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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
3
Dominion Express announces sale of money orders at 1000 offices across Canada. The initiative aims to simplify payments and expand access for customers coast to coast.
A letter to the Prince of Wales from a Himalayan village requests his ascent of the mountains with a Tiger hunt, offering the writer as a guide after describing his father’s honor of escorting the late King Edward during a jungle tiger shoot. The message was written on tiger skin with red dye.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for frequent colds and acute catarrh. It claims to build up the system, cleanse the blood, and reduce susceptibility, with testimonials from Toledo Ohio and a money back guarantee.
Dr Albert Suidekum Prussian minister of finance said Emperor William carried 650000 marks on him when fleeing to Holland. He added no evidence of capital planted abroad by the Hohenzollern family and promised a forthcoming plan to settle their financial affairs without pettiness or malice.
A speaker urges not to fear starting small, suggesting a future path to owning a three ring circus. The message centers on perseverance, ambition, and leveraging early opportunities to build a larger enterprise.
Indian farms perform well under a war driven program with extensive farming on Saskatchewan reserves. In 1918 much raw prairie was prepared for seeding, drought hindering some areas, but overall yields are strong with an average of fifteen bushels of wheat per acre.
An advertisement warns that only tablets bearing the Bayer Cross are genuine aspirin and notes aspirin imports from Canada after wartime acid imitations. It emphasizes Bayer as the trademark and lists uses from headaches to neuralgia, with available tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages at drug stores.
Wartime Britain's shipyards crafted vessels with feverish haste yet achieved remarkable performance. Admiralty dispensed with exhaustive trials, letting high powered ships reach full power quickly and sail to stations. HMS Resolution reportedly hit full power within an hour and a destroyer reached full power seven minutes after leaving the pier. The feats stand as a tribute to British engineering.
Mothers warned of summer danger to infants from cholera infantum diarrhoea and stomach troubles. Baby's Own Tablets are advertised as preventive and curative, with claims they keep baby safe in heat and are sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A compiled snippet critiques marriage failure by men unable to cook or sew. It then advertises Holloway's Corn Cure promising scarless relief for corns and warts. The excerpt also mocks talkative women and promotes Minard's Liniment as a widely available product.
The Kingston Standard notes that Britain fears 43000 German pianos ready for export at cut rates. The report claims German efforts to match indemnities will push other nations to work harder, with Canada urged to heed the warning in shaping Empire trade.
The bulletin explains two spoilage types in canned goods flat sour from bacteria and mould which is mainly surface. It notes that moulded foods can be surface affected but flat sour requires discarding the entire can. It promotes canning as a popular method to store plentiful summer harvests for winter use and health.
A petition in London urges a reduced sentence of 12 months for several Canadian soldiers involved in the Epsom riots. Justice Darling had exempted hard labor due to war service, remarking the prisoners’ conduct paralleled that of some locals. Appeals to the criminal appeal court failed to overturn the ruling.
Archangel evacuation is underway by the British expeditionary forces as officially announced.
Amsterdam Handelsblad reports costs of guarding the former German emperor at Amerongen. Nineteen policemen with 73 guilders daily total guard duties since November. Ex-kaiser has cost 20 000 guilders overall and remains confined within limits. He plans to bring German furniture to Doorn, with German consent.
Poles have captured the fortified town of Bobruisk 85 miles southeast of Minsk after an announcement by Polish authorities. They took 500 prisoners and used tanks for the first time as the enemy retreated to the Beresina river, destroying bridges.
British war medal ribbon totaling two hundred fifty mills will be issued to men and women entitled under the King’s recent edicts. The distribution follows official declarations granting decorations for wartime service.
A competent clerk asks what material to choose for a bathing suit and whether it is meant for use in water, guiding a customer toward appropriate fabric options and suitability.
Italian papers report Americans and the ship Olympia leaving Spalato while the French naval base at Fume is abolished. The Fiume garrison is reduced to a brigade with a British squadron and a French battalion under General Pintalura.
A Commercial Traveller from St Joseph writes of a bad leg injury in May 1903. After being bedridden for a fortnight and failing with various remedies, he used three bottles of Minard's Liniment and recovered enough to resume travel.
The Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain holds a wood log alleged to be from the apple tree at Wes the Apple Fen in Sir Tagac Newton garden, prompting discussion about the origin and its link to gravity theory.
A cryptic line explores marriage as a lure and a trap, using a golden hook image to suggest temptations and consequences in intimate unions. The verse hints at irony and the peril of chasing idealized vows.
Finance Minister Klotz announced in the Chamber of Deputies that allied war expenses were estimated at 200 billion dollars. He said Germany would pay France 18.5 billion dollars over the next 36 years.
The Saskatchewan creamery butter output will exceed one million pounds this year, worth about $600,000. Dairy growth has been remarkable with 381,993 pounds produced in 1916, 465,717 in 1917, and 667,285 last year, showing farmers’ diversified activities beyond grain.
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