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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
3
The article discusses Irish round towers likely built as watch towers or refuges during dangers from Danes. Most tops are broken, cone tops mostly restored, doors set high to be reached by ladders, ladders removed after entry. About eighty towers remain, few are intact.
Experiments show sweet corn can be grown in large quantities in Western Canada under irrigation. The Southern Alberta Land Company reports annual crops since 1914 between Suffield and Ketland with yields from 1000 to 1500 dozen ears per acre. Their corn ships to Medicine Hat Calgary Banff Moose Jaw and Regina to meet strong demand.
Deputy Max Winter in assembly cites witnesses detailing abuse by Lt Baron von Hofern at Battery 3 Nezdau near Oimutz. Reports include whipping, tying men to a railway, mock executions, and the beating of Josef Tabak who later died insane.
Anton Mickelson warns gophers ruin a bushel per acre each season and can devastate grain unless early spring poison use improves. He faults municipalities for underfunding gopher poison and farmers for delaying treatment. Catarrh cure ads and remedies are noted in the text.
Archibald Hurd notes Nelsons restraint after Toulon as he explains why he did not attack the fleet in its batteries. The piece reflects on twenty-one years of war ending in 1815 and asserts British sea command shaped victory at Waterloo through Nelsons ships.
In Dundas county during the summer of 1916 the Commission of Conservation surveyed 400 representative farms. Under one percent practiced systematic seed selection, three percent treated seed for smut, nine percent grew wheat, most grew oats, over half knew their variety name, and forty three percent did not know the grain varieties on their farms.
U S Food Administration cites French government data showing cattle, sheep and swine drops since 1913 with 1916 year end totals and per capita meat consumption. The note underscores Europe depleting livestock and reliance on the United States for meat and dairy after the war. Also mentions Dr Kellogg asthma letters praising his remedy.
Two Connecticut citizens established a 4000 acre wildlife refuge to propagate wild fowl. A Winnipegosis expert studied local duck nests and breeding sites to form a breeding stock and augment wild populations. Birds born there migrate back to the refuge, showing success in conservation efforts.
A high Japanese government official called German methods barbaric and noted strong popular sympathy for the Allies. He said Japanese citizens have sent money and supplies, and sent nurses to France Russia and Romania. He added some surgeons remain in Russia and nurses have returned due to health effects.
A sick woman described years of crying spells and nervous distress. She sought help from several doctors without relief and says she considered death before using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes confidential guidance from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
A Westminster Gazette piece depicts King George as a fearless angler in Britain’s sleet and fog. The king calmly fishes under an umbrella, lands a salmon, and, amid splashing water, dons a kilt and feasts on haggis and whiskey grog, praised as a true Scot.
A quoted German policy idea promises peace briefly but war would be resumed in ten years. Lloyd George notes this talking point and cites German aims to stockpile food copper and cotton and to build submarines in greater numbers. He warns there must be no next time.
Advertisement asserts morbid stomach and intestinal conditions harbor worms and claims Miller's Worm Powders destroy the worms, restore digestion, and end the child's suffering by removing conditions favorable to parasites.
The British food controller requires licenses for imports, with a government buying agency in the U S handling Canadian and American bacon and other commodities. Canada aims to maintain and grow its bacon exports to Britain, stressing the Wiltshire type and the cost parity of bacon hogs with fat hogs, to secure a share of a $40 million annual market.
The Spanish rice crop is extraordinarily plentiful this year and will require 15 000 workers to harvest.
The Chicago Tribune argues that naturalized Germans and German-born citizens who came to the United States to improve their lives should defend the nation against the German government. It contrasts Polish and Russian oppression and condemns coercion of Poles and other peoples by Germany and allied regimes.
An old advertisement urges skin sufferers to avoid greasy ointments and instead use Dr Williams Pink Pills to purify blood and treat skin disorders from within. The pills, said to boost appetite and energy, are offered by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50.
The eighth annual report of Canada's commission of conservation notes that Dr. C. R Clarke reports over 12 percent of Toronto General Hospital public ward patients have syphilis. The document covers disease control, food supply production, fish-waste stock meal experiments, fertilizer use, and broader commission activities including town planning and waterpowers.
France enforces a September 1 effective decree placing purchase and distribution of all cereals under state control. A central office, including government and grain merchants, and a central millers and bakers committee are established. Purchases by millers and merchants must be reported to the State with price limits set by a July 16 decree.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a student asking for guidance on international law studies. The reply pivots to a sharp aside about constant target practice, reflecting a casual exchange in a broader discussion.
In one English county 1,500 women are officially recorded as employed in various farm labor roles according to the food controller’s office. Soldiers in England assist with harvesting while Miss Talbot notes efforts to make rural work conditions pleasant and highlights the mix of women workers from different social backgrounds.
The product claims to destroy corn roots with a simple application mounting the callosity and removing it without harming the surrounding flesh. The description emphasizes painless treatment and removal of corns or warts after use.
A military report from the front describes coining a new term as troops reach the Tankodrome in France. The note cites that tanks were unknown only a year earlier and that language rapidly evolves under wartime stress.
Mr Tucker meets Mr Cutting who he often borrows from. He asks the bill’s denomination and receives a wry reply Episcopalian, I guess. As the money matters linger the exchange ends with a humorous note about the bill.
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