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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
6
A promotion style note touts Sloan's Liniment as quickly penetrating and soothing for external pains including neuralgia, strains, bruises, aches, stiff joints, sore muscles, rheumatic tinges, and sciatica. Claims it is effective for family use and available from Canadian druggists.
At the beach under a bright moon a woman asks about the full moon's effect on tides. He replies that it has none, but it affects the un-tied, as they draw closer together in a flirtatious moment.
Soft corns are hard to remove, but Holloway's Corn Cure claims to draw them out painlessly, offering a simple remedy for afflicted feet.
The king approves a universal Victoria Cross ribband to replace the blue ribbon used by the navy and air force. The crimson Army ribbon remains in use while the Victoria Cross ribbon becomes the standard for all services.
Sioux Indians back the war effort with many enlisting from South Dakota reservations and signing bonds. Women aid Red Cross work, bead laces and robes are donated, and tribal sales raise substantial funds, including over 1200 dollars at a Rosebud sale. The Dakota people participate actively in Liberty bonds, war savings stamps, and livestock contributions.
The Pittsburgh Sun reports American ingenuity shaping WWI efforts. Indian contingents test bear traps in No Man's Land outside the wire to catch advancing Fritz. Buckshot squads of trap shooters deflect grenades, saving lives by keeping shrapnel from trenches.
A teacher sketches an animal on the blackboard and asks Tommy to identify it. The boy replies with a humorous family misdirection, saying his father calls his mother Garn, exposing the riddle as a playful boast rather than a serious query.
Major General Mewburn addressing army and navy veterans at the Central Canada Exhibition praises the Canadian army corps in France as the strongest striking force. He cites Arras and Amiens, notes heavy casualties, emphasizes reinforcing pools and team play under General Currie and the leadership of General Stewart in transportation.
In a sudden battle a young lieutenant showed a pal a gold brooch tucked under his pocket flap and asked him to deliver it to his mother if he perished. He was killed within moments by a shell. The pin was sent on to the United States.
A Cincinnati inventor promotes a ether compound named Freezone that allegedly dissolves corns and calluses when applied to the affected areas. The ad urges readers to clip the notice and ask pharmacists to order the product if unavailable locally.
The piece asserts that scientific industrialism originated in Britain and cites German and American rivals in the prewar era. It credits British scientists and manufacturers with rising to meet a great emergency and argues Britain will recover what it lost by waking up and acting decisively.
An 1910s style ad extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic for women. It promises strength, health, and nerve support, claiming to aid chronic weaknesses and female derangements. Includes testimonials and pricing for trial tablets.
The Lens region and Armentieres, once coal and manufacturing hubs, faced near total destruction after four years of war. Lens output reached about 5,000,000 tons before German occupation. Evacuation opens coalfields to France, while Armentieres on the Lys rail line remains ruined. Canadians had taken Vimy Ridge but were diverted to Passchendaele.
The report highlights General Gouraud and French troops facing tough tasks as the hardest in the war. It cites a French soldier using an automa tic rifle to destroy a German field gun battery and a squad capturing 105 prisoners by creating a feigned outflanking. A mortally wounded German officer praised French skill and promised to meet again by Christmas.
The notice urges healthy reentry for the ill and worn, blaming debility on poor blood and urging Dr Williams Pink Pills as the remedy. It cites nerves exhaustion indigestion insomnia neuralgia and low mood, promising restoration of strength and vitality through improved blood supply. Available from dealers or by mail at Brockville Ontario.
White, alsike, and sweet clovers grow abundantly in Southern Alberta irrigated districts and across central and northern regions without irrigation. Central Alberta soils show exceptional white clover on Edmonton lawns. Alsike proves hardy and widely grown for hay and pasture, often with timothy. Sweet clover, introduced later, gains popularity among dairy farmers.
A brief fragment shows a man asking about his wife’s hunger and inability to find work, with a response confirming the difficulty. The lines reflect hardship and the social ask about employment conditions.
A New Zealand lizard species bears a third eye on its head. Humans also possess a rudimentary pineal gland behind the bridge of the nose, historically linked to the soul as a remnant of an ancestral seeing eye.
An advertisement claims Dr. J. D. Kellogg's asthma remedy ends choking and nighttime attacks. It promises improved breathing and restful sleep and urges trials to prove the product's value.
An Allied proposal warns Germany of severe reprisals for destroying northern France and Belgium. It calls for marking Rhine cities for destruction and pledges to burn a rival city for each French or Belgian one ruined, amid reports from Cambrai of incendiary devastation as German troops left.
The article questions Kaiser Wilhelm II’s reliance on what it calls his Gott and compares him to biblical figures. It argues his boastful spirit lacks divine witness and cites Elijah versus Baal as a moral analogue, claiming the Kaiser cannot rely on earthly power to save Germany.
New Zealand's prison department covers more than half its costs through inmate labor worth £43,000 yearly. Prisons produce boots and slippers, bricks, concrete articles, and farm outputs. Concrete tiles roof state buildings, war shortages push gal iron scarcity. A Waikario farm of 1,200 acres gains value as prison labor improves land for settlement. Thus prison labor helps transform rough land for trees and growth.
A garbled report quotes individuals from Bayard McMulin Walsh and J H Bailey in Parkdale Ontario claiming cures for goitre inflammation and facial paralysis using Minard's Liniment and Mrs W A Johnson remedies. The text repeats names and places with uncertain phrasing.
The famed English school at Rugby, where Tom Brown had adventures, traces its origins to 1567 when Lawrence Sheriffe of London started a free school at Rugby. The establishment evolved into the Rugby known today.
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