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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
6
Sir Henry Norman visited Professor Amar and witnessed three one armed workers using artificial limbs. The men demonstrated turning metals, handshakes, and needle work, with prosthetics controlled by chest and back muscle movements. Asthma relief offered by Dr Kellogg's remedy promises easier breathing and widespread patient gratitude.
Advisory notes that some tout rhubarb leaves as greens but officials caution against it. Experts state leaves are not universally poisonous but can cause serious poisoning in many people when consumed as food.
A Cleveland resident details years of severe lower abdominal pain and fainting, after hospital stays and ineffective doctors. A nurse friend recommended a vegetable tonic, and the patient reports significant relief. The advertisement urges sufferers to try the remedy.
The article explains whaling is run without wages, profits split two thirds to capital and one third to labor. Each crew member gets a lay based on rank, from captain down to calan boy, with shares tied to cruise success. It notes the Onward’s $395,000 catch yielded captain’s lay of $40,800 and the lowest crew member about $2.08.
The New York World argues that China's declaration of war against Germany will not alter the war's course but will prompt Berlin to lash out. It predicts Germany will face global hostility and lack of friends as it attempts postwar reconstruction with severely damaged foreign trade.
The copy urges mothers to prevent infant stomach and bowel troubles in hot months with Baby's Own Tablets. It claims tablets prevent ailments like cholera infantum diarrhea and dysentery and can rescue a child during sudden illness. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Chicago Tribune rails against undermining civilian resolve during war, arguing morale in civilians and troops goes hand in hand. It warns that weakening civil safeguards endangers national unity and discipline, urging steadfast order to prevent societal disintegration.
The article warns that at least half of young poultry and a tenth of adults die from preventable diseases annually, costing millions. It urges strict flock hygiene, immediate isolation of ailing birds, and reporting to the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa for investigation. It also prescribes disinfecting quarters, runs, and feeding areas and using lime solution spray.
The Vienna Reichspost argues the pope's note aligns with Austria-Hungary aims and demands reciprocal concessions before central powers grant any. It claims Italy must abandon Albania and that freedom of the seas includes removal of British bases, illustrating a hard bargain view. The piece urges clear allied guarantees on essential, non negotiable terms before negotiations proceed.
Dr. Ames A. Whitney, formerly of New York now in Paris, predicts no early peace as Russia’s spring debacle allows Germany to advance toward Odessa. Military experts expect a winter to summer 1917-18 campaign with a prolonged war, while Italian canners use tomato skins and seeds for stock feed oil and later refined table use.
To safeguard the child from worms use Miller's Worm Powders the medicine par excellence for children. These powders will clear the system of worms regulate and stimulate organs harmed by worms and encourage healthy digestion. As a vermifuge it cannot be surpassed in effectiveness.
Saturday Review argues that country gentlemen and yeomen became vital supporters of the common good during crisis, serving as recruiters and ranks, with Bacon noting Henry VII's land policy that created a sturdy yeomanry to sustain the kingdom and deter penury.
A U S Bureau report details how seven major German dye firms allied in 1915 to form a fifty year pool from Jan 1 1916. They control foreign sales with shared capital over 30 million dollars and pledge uniform prices wages hours and production standards. The plan aims to regain world market dominance once peace arrives.
Col Repington of the London Times calls Hindenburg a colossal failure unable to craft fresh strategy against the Allies. West front analysis notes German armies have not won a battle in three years but retreat each time. The passage also advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a testimonial offer and a $100 reward for failure to cure, plus Hall's Family Pills.
George W. Perkins says sentimentality has no place in business in a New York YMCA talk. He cites a joke about a bride answering a customs official that she loves George more than ever, illustrating the clash of emotion with commerce.
A playful exchange between Jack and Betty about a promised kiss if their team won ends with a flirty standoff across the room as he challenges her to throw a ball. The moment blends sport and romance in a lighthearted scene.
A Forum excerpt quotes a New York grocer telling Shirley Burns he dislikes cash-only sales. He says a high-class trade pays regularly, items bills, and adjusts monthly totals to meet profits, noting only a few object and they approve the correction. The saying ends with There is one born every minute.
A Cincinnati man touted Freezone as a pain free remedy for corns and calluses. The pitch claims instant dryness and peeling without skin irritation and urges asking a druggist to order a bottle if unavailable.
A man dropped a lit match on Kalamalka Lake shore in July sparking three weeks of forest fires. Firefighters endured exhaustion and peril as 26 were surrounded by flames, and a $50 fine was imposed. The Spruce Valley blaze killed eleven, started by a lit tobacco piece in a tent.
Boston Globe recounts how Yankee troops in France earned the nickname Sammees. French crowds shouted Vive les amis and soldiers misheard it as a title for Uncle Sam. The report notes the nickname’s quirky origin and whether it would endure.
A remarkable demonstration for Lord Northcliffe and party linked a transcontinental line to San Francisco and a Pacific coast transmitter at the Golden Gate. A second line reached a transmitter on the Atlantic shore, enabling the guest to hear the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Paris Medical Board notes from July 50 describe how shell blasts shift wartime dermatoses from eczema and psoriasis to phthiriasis and hair diseases, with tuberculides and skin tuberculosis becoming rare due to rigorous medical exams and open-air army life.
In a courtroom exchange Boozy Bill shrugs off shame and defends his presence as respectable, challenging the judge with a tongue in cheek remark about where he’s seen and what is considered proper.
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