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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
3
A letter from Harriston Ontario describes relief for a gravely ill 18 month old girl after taking Dr Cassell’s Tablets, claiming weight gain and restored health. The writer urges publication to aid others and reports the mother also benefited.
An advertisement listing Dr. Cassells sleeplessness and kidney trouble remedies. The note mentions sole proprietors Dr. Casseil's Co. Ltd of Manchester, England, and an enzyme product labeled Enz.
A quip about an efficiency expert ends in a joke: he seeks a four cent stamp, but the clerk offers only two two-cent stamps, forcing him to lick twice and waste energy. The anecdote playfully riffs on modern efficiency with a tiny twist.
A Brandon Sun excerpt praises kitchen gardens and small-scale hen keeping, noting savings from minimal plots and dinner scraps. It suggests growing essentials and using scraps for eggs, with a focus on practicality and self-sufficiency. The piece transitions to child health, describing worm symptoms and advocating Miller's Worm Powders as an immediate remedy to ease discomfort and prevent further symptoms.
A practical guide explains testing seed vitality by germinating 100 kernels between blotters at controlled temps. It suggests observing plant vigor to judge seed quality, compares soil testing, and notes cleaning grain with a fanning mill to remove light shrunken and immature seeds for better seed quality.
A historical ad notes Minard's Liniment curing garget in cows while promoting Farmelee's Vegetable Pills as a universal remedy. The piece blends marketing copy with mock dialogue about stock markets and climateproof tonics. It asserts pills stay fresh and effective across seasons and latitudes.
The article notes the vast animal cemetery at the Summer Palace in Pekin where over a thousand imperial pets lie in polished coffin coffins. It also mentions Hyde Park's Dogs Cemetery in London behind Victoria Gate, where about two hundred dogs and a dozen cats are buried, representing pets of all social classes.
Professor Zavitz of the Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm urges farmers to choose pure seed to maximize crop profits. He warns weed seed contamination harms yields and stresses careful selection, praising the Experimental Union cooperative for promoting sowing good seed.
A父 father and mother discuss a playful plan to end their son’s winking habit using a science magazine idea. The exchange shows domestic humor and publication style.
The province expects increased lumber value in 1910 from 29 180 000 last year. Demand improved with higher prices and shipments to Ontario doubled, especially for floorings panelling and mouldings, showing BC products gain popularity in the east via rail shipments.
A dialogue presents a drink offer that insults the speaker's Principles, while another character notes the insult need not be swallowed, implying personal resilience and social etiquette in handling affronts.
A brief comic exchange opens with a speaker asking an elder how he feels and the man replying he does not feel like himself. The requester then asks for a five-spot, implying subtle humor or a social cue in a short vignette.
Sedley, Saskatchewan special report showcases Mr. Benjamin Draper praising Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He describes years of rheumatic pain, backache, fatigue, and heart flutterings that improved after using four boxes. The piece attributes his recovery to kidney health and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
A Montreal Herald reprint recounts Edward Legee's book King Edward the Kaiser and the Wer. It claims an incident at Windsor where Kaiser Wilhelm supposedly insulted King Edward and prompted the king to knock him down. The piece asserts Edward never trusted Germany and supported the Entente Cordiale as a bulwark of civilization.
In a Montreal News note a newlywed couple move to a cottage after their ceremony. The bride remarks she hears music from her ring while the husband questions the idea. A playful exchange ends with a dig at a brass band as a father’s reaction is recalled.
London Zoo adds mascots from the Dominion troops to its displays. Monkeys and bears from Canada and the Rocky Mountains join deer and other animals to mark the peace procession in waiting for battalions returning from front lines.
Museum displays showcase early safety pin relics from ancient cities dated to at least nine hundred years before Christ. Bronze amber and finely wrought gold were used in their making, challenging the idea of Victoria era invention.
The quip suggests verse is the understandable form and poetry becomes obscure when misunderstood. It frames poetry as higher art or less accessible, while verse is seen as plain structure or plain language. The line contrasts clarity with complexity in poetic expression.
Mrs Wm Artlett of Ancaster Ontario says Baby's Own Tablets helped her children during teething by regulating stomach and bowels reducing constipation diarrhoea and convulsions. The tablets promote healthy sleep and overall well being. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
An official report from the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture estimates the province's 1916 harvest at 126,857,760 bushels of wheat and 146,468,585 bushels of oats.
Mothers can easily know when their children are troubled with worms and promptly use Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, advertised as the best remedy.
A London Times excerpt argues for decisive military defeat of Germany to end militarism. The blockade alone cannot dethrone militarism. the main victory must come on the western front where German forces and stores are concentrated, so Allied superiority there must rise.
The report notes Egypt exported about seven million eggs, praising the Nile climate as ideal for poultry. Long days outdoors boost production, and eggs fetch about 33 cents per dozen in London, highlighting Egypt's rising role in global egg supply.
A Marquis Saskatchewan man reports two years of salt-rheum on his feet ended after two months of Zam Buk treatment. The ad claims Zam Buk cures eczema, boils, abscesses, blood poisoning, piles and other eruptions. available at drug stores or from Zam Buk Co Toronto.
Editor notes it is welcome when a reader provides news items even if they concern the contributor. The piece encourages readers to visit the office or stop on the street to publish such items, calling them benefactors to the paper.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt notes a colored gentleman addressing a pair of dice with his last two bits at stake, contrasting rhetoric and fate and highlighting the nation's oratory prowess.
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