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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
6
Amos Whittaker a miserly millionaire is urged by a friend to dress more suitably. He insists his clothes are fine as he claims they were his father’s and refuses to concede any shabby appearance despite the friend’s persuasive argument.
After two years of weakness and suffering Miss Gertie M. Newman reports a complete recovery using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes back pain cramps headaches insomnia and irritability improving after taking a dozen boxes and urges other women to try the remedy.
Lieutenant Cooper of Blackburn crawled under the German position in a 192 yard mine and detached high explosive charges. He signaled for help and with his men moved the one and a half tons of explosives through a tunnel, passing it back hand to hand for twelve hours.
Mrs. Geo Hufman of Willington Ontario writes that babys own Tablets are a wonderful medicine for children and she would use nothing else. Thousands of mothers say the same and the tablets cost 25 cents a box by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. Dr Borger, Pasteur Institute assistant director in Batavia, has succumbed to plague while conducting experiments on combating the fet epidemic.
The piece analyzes German aims in the Middle East, noting a possible overland drive to India via Constantinople. It questions feasibility, rail and supply logistics, and predicts Britain and Russia would outrun rivals in logistics while dismissing grand Austro Hungarian German-Bulgarian Turkish alliance as unlikely to alter the balance.
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police annual report notes wartime expansion by five hundred men to safeguard peace in Alberta and Saskatchewan. By September 1 the force had 60 officers and 69 non commissioned officers and constables, with a net decline in NCOs and constables from four years prior.
A movement to form an overseas battalion is under way in the west. Manitoba legislators Prout Ross and Sigfusson offered to jointly raise the unit for service abroad and sent a telegram to Sir Samuel Hughes accepting the plan. Command would depend on the organizers qualifications.
A vintage advertisement promises USIT skin cream will restore youthful freshness by nightly facial treatment. It claims to firm tissues, reduce wrinkles, smooth texture, and health of skin. The copy urges mail orders to Canada and offers a trial bottle for 60 cents. The producer is USIT Manufacturing Co Ltd, Toronto.
County Superintendent Edward J Tobin reports 99 more teachers in 1915. Field and garden projects joined the curriculum, 2500 pupils engaged in work, one student earned 270 from an acre of pickles, about 500 pupils were drowned out, total earnings exceed 15000 dollars.
Salonika, the modern namesake city of the Princess of Macedon, Thessalonica, is highlighted as a focal point in the Near East. The article notes its historic rulers from Greek and Roman to Slav and Turk, its links to Cicero’s exile, and St Paul’s missionary work.
In a light exchange, residents joke about a future when calls travel through the air without wires. The imagined scene features an operator needing to retry when the air is busy, underscoring early optimism about wireless communication.
The London Chronicle likens Rudyard Kipling to a lover of cats noting The Cat Who Walked by Himself shows a cat’s enduring freedom amid domestication by humans dogs horses and cows. The piece cites lines about a cat who helps with mice cares for babies yet prefers the wild at night and walks by himself.
Minard's Liniment is noted for curing colds as BC timber ships to England for trench work amid a busy cedar shingle trade. An order of 4,000,000 shingles to New York via Panama is stalled by a market slide. Pulp mills report strong business with shipments of paper and boxes to the United States, China, and other Pacific nations.
The oil is promoted as a long lasting favorite praised for its usefulness and wide approval. It claims that thousands have benefited and will not use any other preparation.
Spokane advices announce that public buildings in Spokane will heat with Alberta coal for the first time, ending exclusive use of American coal. The switch aims to reduce heating costs as Alberta coal offers cheaper pricing for heating services rendered.
A 1916 feature notes a huge rise in women taking skilled munition jobs. Two British works prepare for female labor, housing them in on-site hostels under local committee supervision. Trades unions drop objections if women are paid equal to men.
Market reports show a dull day with little trading and no notable gains. An advertisement prompts a bargain sale as a solution to sleepy activity.
A testimonial claims Dr J D Keloge’s Asthma Kennedy cures asthma and offers new life for sufferers. It portrays the remedy as evident and self proving, urging afflicted readers to try the time tested treatment.
In West Kootenay and Boundary districts mines run hot as coke demand surges. Fernie ovens all busy and 200 Michel ovens, idle three years, now lighted. Coal demand rises, aided by increasing railroad traffic.
The text notes that augurers counted 65 intonations of the raven or crow voice, each with a meaning. It cites the hooded crow’s ringing Rahk as a fierce battle cry influencing Swedes, showcasing mythic use of bird sounds in warfare lore.
A dialogue scene shows Will answering a taunt about education with dry humor claiming his expertise as a roads scholar. The exchange highlights wit and social dynamics in a literary excerpt.
Petrograd dispatches report Austro German retreat from Czernowitz after Russian heights seizure. Defensive strength praised, Homved troops lauded. City loss cited as pivotal for further Russian operations and railway disruption. Russians claim large prisoner haul including many Germans.
Quote shows a father praising college education as a path for a boy. If he fails to reach a baseball team he can still land a job as a professor, reflecting a view that higher education offers alternative prospects and stability.
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