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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
3
Columbus shows the Willard-Dempsey fight pictures may never be shown in public as the Ohio censor board rejects them as unfit for exhibition. Whether they reach other states depends on Rodenberg Act construction prohibiting interstate handling of prize fight pictures.
A remedy promises to correct flatulence from undigested food by restoring stomach action. The advertisement claims belching will cease and a course of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills will effect a cure with simple directions included.
An English writer attributes the invention of confectionery to Noah who first boiled wheat starch and grape juice to form a paste, the ancestor of Turkish delight. Egyptian use of figs and dates for flavoring and preservation is noted, with honey jellies and date sweetmeats found in tomb records, dating confectionery to about 3400 years ago.
A brief note describes a widow rumored to be charming yet linked to a hazardous situation, highlighting tension around a potential risk to the community.
Paris reports M. Pichon the foreign minister states France pressed for Jewish equality at the peace conference. He says efforts led to a Polish treaty guaranteeing Jews full liberty and equality in political and religious matters.
Negotiations between the metal trades council and Canadian Locomotive Co. reached a deadlock in Kingston Ontario. The union president offered a 45 hour week with 54 hour pay, which the workers rejected demanding a 44 hour week.
An anarchist conspiracy to attack central Rome using hand grenades and explosives was uncovered with the arrest of six teens hours before the planned act. About thirty anarchists fled after a failed attempt to recruit the Fort Partalata garrison four miles away, while soldiers fired on them and seized several others as the city remained tranquil.
The British steamer Ravenstone reaches Boston harbor boasting it was torpedoed and sunk three times yet attacked 28 times and sank three submarines. A rugged moral about resilience follows, citing Salvation Army influence.
The German national assembly debates the new constitution and endorses a clause allowing any male citizen age 35 or older to be president. A naturalization provision addresses frontier realignments, with the president to be chosen by popular vote.
A sharp, tongue in cheek instruction suggests retreating a mile from others to murmur discontent to oneself. The odd guidance frames a private critique as a solitary, clandestine act away from observers.
A boy and his father spot a shop window notice reading Lost half Persian cat finder rewarded which prompts Harry to ask how half a cat could be lost. The moment blends humor with a puzzled child over a pun in a public notice.
A playful note on bringing home thirteen items for a single household task. It suggests a sewing machine plus twelve phonographs can substitute for a wife’s help, using humorous exaggeration to reflect on domestic labor.
A vintage ad-style instruction extols lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a quarter pint skin lotion. It claims to bleach freckles, sallowness, and tan, soften and beautify skin, and advises straining pulp and storing for months. It urges daily facial massage for women.
An advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powers destroys intestinal worms causing pale sickly children to recover digestion. It asserts the remedy fixes digestion faults and restores healthy organ action after treatment.
Summer heat brings diarrhea dysentery colic and cholera infantum risking thousands of infant lives. Mothers are urged to guard babies with Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont sold 25 cts a box.
The Austrian government abandons plans for a union with Germany, per Dr. Otto Bauer in a speech at a workers congress reported by the Vienna Temps correspondent. A medical quip advises kissing a baby on the neck, and a London Opinion remark notes superstition in self-importance.
Coroner's jury returns that Mike Sokolowski died June 21 from a bullet wound to the heart fired by an unknown assailant during a riot. Evidence shows rioters fired several shots. no indication the police fired the fatal shot.
A fisherman, unlucky at fishing, stops at a fish store and asks the proprietor to throw five of the largest trout so he can tell his family he caught them. He insists he is a poor fisherman but not a liar.
A four year old stubbornly resists washing her face telling her grandmother she will not wash it anymore. She explains she has decided to have it dry cleaned.
The Detroit Journal comments that King Ludwig of Bavaria complains of having no place to lay his head, noting he has not sought comfort with the Kaiser or family, implying financial or political strain behind the complaint.
The Forest Service of Oregon studies lightning caused fires and loss in the last twelve years totaling 5 million dollars with 45 percent from lightning. It notes 60 percent of losses are lightning fires and New Mexico shows 65 percent lightning origin. A warning system with high wires and apparatus could mobilize patrols at the first storm warning.
A reader notes that a girl referring to a young man as a bear well invites interpretation and possible conclusions about her view or feelings.
A promotional blurb extols Dr Thom as Eclectric Oil as a superior pain remedy. It claims quick tissue penetration and rapid relief, asserting it outperforms all competitors and ranks first among liniments offered to the public.
Copenhagen report that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, ex German chief of staff, asks Marshal Foch to back efforts to stop the extradition of the former German emperor and offers to place himself at the disposal of the Allied powers.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh cure not achieved by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The affidavit dated December 6 1886 is witnessed by A. W. Gleason notary public. Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood with druggists selling for 75 cents. Testimonials offered free.
Ottawa reports the first British airship to span the Atlantic carried a message from King George to Canada. The note, addressed to Governor-General Duke of Devonshire, promises goodwill from Buckingham Palace and is dated June 28 1919.
Leaders in the recent strike still aim for a six hour day via the ballot in a constitutional push. J. L. McBride, electricians union agent, says the plan rests on voting next November. A rural editor adds a sharp quip about effort and success.
Claiming medicated air therapy reaches all airways, Catarrhozone is advertised as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh bronchitis asthma la grippe and throat inflammation. It is sold with two months supply for one dollar and a half dollar smaller size, endorsed by physicians.
Observation notes that lack of name calling does not establish identity or status. The statement suggests in social terms that being labeled Har is not necessary to be perceived as such, indicating nuance in how identity is recognized.
President Wilson favored holding the trial of former Emperor William in London. The Council of Three discussed the issue for days in Paris but postponed due to urgent business. Reuters reports Wilson had expressed strong views on the trial location and was aware of decisions to try the ex-emperor in London.
General Cretien informed Bulgaria that peace delegates would be invited to Paris soon and that the Bulgarian government should nominate a delegation, according to a Sofia dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph.
A bold promotional note touts Black Watch as the best black plug chewing tobacco available. The claim emphasizes quality and market leadership to attract buyers seeking a strong, dependable chew.
At the Palace of Versailles the famed privateer Jean Bart was presented to the French King whom he served bravely. He smoked a pipe in defiance of etiquette until ushered in. The King then promoted him to Commodore, and Bart acknowledged the dignity with a simple, proper response.
Premier Clemenceau hailed Germany’s decision to sign the treaty, recalling forty-nine years of threat from the “mailed fist” and warning that might makes right. He referenced Bismarck and William II and urged vigilance as peace is tested by power.
Dublin Castle announces Sinn Fein organizations and Irish volunteers in County Tipperary are unlawful associations. A memorandum by the chief secretary cites crimes and offences over the past year and states the government must suppress the organizations after failed prior measures.
In a brief exchange from the Boston Transcript a character named Knox questions the value of Kloseman s advice. The dialogue hints at contrasting views on guidance and practicality.
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