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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
4
Publication details for the Hamiota Echo include annual rate, office address, and advertising charges. It lists rates for municipal notices and transient ads, with deadlines for copy to appear in the same week's issue and names W Venables and W H Josey as officials.
French official communique notes violent fighting between Nieuport and the Lys, German crossings at Yser near Nieuport and Dixmude, and repulsed assaults west and south of Lille. Meuse artillery duels, and French heavy guns destroying three German batteries on upper Meuse. Aisne corridor actions threaten German communications between Crown Prince and Duke Albrecht, with possible strategic shifts near Melzicourt Barry-au-Bac and Rethel.
General Maunery reports the fiercest engagements since the war began along the Aisne from the coast to Arras. The main fighting center is around La Bassée near Lille, with heavy British casualties but German losses remain high. The Black Watch and Royal Irish are heavily engaged as Allied transports, ambulances, and supply lines operate efficiently to keep troops fed and medical care swift.
Readers receive letters describing German cruelties in Belgium and Britain. Accounts recount mutilated refugees, a London incident with 58 of 65 children harmed, a Edinburgh drawing teacher reporting a war-wounded son with both hands and eyes injured, plus wartime shortages and refugee distress in Leeds.
An ad for Phosphonel claims to restore nerves and vitality and avert premature sexual weakness. It promises improved vigor and mentions a price of 32 dollars per box. Mailed orders directed to The Seabell Drug Co in Catharines, Out, with sales through B R McNaught.
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