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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
6
A wartime plea from the British Ministry of Food urges every farm and garden to till, sow, and tend vegetables like spuds onions carrots and cabbage to support the war effort. Private spud rsnip and others are cited as symbols of everyday garden labor aiding soldiers at the front.
Newton P. Smith of Parker's Ridge York Co NB says he suffered years with back pain and found a permanent cure using Dodd's Kidney Pills after failing with doctors la nents and liniments. He asserts the pills cured his pain and notes wide local belief in their effectiveness for kidney diseases and associated conditions.
A party of tourists debate evolution and the guide replies with a quip that his family came from Wales, while others claim ape ancestry, delivering a light, witty remark.
Warm milk drawn from cows absorbs odors from poorly ventilated barns. Aromatic feeds like beets ensilage and turnips can impart odor and taste to milk if not promptly cooled. Promptly remove milk and place in a well ventilated milk house with immediate cooling to preserve quality.
The Montreal builders' exchange and the Winnipeg builders' exchange promote sending men to farm labor. They offer to secure contracts for cultivating large tracts of land or for breaking prairie, encouraging workers to switch to agricultural employment.
The Kansas City Star lauds French and British steadiness and unbroken spirit amid four years of war. It notes no panic at home despite imminent danger, praising the allied peoples for calm, firmness, and resolve behind their armies and urging Americans to honor and learn from their example.
The text claims Miller's Worm Pow ders protect children from worm related ailments and reduce mortality. It asserts worms sap infants strength and that the preparation promises health and maintains vigor, helping children fight illness.
The Postoffice Department reports a provisional civilian postal service in occupied Palestine via the Egyptian Expeditionary Force army post office. Unregistered letters and fully prepaid postcards at international rates can be forwarded. letters must be private or domestic. No service yet for printed matter or parcels.
The report notes cities feeding garbage to livestock including Saskatoon feeding 500 to 800 hogs with minor grain mix, Worcester feeding 3 000 hogs, Springfield selling 50 000 dollars worth of municipal fed hogs, Grand Rapids feeding 300 cattle 400 sheep and 700 pigs with garbage and hay, and several Massachusetts towns distributing garbage to firms that feed up to Westock amid public ire.
The notice bans feeding grain to live stock awaiting slaughter in stock yards eight hours before killing. Barley above grade No. and oats above No. 1 feed may not be fed to stock in stock yards. Millable wheat cannot be bought or sold as poultry feed. Grain for migratory wild fowl feeding or decay is prohibited except under license by the Canada food board.
An old advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a spring tonic for blood enrichment and nerve restoration. It claims the pills purify blood, boost appetite, aid digestion, clear skin, and relieve conditions like anaemia rheumatism and neuralgia, with a testimonial from Miss Anna Patterson praising improved appetite weight and complexion. The ad lists price and mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Grand opera soprano Miss Blanche Slocum returned to Chicago after four and a half years in Germany. She described a hungry, mutinous society with riots and widespread discontent. She noted officials warned against anti government speech and that Germany longs for peace even at surrender.
Prosper Ferguson reports his knee swelling from an anchor accident aboard a ship, unable to move for six days until applying Minard's Liniment, which cured him using two bottles.
Cartoon analysis questions the terms of peace with Germany after World War I. It contrasts forgiveness with accountability and warns that Germany must restore trust and markets only if its people will buy and behave. The piece critiques postwar policy toward Germany and mocks its diplomatic prospects.
Lord Rhondda the food controller said meat rations could be increased by fifty percent for men and women in hard physical labor. He warned wheat prospects were not bright but calm. A bread rationing scheme is under preparation.
Detroit News remarks that Americans know little of Canada while Canadians know much of the United States. The piece praises renewed unity of purpose in their wartime partnership and urges continued acquaintance in the years ahead.
A promotion asserts this remedy is not a jumble of medicines but a careful blend of oils with curative qualities for the human body. The claim states it has won public favor from the start and a trial will convince skeptics of its healing powers.
The Scotsman quotes Bonar Law saying a rugged path lies ahead and urges national effort to save and lend, warning that without joint sacrifice more drastic money-raising and spending curbs may be needed. Holloway's Corn Cure is advertised as a painless remedy to draw out soft corns.
A Calgary Herald exchange revolves around a disputed typo. The editor admits a mix up calling the speaker a political jobber and insists the term robber was clearly intended but misread by the reader.
Hamburger Nachrichten reports a harsh plan from the German annexation party advocating Belgian separation into Flemings and Walloons, with both groups gaining independence while Germany assumes frontier protection and the Belgian royal family is to be removed.
Under the Canada food board 25,000 Canadian boys aged 15 to 19 were called to help on farms this summer. By now 23,000 have enrolled in Ontario and the western provinces, with enrolment still to come from Quebec and the Maritime Provinces.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications and must be treated internally Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on mucous surfaces The remedy combines tonics with blood purifiers as prescribed by physicians The makers advertise testimonials and offer the product for 75 cents plus pills for constipation
A one hundred foot line in Missoula connects the Northern Pacific with the C M and St Paul and serves as a transfer. It has no personnel and no stations. The owning company earns fifty cents per passing car, with sixteen thousand cars moved so far.
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