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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
3
A newspaper notice touts a remedy to strengthen eyesight by 50 percent in a week. It claims widespread success with no glasses needed, cites testimonials, and recommends a “free prescription” allegedly from a London doctor. The ad says the remedy is available via druggists and from The Valmas store in Toronto.
The article recalls Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s sharp quips in Westminster, including the windmill water line and the fork over the dagger joke. It mentions his son’s parliamentary ambitions, with the humorous label To Let and unfurnished, plus a comic exchange about a macadamized bill from Dorothy to the grocer.
Miss Graham died in Malta while doing war work and left $300,000 in legacies. A relative contested probate, arguing her marriage views showed unsound mind when drafting her will. Evidence showed she altered a prior will after saying she degraded herself by marriage and attacked the Archbishop of York. The jury ruled the views did not prove insanity, and the judge agreed. The foreman lamented she had no matrimony experience to perhaps change her verdict.
A 19th century advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a top liver regulator. It claims many ailments stem from a disordered liver and praises the pills for gentle but effective action suitable for delicate users.
Ottawa passes an Order-in-Council to apply the Scotland Yard fingerprint identification system to Canadian criminals, on the recommendation of the Dominion Police Commissioner, with photography authorized as an additional means of identification.
A Ontario mother reports using Baby's Own Tablets for ten years to aid her delicate child. The letters praise bowel and stomach regulation and claim they cure minor childhood ailments, with tablets sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Milk turns sour when airborne microbes enter milk after milking. Warm temperatures let microbes convert milk sugar into acid. refrigeration slows the process, and brief boiling after milking can alter sugar so microbes cannot feed, though boiling many times harms milk quality.
The text argues that democracy is collapsing in Russia and doomed in Germany and Austria, admitting that even if dynastic lines endure, democratic government cannot survive imperial rule. It frames the conflict as a war of the people against autocracy and cites the idea that government by the people should endure.
The Militia Department seeks several thousand foresters for Canadian Forestry Battalions overseas. Ten thousand men serve in England and France under Brig General Alexander McDougall. About five thousand were Canadian supplied. others come from overseas units. Drafts to return troops to their original units require forestry recruits aged 48 and minimum height 4 ft 11 in. Depots opened across Canadian lumbering centres. Forgetfulness is the noblest remedy for my injuries.
Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a quick relief for corns and calluses with a small cost. The ad claims the product loosens the grain and lets the corn lift out painlessly, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle. It also promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as relief for children.
A quip notes that in English as She Is Spoke style humor a shortage and a longing for food persist together. The remark reflects the playful tone of the New York Sun in noting language quirks amid everyday need.
An 19th century notice asserts Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy removes the cause of asthma and restores bodily vigor and mental happiness by relieving recurring attacks.
With import limits on pulpwood, major English mills shutter or adapt by using grass from Scotland, the Fenlands, and India to make printing and notepaper. Rag cuttings, once exported, now fetch about $140 a ton while wood pulp sells for $150 a ton.
A Paris Matin correspondent describes Essen Krupp foundries with 300000 workers including 60000 women under military discipline. Men aged 18 to 46 and older specialists are assigned to munitions with day and night shifts for wages 8 to 15 marks, women earning up to 5 marks. May 1916 saw seven 420 millimetre howitzers under construction and Krupp reportedly produced about 200000 shells daily plus artillery cannons.
In a quoted line from the Star, Mr Camrox comments on his daughter’s music practice, saying she makes so much noise about it that he doubts she can focus on the subject. The remark reflects a humorous family dynamic over musical study.
M Terlinden Burgomaster of Rixensart charged with shielding a wounded Frenchman receives twelve months in prison. His daughter Baroness de Coninck, present at the hearing, rebukes a German officer who implies she resembles an Englishwoman Miss Cavell, and is sentenced to one month in prison.
Mrs C D Prince of Nauwigenaux reports a sudden cure from quinsy after using Minard's Liniment. She states she is never without it and submits a grateful testimonial dated October 21.
A 12th century prophecy cited by St Malachio’s legend, unearthed in Como and published in Paris, predicts Romania joining the conflict on August 28 1916 and the German cause collapsing after thirteen new moons with a bad death for the beast. The forecast mentions celestial events and a drawn out battle period leading to Germany’s downfall.
A Marysville Pennsylvania reader reports long lasting relief from terrible cramps after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring her health and urges other troubled women to consult the company for advice.
The Detroit News quotes a columnist accusing Germany of forcing the United States to abandon its pacifist stance and adopt militarism and conscription. The piece notes German actions harmed international law, commerce, and American lives, arguing the nation now mirrors the militarist world it once opposed.
A reflective line notes that ordinary people exaggerate minor problems when they have not faced serious hardships. The statement contrasts routine annoyances with genuine adversity.
London women contribute to war work knitting and sewing for soldiers while suffragists hope Parliament softens on enfranchisement. Canadian testimonials praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a non alcoholic herbal remedy for female ills, with user Mrs. F J Weden of St Thomas Ontario endorsing its benefits.
A witty exchange unfolds as a mother offers ten cents and casts for medicine in soda water while a clerk asks for flavor choices. The son replies with a request for a little of everything, revealing playful domestic humor from Life magazine.
In Petrograd soldiers march in tan overcoats singing powerful Russian songs. The cadence builds into a booming round as files form and dissolve along St. Isaac's dome. The drill looks deliberate and stern with a Kipling like bearing. The scene embodies Russia's faith and imposing presence.
The Soldiers Land Settlement Act to grant Dominion land to imperial veterans, with a supervised loan of 1500 or 2000 dollars, will be presented in the house by Minister Roche. Minister Burrell aided its preparation, and terms were approved by the prime minister before England. Walker from the interior dept. will take the memorandum to the imperial migration board.
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