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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
2
Sir Penywern searches the sprawling Metrenge Hall for Daphne after the butler reports a mysterious visitor. Tension rises as he tracks her through the old mansion, noting hidden rooms and ancestral grandeur in a storm of curiosity.
The government purchases giant 65 ton steam shovels and self-propelling pile drivers for Col. C W P Ramsay and the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps. The equipment, chosen with the Canada Pacific Railway, will be shipped abroad for track work often conducted under fire. Royal Engineers commissions and dispatch mentions reflect Allied praise for these engineers.
A Life magazine passage argues Germany can only secure peace at a high price after a brutal war of conquest. It contends Verdun has made terms harder and that the conflict is framed as world power versus total defeat, with aimless brutality undermining any easy truce.
The article notes a new decree requiring German to replace Danish in Schleswig Holstein areas where Danish is still used, seen as evidence of Germany’s care for small nationalities and as a warning about potential moves in Ireland if Seiin Feiners had power.
Mr Moggs notes a four hundred metre gain by the French from the enemy. Mrs Moggs praises the development saying it could halt the dreadful gas attacks.
Analyzing road haulage costs, the piece argues Canada’s bad roads waste time and money. It cites 6,000 tons hauled daily by Canada Freight and estimates yearly road haulage costs around 15 million dollars across the dominion, urging municipalities to build a nationwide, well linked highway network for industrial progress.
A Brooks detachment of the Royal North West Mounted Police reports a long Arctic trek toward Coronation Gulf led by Inspector La Nauze. Constables Wight and Withers accompany Arden the prospector and an Eskimo interpreter on a three year expedition to locate Fathers Rouvier Latour and the tribe suspected in their 1913 disappearance. The party plans to travel via Dismal Lakes to the north coast and search islands for clues, including the savage Eskimo tribe once tied to the case.
The London press questions Ireland’s national color. It asserts blue is the historic color, not green, formed by mixing orange and blue. It notes the green flag arose from the 1798 rebellion with Ulster Orangemen joining Irish nationalists, and Ireland’s flag is the white banner with the red saltire of St Patrick.
George M. L. Brown European manager of the CPA praises Anzac heroes in Westminster Abbey as the Gallipoli story unites Commonwealth nations. He extols courage and unity of the empire, noting Canada’s special recognition and the shared Mother country bond. Women in Germany and Austria are praised for war labor pull and vigilant watchwoman feats.
Since the war began the British Remount Commission and French contractors have purchased thousands of horses in Canada. The Canadian Department of Militia aims to buy more while exports to the United States rise. Prices climb from 1300 to 1500 lb, with some pairs fetching up to 500.
The article argues Shakespeare’s fame is shown by the vast number of his books on the market. It estimates 100000 sets at seven volumes each equals 6 million volumes, far surpassing Bodleian Library and near doubling the British Museum total. It notes the British Museum Library catalog has about 5000 Shakespeare entries and over 20000 Shakespeareana volumes.
John Bright Dominion livestock commissioner told the National Live Stock Record Board in Toronto that Canada faces a serious horse shortage due to heavy military demand and credit curbs. He warned there are not enough horses to work the land and urged conservation of the breeding stock after a decline since 1914.
An English inventor has patented a perforated comb designed to spray fumes or lotions into the hair. The device aims to evenly distribute the liquid through the scalp for styling and cosmetic treatment.
The Victoria Times questions Germanys claim that British blockade actions provoked met with retaliation. It notes the submarine blockade began after Germany warned it would torpedo ships near Britain and argues the blockade was used as a warfare method established in February 1915, criticizing the moral grounds of Germanys campaign.
The text notes a wartime speech asserting a new Belgium and reports Bomans in East Africa seizing nine miles of German territory and naming their first captured town Liege.
An aviator recalls a risky night mission to destroy Roche depot. He remembers dropping the bomb after a late line, hearing a muffled roar and smoke, then losing track of his position and feeling a surge of relief and elation as the depot was hit.
Rich Germans used to traveling abroad for the water cure may now face medical and government scrutiny. Authorities must determine if such cures are necessary and whether they can be achieved without leaving Germany or relying on foreign waters, with Keil cited as an example.
A remark about a woman's eyes prompts a neighbor to question if others noticed. The reply jokes that her cross-eyed glare affected a dinner guest as she supposedly ate from his plate.
Ninety percent of Italian wool and shoe factories now operate with American-made machinery, signaling strong American influence on Italy's textile and footwear industries and potential shifts in production efficiency and cost.
The Vienna government struggles as cheap war bonds fail to attract, prompting subscriptions as low as fifty cents. Luxuries like beef grow scarce, reflecting wartime hardship on the city’s working class.
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