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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
2
Lord Reading spoke to 300 at a Luncheon Club on American sympathy for Britain and France, the value of the draft, and American democracy. He praised American aid, unity with Allied efforts, and vowed America stands with Britain to the end until victory is achieved.
A Budapest report says Jews across Hungary were rounded up by government orders, streets barricaded, and some dragged to prison. The police reportedly seized large sums from Galician Jews as a special tax before escorting them to the frontier, with Premier Wekerle defending the行动 in Parliament as targeting undesirable foreigners.
Helsingfors, capital of Finland, sits on water with Sveaborg fortress guarding the harbor. Founded around 1850 by Gustavus Vasa, the town received liberties as a special grant. The Sveaborg fortress earns the nickname Gibraltar of the Baltic and a Lutheran church crowns the high point.
On a government estate covering 12 446 acres of freehold and a pastoral run of 19 250 acres in the drier South Island, about 120 000 rabbits were killed or captured to make the property suitable for returning soldiers.
A British farming expert notes the 1868 level harvest as a benchmark and outlines government policy, labor shifts, and foreign support. He cites four pound loaf at nine pence and 55 shillings per quarter for home grown wheat, with Canada questioned as Britain grows more self reliant.
A small British expedition arrives at Baku on the Caspian Sea to secure its rich oil fields from German control. Starting from Baghdad, the 600 mile journey traversed rugged terrain and encounters with tribes, aiming to prevent German access to Baku oil by potential dismantling of wells if necessary.
A pupil at a school for dependent children writes to his father about the current activities and mishaps. He mentions a broken leg, a picnic in the rain, mumps, a fractured rib, a buggy whip for mischief, a cut finger, and declares that they are all very happy, reflecting a humorous tone from Everybody's Magazine.
During the Civil War Lincoln grants a bumptious German a captain’s commission. In the interview the German declares his aristocratic lineage, and Lincoln replies that careful conduct will prevent trouble, highlighting a terse exchange over ancestry and command.
The article contrasts ancient and modern engineering feats such as the 180 square mile Nile reservoir and the pyramids at Gizeh with 5,000-year-old stone blocks. It notes Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches, early machines, and the absence of mechanical power until Watt transformed industry. Mr G H Pegram cites ancient stones moved by human effort and the lack of vast mechanical power in antiquity.
A special report by Vice-Consul E R Dickover discusses Canada as a site for cultivating black mint to produce menthol crystals and oil. Attempts to import plants failed due to Pacific transit and disinfection. Seeds are sought, but slips dominate cultivation. Japan uses two climates for mint: southern British Columbia coastal area and temperate southern states. most mint is on Hokkaido with mild winters and 38 inches rainfall.
The British army grew well beyond expectations, reaching six and a quarter million in population terms. Lloyd George compared Britain to the United States in mobilization, noting 268,000 troops crossed the channel in two weeks and that the supply of artillery and machine guns surged after initial losses.
Jacob German became the first man arrested in New York City for speeding a motor vehicle. On a bright spring morning in May 1899 he drove down Lexington Avenue at twelve miles an hour and ended up in a police cell.
The text notes the establishment forty years ago of the first successful iron and steel mill in Southern Russia by a man named Hughes. It mentions a major steel center in Ukraina bearing the name Yurovka in his honor.
Siberia covers about 4 784 034 square miles making it nearly four times the size of Great Britain and Ireland. It contains deep rivers the Yenisei Ob Irtysh Lena Amur and Argun linking posting stations to the Trans Siberian and other railways. It features vast steppes forests and deserts with rich fur trade and ancient burial mounds dating to 1 000 to 2 000 B C.
The article discusses how war demands convert fats and glycerine to explosives, with soap supply largely maintained. It notes prisoners barter soap from home, submarine threat eased fats availability in Britain, and government allocations ensure soapmakers receive needed materials. Britain’s whale fisheries are highlighted as a key soap-fat source.
The piece extols a cheerful breakfast shared with family as a mark of preparedness and national resolve. It warns that a nation that delays meals at 8 or 11 risks defeat, while a sensible morning meal strengthens morale and unity amid pressure.
A concise reflection contrasts saints who seek virtue with sinners who claim earthly enjoyment. The line between pious living and worldly pleasure frames the debate about life after death.
A critique of Kerensky as indecisive and fragile, cited for missteps that doomed the regime and his role in the Tsarist collapse. The piece then describes Canada’s field mail service, detailing how Canadian expeditionary forces receive, sort, and deliver mail from London to units in France, including supply-column postal details and trench delivery.
The piece extols steel helmets as essential gear and a symbol of modern warfare. It notes veterans’ skepticism, cites a helmet saving a life after shrapnel impact, and compares French, British, and German designs while describing novel uses as cookware, seats, and planters.
Last summer Johnny visits a farm from the city and asks why a haystack has no doors or windows. The farmer explains the haystack is not a house, just packed forage, prompting the boy to insist hay grows in lumps like this.
After trials, 22,000 cases of British Columbian herring were packed in the season for varied products including kippers and herring in tomato sauce. The shift marks an expansion from bait to processed fish in multiple formats.
An English physician kept Napoleon Bonaparte’s heart in a silver basin at St Helena. A nocturnal rustle and water plunge spurred a guard to chase a giant rat dragging the heart to its hole, dramatic tale of ambition and ruin linked to imperial fate.
Instruction in German was banned in Brazilian schools while Portuguese was made the official language in all institutions. In Santa Catarina a district housed 134 German schools funded partly by Germany, where German had been the primary language before Brazil entered the war.
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