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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
3
Farmers in Western Canada shipped several flax cars with high values. Champion Alberta reported $5,627.76 for a car containing 466 bushels. Lethbridge Alberta yielded $5,725 after freight and handling. Harris Saskatchewan likely achieved the top price at $6,475.
A mother’s guide to preventing infant stomach and bowel troubles in summer. The text promotes Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario, sold for 25 cents a box, claiming relief from cholera infantum diarrhoea and dysentery when used regularly or at onset.
Lord Leverhulme spoke at a meeting praising individual effort and the reward due to ability whether in field or factory. He recounted a cannibal chief who turned a missionary into an Irish stew to illustrate that a good man cannot be kept down, then quipped You can't keep a good man down.
A $100000 abattoir and chilling plant is being erected at Prince Albert Saskatchewan and is slated to operate early September. It will process about one hundred head of cattle daily and one hundred hogs per hour. In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan work begins on an extension to the packing plant with a $70000 expenditure and rapid completion planned.
The Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company advances with eight elevators completed or under construction. Seven have been erected this season and four more are underway. A new elevator was bought at Surbiton, with completed sites at Glidden Scott Drake Lawson Plenty Kinley Melfort and Senate.
Drought hits Western Canada with dry years. Canadian Pacific Railway promotes irrigation in Southern Alberta saying soil and climate support large crops when moisture is dependable. Irrigated land this year shows wheat promising fifty bushels per acre vs ten to fifteen on non irrigated plots.
The town of Cabri in Saskatchewan passes a by law requiring all buildings on the main street to be constructed of brick stone or cement to modernize the town.
An ad promoting Putnam's Corn Extractor promises painless corn removal. It claims the product shrivels the corn and uproots it completely, leaving only dead skin and costs a quarter in any drug store.
Northern Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba report strong prosperity with crops ahead of last year. Wheat and rye progress well, grazing for stock excellent, and milk production higher due to green feed. Hog numbers more than triple, land ready for cultivation increases, and rainfall improving breaking conditions with large farm outfits at work.
Provincial horticulture branch reports fruit conditions in British Columbia are encouraging with yields equal to or slightly better than last year. Prices are higher than usual and all signs point to favorable financial returns for growers.
Calgary markets offer higher hog prices than U S markets and lower production costs. Alberta farmers reap larger margins due to strong hog prices, cheap land, good feed crops, and low disease losses. Prices above eighteen dollars per hundred reflect a four to five dollar gain over last year.
In a Windsor Record quip a visiting Westerner jokes about Dakota farming while another listener mentions couples sent to milk cows. An ad touts Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy promising immediate relief and freedom from asthma attacks.
Town volunteers across South Dakota and Warrick county Indiana help farmers cut and shock wheat. Businessmen and laborers leave town work by auto to reach fields, shocking acres in a single evening. The effort, organized with farm help specialists and county councils of defense, aims to strengthen the harvest line.
A Middleton Nova Scotia resident signs a testimonial praising MINARD'S LINIMENT as the best tiniment for family use and horse flesh, noting years of trusted use at Woodlands.
The United States Shipping Board awards the Chinese government yard at Shanghai four cargo vessels of 10 000 tons each and takes options on 80 000 more tons to be built in China. The program may cost about 30 million dollars. About 35 000 tons of steel will be shipped from the United States, with engines and equipment manufactured in China. Deliveries start six months after steel arrives.
The article notes Fooh's tactics as a puzzle even to his countrymen. It praises him as a rare leader who executes plans first and reveals them publicly afterward, highlighting his uncanny method and strategic patience.
Report notes a new utensil design featuring glass spoons with tubular handles intended to replace straws in cold beverages. The invention promises a reusable, clearer option for sipping and stirring, aligning with ongoing efforts to reduce disposable plastic use.
Edwin Bjorkman reports that Sweden has issued no communique nor apology to Germany regarding Hjalmar Branting's London remarks. He argues German influence via Stockholm papers and the German legation seeks friction with the Allies and neutrals, a pattern with precedents.
An American reader praises Allied nations based on experiences in France. The letter notes British soldiers as disciplined, brave, generous, and optimistic despite losses, contrasting with German morale. It urges Americans to adopt a fair view of British character over prewar stereotypes.
A Kansas City Star analysis notes Austrian public mood favors larger food rations and shorter government deception about wartime front line events. The piece contrasts household hunger with political rhetoric and calls for clearer wartime reporting.
Farmers in Dundas County test cultivation methods to curb wild mustard on fields where corn grew last year and grain was sown this spring. Comparing plowed versus cultivated plots shows less mustard where corn stayed clean. note which yields better grain and is also free of mustard. Encourage small scale trials on farms before wider adoption. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are presented as a standard medicine for digestive health.
Newfoundland's conscription law, now in effect, has bolstered the wartime Newfoundland regiment to full strength. A second draft is not expected until autumn after fishing season. Women have taken farm roles while fishing boats still rely on male labor. Evaders were rounded up by patrols and mostly chose enlistment over jail for failing to register.
An advertisement-like claim extols Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a potent remedy safe for even fragile children, asserting no harm to the constitution.
A Seattle PostIntelligencer editorial argues that defeating Germans is not enough. Americans must root out profiteering and slacking at home to establish democracy here as the world seeks to endow earth with it.
The live ae branch of Saskatchewan's department of agriculture will exhibit and sell pure bred bulls and grade heifers at provincial exhibitions. Animals are sold at cost to qualified farmers. Initial payments: one third cash for heifers and one quarter cash for bulls.
Building operations in Western Canada are markedly up this year, the strongest since the start of the war. Officials expect the high pace to continue with steady demand for construction.
A three year old French baby Bernard, nicknamed Bébe Francais, lives near the Somme behind British lines. He watches generals and soldiers pass through his family’s home, learning only a few English phrases while his life unfolds amid war memories and chocolate. His portraits capture the daily war life of khaki-clad troops and French elders.
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