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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a universal remedy for catarrh bronchitis and related ailments claiming quick lasting relief once usage stops. A serialized fiction scene follows with Barthelemy fearing a police raid as he tightens security and plans a discreet retreat if needed.
Lilla Severance, the Maine lighthouse teacher, serves eight lights forming her regular beat. Her district spans 1,200 miles across seas with seventy three lights housing school age children. She stays a week at each station, delivering six weeks of schooling yearly with tasks to be done remotely between visits.
A tired mother struggles with a crying child in a crowded railway carriage as an old bachelor offers to open a window. The brief moment of relief shows the social dynamics aboard a midjourney train and the mother's mixed signals about help.
The article details Russia's mineral riches including coal from Donetz and Siberia, iron and steel output, gold from Siberia and the Urals, copper from the Urals and Caucasus, zinc from Poland, and large salt and oil reserves in Baku. It notes prewar production figures and notes German control risks.
The burglars wife sits in the witness box as the prosecuting attorney grills her. He asks if she knew her husband was a burglar when they married and she quips she needed someone between a lawyer and a burglar. The cross examination ends with her remark.
Redd remarks on seeing Green in a new car during a trial. Greene confirms a judge imposed a ten dollar fine. Yonkers Statesman reports the exchange in a local court note.
A humorous dialogue between a couple explores wealth expectations and reassignment of fortunes as they discuss marrying for money and sharing assets. The man jokes about equal fortune as the path to marriage.
An old editorial urges seizing chance while opportunity lasts, noting the window is brief and timing is essential for success. It stresses decisive action and preparation to maximize rare moments of favorable conditions.
Kaiser praised by the Volks Zeitung Cologne as General von Ludendorff reports the emperor’s reaction to battlefield devastation. He notes relief at spared homeland and cites prior emphasis on armaments as a reason fighting stayed beyond frontiers. He also calls for mankind to change as history unfolds.
A quip from the Baltimore American notes that a lawyer’s work grows the longer he toils, yet suggests a paradox about the brevity of a legal career. The joke contrasts lasting effort with a fleeting, humorous image.
A mistress frets over a servant Kathleen neglecting her duties and cleanliness. The mistress hints hot soapy water could beautify the face, and Kathleen replies that the idea makes sense, jokingly urging her mistress to try it. The exchange appears in the Vancouver Province.
A vintage ad touts Putnam's Painless Corn Tractor offering instant relief for corns. It claims the corn shrivels and dries with application, and that the product peels away easily. Priced at a quarter, it emphasizes painless treatment.
The author extols corn as an energy source, noting its equivalence as food and fuel. He recalls days in Kansas when corn was economical and handy, comparing its warmth and glow to modern fuels and lamenting the loss of that simple, potent energy source.
A brief witty observation by E F Slosson in the Independent New York notes a western farmer's wife might steal a few ears from the crib when she has extra bakies to bake. The remark uses humor to comment on rural life and domestic chores.
Undeveloped energy experts report that at least six thousand horsepower of water is wasted daily across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. A reported 1,172,000 horsepower is on the Saskatchewan and Winnipeg rivers and tributaries, with the rest on northern great rivers namely Athabasca Peace Churchill and Nelson. Only twelve small plants, totaling 109000 horsepower, were operating on these rivers to date.
In England the Defence of the Realm Act is nicknamed Do ra and the Women's Royal Naval Service members are called the Wrens for making initials. They are heavily involved in building airships, making the name fitting.
The Boston Transcript remarks that while she can financially retain a cook, she cannot do so diplomatically. The remark frames political resilience as a balance of resources and alliances.
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