton brutality.
A British ship of 8800 tons left Vancouver with Canadian wheat for Great Britain. The voyage will use the Panama Canal and Pacific ports to cut rail haulage and avoid winter storage at the head of the lakes, reducing costs by about five cents per bushel.
Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo vows the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary public A. Gleason notes date as December th, 1686. Frank Chanet & Co. Toledo advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The London Times warns the next weeks may be the war’s worst as Russia dwindles and America lags. Britain and France must hold the gap. Germany rushes troops into Brabant and Lorraine while Austria presses from the Trentino. Germany may rely on numbers, but the allies’ artillery and discipline offer steadiness against a potential knockout blow before the United States fully mobilizes. Toronto Globe cites urgent warnings to stay steady and avoid panic.
A Honne Law, chancellor of the exchequer, publishes an open letter rejecting repudiation rumors. He asserts no British government will repudiate war liabilities, calls such a move dishonorable and ruinous to national credit, and pledges equal policy toward all creditors who aided the state in its crisis.
The advertisement claims Holloway's Corn Cure safely treats both hard and soft corns. It asserts the product is entirely safe to use and certain in its action, promising reliable relief for sufferers.
The Fortnightly Club of Montreal appoints two leading citizens, J Penrose Anglin and J Armitage Ewing KC, to draft an outline for revising school histories. The aim is to remove passages that foster antagonism and to present a proposal to universities and public leaders for an educational campaign encouraging closer relations among the nations.
Vague dialogue from a wartime scene shows a musketry instructor chiding Pte Jones with a grim joke about a plate of beef and potatoes and a tankard of beer. The fragment hints at morale and daily banter amid conflict.
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