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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
6
A woman from Springville Newfoundland claims dramatic improvement after using 21 boxes of Dr Chase's Nerve Food for dyspepsia and nervous distress. She reports gaining 14 pounds and relief from headaches and pain stating she can now eat anything. She invites neighbors to testify to prior illness.
Mrs Lane praises her husband Mr Lane for counting bank bills with exceptional speed and accuracy. She though admits a minor flaw of possibly misplacing five or ten cents, but insists his talents make him among the luckiest with money.
A montage of radical newspaper snippets recounts a Montreal reservist fleeing to England with family while a laundry boss helps, a worm exterminator ad aids children, and a quip about a girl born in France saying she is not English, reflecting period humor and wartime sentiment.
A wartime report describes a powerful air bomb causing instant death from extreme cold and concussion. French airmen also deploy deadly steel arrows, a rapid firing air gun, a shell pistol that can disable Zeppelins, and a dynamite bomb for bridge demolition.
Mrs. Henri Bernier of Anceline Quebec praises Baby's Own Tablets for stomach and bowel troubles sleep loss fevers in small children. The tablets are guaranteed free from injurious drugs and can be given safely to the youngest child. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Toronto Telegram states Germany built a mighty military machine and unleashed it by choice but achieved little beyond trampling Belgium, a defensive stand on the French border, and limited success against Russia. It argues Germany sought permanent occupation, not mere defense, and calls the campaign a failure after 111 days.
Corporal Healy of the Royal Irish records a sixteen year old French heroine who braved shellfire to bring water and goat's milk to British soldiers after a fierce Aisne battle. She was wounded but survived, inspiring prayers from every man who saw her.
A worried juryman asked to be excused claiming he owed five pounds to a man leaving England for years. The judge refused softly, then colder, saying no one on the jury who can lie like that.
Short testimonials from readers in Chatham Walsh and Parkdale Ont claim cure by MINARD'S LINIMENT and Mrs W A Johnson and J H Bailey. They attribute relief from pairfu inflammation and facial neuralgia to advertised remedies.
The New York Herald describes the English soldier as unmatched in three traits traced from William the Conqueror to modern times. It praises the English drumbeat around the world and notes Britain’s vast dominions with the sun never setting on them.
A morning paper mentions the death of an octogenarian. in a light moment a character questions the term and jokes about ancestry. The dialogue then shifts to a son returning from college with a curious belief about his lineage.
A Philadelphia Telegraph note argues officers are dying at an extraordinary rate on the European front. It states one in seven British soldiers killed is an officer, from lieutenant to general, showing leaders take the perilous posts. Sharpshooters drive high officer casualties across all armies.
An official statement says Emperor Nicholas ordered the return of a French flag captured at Trasnoo in 1870. Russians recovered the flag from the officers’ mess of the 12th Prussian Dragoons at Lyck in East Prussia and turned it over to the French embassy in Petrograd.
Briggs hints at a private reveal to avoid upsetting his wife while planning a visit. The dialogue hints at a boastful rival, a curious math question, and a joke about chessy bravado. A playful line about a Muscovite onslaught adds light sport humor amid exchanges.
A courtroom or police scene shows a prisoner crying and a sobbing woman asking why. An officer urges calm as the onlookers react and one suggests the prisoner seeks a stern rebuke. The atmosphere hints at a melodramatic interlude in a crime or police report.
The article notes Africa as the chief ivory source with about 70 000 elephants slaughtered annually. It cites Caprivi in German Southwest Africa as rich in elephants, describes ivory prices and uses, and mentions substitutes like celluloid and vegetable ivory from tagua nuts. It also references London and Antwerp trade links and the Congo Free State's impact on imports.
A Sikh fighting unit uses a hand thrown metal discus with a sharpened edge and circular throw that wounds deeply. At 100 yards it can cut two inch thick hardwood, with a unique twist causing the blade to bury deeply. The article notes its use at Dixmude against German forces.
The Dominion Atlantic Railway, leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1911 for 99 years, reports extensive upgrades including new wharves 45 miles of ballast 30 miles of 85 pound rails 120 replaced cattle guards and many bridges rebuilt or improved. Steel and concrete structures replace 6 000 feet of wood bridges as part of a general renovation with new brick stations at Wolfville Annapolis Royal Mosherville Patterson and Iberville.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as immediately soothing for toothache. It claims nerve relief and instant pain departure and highlights its multiple uses beyond toothache.
Private W. Jarvis of the Dorset regiment is celebrated for his actions at Mons during the retreat. He remained alone, firing rapidly to cover his unit, later carrying his gun on his back due to heavy German fire. He accounted for many Germans and aided our artillery battery.
Dialogue shows a blind man recounting treatment and a harsh view from an old woman who notes few want to be seen with a blind beggar entering a pub. The exchange highlights stigma and pity within a compassionate moment.
The judge asks Pat Ariah to state guilt or innocence as the trial proceeds. The courtroom awaits the evidence to determine the verdict.
Rag gsy notes markets differ from nature's abundance. Weary Walker laments no market for wild bananas, while productive land near markets struggles to yield. The wife contrasts feeding tramps with finding fault in meals, asserting satisfaction in a meal eaten without complaint.
A boy pleads for a cure seen on a placard at a druggist's counter. He tells the clerk he suffers indigestion, though the clerk notes he is young, while the boy explains his father bears the condition.
A motorist warns his chauffeur James to drive carefully and avoid hitting anyone in a county strict about alcohol with many residents openly carrying bottles.
A historical advertisement touts Nerviline as a powerful non greasy liniment that penetrates deeply to ease sprains bruises and lameness. It claims rapid pain relief for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sciatica toothache and pleurisy with a family size bottle offered at 50 cents and sold widely through dealers and mail order from Kingston Canada.
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