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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
3
The jitney spurs street car lines to improve tracks and equipment to cut rush hour congestion and attract more riders. In growing cities where street cars are insufficient it proves useful and may lead to cooperation or wider adoption of large motor buses.
A claim asserts that worms in a child’s body harm health and promotes Moth er Graves Worm Exterminator as the best medicine to destroy worms.
An interviewer asks if this will be the performer’s final appearance and the eminent actor replies yes announcing retirement from the stage. He cites his manager’s view that every other tour should be a farewell engagement for business reasons.
Joseph Pruyk reports Brussels leader Max, mayor of Brussels, is imprisoned in Glatz Fortress after September arrest. Transferred from Namur and Cologne, he endures strict cell confinement with criminals, limited exercise, treated as common offender despite promised prisoner of war privileges. Belgian resolve and anti German sentiment grow as hope for reckoning rises. Also touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a health remedy.
The Civic & Commerce Association shifts from free debris removal to enforcing a long-standing May 10 clean-up law. Alderman Walker cites 10 000 to 15 000 loads of debris in his ward, risking citywide litter. The plan would tap a new $25 000 unemployment relief fund to create a revolving municipal cleanup program and employ workers while enforcing the law.
Smyrna, founded around 1000 B C by Eolian Greeks, is described as a ancient city in Asia Minor. It grew into a port with a rich export trade in cotton carpets wool opium figs and raisins and serves as western terminus of some rail routes amid a squalid Turkish cityscape and a diminished ancient theatre site.
Mrs Chas E White of Waterford Nova Scotia reports using Baby's Own Tablets for her two children. She says a cross sickly baby girl became strong healthy and happy after treatment. Tablets are marketed as safe free from injurious drugs and guaranteed by a government analyst. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Referring to CPR records, the 1886 completion turned the system into a transcontinental line. Winnipeg grew from 13,000 to a booming center while Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge evolved from trading posts to flourishing cities, and Winnipeg became the Chicago of the west with over 200,000 residents. The piece notes Indians at trading posts and the vast prairie expansion enabled by rail.
Cure advertised as a constitutional remedy taken internally, said to act on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation. Proponents offer one hundred dollar reward for any case not cured and invite testimonials. Sold by druggists with Hall's Family Pills also recommended for consumption.
A San Francisco Journal of Commerce quote laments that war wounds the young and fit Britons while a weaker next generation, bred by handicapped or ruinous habits, will grow unfit. It warns alcohol will kill more than war, shaping a degenerate lineage.
An 1900s style appeal claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil cures sores, describing its magical effect and low price, urging prompt use for those afflicted. The piece contrasts farm versus city work earnings and ends with a classroom exchange about orchids and family bees.
A brief collection notes famed generals and rulers who contradicted their warlike reputations with unusual terrors. Lord Hoberts feared cats despite VC valor, Saxe and Schomberg shared the trait, Peter the Great dreaded water, and Julius Caesar hid from thunder.
The excerpt mocks a marriage arrangement and accuses a parlor maid of designing misdeeds. It quips that Mrs Sturdrol-Deserves it and urges checking references. It ends with a satirical note on Scotland drinking whiskey and opposing prohibition versus beer.
A letter from a Canadian reader describes severe symptoms linked to tea use including headaches chest pains numbness and sleepless nights. After quitting tea and switching to Postum the writer reports improved health and no further numb spells. The ad notes Postum Cere al and instant Postum with pricing and the slogan There’s a Reason for Postum.
American Museum of Natural History plans a summer relief expedition to assist Donald MacMillan and four companions stranded in the Arctic. The Glendale will carry supplies from Sydney to Battle Harbor and Disko, aiming to reach Etah or deeper if open water allows.
Reverend Charles T. Baylis, back in Brooklyn, relays his 1000 mile journey through devastated Belgium and calls German troops the most inhuman warriors in history. He cites photos and documents supporting atrocities and notes confirmations from Cardinal Mercier and Mgr. de Cher. The British inquiry is underway and may confirm the findings leading to strong action against those responsible.
Canadian Car and Foundry chairman Nathanel Curry states that 80 percent of an 83 million dollar Russian contract will be fulfilled in U S factories to supply shrapnel and howitzer shells. New firms are investing in machinery to handle the large orders while a staff relocates to New York.
A fragment recalls Chawlie Chippendale at the front, waving a spade and urging Dig, you Tommies, dig. It also offers home gardening advice to grow a variety of vegetables suitable to the locality for the home table.
Poulamon N. 8 reports eczema on the right wrist lasting over a year with severe itching burning and pain. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the wrist and hand healed in months, and his grandchild also improved after three to four months of the same treatment becoming perfectly well. Signed Joseph Fougere May 25, 1914.
Sample free by mail for pimples and blackheads promotes Cuticura Ointment application on rising and retiring plus daily Cuticura Soap use. The ad notes washing off the ointment after five minutes and continuing bathing to prevent inflammation and clogged pores with Cuticura products sold nationwide.
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