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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
3
The Massachusetts Legislature considers two measures. One allocates funds for small-house homesteads with plots for mechanics and laborers in cities. The other allows authorities to seize land to support a program for agriculture and settlers. Copper mining figures cite about 220 million pounds produced.
A wartime cartoon caption mocks the Anzac forces with crude taunts. The dialogue imagines a march scene where an Anzac lieutenant questions strategy and an Anzac captain replies with a blunt shelling directive. The piece uses provocative rudeness to boost morale.
The ad asserts that a clear complexion boosts reputations and success for girls, blaming blood disorders for dull skin. It promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as the cure and promises restored glow, brighter eyes, improved appetite, and strength, with 2 cent boxes available everywhere.
A humorous dialogue prompts children to name the last nightly action. A girl replies to put the latch-key under the doormat for mother. A brief, light note then endorses Holloway's Corn Cure for foot care.
An anxious scene as a car approaches a carriage with an old country woman and her young son. The horse rears and the woman leaps down to flag the driver. The boy stays calm and tells the chauffeur to lead his mother past while he handles the horse.
In a tense exchange, Jones argues that men possess a single purer benefit that women cannot share, asserting a wife as the claimed difference. His wife sharply rejects the notion, defending equality and challenging the idea.
A speaker predicts women will gain the vote and share world work within fifty years, displacing many men and guiding the nation. He warns high wartime wages will fall postwar, urging a return to nature as unions resist wage declines. Also notes nervous disorders tied to stomach function and praises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills.
The War Office says Canada will supply many horses for military use this summer. The British Remount Commission, based in Montreal, plans large scale purchases. Since the war began allied governments took about sixty thousand Canadian horses and over six hundred thousand from the United States. An additional twenty thousand may be bought in Canada this year. Lieut. Col. Dr. Warnock, M. P., is ordered to Montreal to help oversee remount procurement and inspection.
Sir Edward Russell notes in The Liverpool Daily Post that Dutch elites predicted England Germany war and Holland’s possible response, suggesting the Dutch would open the dikes if England fell. He adds the Foreign Office maintains close ties with the Dutch government and hints at possible developments in Holland by summer’s end.
The article predicts rising land values as the pioneer farming era ends. It notes younger generations will see prices climb due to land scarcity and higher demand. Idle acres will be put to use, speculation will lessen, and farming adjusts to soil and market conditions.
A humorous exchange notes three quarters of office typists are women and suggests men want a class of women they can dictate to, reflecting gender roles in the era with witty banter.
A Canadian officer describes ground gained at the back of our trench during a battlefield engagement. He notes the enemy lines were pushed from their positions leaving trenches smashed and many casualties. He expresses confidence that forces can shift the enemy from any position they hold.
A household health plea promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for fatigue weak blood and nervous symptoms in women. The Canadian case of Mrs N Worrall from Broughdale Ontario describes postnatal weakness swelling back pain and exhaustion improving after a few weeks of treatment. She urges fair trial and notes availability by mail or through medicine dealers.
A Wyoming farmer asks for the quickest economical way to set fence posts. An expert advises against driving posts except for temporary fences or sharp metal posts. Wood posts crack from sledge blows. spades are inefficient for deep holes. posts must be buried at least two and a half feet. Regular post-hole diggers allow deep, easy holes. Three digger types exist: plain flat auger, cylinder-cased auger, and split cylinder spade operable by a double handle. The second type works best across varying soils and is most common. Cost depends on soil, depth, and worker ability.
The Christian Science Monitor notes confidence that peace veterans will wield political influence in Canada as veterans did in the United States after the Civil War. The belief grows that those who sacrificed in war will best safeguard national interests in peace.
A brisk Outlook critique questions the idea that book knowledge equals understanding. It argues Shakespeare had little formal education beyond Strat ford grammar school and condemns the belief that nature and mankind are learned only through many books.
Advocates urge abolition of golf links across Great Britain until the war ends to conserve horses and manpower. Some links are even being converted to cultivate vegetables to aid the war effort.
Fragmentary text describes a human asking an ape to dine, with playful mispronunciations and a tongue in cheek tone. The passage hints at humorous social interaction without clear context or location.
A humorous exchange shows an old man asking a boy where he was born. The boy answers London and then adds a playful misdirection about Birmingham, highlighting regional pride and wit.
The excerpt argues farming offers the best future for a boy seeking wealth respect and happiness staying on the farm. It praises farm life over city toil and notes strong wheat crops as proof while a Cocky character questions costs of harvest.
An item promotes Catarra Cure as a remedy for catarrh with promising testimonials. It urges immediate use and claims health benefits after short treatment. An aside mentions a curious watch given by a German, noted in a London Nation piece.
A humorous exchange recounts a defendant answering a magistrate about a quarrel with his wife by describing domestic items such as dinner plates and a teapot with a broken spout. The note mentions a novelty item: hair combs with replaceable teeth.
Rotterdam dispatch cites Feliahb.ie that Germany faces a failed harvest due to the blockade. Disrupted cattle feed and artificial fertilizer threaten yields across the empire, signaling famine next winter and spurring a peace overture through the United States.
The two renowned mathematicians Professor Airy and a world famous colleague spent about two days tossing half-pennies to compare head and tail probabilities. They recorded the results and applied a deep mathematical analysis, ultimately concluding the outcome is equally likely.
A visitor consoles a wounded soldier in hospital noting days feel wearisome at times. The patient replies that visitors are not constant, since they do not come every day. A separate report mentions a plan to bring a railroad to the summit of Ben Nevis in Scotland.
General Birdwood inspected the New Zealanders at Horn Church England and awarded D C medals amid enthusiastic praise. He urged the troops to prepare for further hard fighting and lauded their renowned performance. He noted two rare complaints from men not in the first line at Gallipoli and during evacuation. The King was informed of the latter protest and took pride in it.
A quarryman cleaning a supper carp in Pennsylvania found a diamond ring in the fish. He took it to a local dweller who valued the ring at 100 dollars. It is believed the ring slipped from a fisher or leather and was sucked from mud by the fish.
A witty exchange unfolds between Mrs Exe and Mrs Wye about hosting gatherings. Mrs Exe boasts of drawing attendees to her events while Mrs Wye notes her advice to men and women about dressing and social expectations.
A brief wry exchange where one partner notes a pattern: when the wife taps his head from behind, she will ask for money. The remark plays on superstition with a humorous edge about luck and finances.
An 19th century health ad explains how blood is cleansed by kidneys and why temperature, overindulgence and impurities harm the system. It touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a quick act remedy awakening liver and bowels, claims they purify blood, and lists price and distributor details.
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