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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
3
An advertisement touts Dr Hamilton’s Pills as a remedy for stomach gas fermentation and digestion issues. It claims relief from sour fermenting matter, heartburn, dizziness, and stomach swelling while improving appetite, complexion, energy, and overall well being. Sold in 25c boxes.
The Montreal Gazette argues the Canadian Pacific Railway’s land grant was not a free gift but payment for work performed under a government contract. It asserts the company created value through expenditure and settlement promotion, while critics claim subsidies were vast.
The piece argues the government paid $1.59 per acre for CPR land in 1885, a price critics call excessive. It contends investors valued the railway poorly yet the company later created land value, and that lands issued as a subsidy should be appraised at 1880 values, not 1919 values, reflecting the contract basis and company management.
An Ontario testimonial cites heart palpitations and weakness eased by Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills. Mrs. Walter Greives of Apsley says eight boxes restored sleep and ability to work after months of illness. pills priced 50 cents per box from The T Milburn Co. Toronto.
A Simcoe Reformer lamented to the Orillia Packet that modern conveniences reduce sociability in country life. Neighbors no longer meet at posts or stores, and mail arrives at the gate. Telephones and autos cut travel time, yet youth travel to town, reducing social gatherings and church or club participation.
A reflective piece argues men often become victims due to laziness and inertia. It compares lazy behavior to failing to avoid being victimized, noting that a circus visit exposes grown men as childlike in handling life’s trials and tribulations.
A portrait of polite society notes that the society of ladies shapes men's manners and decisions. It emphasizes the value of confirming error before retreat and confidence before action, and reflects on how small things unsettle or console people.
A St Thomas Times-Journal analysis notes Ludendorff Falkenhayn and Tirpitz prepare defenses or explanations for Germany's defeat. It argues Ludendorff and Tirpitz shared responsibility for the submarine war and strategic failures, while others shift blame to predecessors.
A London Daily Telegraph account recalls a grisly scene from Bolshevik rule where executions occurred as Red Army bands played. A witness in the band described prisoners tied at the edge of a grave, shot through the neck, and the grave then closed, with the band member nearly killed for aiding the prisoners.
A Star writer recalls debates on the Channel tunnel dating to George IV era. A referenced 1825 song "Bubbles" imagines a sea tunnel under Calais to Dover with sluices to deter French crossings, calling the project a monstrous bore.
Ontario Chief Justice Mulock hears a Grand Jury report urging immigration limits as murder and related crimes rise. The jury says deportation of undesirables would benefit the country and Mulock calls current deportation machinery insufficient with a suggestion that all courts should have power to deport aliens.
The United States produced cereal crops valued at over 7 billion dollars for farmers in 1918. This highlights the extensive scale of grain farming during the war era and the significant economic impact on agricultural communities nationwide.
Mrs Letts of South Fork Saskatchewan shares a tale of headaches ending after using Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. She credits torpid liver kidneys and bowels as cause and notes relief and better health since taking the remedy. Endorsed by local postmaster O P Cole. Claims from Mrs A F Letts and Mrs F L Harris support the cure. Sold in 25c boxes with authentic A W Chase M D signature.
J Vedrines, famed French flier, earned 20000 francs for being the first to land his plane on a building roof. He touched down atop the Galeries Fayette in Paris, on a roof about 45 by 80 feet, with his spread nearly matching the width.
The first sperm whale found on the Californian coast in forty years was found by rock cod fishermen off Point Pinos in Monterey Bay. The 65 foot carcass shown signs of death by a dolphin species called the killer, with its tongue eaten. The whale was towed in and sold to a local fish company, yielding ten barrels of case oil from its head.
Avetig Aharonian, head of the Armenian delegation, recounts Armenia's bid for recognition citing Russia’s Brest-Litovsk treaty cession of Kars Ardahan and Kaghisman and asserts Armenia’s right to immediate independence. The memo argues Armenia’s sacrifices warrant status beside other Allied representatives.
In the Rainy Lake district between Virginia and International Falls several forest fires, described as under control but creating an acute situation, scorched multiple square miles of timber northeast of Mantrap Lake. Over 100 men from Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Co. battled fires between Virginia and International Falls, with additional blazes between Vermillion and Rainy Lakes and the Vermillion River area.
A reflective remark notes that some individuals lack awareness of their own ignorance and underestimate what they do not know. The line emphasizes humility and the limits of personal certainty.
A private shaving near the barracks is asked by his sergeant if he always shaves outside. The private replies with a pun about thinking the sergeant was hair-lined, delivering a light military joke in a simple exchange.
In Cartoons Magazine a Jiggs gag notes German soldiers finding fighting to be a tonic. Biggs comments that it was Teutonic.
Historical note recalls doctors using lances to bleed patients while newer techniques replace such practices. The saying warns that wit without wisdom grows wearisome.
Winona Minn Mrs Albert Sultze recounts relief from prolonged nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the tonic as a standard treatment for displacements inflammation irregularities periodic pains backache and dizziness among women.
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