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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
3
An advertisement claims Zam-Bok heals by addressing base causes not symptoms. It describes three actions: soothing inflammation, germicidal cleansing, and promoting new tissue growth. The ad promises lasting cures and offers a free trial box via return postage to Zam-Buk Co., Toronto.
G C Barnum of the Duluth board warns Minnesota farmers that over five million dollars was lost last year due to dirt in wheat. Dirt levels have risen, boats halted for cleaning, and elevator workers take dirt as pay. Farmers are urged to clean grain, feed screenings to stock, and avoid dockage for impurities like rye, vetch seed, and weed seeds. Work the fanning mill.
A grouch rejects a stenographer’s letter draft then orders changes. He signs after dictation and she adds P S to the document. He later returns and she again alters the letter before sealing it. The second note explains low pay at six dollars weekly.
A procedure suggests whitening ivory by laying it in a glass dish with turpentine and exposing it to sunlight for two or three days. The guidance notes the method's time frame and simple setup.
Only one per cent of the cable grams sent overseas concern family or private matters. The remaining majority involve commercial, journalistic, or official communications.
The report states that a human brain exceeds twice the size of any other animal brain known in comparative studies, highlighting remarkable neural capacity and cognitive potential.
Visitors in Winnipeg view eight recruiting booths run by the Flying Corps as the 100th battalion showcases comfortable quarters at the Joins Manville building on Arthur Street. Men from engineering, printing and clerical roles join for livelihoods with a large recreation room, library, canteen, and individual beds. Posters from Great Britain aid recruitment.
An urging mother guides her daughter from girlhood to womanhood with nourishment to prevent anaemia. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to restore health by building red blood, with testimonials like Miss Mabel Sinclair of Cobourg who reports renewed strength, weight, color, and vitality after nine boxes. Pills available at dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
An official forecast estimates Canada will export 228,132,000 bushels of wheat. Adjustments for cleaning losses and non merchantable grain total 25,025,000 bushels. Seed for next year’s crop on 14,000,000 acres at 1 percent yields 24,500,000 bushels.
A train passenger questions John’s ease while another woman with a bundle of clothes recalls his two only life regrets. He must wake to eat and then give up eating to sleep, revealing a stark, ironic view of his routine existence.
In a poised but tense scene, Percy frets this afternoon as his valet lies ill and he contemplates if his choice of tie matches the guilt he wears. The mood hints at private trouble behind public composure.
A detective reports arrest of a pocket picker in Wall Street area. A desk sergeant describes the suspect as nutty while another officer mentions a man named Riley searching for gold nuggets in nearby locations.
A legal contest begins over a contract to remove New York City garbage. After $3,750,000 spent in 17 years, a new bidder offers $900,000 for five years. Counsel explains garbage becomes valuable when treated with steam to produce grease, glyc erine, and ultimately nitroglycerine.
The Nova Scotia lumber magnate declares MINARD’S LINIMENT the best. He states a recent severe foot jam was rapidly improved after bathing with the product and recovering the next day. Signed by T. G. McMullen.
An irate client questions a barber after a steaming towel is dropped on his face. The barber explains the towel was too hot to hold, prompting the confrontation.
The article argues that allowing children to suffer worms is unwise and culpably careless. It says worm infections cause illness and stunted growth, and asserts it is merciful to remove parasites when easy to do so.
An old woman asks for the time as her clock and home clock both stop. The other customer jokes there must be a clock epidemic. A grim reply adds that the speaker has a watch, three sons, two clocks, and a dog not doing anything, calling it an epidemic.
In Athens it is noted that General Theodoros, named to command the Bulgarian army against the French and British, is an old friend. He previously infiltrated Saloniki with an army corps in 1913, violating a Macedonia capital convention. King Constantine formally protested this felonious act, as Theodoros knows Saloniki intimately.
The text recalls a rare instance of Britain borrowing abroad, noting Antwerp’s wealthy merchants lent Queen Elizabeth I two hundred thousand pounds during England’s need, with the City of London providing security for repayment.
The bottom of the ocean remains much colder than the upper layers, with temperature dropping sharply from the sea’s surface to greater depths. This contrast drives distinct marine environments and biological adaptations.
Irish emigration figures are at a record low with about 3 000 emigrants bound for Great Britain and total emigration to all destinations just over 4 000. The wartime context and improved Irish conditions drive the drop, Ulster leading emigration followed by Leinster Connaught and Munster. In 1914 US friends funded 3 752 passages, while last year funded passages fell to 696.
The exchange features a Lady condemning a Muscovite onslaught as awful while The Gent asks for step by step guidance. The dialogue contrasts moral judgment with a request for practical instructions, highlighting a clash between rhetoric and method.
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a thin non oily liniment that sinks in to soothe lumbago back strain sciatica and rheumatism. It claims almost instant relief from muscle soreness stiffness and joint pain with quick effects and no skin burning or staining. The ad promotes a 60c large bottle and a 25c trial size available from any dealer.
Lord Derby predicts a large influx of young Brushers to Canada after the war. The Calgary Herald notes the hope that his prognostication is correct and that Canada will be prepared for the anticipated migration surge.
An old advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for a cataract cure case uncured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It presents Cheney & Co of Toledo and testimonials by a bank and unnamed undersigned praising P F J Cheney with internal cure claims and 75 cent bottle price.
Thann in Alsace was the first town reconquered by the French in the war. The piece recalls Napoleon's army and the Revolutionary forces, and notes the sacred status of mayors offices. The building cited dates to Louis XVI's reign and was designed by Bleker, a famed French general who began as a mason's son in Strasbourg and trained as an architect before turning to the military.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills rely on mandrake and dandelion as soothing purgatives. The preparation claims to cleanse purify and improve digestive secretions and liver and kidney ailments.
The Greenwich meridian is now adopted by France and the Paris observatory obelisks are retired. An 1736 obelisk sits on private property, inaccessible. Two others from 1736 stand at Monchecourt and Gollainville under Cassini orders, and another was found recently at St Vrain in Seine et Oise.
The Prince of Wales speaking as chairman of the Royal Patriotic Fund urged Parliament to set pension allowances higher than in past wars and greater than those of other European nations. He cited Boer War losses of 44,876 and current war casualties totaling 649,476 to illustrate the duty of government and private groups to aid those who sacrificed.
A new process trans models leather into a pair of boots in thirty four minutes. The operation passes through sixty three hands and uses fifteen machines, illustrating a streamlined factory workflow.
A government report led by Lawin Samuel Montague proposes expanding public savings. It rejects lottery bonuses and favors many savings associations run by unions, councils, and societies. The state pays interest. members contribute instalments. a central committee oversees. A new post office savings deposit promises 15s 6d in for 20s after five years. The treasury has approved and effects start immediately.
An American settler in War ner Canada bought adjoining land at 20 dollars an acre and, after a single season of wheat, found the crop covered the purchase and all operating costs. His 18000 bushels harvest funded future livestock plans and profit.
The Alberta government taxes private vacant lands at 1 percent of assessed value to encourage cultivation and funding of roads and improvements. About 8 million acres valued at $70 million were idle, yielding $700,000 in 1915. The tax is not a war tax and does not apply to farmers actively living and improving their lands.
Lord Rosebery cites a London Spectator letter contrasting Frederick the Great with the present Kaiser. An indignant woman’s translated words describe wrecked furniture, looting, and a murdered woman, asking whether such warfare is acceptable and urging princes to blush with shame.
A quotation in G L Apperson's The Social History of Smoking challenges the view that Sir Walter Raleigh first smoked tobacco. It claims Middleton, Captain Thomas Price of Plasgollin, and Captain Koet were the first to smoke publicly in London, drawing crowds from across the city.
For years Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator has ranked as the most effective preparation manufactured and it always maintains its reputation.
A New Orleans gentleman advertised for a man to do chores, answered by a colored man who was asked if he was married. “Yes, suh, I'se married,” he said, “but mah wife is out of a,” and he added he must shift for himself.
A country judge questions a motorist about car ownership and finances as the driver is charged with speeding. The defendant jurally claims one week of ownership and the judge notes the ability to pay the fine. The exchange highlights rural courtroom economics.
A Saskatchewan group urges abolition of remaining liquor outlets and a plebiscite at the December 1916 election. The proposal would amend the 1915 Sales of Liquor Act to close all stores by June 20, 1916, but failed with seven votes in the One Hundred committee.
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