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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
8
Admiral von Tirpitz addressed Cologne Fatherland Party members arguing that Britain must stop ship raids for the war to end. He warned the U boat campaign lacks political support but will be maintained longer than England, with Belgian questions as the war’s pivot.
An advertisement extols digestion as essential and warns against self cures from tonics. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a proven remedy for indigestion, citing a Toronto testimonial of improved sleep, weight gain, and renewed strength after using about a dozen boxes. Pills available from dealers or by mail in Brockville Ontario.
A humorous exchange shows the recruit asking for a new record after breaking the old one for Keep the Home Fires Burning. The records officer confirms and asks about attire as part of the odd wartime dialogue.
A call to plant every available acre this spring emphasizes that wheat production is critical as Europe faces a shortage of about 500 million bushels. The statement links farming effort to preventing hunger abroad and underscores urgency for farmers nationwide.
The article quotes Clemenceau predicting victory in the war’s last quarter hour. It frames the war as a brutal, ongoing fight with losses and recoveries, praising unyielding will and urging continued combat until the final decisive moment arrives.
Ohio State Journal declares that the United States will not waver or delay in wartime mobilization. The piece emphasizes total readiness and determination to march to Berlin, feeding and supplying troops, until Nazi aggression is defeated and Kaiser Germany is driven back.
The Columbus Dispatch notes that Germany overestimated its own strength by 30 percent, underestimating French and British tenacity. It lauds courage grit and righteousness of the allies, praising manhood against the invader and proclaiming barbarians not in Paris nor Calais.
The Canada food board imposes penalties for willful waste of food or improper storage. Citizens may file complaints with municipal authorities, who can prosecute local offenders and share fines. Penalties range from 109 to 1000 dollars or imprisonment up to three months. board powers include seizing and selling misused goods.
The Foremost British Airman Capt James Byford McCudden receives the Victoria Cross. At twenty three, he has earned the Distinguished Service Order, a bar to the DSO, Croix de Guerre, Military Cross, bar to the MC, and the Military Medal.
The cheapness of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator puts it within reach of all, and it can be got at any druggist's.
A pretty girl banters a genial bachelor about his bachelorhood at a party. He explains he was: discouraged in love, not disappointed. He recalls loving a young lady but fearing to declare his feelings, and finally asks, “Let’s get married” only to hear, “Who’d have us?” – Pear son’s.
A clipped wartime item notes that British sailors fear Bolshevik rhetoric, joking that their persuasive oratory might be their downfall as officials hope for restraint and deescalation amid tensions.
Private Simpkins returns from the front to find his girl openly walking with another man. He asks for explanation and learns the other gentleman was merely escorting her to the library to check if he, Simpkins, was ill.
A garbled report notes that about thirty percent of Canada remains under cover and mentions a Yukon basin near the Mackenzie river with phrases about first sightings by Indigenous people and snowed mountains. The text is incomplete and largely unclear.
Redpath sugar offered at 36.50 per cwt with broad lists of goods and low prices. The Windsor Ontario notice touts easy earnings with no experience needed and promises weekly pay of 25 to 50 dollars, urging response to a Consumers Association.
Cir cular Bulletin No 16.11 notes BC poultry counts up to June 15 1917: hens 600 229 chickens 735 449 geese 8 322 ducks 16 368 turkeys 7 532 total 1 368 000, up from 839 000 in 1916. Also advertises Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a remedy for pain colds wounds lumbago and rheumatism.
A village tale recalls Old Farmer Harkins praising a barometer as a new weather tool. He explains he bought it to tell when rain is coming, provoking a puzzled, humorous reaction from a local, who questions the purchase as extravagance.
An English paper notes an Irish soldier who lost an eye in battle and kept serving after accepting a glass eye. On parade he appeared missing it, and when questioned he joked he left the eye in the box to keep an eye on the kit.
A Baltimore American item notes a speaker explaining default dependence on the respondent. The man says his wife relies on him to carry her wash home, illustrating household duty and social expectations of dependents in the era.
The Canadian military hospital commission at Quebec reports wartime statistics for Canadians, noting 29 chances to return home for every one to be killed, 93 chances to recover from a wound, one in 500 to lose a limb, and five extra years of life from physical training. It asserts better army health than civil life and greater frontline care, compares disease deaths to bullets with five to one, and explains government reeducation for the ten percent disabled. It warns war remains dangerous and criticizes pro-German elements.
An advertisement claims a legal showdown against a madam with the promise to sue, while another line hints at courtroom pressure. The copy pivots to asthma relief asserting that even tiny dust causes severe symptoms and that Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy offers rest and restored breathing supported by many testimonials.
A Jersey boy returns home with startling news about his teacher death but quips that little changes if the school remains. The mother reacts in horror as the stark remark underscores the ongoing presence of the institution.
A Winnipeg Tribune report notes 23 state farmers visiting Washington to attend the Agriculture Department advisory committee conference protested against a $2.50 wheat price and argued a fair profit is $2.20. They call wartime profit limits a nationwide keynote on war profiteering.
England to convert public baths and park buildings into kitchens and town halls into dining halls. Street cars and omnibuses will transport meals to thousands of distributing stations with varied meals offered at the lowest possible price. Special invalid kitchens are planned.
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