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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
2
Inspector Burke presses Dick and Mary in a tense room as the District Attorney probes the Griggs case. The motive behind Eddie Griggs’s death unfolds through coercive questioning, the search for Garson, and a hidden wife’s involvement.
A World War I letter from a Royal Field Artillery driver describes a bombardment in a ruined house. Shells fell within thirty yards, a shell burst into the wall, and the unit sheltered in a dugout during near certain death with walls and bricks scattered around them.
Canadian mill owners note a shift in the Orient as Chinese diets move from rice to flour. Mills rise in Manchuria and Shanghai, signaling a growing industry. China’s own grain quality boosts Canada’s opportunity to expand into a new territory unlikely developed by continental countries.
A veteran recounts his experience in a massive vat where thirty men crowded together. After half an hour of foot scrubbing, he emerged still as black as when he entered, exclaiming that he had not finished scrubbing another man’s feet.
Instructions on seed germination testing and sowing rates, stressing germination strength and rotation. Emphasizes flax disease, land rotation, seed quality, and seed treatment with formalin before planting to prevent flax wilt. Recommends spreading seed to dry evenly, minimal moisture, and thorough stirring during treatment.
The article extols Western Canada linking rich farming with abundant outdoor life. It notes rivers and lakes, forests and parks like Banff, and argues tourism supports farmers who supply meat dairy and produce. It highlights farmers and families seeking sun and scenery, with winter migrations to Eastern Canada or the United States as convenient holidays.
The article details the production of large artillery tubes from steel ingots to finished gun components. It covers shaping through trepanning, forging under 10,000 ton presses, machining to precise internal and external diameters, reheating and tempering in deep baths, vertical handling by 100 ton cranes, shrinking-on assembly of outer jackets, and rifling of the innermost bore to impart gyroscopic spin for accuracy.
Six samples per cow monthly show three cows averaging 18 28 and 27 percent fat for the year. The note questions whether the cows yield real milk or only sictm milk and seeks clarification on milk quality.
An old Scotch crofter testifying before the crofters commission described his three cows as extremely thin. When pressed by the chairman to quantify their leaness, he replied they were so clean they could only be seen in a dream, a remark cited by the London Opinion.
A father reading the newspaper explains his workday to his daughter. She asks what he does at the store all day and how he knows when he is finished. He answers briefly that he does nothing. The exchange highlights childlike curiosity about adult labor.
Lord Robert Cecil defends Allied milk aid to occupied France and Belgium, accusing German claims of suffering infants of milk as propaganda. He cites Hoover’s relief efforts and notes large milk imports from Russia to Austrian Poland, arguing German slaughter of cattle shows no shortage. He calls the drive a political move to discredit Allied philanthropy.
Mme De Thebes foresees a spring or summer end to the war and a postwar upheaval in France and England. She warns of German collapse, civil unrest, mass emigration, and a revival of religious thought led by women, while urging resistance to humanitarianism and betrayal by outsiders. She predicts the Kaiser’s downfall and a long, dark era before Germany regains footing.
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