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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
3
Norwegian capitalists push revival of whaling in Newfoundland waters to supply meat for the U.S. market and fat to make margarine as in Norway. A prior Norse venture decades ago flourished briefly before whale stocks collapsed. Also promotes Miller's Worm Powders claiming to cure stomach worms and improve child health.
A Buffalo Express brief notes a customer asks for a dollar’s worth of steak and the butcher wraps it, the customer inquires about the cost and receives the price four dollars and ninety cents.
A campaign-style endorsement urges relief from worms using a simple remedy. Mother Graves promotes a strong worm exterminator as a solution to prevent children from suffering long hours in discomfort.
Soldiers of the Soil program enlists 35,000 active boys to work on Canadian farms this summer. The youths will be supervised by the SOS division of the Canada Food Board to support agricultural effort.
The Northwest Mounted Police gain a wartime role in France and Flanders. Regiments of horse squadrons will be formed from mounted officers to offset Canadian cavalry losses in Picardy. Over 400 men already recruited. 200 more expected with about three squadrons likely.
A Cincinnati author claims freezone can remove corns and calluses from feet without pain. A few drops applied to the corn dry instantly, not irritating surrounding skin, and a small bottle can be bought at any drug store or wholesaler.
Orders have been issued to American city police to arrest deserters from British and Canadian armies. One deserter was seized in Boston and returned to Montreal. Canadian draft dodgers and deserters’ names have been given to the Boston police as part of a coordinated roundup.
Harlin Fulton of Pleasant Bay reports that Minard's Liniment is the sole liniment requested and stocked at his store. He notes that all customers rely on it.
War conditions push army footwear demand and higher prices as civilian leather drains markets. Preserve and lengthen shoes through proper care. weather exposure and mud wear leather quickly. Use 2 in 1 polishes claimed to protect the genuine leather, a patriotic tip from The F. F. Dalley Corporations.
Commissioner W J Black estimates 4 000 000 additional acres under crop in Canada this year compared with 1917. About half will lie east of the Great Lakes, including Ontario and Quebec, with 400 000 in the maritime provinces. The remaining 2 000 000 acres, mainly in the west, will likely be in Saskatchewan.
A passerby notes the sunny morning and springlike weather in a church yard. An old man on a bench quietly reveals he has three wives buried there, hinting at a somber family tragedy.
The article argues that mothers overwork and neglect rest leading to poor blood and health decline. Dr Williams Pink Pills are recommended to enrich blood, strengthen limbs, and ease headaches and fatigue, with Mrs. W. F. Burns of Guelph, Ontario sharing a testimonial about recovery after using three boxes. Pills are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 1 50 a box or six for 2 50.
The order in council bans idleness for everyone aged 16 to 60 in the country. It mandates work or a show cause for inactivity and imposes heavy penalties on offenders.
A Baltimore American quotation notes harsh wartime language calling enemies cannibals and Huns. The item reflects the era’s inflammatory public sentiment and media rhetoric about opponents in conflict.
Growing success of cooperative wool marketing prompts larger numbers of farmers to participate in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta arrangements. The Canadian Wool Growers Limited formed in Toronto will oversee selling and buying, with provincial governments coordinating sales and grade based pricing to raise returns for shearers and reduce market risks.
Madame Pierre Pepin of St Honore Quebec credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing her two daughters bedwetting and restful sleep. The ad touts the medicine's twenty five year history in Canada and urges neighbors to learn of its benefits for kidney support.
A compact wartime quip from the Boston Transcript laments disloyalty by contrasting it with granting the enemy points unless they are bayonet points, reflecting period humor and rhetoric.
Major H M Mowat of Parkdale Toronto proposes community settlements for disabled soldiers funded by the government. The plan envisions self supporting model villages with homes for soldiers and families, crafts centres, and options to purchase homes. Villages would be managed by residents and include sanitary architecture and electric power.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure offering a hundred dollar reward for an incurable case. It claims thirty five years of use, blood based action on mucous surfaces, and suggests taking the remedy will improve general health. Sold by F J Cheney & Co in Toledo California for 75 cents.
John Masefield, speaking at Aeolian Hall in New York, posed the idea of England in the Great War. He warned that the decisive battle may come this year or next and noted Britain's lack of a slave labor pool versus the enemy. He praised Russia's struggle for liberty and urged support, tethering England's spirit to St. George and the rebirth of national vigor amid crisis.
The Cleveland Plaindealer notes a tendency to refer to American soldiers abroad as Yanks rather than Sammies describing it as a relief. The remark highlights naming preference in wartime reporting.
Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil went on sale over thirty years ago to serve a small region but quickly proved its merit and gained a vast market. It is now known and prized throughout this hemisphere with no equal.
Pte. Ernest Harding of Hamilton, just turned eighteen, is among Toronto’s latest veterans arrival. A machine gunner with the First Brigade, he served 16 months on the Western Front with the M G section and Vickers crews, was wounded at Ypres in 1916 and Passchendaele in 1917, and earned two gold stripes. His older brother won the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Passchendaele. another brother was wounded at Vimy. The Harding family lives at 27 Beach Road.
A sergeant drills a squad of recruits and, after one man repeatedly errs, bastes him with a blunt joke. He declares teaching him useless and compares teaching to water on a duck's back, saying it runs in one ear and out the other.
Batocki, Germany's first food dictator, now governor of the Prussian province with Königsberg as capital, defends his policy and blames inadequate authority for failures. He warns farmers to bear extreme burdens and sacrifice private interests for the Fatherland, targeting land barons and Junkers over agricultural shortages.
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