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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1923
Page
6
An advertisement for CATARRHO ZONE claims quick relief from catarrh bronchitis and colds with a two month large bottle priced at 1.00 and a smaller 0.5 size, available at druggists or by mail from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal.
The narrator describes home life during wartime with two children to care for while Grandma aids with knitting socks. Their house becomes a sewing hub for a group of girls exchanging overseas news and supporting VAD work as friends join nursing in France and Egypt. One family member loses a husband in Mesopotamia.
In 1919 Murray reaches England as one of the first prisoners. He describes gas exposure and ulcerated stomach from poor food, with concern over lung effects. He mentions relatives and medical hopes, including a proposed stomach operation and an optimistic but troubled outlook.
Mrs Misener describes long term pelvic inflammation and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. She credits six boxes and a bottle with ending years of pain from adolescence through wartime munitions work and medical treatments. She urges others to request a free private text book from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Cobourg Ontario.
A Winnipeg mother recounts settling into a Parkview Street cottage with her children while Murray recovers from war injuries. She describes his frail health, nervous strain, and fitful sleep as he returns to work, the couple rebuilding their bond, and the children adjusting to a changed father and house dynamics.
The narrator recalls a happy winter of 1919 20 with well children and Murray, balancing time between twins and social life. She reflects on loving both family roles and maintaining an open home, planning a simple future with space, garden, chickens, and perhaps a Ford, as Murray expects a promotion.
Charles Cummings and George Stewart driving a car near Niagara Falls collided with a runaway horse that had broken from a field. The car stalled and the horse kicked the radiator, smashed lamps, mud guard, rear light, and then moved off without injuries to any person.
A Tennessee connection ties Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk as born in North Carolina and sharing thirteen letters in each full name. Four more presidents Zachary Taylor James Buchanan Ulysses S Grant and Woodrow Wilson also have thirteen letters.
Canadians in England may enter the British Parliament gallery via the Canadian High Commissioner who obtains tickets from the Speaker. A new plan proposes reserving a section of the gallery for colonial visitors. Generally any respectable person can access the Imperial galleries by waiting in line, except during suffragette days or major debates.
Official dispatch confirms the Dominion Government will advance about $200 000 to Vancouver Harbor for completing the Woodward elevator. The facility will operate as a private undertaking.
A French collector owns what is described as the most valuable postage stamp collection, with an estimated worth close to one million dollars. The article notes the collection’s exceptional rarity and significance in philately.
In London Howard Carter, co discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb, says less than a quarter of the antiques have been removed and two years remain to explore all chambers. He predicts the fall opening will reveal Tut in pharaonic regalia before he returns to his shrine. Carter calls Tut a shadowy king with obscure life.
A Los Angeles Times voice condemns wanton slaughter of game and urges enforcement of laws to protect species. It notes past abundances of buffalo and passenger pigeon have vanished and warns against indiscriminate shooting. It calls hunters who seek the sport of a gentleman to act with restraint and respect for others.
Washington Post argues against modernizing Bible language and characters arguing biblical figures should not be depicted in modern attire while the text humorously suggests language should also stay unchanged. The piece critiques trends toward updating religious texts.
California researchers report dahlia tubers contain sugar and can be cultivated on thousands of acres. Dahlia sugar is about one and a half times sweeter than cane or beet sugar. A USC formula shows similar production costs to beet sugar, offering a sugar source for diabetics due to its harmless nature.
A Detroit News reflection notes a mother opening the dresser’s upper right drawer to find a searched item, a joke on family effort. It adds a line about men praying for things they would not work for, framing a humorous contrast.
The vast Romanoff jewels and art treasures move to London and Paris auction rooms with growing abundance. A standout sale in London fetched about 50000 dollars for 42 old French snuff boxes, deemed a low price. One box, a gold Louis XV piece with Voltaire connection, sold for 5000 dollars.
An American doctor asserts soap kills leprosy, noting a strange lack of affected small boys. The remark underscores hygiene’s role in disease control and prompts questions about transmission dynamics.
The report notes that the top round of the ladder exists only in the imagination as no climber has yet succeeded in reaching it.
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