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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
7
A wartime appeal stresses women and older people replacing men in agriculture. It notes 270000 English women in agriculture, Britain’s area sown rising, production up, and urges individual duty to secure the 1918 harvest. It calls readers to act and pledge support for food production.
An issued pamphlet from a Washington committee urges verification of rumors about the United States. It cautions readers to demand proof before repeating statements and to report definite information to authorities. The item mentions a Red Cross nurse and a sweater in Columbus and notes the address No. 8 Jackson Washington.
A British war cabinet report for 1917 notes an increase of about 1 000 000 acres of arable land in the United Kingdom including wheat and potatoes. It suggests further gains in 1917. The United States climate and agriculture are discussed with a forecast of annual corn and other crops, indicating continued high production and land use.
Fragmentary note discusses flour substitution in England and a price or rate change from 15 to a cent of wheat. The text is garbled and lacks clear entities or events to anchor a full news item.
A Philadelphia resident Mrs. Fitzgerald shares a testimonial about nervous prostration, backaches, and headaches claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health. She urges sailing women to try the remedy and notes the company’s 40 years of experience offering help from Lynn, Massachusetts.
A public school audience sees a boy deliver a dramatic oration. Mothers whisper that the speaker is Mary Jones' boy, noting the line borrow as a family trait. The item ends with an anecdotal aside from The Argonaut of 1908 and a brief reminiscence of Minard's Liniment Co. references.
A veteran under 20 plans a heart to heart with his father before a medical exam next Wednesday. They discuss possible activation, staying disciplined under the drill sergeant, and the hope of a future leave. The son promises to visit if he is called and to avoid stressing his father.
The article notes British schoolboys aided harvest work last year and plans to expand their help this year. It cites appeals to farmers to grow more produce and says the ministry of food will boost labor resources. Scotland’s education department highlights freeing children from public and other schools during peak harvest demand.
Wool producers report a 50 percent increase in the quantity of wool marketed from the three Prairie provinces. Southern Alberta Wool Growers' Association lists 225000 sheep shorn 158000 last year with an expected 1600000 pounds of wool. Pincher Creek Association projects 85000 pounds, a sizable rise, with other associations also up about twenty five percent. Saskatchewan and Manitoba expect larger totals, with Saskatchewan nearly doubling last year and Manitoba showing sizable gains, overall clip >25 percent higher than last year.
The Aetna Iron and Steel Company reports success at Port Moody with an electric furnace plant producing over twelve tons of grey iron from the first rains. Existing contracts total about 2,000 tons, including orders for Japan.
The text promotes Parmelec's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion, claiming they restore healthy stomach action and have been a standard remedy for years. It mentions Indian soldiers in France receiving 14,278 bottles of hair oil from the Indian Soldiers' fund and notes that only a third of South America's population is of pure white blood.
Mrs Bi asks for chicken croquettes using leftover pork and calves with bread dressing and apple sauce. Neurasthenia nicknamed Teeny answers aloud. The excerpt captures domestic wartime cooking chatter from a Richmond Times-Dispatch page.
An article explains anemia as dangerous when untreated, especially in young women and overworked individuals. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to raise red blood cells and improve oxygen transport, citing Miss Jessie McLean of Trenton Nova Scotia who recovered after using seven boxes.
The advisory council lignite committee endorses a briquetting plant financed and run by the Dominion Manitoba Saskatchewan governments. It would be built in South Saskatchewan at a poor grade lignite site with a $400 000 capital cost. Production costs are estimated at seven dollars ten cents per unit, excluding valuable by products.
Government agents raid two wireless stations near Tacoma after a two day search. Trees stripped for aerials and hidden locations were discovered. one outfit removed, the other left behind amid tracks and a warm cabin. No arrests reported.
Amid war shortages reports claim Minard's Liniment cures distemper while famine fear grows. The article cites up to five million starved in Europe since the war began with warnings that the 1918 harvest could avert further suffering for allied nations.
The correspondent praises morale of American troops in the Oise district front lines. He recounts shelling near his town, a steel helmet as protection, and a cheerful, game fighting spirit focused on killing Germans. He notes fighters on ground or in air share grit and optimism despite danger.
A fragment from Verenesea Province describes a man’s delirious moment and his wife’s insistence that she remains beside him. The prose suggests a haunting, intimate scene amid unclear events or setting.
The London Times notes government plans to hold regular inter departmental meetings outside the war cabinet. It argues the change preserves authority while advancing a true division of local and imperial business. Dominion delegates are urged to engage in closer union.
An old advertisement touts a 25 cent Putnam's Pain less Corn and Wart Extractor that claims to lift corns and calluses without pain. It promises quick, satisfactory results and wide drugstore availability.
Fragmentary wartime passage notes the Kaiser and advisers forging closer ties among English speaking peoples and the United States entering war as a vast historic event. The excerpt hints at President asking Congress to declare war and the scale of the upheaval for both Old and New Worlds.
Canada's top air ace Major Bishop, credited with the war’s highest victory total before his recall, has been reassigned to the air ministry in London. He led a France-based squadron of mainly Canadian pilots and, after five more kills on his final mission, departed for England to aid in planning the Canadian Air Force.
An advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Electric Fluid as a superior lubricant for athletes. It claims to render muscles pliable ease soreness and strengthen them for strains, with long time users testifying to its value.
Description notes rapid, scientifically driven Canadian soldier training after arrival in England. Segregation at Frensham Pond, 10 000 capacity, 4 000 present at a parade under Col Quhoun. Emphasis on individual preparation, discipline, and uniform standards across areas, with courses for future commissions and time savings on cadet training.
A census by the board of grain supervisors through May 3 shows total visible wheat supply at about 34.65 million bushels. Western farmers hold roughly 5 million on farms, 6.75 million in elevators and mills, plus 1 million in transit. eastern elevators hold 6.64 million and about 1 million in transit. eastern Canada has 6.75 million, Western Canada 7.4 million, totaling the year’s visible stock. The Wheat Export Company shipped 11 million bushels from March 31 to April 30.
Canadian Northern will extend the Gravelburg line to Swift Current this year and a Hana to Medicine Hat extension is announced. A large fertile tract will be opened, with hundreds of farmers hauling wheat 40 to 50 miles. About 20 grain elevators are expected to be built along the new line about 70 miles long.
Nonsensical ad copy touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy to parasites in children. It claims to strengthen kids by driving out worms and improving health.
A journal des Debats despatch says Bulgaria seeks to reclaim Greek territory gained in 1913 by the Bucharest treaty to satisfy Bulgarian discontent with Roumania. An international conference in Sofia in September aims to discuss Balkan economic development with King Ferdinand presiding and Romania also represented.
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