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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
3
Much Better Loveman lost big at high stakes after spending his fortune on Miss Brass who refused him. A friend notes it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all and jokes the loss benefits post office authorities, florists, drivers, and theatres in town.
Claims state the powders cause worms to macerate in the stomach and pass in stools unseen. They allegedly eradicate intestinal worms entirely, leaving no trace or lodgement once in use.
In recent weeks Canada food board regulations have led to fines and closing orders nationwide. Inspectors and municipal police have secured convictions while local officials carry out enforcement with full legal authority.
A detailed report from mid Germany describes drought harming feed crops in Meckienburg and Pomerania with imports needed. Beet sugar, cabbage, and potato crops suffer while insects devastate yields. women harvest most vegetables as men work in munitions plants. Government controls ration food, sugar, and garden output for civilians, with soap shortages and coal scarcity crippling factories.
California hosts only two native weeping trees Quercus Lobata valley oak near Burbank and Picea Breweriana weeping spruce in isolated northwestern mountains. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills retain strength and potency, remaining fresh for long periods.
A married businessman asks his stenographer Jessie to sew a ripped shirt before a lodge night. She refuses, reminding him she is a typewriter, not a sewing machine, and says she'll have Jane do it. The exchange reveals workplace dependence and marital tension.
Low priced butcher parts such as beef hearts livers tripe and oxtails are discussed as affordable meat options. The piece notes Europe and the United States demand these parts and suggests Canada could use them more to relieve demand for roasts and steaks. Recipes for cooking these cheaper cuts are mentioned.
A new knitting method enables hosiery with detachable feet and replaceable parts. The description mentions testing in Belfast and a peer vetting stage, suggesting early development and potential collaboration.
A London Daily Chronicle item notes an American visitor in Kent praising England as a Garden of Eden after polite remarks about farming and hedges. He calls farming in England merely market gardening and admits he has yet to see much farming beyond the garden-like countryside.
Report notes only male captain aboard Gérfan ships arriving at Ulea while crews are composed entirely of women officers engineers and stokers illustrating the wartime shortage of German manhood.
Sufferers guided away from greasy ointments toward Dr Williams Pink Pills which claim to purify blood and cure skin disorders from within. The ad states pills improve appetite and energy, and are sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at six boxes for $2.50 via mail.
From the western front the shortest route to Berlin lies through Belgium and crosses the Rhine at Cologne continuing north through Minden Hanover and Spandau. A suburban train discussion imagines a thousand American bombers ending the war by two oclock tomorrow afternoon promising peace when the shells fall silent.
Maj Orde Lees of the British Air Service envisions postwar mail delivery by exceptionally small aircraft, 15 feet in width, to operate from postal aerodromes near post offices. Large planes would handle long distances, while pneumatic tube links and parachute bag drops are explored to speed urban mail service.
The article describes a Persian marble slab called the Shining Stone fixed in the Mosque of St Sophia. It is said to glow bright during Islamic prosperity or triumphs and darken before calamities. It has not darkened in the current war, implying a mystic sign of enduring Islamic victory despite Ottoman defeats.
The nation remains committed to the sugar program as wartime production continues. Officials note that after the last harvest Americans saved vast wheat reserves and will extend that perseverance to ensure supply for allies and domestic needs.
A promotional notice claims worms cause illness in pale restless children and asserts that Mother Graves Worm Ex Terminator will relieve them and restore health. The language emphasizes cure and parental concern.
In Liverpool a plant processes fish waste to extract fats sold at about 400 dollars per ton. The meal made from the residue, used for feeding livestock and poultry, retails at over 100 dollars per ton.
Britain and allies turn to Canada for platinum as sources in Britain falter. Canada’s Department of Mines arranged for purchase of platinum at the Dominion government assayer’s office in Vancouver to stimulate production benefiting Canadian producers who previously sold mainly to the United States.
The speaker jokes about quitting smoking and repurposing a cigarette case to carry lunch in a line from The Passing Show. It reflects wartime or revue era humor about habits and practicality.
Wartime readers in Toronto and Niagara Falls report Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as greatly beneficial for nervous breakdowns and chronic female weaknesses. Letters describe restored sleep, strength, and ability to work after using the tonic, noting its roots and herbal basis and a trial tablet offer.
The article notes widespread bread and pasta reliance in Italy with a grain shortage worsened by war and refugee drain. It details government requisition of wheat barley and rye, reduced cereal consumption, and scarce meat sugar and butter with rationing and price differences.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as effortless corn removal with a drop or two. It claims the corn lifts out with roots intact, is painless during and after use, and costs a quarter at any drug store.
Elizabeth Foster known as Mother Goose lived in Boston near the Old South Church. She married Isaac Goose in 1665 and wrote rhymes for her grandchildren. Her works were first published by her son-in-law Thomas Fleet in 1716. She died in 1757 at age ninety two.
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium denounces German conduct in WWI citing famine and ruins across the country. He describes widespread unemployment, ruined industries, deported workers, and despair among families, workers, and the sick as a lasting consequence of the war.
The article stresses continued need for food economy despite temporary relaxation of pork restrictions. It warns against any sense of excess and urges saving all available food for overseas needs, maintaining restraint in general consumption.
Wartime letters from Canadian Highlanders and London artillerymen describe birds returning to Belgium despite bombardment. Soldiers recall morning birds singing beside trenches, contrasts of peace and death, and even woodland birds continuing to nest amid shelling.
An historic note recalls a Massachusetts sea captain flogged publicly upon return home for kissing his wife in the street, a punishment mandated by old statute for such open affection during early Puritan days.
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