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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
3
From London Truth recounts how the Prairie brothers of the Far West rallied to recover lost guns from the Huns. Their fierce charge, bayonets and war lust shaped a swift, deadly defense as they fought to restore the matériel and honor of their side.
An upright wire netting drum on legs with a strong hinged lid accepts all papers for burning outdoors. The latest design includes a pan at the base that adjusts so the pan stays in the kitchen while the container is used outside, preventing floor damage from burned legs.
The New York Herald’s naval correspondent argues the British navy blocks German supply lines and determines the war’s outcome. He credits sea power with sustaining Allied armies in France and Flanders and cites Admiral Mahan’s concept of naval exertion in wartime.
Canadian Bible Society executives say supplying a khaki Testament to every soldier going to the front tests their resources. They will move at the forthcoming meeting to maintain the agreement with the militia department as overseas forces expand. The war halts long running evangelical work by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Belgium Germany Austria and Turkey.
The Westminster Gazette notes no force could compel 200,000 miners to return to work unless they chose, saying the real push was the sight of men trapped in shafts and sailors at sea who would be betrayed if miners refused to resume.
K H Windsor analyzes the feasibility of raising the Lusitania from 6 to 400 feet, noting enormous costs and no precedent for a ship of this size. Advances in diving tech including a hollow metal sphere could allow 1000 foot dives, with divers guiding surface crews via undersea observation and telephones. The plan involves lifting the hull a few feet, dragging it shoreward, and repeating steps toward shallow water for workable diving.
The piece warns of summer dangers to infants from heat and diarrheal illnesses and advises Baby's Own Tablets as a remedy. It also discusses Britain's potential wheat shortage mitigation, British self sufficiency in cereals and potatoes, and praises Parmelee's Vegetable Pills for skin and liver health.
The Kaiser toured a vast library and noticed shelves with books turned wrong side out. The librarian explained he would not let books turn their backs to the emperor.
A historical overview traces the birth of moving pictures with Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton at Vitagraph in Brooklyn. It notes rising costs, expanding reel lengths, vast audience attendance, and high salaries for actors, signaling cinema’s rapid ascent while threatening traditional theatre.
Canadian Pacific steamers depart Fort William at 2 PM and Port Arthur at 3 PM for Port McNicoll linking with Steamship Express to Toronto and Eastern Canada and the Eastern States. S.S. Alberta Sundays 8.5. Keewatin Fridays S.S. Iganitoba Saturdays 8.S. Assiniboia Tuesdays and S.S. Athabasca Thursdays. Trams to these steamers leave Winnipeg at 6:05 PM prior to sailing. Call Canadian Pacific Passenger Agent at corner Main and Portage for reservations.
Amid food shortages and Germany’s isolation from imports, a Berlin chemist finds a way to convert straw into edible flour by breaking down inedible cell walls. The resulting straw flour contains cellulose sugars minerals and alkalis and is used to make straw porridge and straw bread for soldiers.
An Eastern man recounts his eleven month old son thinning and pale, then thriving after his wife fed him Grape-Nuts mixed with warm water and milk. The letter credits the cereal with restoring nourishment, claims it suits both babies and adults, and ends with the Canadian Postum Co. attribution and a note about ongoing reader letters.
Jordan Harbor Peach Ranch announces a September 1 start to pack and ship 100000 hospital size cans of Superba peaches for overseas hospitals in the British Isles France and Belgium. One can costs 50 cents including all expenses with crates of six cans and daily packing of 6000 cans. Subscriptions go to the Canadian Red Cross or Jordan Station Ontario and funds support sick and wounded soldiers overseas.
Seven employees of the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture announce enlistment in the empire’s defense. A. F. Mantle deputy minister, will train as captain. Alices Smith livestock commissioner gains captain’s commission with the 65th. H. N. Thomson weeds and seeds commissioner. A J MacPhail district representative attends officer course in Winnipeg. W Waldron assistant secretary joins hospital unit. W Betts district representative with Princess Patricia’s Reinforcements. E H Hawthorne district representative attached to the 68th.
A Morning Post report from Berne notes Brussels residents defied General von Bissing by wearing Italian colors after Italy joined the Allies. When forbidden, the city switched to tiny macaroni pieces as a satirical substitute, drawing a resigned, humorous response from the general.
A brief domestic scene shows Babington finishing the morning papers while his wife urges him to join breakfast and consider the freshly arrived evening editions. The exchange highlights a quiet domestic rhythm and newspaper culture.
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