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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
2
Six armed British trawlers returning to port with fish encountered a large German submarine cruiser. The crews formed a tight line and fired until the submarine vanished after a direct hit and smoke screen. The RNVR officer praises their courage, discipline, and skill in a rare naval engagement labeled a Fisherman's Fight.
A World War I veteran, Drummer Downs of the Royal North Lancashires, lost his right arm and sight, retains one left finger with a signet ring, and still drums cymbals and whistles in St. Dunstan's Own Ragtime Band while smiling brightly.
In Germany courts decide a hotel bears no liability for shoes left outside guest rooms for cleaning. Shoes are treated as valuables requiring owners to guard them as cash or jewelry. A Cologne hotel theft case left a guest with no damages after a seventy mark claim failed.
A brief literary quip compares Kaiser to Nero and plays on cold humor, noting Nero as a historical figure associated with heat or cold in a punning exchange from the Vancouver World.
The British bureau of information lauds tank crews for aiding French operations on the Meuse front. Tanks blasted through villages fighting German machine guns, with one crewman repairing a damaged tank and returning to action. In other actions tanks served as strongpoints and armored scouts aiding infantry advances, capturing officers and troops.
Two British airmen, after their bomber was shot up, landed in German territory by moonlight near a quarry. They crawled for miles to reach the front trenches, crossed No Man's Land under hedge cover, escaped a German sentry, and spent a day hidden before returning to French lines with one swimming the Seille twice to guide his partner across.
A veterinary natural history note details canine speed from Eskimo dogs to greyhounds. Eskimo dogs reportedly travel forty five miles in five hours, domestic dogs sprint thirty three to forty nine feet per second, setters and pointers reach eighteen and a half to twenty one point seven mph, foxhounds show remarkable bursts, and greyhounds clock fifty nine to seventy five feet per second while horses max at sixty three feet per second.
Belfast, a harbor city with no coal, iron, or natural advantages, built world leading ships at Harland & Wolff and Workman & Clark. The linen and tobacco industries rely on imports, yet the city powers major factories, rope works, and a large distillery, while its Ulster division shows strong voluntary enlistment before conscription.
London despatch records Maj. Gen Maurice recalling mud as the standout feature of front activity. He cites its persistence and deadliness, recounting two rescued soldiers trapped in thick Flanders mud for thirty hours. A harness and mule team freed them with hip and knee injuries.
Senator Thomas argues that Germany seeks excessive concessions but will suffer defeat. He likens the peace table to a spread of colonies indemnities and Atlantic ports, concluding Germany faces a choice between accepting a harsh peace or leaving empty handed.
A chauffeur before enlistment crawled under a mule to inspect its stoppage and sustained injuries described as very peculiar by an attendant. The incident is noted as part of a life story recounted in the article.
The piece lauds Britain's wartime mobilization and compares the growing British force to historical scales. It notes the expansion from 160,000 in 1914 to about 6.25 million and questions American risk in matching such manpower. It highlights rapid reinforcements, hard fighting at Ypres, and Britain’s ongoing capacity for fresh wave of troops.
Export of Canadian silver coin bullion and bars is prohibited unless licensed by the minister of finance. Licenses are granted only for civil or military uses tied to the war and when the exporter proves purchase prices do not exceed 1,0154 per ounce 1 000 fine. The order notes wartime coinage needs and parallels U S and British actions.
A Dutch woman of German descent returning from near Bonn told the Amsterdam Daily Express correspondent that Germans along the Rhine expect Allied invasion. She said despair pervades in Germany, cities show heavy destruction, and many families plan to move toward central Germany as Allied air raids devastate streets and cause high casualties.
A visitor notes the Menlo Park gate needs care but Edison jokes that every caller works the system. He explains that visitors opening the gate trigger the roof tank to spill two buckets of water, illustrating a clever water system in action.
A schoolmaster reproaches a bright boy for a simple algebra problem and cites George Washington as a model. The boy retorts that Washington was six when he began surveying and, at the master's age, already president, turning the exchange into a sharp jab about achievement.
Debtor and creditor exchange a terse line about paying debts while noting mutual honesty. The brief dialogue appears as a clipped quotation from the Boston Transcript.
Captain Kk N Coutts reports Swiss coal costs reach $40 a ton with severe food scarcities and rationing. He notes American aid easing hunger, reliance on neighbors for coal, and pro allied Swiss sentiment with limited German influence. Spain plans to substitute German ships in Spanish ports due to submarine sinkings, while maintaining neutrality as it protects maritime traffic.
At a London banquet of the Merchant Seamen's League Cabinet ministers and other distinguished guests heard a spirited song vowing to settle the seamen's score by avenging roughly twenty thousand British sailors sunk or attacked on unarmed ships by German raiders.
The article explains the southern Indian practice of gilding limes with brass or gold leaf exchanged on New Year occasions as a token of esteem. It notes the long-standing tradition across Hindu, Muslim, Tamil, and Telugu communities, with gilded limes, tops, and decorated garments featuring in festivals and social gatherings.
The Pest claims five miles as the deepest possible, while The Diver challenges the extent and refuses to concede a limit. The exchange hints at a debate over maximum oceanic depths and human reach without resolving it.
The federal food administrator in Arizona grants an ostrich farm near Phoenix permission to slaughter 800 birds, yielding about 25 000 pounds of dressed meat at an estimated 15 cents per pound. Officials see potential for ostrich as a meat substitute amid wartime shortages, noting similar success with whale, shark, and reindeer meats.
Bakers in the Isle of Man suspend baking in protest against a governor ordered loaf price of 10 4d. Bread is scarce while many English visitors remain on the island. Labor groups threaten a general strike unless a nine-penny loaf is restored.
Elder sister defines stoicism as the ability to congratulate the fiancé of the man she wished to marry without revealing disappointment.
Clerks from the Faston office of Alpha Cement Company travel daily after office hours to Martin's Creek nine miles away to assist with harvests on company farms.
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