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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
3
A Doctor advertisement claims How Opto tablets strengthen eyesight by 50 percent in a week. It urges readers to visit drug stores, dissolve a tablet in water, bathe eyes twice daily, and notes a physician endorsement and a Toronto store ready to supply orders.
The article reflects on Baghdad as a timeless, fairy city tied to Mesopotamian rivers and ancient empires. It links the city to Harun al Rashid, Arabian Nights imagery, and a lineage from Sumer and Nebuchadnezzar through Abbasid and earlier rulers, drawing on inscriptions and clay records to outline its deep historical roots.
Passage argues patriotism is action driven by individual duty not rhetoric. It defines patriotism as love of country expressed by serving, defending rights, upholding laws, and sacrificing for the nation. The quote from The Silent Partner contrasts oratory with genuine service.
A Saskatoon reader praises Baby's Own Tablets, calling them the best medicine for little ones and noting a refund for another box. The product, sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario, is claimed free from opiates and injurious drugs. A light humor vignette about poetry ends the clipping.
In Dalhousie and nearby towns residents report cures using Minard's Liniment for horse mange and a torn leg from a pitch fork. Christopher Saunders of Dalhousie and Thomas W. Payne of Bathurst claim success, while Edw Linlief and others note swelling relief in St. Peters and St. Andrew.
The man who introduced thimbles to England was John Lofting, a mechanic and metal worker from Holland who settled in the country in the late 1600s and manufactured them in various metals with notable success.
A New Bond With Canada urges united support as Canadians answer the war call and send regiments to Europe. The piece expresses hope that the United States will join the common cause behind trench lines to counter tyranny, praising Canada’s stance.
A witty exchange centers on choosing the right moment to visit a dressmaker. The man asks for a more suitable time, and the woman answers that all times are fitting for a dressmaker. The dialogue plays on the word fitting as both scheduling and tailoring.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a simple remedy for corns and calluses. A few drops directly on the corn heal soreness, shrivel the tissue, and lift the entire corn out without irritating surrounding skin. A small bottle costs little and can be stocked by any drug store.
An irate farmer storms into a country store accusing the clerk of swapping perfume for liniment. The cow then refuses to eat or be milked, sighs constantly, and gazes at her reflection in the pond as the storekeeper tries to mollify him.
Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil was launched over thirty years ago to serve a small section and quickly gained a continental market. It is now known and prized throughout the hemisphere, with nothing equal to it.
A French surgeon discovers a free shrapnel bullet moving within the left ventricle of a soldier’s heart during a special X ray after he complained of a remaining foreign body. The bullet swirls with each heartbeat.
A boarding school head catches a boy wiping knives on the table cloth and seizes the moment to question his home habits. The student retorts that at home they use clean knives, revealing a clash over discipline and propriety.
A claim that Hollo way's Corn Cure eliminates corns by attacking the root, preventing regrowth. The description emphasizes deep action to stop corn development.
The Ottawa Citizen discusses Siberia's postrevolutionary prospects. It notes Siberia's mineral wealth and vast resources, predicts potential growth after conflicts end, and mentions Prince Lvoff’s Canadian visit and Siberia as a future site for railways power leases and land deals.
Poem fragment celebrating the West with ideals of brighter sun kinder smiles and stronger friendships. The verse contrasts landscapes and human virtues, ending with a description of the West as a place of giving and easy friendships.
Hamilton special reports Mrs H Dickens of 70 Tom Street Canada shares a remedy tale. After childbirth back pain and fatigue improved after two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. Her daughter recovered from nervous trouble with the same treatment. The elder says women’s troubles stem from sick kidneys and endorses the pill.
The piece celebrates Canadian and American forces at Vimy Ridge, praising the Dominion flag raised after decisive combat. It credits American troops from above the border with contributing to the opportunity and victory, affirming Canadian superiority against the foe and expressing pride in both nations.
An Italian experiment reports lodging in wheat tied to high soil nutritive salts and abundant moisture. Prolonged drought in well-lit, poor soil reduces lodging. fully manured plants lodge more, while poor irrigation lowers risk.
George F. Kunz argues in a new ivory work that future supplies may come from North American elephants. Ancient North American and Iberian elephants once crossed a Behring land bridge. In the far north tusks remain preserved by cold, with many ivory finds north of Siberia. Alaska is a promising prospecting field as modern elephant ivory declines.
Last summer farmers in North Dakota formed the Farmers' Non-Partisan League and ran a vigorous campaign. They elected a farmer governor and a House under their platform, with 23 of 49 senators aligned. The program includes state owned terminals, mills, packing plants, and warehouses. the governor seeks tax exemptions for farm improvements, rural credit banks, grain inspection, and minimum wages for women.
An old woman in France reportedly threw her shoe at the king Louis XIII carriage on his wedding day as a blessing, saying she had only her shoe to give but wishing heaven’s blessings on the couple. The tale is cited as the origin of the wedding slipper toss tradition.
Canadian veteran Duncan MacNeil writes from Europe that after suffering six years with dyspepsia he found cure using Dr Cassell’s Tablets. He describes hospital relief in England and complete recovery after following the treatment. Free samples offered with 5-cent postage to Harold T. M. Ritchie & Co. in Toronto. Tablets sold in Canada with prices and cautions about imitations. Sole proprietors Dr Cassell’s Co. Ltd., Manchester England.
Editorial from the New York Globe argues Germany seeks to subjugate nations and threaten U S maritime rights. It calls for unified action to end the war and insists American safety depends on countering German aggression in Europe. It likens Germany to an octopus and urges decisive, centralized sanitary and military effort at the war's source.
In a British prize court proceeding for condemnation of shiploads of lubricating oils as enemy property an affidavit from a war trade intelligence official cited latest government reports showing 8000 locomotives laid up at Essen last month due to oil scarcity or poor lubricants. It warned that railway engine lubrication was a top German problem.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to cure morbid stomach conditions that nourish worms and destroy parasites on contact. The medicine digests worms and evacuates them with other bowel waste, restoring soundness to organs and steadily improving a child’s health.
Alberta and Saskatchewan laws allow a two and one half cent per acre tax on unoccupied lands to fund poison and labor for gopher control. As gophers spread from waste land near farms, farmers must tackle nearby waste lands too to prevent new colonies.
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