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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
6
The article urges Ottawa to act decisively to halt extortionate profiteering in life’s necessities after wartime price rises. It links profiteers to national distress, recalls wartime disruptions, and calls on Parliament to curb excess profits from meat packers and related firms to restore living costs and public confidence.
The piece accuses meat packers and four major milling and clothing firms of profiteering, claiming profits of 70 to 300 percent. It links high living costs to this wealth accumulation, warns of social unrest, and calls on Parliament and the Government to act swiftly to end the evils and restore order.
Freezone, a new corn treatment from Cincinnati, is sold at pharmacies for a small cost. A few drops on a tender corn quickly relieve soreness, drying into a sticky substance that lifts the corn without inflaming surrounding tissue. The discovery is claimed to prevent deaths from rackjaw and infection caused by cutting corns.
Paris newspapers react to the German assembly decision to sign the treaty. They stress Germany’s effort to dodge responsibility and argue the German mindset remains unreconciled. The Scapa Flow ship destruction is cited as a warning of future German defiance against allied terms.
A Bureau of Statistics bulletin reports Canada total wheat sown at 16,958,500 acres this season, down from 17,353,902 in 1918. Spring wheat 16,160,750 acres. oats 14,564,000. May 31 condition: spring wheat 98. fall wheat 101. all wheat 98. oats 95. barley 95. rye 101, with 1918 comparisons where noted.
Premier Clemenceau signals he will resign once the treaty is promulgated claim says Marcel Hutin in Echo de Paris. Parliament is expected to ratify the treaty late in July.
Secretary Baker told a special House committee that war department expenditures from April 6, 1917, to June 1, 1919 totalled 14.5446 billion dollars. Of this amount 13.8221 billion dollars were spent within the United States.
A maxim on human fault and deceit underscoring that error is inherent to humanity and avoiding truth about mistakes complicates accountability and growth. The saying invites frankness over denial.
Marshal Foch sharply rebuked Gen. Hans Von Winterfeldt when the German delegate wore the Legion of Honor cross to the armistice talks aboard the railroad car at Compiegne. The French leader ordered the cross removed before negotiations could continue, reflecting wartime decorum and French refusals of German honors.
Miller's Worm Powders prove their value by not causing stomach disturbances or pain while quietly destroying worms. The medicine works from the first dose with improvement in condition and an immediate cessation of internal symptoms.
The piece argues Bolshevism falters due to systemic rot and broken pledges, yielding misery and tyranny instead of happiness and freedom. It cites Odessa workers distrust of mass nationalization while preferring retained managers and private ownership, contrasting with Moscow and Petrograd losses.
A Kronezh Russia soviet unveils a street university concept to teach general knowledge by placing portraits and brief news items along the main thoroughfare. Izvestia claims any citizen can gain broad learning by walking the street instead of attending a bourgeois university.
The article urges middle aged women to use Dr Williams Pink Pills to renew blood and strengthen nerves. It cites common symptoms such as headaches back pain feverish flushes and dizziness and claims pills restore health and appetite. Testimony from Mrs. H S Peterson supports their effectiveness and notes availability by mail or at local druggists.
In public gardens a visitor asks which plant family a specimen belongs to. The old gardener replies that it does not belong to any family and asserts the plant is part of the park.
A vintage advertisement touts Black Watch as the best black plug chewing tobacco on the market. It emphasizes rich flavor and long-lasting chew, targeting smokers and tobacco enthusiasts with bold claims and period-era branding.
The article notes martial law across the Copenhagen harbor zone due to raids on food depots. It highlights social decay with lines about robbing and the stigma of changing names, reflecting wartime strain and civil disruption amid shortages.
Lake Superior spans about 31 800 square miles, making it the world’s largest body of fresh water by area. Local observers note its immense size and key role in regional geography and ecology.
The Alberta Minister of Agriculture records 10,000,000 acres broken last year, about eight percent of provincial agricultural land. This marks a gain of over 2,000,000 acres from the prior year and more than eight times the area under crop in 1909.
A reflective saying notes life moves with simple waves of fortune, suggesting both positive and negative events arrive with equal inevitability and ease. It emphasizes acceptance of fluctuating outcomes rather than denial or overreaction.
An advertisement proclaims the effectiveness of Putnam's Corn Extractor, praising its painless use for fifty years and recommending it to dealers at 25 cents. It positions the product as the favored choice among users including the elderly.
In Paris, Leon Abrams announced in the chamber of deputies that German counts of French prisoners held were wrong. He said over 60 000 French prisoners were unaccounted for beyond German estimates. missing soldiers total 314 000, with many bodies unlikely to be recovered. Inter allied missions searched Germany for any remaining prisoners.
A wry line compares mood and reading choice, equating sadness with tiresome poetry to fatigue with a cookbook. The speaker echoes a tired sentiment about choosing lighter reading to match emotional state.
A Fred Stone Film Company unit from Los Angeles with fifteen members travels through Vancouver toward Lake Louise and Banff to shoot a western story. The all Canadian production plans about twenty five hundred feet of footage at Canadian resorts to be released across the United States Canada and Europe. The project marks the first film production staged in the Rockies attracting local interest.
The article cites the Canada Year Book for 1918 noting a rise in capital liability of Canadian railroads from 1876 to 1917. Passenger numbers grew from 5,190,416 in 1875 to 53,749,680 in 1917, freight moved rose from 5,670,836 tons to 121,916,272 tons, and gross earnings climbed from 19,470,539 dollars to 310,771,479 dollars.
Advert says Dr J D Kelloge's Asthma Remedy banishes frightful symptoms and clears passages allowing sufferers to sleep peacefully again. Urges readers to demand the genuine product at local druggists.
North Dakota Agricultural College researcher G. E. Greaves notes a local example where 150 summer egg cases yielded 75 back in winter as prices rose. He advises housewives to pack eggs using waterglass bought at drugstores, offering a cheap, cleaner preservation method for year round use.
A conference between the National Farmers Union and the Farm Servants Union yields an agreement to extend the farm working day to nine hours from Whit Sunday 1919. The nine hours cover travel between stables and exclude stable and meal times. The weekly average becomes 54 hours with overtime paid during seed time and harvest. Holidays total 21 days or 42 half days.
The Santa Maria del Tule cypress near Mexico City is believed by experts to be five to six thousand years old. It is said to have been two centuries old when the Great Pyramid at Giza rose.
Large forest fires burn forty to fifty miles southeast of Calgary in the Sheep Creek valley. A separate fire threatens timber in the Porcupine Hills, endangering valuable stands and prompting evacuations.
A compact reflection notes that promises which are hardest to obtain often become the surest to fulfill, suggesting perseverance yields reliable outcomes. The saying emphasizes grit, patience, and steadfastness as keys to turning difficult commitments into realized results.
A Morning Post correspondent reports at Netherseal Colliery Burton on Trent a toad buried 200 yards underground in clay pocket. Three inches long with alligator like skin, it once had a mouth now sealed. It is recovering its sight and moving about.
The Overseas Minister of Militia report for 1918 notes 66 Canadian soldiers who lost eyesight on active service visited St Dunstan's Hostel for Blind Soldiers and about 46 remain in instruction there.
A terse line remarks that locksmiths are not necessarily humorists because love laughs at them, implying a playful or philosophical point on perception and skill.
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a cure for rheumatism lumbago chronic indigestion and constipation. It cites testimonials from Mrs Alex Gordsen Walkerton Ontario and Mrs M Nickels Sarnia praising relief after several boxes. The creator claims world wide reputation and notes price 25 cents a box through dealers.
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