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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
3
A 2500 B.C. Sumerian tablet, believed to be the earliest known law code, has been excavated and is now in Yale University custody. Part of the text has been deciphered noting laws on injury to women, adoption, abandonment, boat and cattle hire, and a lion killing a hired ox.
Government records show 245 homesteads taken up in Western Canada in the last week of January. Manitoba received 60, Saskatchewan 83, Alberta 98, and British Columbia 4. Over 65 percent of newcomers were English speaking with 61 Canadian, 50 British, and 49 American among them. the rest from continental Europe. During the same period 108 Americans crossed the northern line with about $10,000 in cash. Nearly half are farmers and about 30 domestics, four mechanics, and clerks among the group.
Edward Lawrence of Imperial Sask reports eczema on both arms caused itching burning and unsightliness. After trying various remedies a chemist recommended Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He washed with the soap applied the ointment and within a month all signs of the disease had disappeared.
An old promotional notice touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin care and irritation relief. It invites readers to request a free 32-page Skin Book and sample by postcard to Cuticura Department, Reston, USA.
A profile of Abraham Paquin, praised by Paul Carpenter, shows a transformation from grain to livestock in Red Lake County Minnesota. Paquin moved from minimal beginnings to 800 acres, selling 560 acres for profits, owning a Lam bert creamery and a Brooks store, with cattle hogs and hay generating substantial returns. He notes cattle cost and sale prices, hog profits, and soil gains from manure, while planning to live in town yet manage the 240-acre farm.
A teacher notes that the word reviver reads the same backward and forward and prompts a student to find another palindrome. The serious boy glowers from his primer as silence returns to the class.
The department of agriculture warns that light horses from Canada will be nearly exhausted by year end due to massive foreign purchases. Britain France Belgium and Italy seek Canadian mounts while Ontario Quebec and western provinces hold thousands suitable for cavalry and artillery use. Demand drives high prices and millions of dollars expected in horse sales as war prolongs.
A government analyst certifies Baby's Own Tablets as free from opiates and narcotics found in soothing mixtures. Mothers report strong benefits, including a claim from Mrs. Jos. Desrosiers in St. Alphonse Quebec about saving her child from worms. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Ottawa Free Press reports a six foot two Westerner, angered by losing a ranch in a poker game to a German months ago, joined the 8th C.M.A. with intent to avenge his loss. He arrived with racehorses, sought the mounted regiment, and vowed to go to war. Officers call his reason the most interesting yet heard.
The article promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as easy to swallow for those repelled by pills. It emphasizes their agreeable flavor even for the most fastidious and cites their high tonical quality as a stomach medicine, contributing to their popularity.
A carbon dioxide gun of German origin is claimed to offer a major convenience and power upgrade over ordinary air guns. A cartridge of compressed CO2 powers 100 to 800 shots, with one pull producing one shot. The gun’s range is about 80 feet with small shot and 130 feet with bullets.
An invalided officer recounts a German, lightly wounded in a British attack, being pulled into a trench and demanding a rifle. The German stated he had spent most of his life in England and aimed to wound the enemy, firing all day before being captured in the evening.
Alexander Deitz of the Wolff Agency told the German Lyceum club in Berlin that about one thousand German papers stopped publication due to the war, including 120 political papers.
A girl declares him her ideal and says she is his idol while discussing love and engagements with a humorous interlocutor. The man is described as idle by his father, hinting at family judgments on the match.
Harvard president emeritus Charles W. Eliot argues that the United States owes a debt to Britain for early liberty traditions and Miltonian civil and religious liberty. He cites Britain's example of efficiency under free institutions and expresses sympathy with Britain in its current struggle.
A meditation on how a town, as a community structure, supports citizens through banks, post offices, stores, schools, churches, and government. It argues that local patronage sustains civilization and that citizens have a duty to engage with and support local institutions.
The dialogue questions if shooting a hare on Sunday counts as a work of necessity. John argues it might be necessity if it’s postponed to Monday, offering a curious, wise reply about intent and timing.
In a tough arithmetic lesson, Tommy learns his answer is two cents off and remains after school. He searches his pocket for two pennies among treasured items and offers to pay the difference before leaving.
The piece argues that a man’s core value lies in family and local neighbors rather than distant buying or relocation, stating that leaving home harms those left behind and relocations rarely benefit them.
A letter extols Grape-Nuts helping a woman with four years of indigestion after typhoid. Her husband improves after switching to the cereal and their child eats it at school. The writer claims Grape-Nuts rebuilds body nerves and brain and cites “There’s a Reason.”
Dr Schuster of the Iron Founders' Union told the annual meeting in Dusseldorf that Germany could hold out thirty years more by using existing copper in bronze monuments church cupolas and other copper seized from Belgium and France if needed.
Secretary Bryan informed German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff that the state department does not consider hydro aeroplanes vessels of war. The exchange, made public, cites American purchases by Curtiss for England and Russia including the airship America and 36 hydro aeroplanes. Russia also ordered machines from Curtiss.
Read letters from Mrs F Clarke Belmont and Mrs Wallace Mingon claiming Dr Chase's Ointment cured infant eczema. Clarke's baby ear sore healed after treatment. Mingon's five week old daughter supposedly recovered after nearly a year of doctors' care.
The Muskogee National Bank June bulletin urges farmers to keep machinery and tools dry and well maintained. It warns neglect leads to rust and loss, stressing readiness for harvest and that a mower left idle over winter harms loan eligibility.
The article recalls Cocos Island as a romantic Pacific outpost about 350 miles from the Dutch East Indies. It depicts Ross, a colored trader and island ruler, who governs after a Scottish sailor settled there in 1830 with palm groves, a mixed community, and constant fear of tidal waves.
A farmer hires a city band to clean barns and outbuildings. After days of hard work the man returns with swollen face and hands and demands pay, claiming illness began when he started the beehive task. The tale suggests a cautionary note about dangerous or risky labor.
The war office announces strengthened Paris aerial defences amid increased activity by German airmen and rumors of a Zeppelin raid. Aviators are stationed on the city outskirts with armed French biplanes overhead to engage invaders.
The board of trade reports 25 800 accidents in London this year up from 22 200. Fatal accidents rise with more motor vehicles and cars cause more harm than horse drawn transport. Pedestrians must adopt safer habits while travel shifts toward electric lines and motor omnibuses into the suburbs.
A Delhi despatch reports high enthusiasm for Indian Army service as Indian regiments recruit rapidly. Wounded returning from Europe praise care received there, and volunteer efforts surge with gifts for combatants and the sick. Large numbers of reserve officers offer to join Indian regiments. The Viceroy’s opening address and front news have stirred the fighting races.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes a testimonial from F J Cheney & Co and endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce. The text notes the remedy is taken internally and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with price listed as 75 cents per bottle and suggests Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Bel Hadi Hamad, an Algerian sharpshooter with French forces, was wounded but captured General Freise at a farm near St Malo. Hamad, first to enter the occupied area, fell back after two revolver wounds yet overpowered Freise with a bayonet thrust, enabling a successful prisoner transfer.
An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Cure as removing corn roots and urges readers to try it to prove its effectiveness. The copy emphasizes quick results and a guaranteed outcome.
The week ending January 19th saw 102 settlers enter Western Canada from the U S with cash totaling 45 317 dollars. Of these arrivals 69 were American citizens and 38 were farmers. In wartime 1914 Canada residents moving to the United States totaled 62, including 15 farmers.
Mrs. Jackson remarks the baby is a perfect image of his father while Mr. Johnson agrees he is a carbon copy.
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