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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
3
Arbor Day should be widely celebrated across Canada with public recognition and tree planting. It urges schooling, homes, and roadside shade trees to beautify communities, protect forests, and promote environmental stewardship amid fire and axe threats. A brief Billy Sunday encounter ends the piece in a lighter note.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It states the remedy is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease and strengthen the constitution. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any unsuccessfully cured case and invites testimonials.
Ontario plans support for wounded soldiers in European hospitals with 100 boxes of Northern Spy apples shipped to London, England. The gift follows a suggestion by Ontario agent general Richard Reen as part of broader wartime relief and tax funded aid, with further shipments possible.
Ottawa compiles a table showing Britain’s wheat prices over three centuries, noting war as a key driver of recent spikes. It recalls Napoleonic era highs, cites 1799–1820 averages above $1.79, 1812 peak around $5.85, and a 1894 low of 63¢, while predicting higher supply yet cautious warnings about wartime costs.
A spring health piece warns against self dosing with purgatives and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building tonic. It claims benefits for skin, appetite, mood, and energy in all ages and includes a testimonial from Mrs S E Stephens of Ponoka Alberta. Also mentions Miller's Worm Powders for children and a short joke about a one armed football referee in England.
Dialogue excerpt shows Maud refusing to return a ring until receiving one from another man. Ethel notes he never expected it back. A playful exchange includes a reference to sighing for a bird’s wing and a plan to trim a new hat.
A fragmentary dialogue questions whether universal peace can exist with sarcasm about formal marriage, hinting at social discretion and conflicting ideals through a playful exchange.
Experiments compare winter feeds for maintaining weight and cost per day. Oat straw with oats and roots started with 6 lb oats 30 lb straw 10 lb roots, ratio 1 6.099, gains up to 20 lb, cost 1.21 cents daily. Oat sheaves fed at 30 lb daily, ratio 1 8.61, gains up to 50 lb, cost 12.4 cents daily. Additional tests with chopped sheaves, Timothy vs prairie hay, and oats with bran show varying costs and gains, concluding oat sheaves are more satisfactory than threshed oats and straw.
A patient recounts severe gastritis and near starvation before a doctor advised small portions of Grape-Nuts. Over a year the patient gained color, memory improved, strength returned, and weight reached 153 pounds, surprising friends. The Canadian Postum Co. from Windsor promotes the value of Grape-Nuts and cites letters like this.
A veterinary report discusses rations for farm horses weighing about 1600 pounds. It favors oat based feeds using oat sheaves and roots, notes ideal nutritive ratios 1:8.6 to 1:12, and warns against excessive bran. It suggests oats alone may outperform oats and bran mixtures and comments on cutting and mixing practices to balance costs and gains. It also promotes Dr Kellogge's Asthma Remedy as reliably effective.
The Dairy Branch of Saskatchewan’s Department of Agriculture completed dairy meetings with CPR CN R rail partners and the College of Agriculture. Lectures used lantern slides and drew 2,572 attendees on CPR lines and 3,792 on UNK lines. Government loan plans support cooperative creameries, enabling farmers to gain butter price advantages, reduced shipping costs, and easier management.
Marjorie urges a quick wedding while her father balks at the cost. She toys with pressuring George into an elopement to save money, revealing family tension and a plan to push the nuptials forward despite objections.
An advertisement asserts worms are a common infant complaint and touts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as the most effective remedy for curing worm infestations in babies.
A quote highlights shifts in teaching styles from traditional written tasks to experiential methods. The speaker notes children may now model in clay or even capture a live snake as part of lessons, illustrating expanding hands-on approaches in classrooms.
A child reports a missing rattle from a money box while the mother asks how the father’s return is known. The dialogue scene centers on anticipation and a subtle clue about the family’s state. The exchange captures household suspense and the child’s hopeful tone.
Cape Wolfe Canada report tells of a woman once a wreck from female troubles who took Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and now is healthy with twins two months old. The letter urges others with similar ailments to try the remedy and cites a long proven record of success.
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