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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
6
A blue book tabled in the commons shows unclaimed bank balances totaling 1 076 412 dollars as of December 31 1914. No transactions or interest have occurred for at least five years. Montreal City and District Bank holds 112 994, Bank of Montreal 103 299. Miller's Worm Powders claim to destroy worms with no discomfort to children, passing through the bowels.
The war drives up copper prices and BC ore value as 1915 output rises to about 52 million pounds. The 1914 15 mineral production value is reported at 26.765 million dollars, reflecting strong demand and resource appreciation.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, an endorsement from the National Bank of Commerce, and presents internal medicine claims plus testimonials. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
quotation from the Times in New York condemns German occupation in Belgium. It cites a Belgian village notice urging residents to stay indoors at twilight and show respect to German troops, noting the phrase in French and German and denouncing it as insolent kultur. The piece emphasizes barbarity and cultural arrogance by the German forces.
The proposed capital Canberra is hailed as a lasting tribute to valor at Gallipoli. The Manchester Guardian notes the name’s strong, Homeric ring. Australians rejected Edwardville or Georgetown, embracing Yas Canberra as fitting for a young nation.
Old fashioned methods for indigestion are abandoned as the tonic approach builds up the stomach. Dr Williams Pink Pills are claimed to relieve pain gas and stomach distress restoring appetite and energy. Miss Amy Browning of Corinth Ontario reports lasting improvement after long illness. Pills available via dealers or by mail Brockville Ontario.
A Scandinavian correspondent in England reports from the Dorchester camp where German prisoners are well treated. He notes they have work, get paid, German cooks, weekly sermons by a German pastor, school instruction by German professors, weekly concerts, government supplied instruments, and strong health with only two deaths among 3,408 inmates. Several prisoners are from noble families, including a relative of Prince Blamarck.
An Ontario study compares eight top producing cows with eight poorer ones. Top cows profit $37.21 each while poorer cows yield $12.65 per head, based on $115 per hundred pounds of milk. Feeding costs: $42.96 for high producers versus $22.33 for low. Exports of butter rise from 1,051,585 lbs in 1890 to 2,724,913 in 1915. cheese exports climb from 94,264,187 lbs to 137,601,661 lbs. The annual report, including twelve appendices, is available from Ottawa. Minard's Liniment Ches Garget in Cows.
Professor Nelsson of Harvard warns at a Canadian Club address that German authorities use press control to shape public opinion. He cites doctored foreign dispatches and German belief in final victory, noting Lusitania confusion. He is Canadian by birth and taught at Upper Canada College.
The excerpt shows a sympathetic neighbor consoling An and Gabe about a wife described as wonderful. The speaker notes a child playing outside the gate and mentions a past event with a respectful, old‑fashioned voice.
Old Fort Bay Labrador Quebec special report tells how Sandy Goulette, sick with Bright's Disease, recovered after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. He was swollen, short of breath, left for dead, telegraphed for pills, slept, and woke cured enough to work as he did a decade earlier. He notes the pills cure the kidneys, not all ailments.
An editorial in the Calgary News Telegram urges moving Canada’s national capital from Ottawa to a more central western location with Winnipeg proposed as optimal. It argues central placement would better serve the vast Dominion and invites reasons against the shift.
The Rochester Herald states German hopes fade as the Marne and Ypres victories are viewed as decisive, nullifying earlier German gains in Russia and the Balkans despite prodigious valor and skilled conduct by German forces.
Captain W K Coulter in St John New Brunswick says British methods are humane in war. He describes Russians captured by Germans used for hard labor and executed. notes German spy network and a prisoner exchange incident. He predicts a Western front stalemate through winter and next summer.
There may be no steel vessels used in the Newfoundland sea fishery next spring. Five vessels were recently sold to the Russian government and more ships are expected to be bought for freight transport to Europe.
Two men talk about a man named Baker out in the rain without an umbrella. They rush to avoid recognizing the umbrella belongs to him.
As a vermifuge there is nothing so potent as Mother Graves Worm Ex terminator. It can be given to the most delicate child without fear of injury to the constitution.
A Canadian note describes health gains from avoiding coffee and using Postum and Grape Nuts. A woman reports restored strength after four months on the cereals, while her husband sleeps better and cramps lessen after quitting coffee. Postum products are advertised with prices and preparation tips.
The Springfield Republican notes Premier Borden’s New York speech shows no fatigue in supporting England. It highlights Canada’s growing military power with 176,000 potential troops at home and a rapid munitions industry under British orders. The piece argues Canada’s readiness contrasts US civil war limitations and signals durable Anglo American friendship.
The Lancet notes that flying sickness differs in essential ways from mountain sickness and caisson disease though some symptoms overlap. It cites pilots emerging from rapid dives in semiconscious states and then sleeping deeply, a phenomenon not seen in the other conditions.
A London Chronicle anecdote portrays an officer commanding a canteen visit, raising complaints about tea, ordering tea to be replaced, and later lining up the men to return their tuppences as part of a light wartime scene.
A short exchange quotes a summer boarder and farmer debating peas from a garden. A clergyman chides a tattered hobo to abandon wandering and seek steadiness and home life, urging action for a man’s hearth and home, via Punch tone.
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