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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
4
The Hamiota Echo announces publication details and advertising rates including display ads at 12 per inch and legal notices ic per line first insertion, Be per line subsequent, with transient ads 25c each follow up. Copy for changes due by noon Tuesday for same week issue.
In the Europe war coverage the Princess Royal presented six horses for use in the conflict. On August 11 the British army posted 4,700 new recruits. Alfred Brassey, master of the Heythrop Foxhounds, offered all his horses to the War Office.
The German oil tank steamer Leda, valued at 500000 dollars, was captured and taken into Bermuda as a prize of war.
Henry Sturgess proposes that Dominions further aid England by directing purchases of goods normally bought in Germany to be sourced within England. The remark frames economic strategy as wartime or diplomatic aid.
The statement proposes taking the people’s savings to fund the war, arguing it will boost support for the war effort in Germany. It suggests the policy would be marketed as a popular sacrifice and may heighten public approval.
The Admiralty attaches 1,200 bow scouts to troops guarding the East coast with the chief scout present. A further 3,000 scouts monitor telephone and telegraph lines while the War Office uses 100 as special messengers. Numerous scout cyclists are also on duty.
The fund inaugurated by the Prince of Wales, acting as treasurer, raised more than 1.9 million dollars in two days and surpassed 3.24 million dollars in the same period. The item notes the enduring hardship of widows and orphans left by those who died serving their country.
British military notice warns alcohol slows signals and judgment, harms shooting and endurance, raises fatigue and risk from wounds. It urges soldiers to become total abstainers for health and efficiency during wartime.
Sir Edward acknowledges a 2500 dollar donation to the Ulster Science Fund. He calls for unity amid a grave crisis and urges avoiding controversy, seeking fellowship with all fellow citizens for the Empire's welfare and not to push any political view.
The report notes a German biplane over Paris and a nonexploding projectile. It cites Britain’s central role in the war, aid offers from Quebec and Allerta, and measures to secure banks after attempted attacks. Sydney celebrates its Expeditionary Force as Queensland debates meat supplies, while the Dixon Trust pledges 25000 pounds to aid England with flour and meat. Austrian reverses in Serbia are reported with deserions and limited updates to the Emperor.
In the Surrogate Court of Swift Current Saskatchewan the estate of Allen E Heath late of Morse died about November 6 1913. Creditors must file claims by November 2 1914 with The Standard Trusts Company Saskatoon. Administrators warn they will distribute assets after that date to those with proper notice and will not be liable for undisclosed claims. Dated Saskatoon August 14 1914.
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