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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a cure for colds and catarrh. It claims to relieve inflammation, congestion, and bronchitis while promising quick relief and a guaranteed cure with a $1 outfit lasting two months from Catarrhozone Co. Kingston Ontario.
Barthelemy shelters at Banister King’s house after a raid is planned on his operations. King reveals Richard Avery’s murder is the reason for the pursuit and binds Barthelemy as he taunts him about the crime. The scene ends with Barthelemy accusing King and King calling him a liar as the confrontation deepens.
A friend asks about marriage after a fortune teller’s reading. The young man learns the teller said he was born to command, prompting the friend to joke that he will never marry. The exchange ends with a playful congratulations.
The government of Holland adopted daylight saving again, advancing clocks one hour in April to October 1. Holland has used this one hour shift during the summer months for the past three years.
German newspapers report the watermark Extra Strong on letters sent by the German Fatherland party. Leipsic Volkszeitung questions whether the paper was supplied by the English Fatherland party.
In a dramatic turn a telegram arrives refuting a presumed death leaving Mrs Marks and family grieving over nothing. The speaker laments the waste of money spent on mourning and reflects on the cruel irony of the telegram declaring the person alive and well.
A Canadian firm, Ames Holden McCready, is described as a giant in the shoemaking industry, with per capita sales far exceeding U S rivals. The article outlines its vast operations including up to 8000 pairs daily, six distribution branches coast to coast, over a million dollars in stock, and a sales force of sixty.
A retrospective portrait of Jim Riley tracing boyhood truancy on Brandywine Creek and early reading that shaped his education. He earned a bad name yet hid dreams behind blue eyes, learning guitar and fiddle, performing at church benefits and amateur theatricals while awaiting a chance to prove his character.
An Irish governess in wartime Vienna describes severe food shortages and high prices for the wealthy. She recounts breakfast coffee from cider apple refuse, black bread with jam, and scarce fats. dinner of preserved eggs and barley soup. clothes costs, nettle stockings, and paper bootlaces. She notes working class misery despite high wages and blames England for the suffering.
The Chicago Herald argues that daylight saving time should not tempt people into foolish use of the extra hour. The column urges practical use and warns against wasting the saved time.
A new American long range cannon under construction near Philadelphia promises mobility and superior shell diameter to the German 75 mile gun. Unlike the German weapon fixed in a concrete emplacement, the U S design can be moved and aimed, with a guard on workers' backgrounds to ensure security.
A young shopper adds six cents for a loaf as the baker reveals a price increase that morning. She asks for a penny from yesterday’s price, showing concern over rising costs and the day’s market change. The exchange captures a small town moment of everyday inflation.
A clipped exchange shows a British officer urging a soldier to rise and perform, insisting this is no opera and ordering quick action. The dialogue captures a terse wartime command cadence with a hint of theater in its phrasing and bravado.
A humorous exchange between John and his wife asks how to spell graphic. She wonders about one or two i's and he replies two if any are used. The quip plays on careful wording and spelling precision.
A Toronto Star correspondent argues daylight saving should be called daylight gaining, noting the shift has not provided real daylight and proposing the idea as a clearer, more appealing trade of an hour of dark for an hour of light. The piece invokes the notion that people respond better to the idea of gain and cites a poet on lengthening days.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports a poet asks the editor for thoughts on a spring poem. The editor replies that the verse fails to do spring justice, sparking a brief clash over literary merit.
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