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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
3
Amid a raging gale the American cruiser South Dakota halted engines as an aviator surgeon and ship's medical team performed a 45 minute appendectomy. Despite a smashed bridge and crew injuries, the patient recovered quickly and was nearly back to full health upon reaching port.
Denmark opposes extending Danish citizenship to Germans in Schleswig arguing a plebiscite should exclude the southern zone. Premier Neergaard and Interior Minister Rode warn that German inhabitants might vote to keep Schleswig undivided to preserve a German majority. Denmark seeks to avoid future conflict and offense in the volatile postwar settlement.
A returned chaplain recounts meeting a German captain among prisoners whom he knew at a Western Canadian city club. He offered aid at the barbed wire camp but the Prussian spat at him, prompting the remark about those admitted as Canadian citizens.
The piece notes a heavy sleep in Anglo American heiresses due to taxation. Americans living in Britain lose nearly half their income to Britain and the rest to America. Those with US incomes cut back while inherited wealth ones suffer most. It suggests postwar shifts will push former leaders to the back seat as new heiresses emerge from munition profits.
An old warning touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross as the genuine article made by a Canadian company. It notes war era counterfeits and stresses aspirin’s safety and multiple uses from headache to rheumatism, with tablet box varieties and Bayer trade mark details.
The Winnipeg Tribune urges negotiation and honest bargaining between labor and employers to achieve a true square deal for all. It argues that abundance exists for everyone and stresses civilized conduct, warning against employees trampling employers or vice versa before better days arrive.
London Tit-Bits notes findings from the British Registrar General on 1917 marriages. It highlights shifts in popular wedding months from summer to autumn and winter, rising remarriages by widows and widowers, a wide age range from fifteen to ninety-two, and several specific cases including the youngest brides and grooms and widows marrying again.
The Grand Duke Cyril, living in Helsingfors in a sparsely furnished room, awaits a Bolshevik overthrow and a restored monarchy. He is next in line to be czar and narrowly escaped Bolshevik attack. A sailor by trade, he wed Princess Victoria of Edinburgh against the Czar's orders, was stripped of his orders, and banished from Russia.
The heavy knightly armor of the Middle Ages fell from use after the Battle of Waterloo. Iron-sheathed cuirasses of Napoleon’s troops were defeated by Wellington’s soldiers, signaling the end of era armor.
Mothers seek relief for sickly babies and crying fits with Baby's Own Tablets. A testimonial from Mrs. W. H. Decater of Carson's Siding, Ont. praises their gentle laxative effect and safety, stating they never harm. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
An ad promotes Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills as a gentle remedy for women’s digestive irregularities and related pains. It claims the secluded feminine life causes stomach and liver derangements and assures safety for delicate users while restoring vigor.
The Prairie Provinces show a notable fruit yield in the Canada Year Book 1918. Apple trees bearing number 2,574. non bearing 10,618. Other orchard bearing 7,210. non bearing 3,273. Orchard area 674 acres. gardens 32,764. Fruit production includes strawberries 20,355 quarts, raspberries 39,935 quarts, currants 31,355 quarts, gooseberries 11,609 quarts, other small fruits 499 quarts, apples 1,899 bushels, other orchard fruits 1,393 bushels.
The Daily Mail reports Admiral von Reuter, commander of the German fleet, scuttled and sunk at Scapa Flow and will be court-martialed for violating armistice terms. Details of the trial will be arranged by the Allied council in Paris.
A British torpedo is believed to have sunk the Bolshevik battleship Andrei Pervosvanni near Kronstadt. The Finnish dispatch quoted by Hel sinkfors in the Daily Mail also says the battleship Petropavlovsk has hoisted the white flag.
A reflective meditation on utility and secrecy, noting that all things serve a purpose even when human knowledge or visibility is incomplete. The piece suggests humility about what remains unknown and the value of curiosity.
An Esthenian official report says after seven days of truce the Esthenians and German Baltic Landwehr renewed fighting along the front from the Gulf of Riga to Ronenburg. The British mission failed to secure an understanding.
An advertisement asserts Hollo way's Corn Cure can eliminate unsightly warts and painful corns through topical treatment. The claim positions the product as a remedy for common foot blemishes.
Edmonton reports the Alberta provincial police may soon gain power to seize illicit whiskey stills. The Attorney-General pressed federal authorities for the change and received a favorable hearing. With rising distiller activity across the province, police would no longer need inland revenue assistance to act.
A letter from H. Collaboom of Rossway Digby Co Nova Scotia praises Minard's Liniment for chest injury relief. He states falling on a fence caused breathing pain and work difficulty, but after applying a warmed bottle on his chest the pain and ailment vanished. The missive endorses the product’s efficacy.
General Friedrich A. von Bernhardi argues Kaiser Wilhelm's sole fault was not starting the war sooner while opponents were unprepared. He claims the Kaiser believed Russia would back down and England would stay out, and only reluctantly accepted the challenge. Bernhardi notes influential figures shaped the Kaiser’s decision.
Hermann Mueller leader of the Majority Socialists charged Berlin militarists plotted to restore the Hohenzollerns. He spoke before the National Assembly in session at Weimar. He said the former Kaiser is undesirable and Wilhelm should be placed under observation.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 5 against a proposed amendment to the wartime Prohibition Act. The measure sought to grant the president authority to repeal the act as it applied to light wines and beer sales.
A pithy proverb warns that men often chase elusive riches like a gold mine, risking ruin in the quest to measure worth. The line echoes themes of fortune, prudence, and respect for women, suggesting measured judgment over reckless speculation.
Mutiny at Sutton camp Surrey ends with a men’s committee formation and refusals to salute or obey orders. Two battalions deployed with a machine gun, 400 men arrested including ringleaders, 1800 sent to Dover and Canterbury camps. Grievance centers on orders to go to France.
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as the most effective pain remedy with widespread public esteem. It claims rapid relief, noting thousands attest to its success for various ailments and its slogan the hand that rubs it in rubs the pain away.
A Bolshevist wireless report claiming England is sending volunteer detachments to Persia to fight Soviet power in the east is denied by British military circles.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation shipping board announced a fleet of 8,800-ton steamers to operate between Pacific and European ports via the Panama Canal starting in July.
The budget committee of the chamber plans a delegation to M Clemenceau to learn if the government can immediately explain the sinking of the German fleet and to ask what measures are planned to offset France's losses from the destruction of its entitled fleet portion.
A man argues all men are equal in principle but privately regards himself as slightly better than those around him. The statement reveals a common contradiction between belief and personal judgment.
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