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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
6
The first group of returned Germans has left Sydney bound for Germany aboard the steamer Willochera amid ongoing postwar repatriation efforts.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures a local disease by cleansing mucous passages and improving health. It offers $100 refund if the medicine fails and mentions J Chesey & Co of Toledo Oslo. The note ends with a quip about critics and judges.
A tabled return shows since confederation 398 divorce applications and 341 bills passed in the Dominion senate. In the present session up to May 31 there are 58 petitions copied and 42 divorces recommended with seven applications remitted fees and ten partially remitted. Plans proceed for three new farm schools at Youngstown Raymond and Gleichen to boost fair work with completion hoped before the November winter session.
Manitoba creamery butter ships to New York as a cart load was graded and dispatched lately. The consignors receive 6c per pound on the shipment.
Advices from Tokio report a submarine tunnel under the Shimonoseki Strait to start this year and finish in 1928. The project is estimated at 10 million dollars with two years for geological study and planning. Japan will send engineers to the United States and Europe to learn Western tunneling methods. The seven mile tunnel includes one mile beneath the sea.
Alberta amends its liquor act expanding government power to fix prescriptions and regulate liquor officers. An order in council may soon set new rules affecting licensed dealers and enforcement practices.
Paris reports the supreme economic council appoints a committee led by Herbert Hoover and Lord Cecil with M Clementell Signor Crespi and Baron de Cartier de Marchienne to study liquidation of world food control and how to meet economic problems after the coming harvest.
Thousands of mothers across Canada report thanks for Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Canada. Mrs. David McRobb of Divide Sask says the tablets are safe for babies with no opiates or narcotics. Buyers can purchase for about 25 cents at druggists or by mail. Brockville Ontario references appear in the text.
At a Cold Storage Association dinner presided by Joseph Broadbank, UK refrigeration capacity was praised as greater than ever with 22,000,000 tons of produce stored since 1918, over half of which was meat, despite U boats. Rt Hon G H Roberts noted the refrigeration program's importance to food supply.
The Kansas City Journal notes the plight of former king Charles as he shelters in exile. He resides at a Swiss castle temporarily, while his mother in law occupies the property.
A fragmentary line indicates a person described as a former man or male individual. The text hints at a claim about enduring poverty satisfying him for the remainder of his life. No clear names, places, organizations, or dates are present.
Ohio State University library purchased thirteen clay tablets dating from 400 to 2400 B.C. These tablets, found in recently excavated Babylonian cities, include letters, business communications and animal receipts. One tablet notes daily sacrificial animal counts. Black Watch tobacco ad caps the item.
In a Washington Star snippet, Cactus Joe notes high spirits amid prohibition era jokes in Crimson Gulch. He says the mood is unusually cheerful and that the others see the situation as a grand joke on the rest of the boys.
An Ontario testimonial claims Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills restore strength to the heart and nervous system. Miss Mary McCoy of Algoma Mills reports six years free of fainting spells after using the pills. Price is 50 cents a box, available at dealers or by mail from The T. Milburn Co. Limited in Toronto, Ontario.
A contest by Eng- Nei £ t- week 4 ad collected reader opinions on the world’s greatest invention. Sergt H Jordan of the 19th Hussars Aldershot won with the entry praising the wheel as essential to steam traction looms cars and most modern devices.
A young visitor wanders through renowned gardens with a party and asks a gardener if the peacocks shed feathers. The gardener replies the birds are stubborn but shed them readily at the sight of a quarter, a light quip reflecting estate humor.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a healing vapor used to ease colds and prevent them from worsening. Mentions sneezing and throat symptoms with a focus on intended early use to help start recovery. No clear individuals or organizations identified.
Professor Toole of Guelph Agricultural College presented figures from tests on butter beef and pork costs. For 437 Oxford county farmers the year ending Feb 28 1918 shows milk cost 2.17 per 100 pounds vs price 2.10. Labor effects and rising steer prices were noted with ranges from 40 to 125 dollars per 1400–1500 pound animals.
Lord Milner under the Colonial Emigration society calls for direct emigration in proper channels and government guidance. He urges close UK dominion collaboration to ensure emigrants’ success upon arrival. Simple and Sure-Dr Thomas Electric Oil is described as easy to apply for liniment or dressing without complex directions.
Ottawa reports E. S. Archibald B A Dominion animal husbandman has been appointed to succeed Dr. J. H. Grisdale as director general of experimental farms and deputy minister of agriculture. Archibald, appointed to the Dominion post in 1912, is noted for strong performance in the role.
An OCR fragment discusses traditional British naval names and the continuity of ship naming, mentioning Elizabeth, the prefix Guetti, and the Tiger. It links name reuse to lineage in the Royal Navy, noting long-standing naming practices and a 230 year stretch of continuity with minimal breaks.
Alberta school fairs expand significantly with more than double the previous year. Vermilion district plans eighteen fairs, Olds sixteen, Claresholm fourteen, while last year total fairs were about sixteen.
A promotional note extols the value of Mealse Vegetable Pills to restore stomach health and thus improve spirits and work. It claims the pills give a leading place in medicine and invites trial to attest their value.
An outbreak at a baby home in Ore-An has killed eleven infants under three years old. Twenty one others are affected and twelve are in critical condition. Authorities report all patients are under three.
Pleasant Bay resident Harlin Fulton notes Minard's Liniment is the only liniment asked for and kept for sale at the store. Local shopper reports widespread use and demand for the product.
The London Chronicle suggests using trained observers aboard aircraft to spot U-boat activity and signal trawlers on fishing grounds. Dying aviators are noted as seeing far below the sea, and the idea aims to improve wartime navigation and defense along coastlines.
A scheme, backed by German Foreign Minister Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, aims to buy newspapers abroad to spread German propaganda, notably in Russia. The project envisions a capital of 62.5 million dollars with 12.5 million to be supplied by the government per Scheidemann's recommendation.
A concise aphorism noting that some people choose to accept conflicting harms. It reflects a mindset where no optimal option exists and individuals rationalize dual harms as unavoidable. The line suggests moral ambiguity in decision making.
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