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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
6
Sir Sam Hughes announces 37 000 Canadian troops in trenches and 40 600 in England awaiting front action. He confirms General Turner to command the new second Canadian division and outlines potential corps leadership for Alderson Currie Mercer.
Essay-like claim praises Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a simple effective cure for intestinal worms in children, asserting it can save lives.
Overrun cannot be accurately calculated until the milk is tested and the butter made. It depends on skimming, churning, cream handling losses, and butter composition. Moisture in butter can range from 10 percent to 15 percent or more, showing overrun varies with the butter maker’s efficiency.
A woman visits a telegraph office asking to have a telegram drafted to underscore the phrase perfectly lovely in acknowledgment of a bracelet. The clerk notes she had previously been there and agrees there is no extra charge. She thanks him and explains the message will delight Arthur.
The article notes the crucial role of aeroplanes for artillery accuracy and fire control on land and sea. It argues for immediate U S investment in at least five hundred aeroplanes and seaplanes, warning of US inferiority without air power ahead of Congress.
The text advises handling milk carefully to prevent spills, warns against wooden containers, and favors galvanized, copper, or zinc surfaces for cleanliness. It suggests a concrete door, hot water washing, indoor cooling with a hose, and limiting sunlight, with flies kept out by wire screens. It also recommends vine shading, darkening interiors, and wet gunny sack coverings over windows to reduce heat.
Prisoners recount German plans to crush Britain after France and Russia fall. They describe a fleet strategy to build power from indemnities and the Emden raid on the east coast. The captain recalls evading British pursuers via wireless and sinking a pursuing ship before facing Sydney in a doomed battle.
There is nothing to equal Baby's Own Tablets for little ones. They are safe and guaranteed free from opiates and reliably relieve minor babyhood ailments. Mrs Albert Bergeron of St Aga pit Quebec reports her baby was helped by the tablets for constipation and teething. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The article discusses railways and grain shipping costs for Western farmers facing harvesting and threshing anxieties. It notes Dominion Railway Commission rate rules west of the lakes, tonnage effects east of the lakes, possible higher rates due to war, and risk of Buffalo-route cargo diversion. It also mentions October deliveries to Georgian Bay at three cents and higher.
A Providence Journal summary reports a traveling correspondent finds eastern Pennsylvania, rich in German heritage, largely anti Kaiser and pro Allies. In Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery counties, few pro German views remain. most residents back President Wilson and condemn the Lusitania tragedy.
The Canadian Pacific Railway adds a first on dining cars a cold buffet with salads and cold meats displayed under glass for passenger selection served by a chef in white. The feature aims to enhance dining on the car and is meeting with great success.
The article extols Lord Kitchener as the trusted imperial leader whose orders are final and who has earned belief among Britons worldwide. It cites Lord Rosebery praising faith in the British government and war ministers, arguing wartime duty and conscription considerations, and notes Canada’s unshaken confidence in British leadership to minimize life loss.
The Archdeacon of London in St Pauls Cathedral condemns the Zeppelin raid as murder not battle. He cites hospital casualties including several dead children ages five to fifteen and accuses the imperial powers of ordering the atrocity, invoking Psalmist justice.
It is claimed that many ailments stem from a disordered liver, a delicate organ affected by irregular habits. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are presented as superior liver regulators, with gentle effective operation suitable for the most delicate users.
Governments in Europe set price controls on essential foods since the war. Austria and Germany fixed flour proportions and wholesale prices for cereals. Turkey controlled petroleum sugar and flour prices. Italy ran monopolies on salt tobacco and matches. Denmark Holland and Switzerland limited breadstuffs.
The Russia n soldier wears a numbered badge while the Frenchman bears an identification card sewed into his tunic. The German has a metal disk with his name, the British a disk with church ties, the Japanese three disks placed on neck belt and boot, and the Austrian a gun metal badge with a parchment name. The Turk carries no badge, identification deemed unnecessary.
French women aviators led by Mme Martha Richer of the Patriotic Union of Frenchwomen Aviators petition newspapers to employ female pilots. They state they can perform all tasks, volunteer freely for France or allied nations, and would replace pilots guarding towns to permit front line service.
A clerk reports a debtor warned of breaking bones and tossing him from a window if he returned. The employer directs the clerk to insist the menace won’t deter him from collecting the amount.
A fragmented clipping notes a “tremendous number of casualties” and references a newspaper account saying the paper reflects on the event with high casualty figures. The text is garbled and lacks clear names or dates.
A West school teacher credits Grape-Nuts with rebuilding body brain and nerves after severe weight loss insomnia and exhaustion She reports twelve pound gain improved appetite steadier nerves and better sleep while working strenuous hours She praises Grape-Nuts as nutritious economical and sustaining There's a Reason Canadian Postum Co Windsor Ont attests to the letters' genuineness and appeal
The article discusses enhancing soil power through organic matter, plant nutrients, and water management. It notes marsh land needs no added matter, while sand varies in fertility. It cites humus depletion in clay loam and silt loam, and links acidity, moisture, and nutrient availability to clover growth and yields.
The article explains veal pricing by live weight and age. calves under three months bring high prices, one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty pounds fetch top value, and weights around three hundred pounds reduce price per hundred. Well fattened calves under twelve months sell as baby beef, while thirteen to fourteen months are termed baby beef though often called yearlings with short-yearlings and long-yearlings defined by age ranges.
Vancouver Sun argues a sweeping national plan to fill vacant western lands. It cites Dominion control of vast tracts and unemployment in cities. The piece predicts postwar soldier reintegration and new arrivals from Britain and Europe, urging a policy to populate at two per square mile in the northwest and one per square yard in cities.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces and is endorsed as a regular prescription by physicians. Manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio with testimonials and druggist sales at 5 cents.
The late George A. Hearn, New York art collector, was noted for his humane management style. He dismissed strict scientific management as impractical, recalling a humorous hod carrier anecdote about ladder work and effort.
An Ohio Journal essay extols a man of frugal habit and reliability. It praises saving, hard work, and honest conduct as the path to prosperity, while noting character mirrors outcomes and a lack of virtue brings short‑lived wealth.
Severe reports describe Armenians in a large village of 2000 homes wiped out by Turkish forces. Gendarmes forced evacuation, troops fought, machine guns and incendiaries set fires, killing men women and children. four survivors recount the horror. Other accounts allege men drafted, women sold to harems, elders expelled.
Robert Herrick argues in the Chicago Tribune that French soldiers show unexpected grim resolve and steadfast faith in their cause. He contrasts popular American views of frivolous French traits with the disciplined, cheerful endurance they display in ten months of trench warfare.
The London Daily Telegraph notes Britain issues paper fiat to pay 100 value while German notes fall about 25 percent. It argues currency replaces gold due to national need, urging reduced imports and full gold use for state reserves as the nation enters a war unlike any before.
Official figures show 85.4 percent of employed Indians in seven groups: agricultural laborers 35.5 percent farmers and stock raisers 2.9 percent lumbermen raftmen and woodchoppers 2.4 percent laborers in manufacturing and transportation 6.3 percent basketmakers and weavers 7.4 percent launders and laundresses 19 percent and servants and waiters 2.6 percent. The quote about a wife’s family adds a humorous aside.
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