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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
6
A 1921 1922 spring essay extols spring as a universal renewal inspiring optimism. It urges personal and environmental cleanup, mental refreshment, and constructive work to shed winter gloom and embrace forward momentum.
The Auvergne region in central France will host large scale trials of motorless airplanes this summer. The Auvergne Aero Club has permission to maintain an aerodrome at Aydat near the lake, with hangars at the base of the Puy de Pommegrasse. The Experimental Congress of Motoriess Airplanes will run July 15 to September 15, using takeoffs from the peak top.
The 1923 naval bill set a 5 5 3 ratio, totaling 233 million dollars and cutting enlisted strength from 95 000 to 65 000 with 2 000 apprentices. It keeps officer totals near current levels, limits first class commissions to 200, and reserves 60 million for canceled ship contracts while outlining fleet reductions and new submarine and destroyer allocations.
Report notes female climbers on Swiss peaks smear soot on faces to guard complexions from sun glare and glare of high altitude. Observers describe this as a traditional expedient among early alpine parties.
The Daily Mirror claims a new world daily newspaper record after printing 3,035,57 copies of the Royal Wedding Number and 2,156,000 copies of Princess Mary Number. The Wedding issue appeared four hours after Princess Mary’s return to Buckingham Palace, following earlier high print runs for King Edward’s Funeral and other anniversaries.
A vintage health ad promotes Nerviline as a remedy for hiccups sour risings gas belching and fermentation in the stomach. It claims effective relief for acute stomach pains bloating and nausea and notes Nerviline is sold by all dealers at 35 cents per bottle.
Official figures show 2845 fatal vehicle accidents in the United Kingdom last year, eight more than 1920, with non fatal injuries rising to 61000. London records 571 fatal and 22647 non fatal accidents. A separate note urges worm treatment with Miller's Worm Powders, warning worms harm children's health and growth.
A Boston Transcript note records that in Gar diner Maine a school teacher received one dollar weekly pay in 1935 with a second dollar for board. The item suggests some voters complained about financial extravagance of the selectmen.
Diamond Dyes offer simple instructions for dyeing worn dresses and fabrics at home. The product pleases consumers with a guarantee not to spot fade or run and advises buyers to specify wool or silk versus linen cotton or mixed goods. The quotation about ambition contrasts patient climb with balloon ascent.
A Toronto woman recounts suffering from early schooling through adulthood with left sided pain and cramps. After trying doctors and other medicines, she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and saving her life. She urges others to seek information from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co and requests the private text book on ailments peculiar to women.
Unemployment in Berlin declines to the lowest level since the armistice with only 14 workers in 100 unemployed over the last quarter. Notices to remove Pic tures from Dublin exhibitions issued to northern area holders. In Silesia French casualties rise as over twenty soldiers killed and a dozen wounded in a mine related blast in a cemetery between Gleiwitz and Sossnota. Customs duties on agricultural implements and foodstuffs in 1921 amount to 1 917 370 and 29 723 408 respectively. A $500 per annum fellowship for Western Canadian graduates to pursue postgraduate work at the University of Toronto is funded by Imperial Oil. John Hart sworn as minister of industries for British Columbia, retaining finance. Premier Oliver resigns as industries minister but remains minister of railways.
The article notes an unusual practice in Sudan where horses are fitted with stockings made from camel shin rather than traditional shoes. The description emphasizes the oddity and cultural peculiarity of this method.
The article notes pimples, eczema, rheumatism and neuralgia as signs of blood imbalance due to winter indoors. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to restore blood, boost energy and appetite, and claims benefits for men women and children. Pills sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont. 50 cents a box six boxes for 2.50 by mail.
The Los Angeles Times muses on unusual Senate names after noting four Smiths once served. It lists Atlee Pomerene Tasker Oddie Reed Smoot Holm Bur sum Furnifeld McSimmons Irvine Lenroot Carter Glass and Nathaniel Dial as examples of the era’s odd monikers.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as essential for homes and farms. It claims benefits for children with colds and croup and for adults with pains, and notes directions for treating sick cattle. A bottle in the farmhouse is recommended.
A rich elderly bachelor named Page returns a dropped glove to a young lady with a flirtatious riddle about letters. She replies by reframing the clue, implying that removing a letter from his name turns him into age, signaling a mismatch in their affections.
A Baltimore man Palmer devised a bottle cap that made him a millionaire. Other quick fortunes followed from small ideas like seam top cans, a metal boot button staple, a combined lead pencil and rubber eraser, crinkly hair pins, hair pin hubs, glove fasteners, sleeve links, dress fasteners and the hump hook and eye.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a half blind beggar asks a passerby for a dime. The lady notes the man’s partial sight, prompting a quick snap reply requesting only a nickel. The brief vignette captures street life and sharp wit.
The Kalendarium Novum by Regiomontanus was the first printed European almanac. It appeared in 1475 with later editions in 1494 and 1513, priced at 10 gold crowns, and circulated across Hungary, Germany, Italy, France, and England. England's first calendar was Shephard's Kalendar printed in 1497, each month opening with a poem.
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