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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
15
A correspondent argues Canada should grant franchise to the Ojibwe Chief Whetung and other Indigenous voters without language or education barriers. He contends the illiterate born abroad deserves the same voting rights, urging equal educational testing for all classes.
London Express notes the Victoria Cross originated over sixty years ago for conspicuous valor. It states fewer than 1,000 have ever been awarded with 522 given before the present war and most among the last ten years.
Dialogue shows Cholly and Jack discussing Miss Life granting an early possible interaction and her habit of avoiding disagreeable topics. The fragment hints at social expectations and hurried closures in a prior night.
Britain's first Newfoundland Regiment band draws large applause in London as Sable Chief the regimental mascot dog leads the musicians through a curious mix of Irish and Indian strains. Proceeds from the concerts benefit the British Red Cross and Prisoners of War Fund.
A Cincinnati authority recommends freezone to treat tender corns. Apply a few drops directly to the corn to relieve soreness and remove the whole corn including the root as the liquid dries. A small bottle costs little and can be obtained at drug stores.
The article warns that excessive buying raises prices and urges readers to stay calm and buy only as needed. It cites consumer restraint as prudent in facing a food supply and notes rare merchants who may tout others oils as substitutes for Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
A fragment notes Jane proposed to Hetty by postcard provoking laughter. postmistress grows angry over the reply and wonders if the proposal was accepted, in Gratty Rapids.
A cryptic note from the New World item mentions Minard's Liniment curing distemper and an exchange of honors between the Kaiser and the Sultan at Constantinople. Details about S and Farkey's casaplay Sets remain unrevealed.
A tale contrasts two worlds of taste and privilege with Thoreau and an organist. A banker balks at musicians while a rousing reply offers a secret, exclusive paradise in music education. Also notes Miller's Worm Powders claim to purge worms and improve digestion for children.
John Mitchell of New York, a grandfather and mayoral figure, opposed England yet denounced Prussian wickedness. A July 23 1870 Iris Citizen excerpt rebukes the Hohenzollerns as insatiable treachery and plunder driven by lies and violence, echoed by the Montreal Herald.
A reflective piece argues that women close to the czar influenced Russian affairs, citing the czarina and court ladies as key players in Soukhomlinoff’s downfall and Germany’s agents. It portrays wives and female confidants as forces shaping events behind the scenes.
To keep choice apples good through winter, pack them in dry sawdust. Use fine dry circular-saw dust from seasoned hardwood. Layer close to barrel staves, pad around, and fill with a bushel and a half to two bushels per barrel. Avoid bruised or mellow pieces.
Rev. George C. Pidgeon portrays Western Canada as a catalyst for national unity and reform. He credits the West with a new national spirit, practical social work, and a model of liberty tempered by schools and churches, urging other regions to follow Western example.
The article outlines a proposal to eliminate waste in food and supply meals at minimal cost through communal feeding. Lord Rhondda and a committee of social workers plan to test the scheme, aiming to support women war workers whose household duties suffer, by providing community meals.
A Chicago physician reports that over 90 percent of infantile disease cases in the city involve blond children, with colored and brunet children affected rarely. He urges broader study, noting Chicago’s northern European populace and areas where fair children predominate. The observation echoes Darwinian notes on white animals and local poisons.
Figures from Europe show six percent of artillery men killed and fifteen percent of infantry killed. In Chicago the congested district reports thirty five percent of babies born that die before age one, implying war is safer than birth there.
A fragment quotes Col J noting how he handles John Barleycorn. The line mentions carrying a pint in his hip pack as a humorous detail.
Detroit Free Press notes the American contingent faced high risk yet shows resilience with 33,000 deployed in Europe in 1914 and about 30,000 still alive. It claims gains in health and condition compared with peacetime work at home.
A fragmented exchange shows a young city visitor asking about ice and treats while a local replies they have only lemonade, hinting at limited supplies and a playful rural mistrust of city fare.
A Detroit Free Press fragment discusses a hypothetical law forcing husbands and wives to dance together constantly as a response to a dancing craze that is fading. The text suggests public interest in compulsory social behavior.
Mrs Marcel D Le Blanc of Memramcook West New Brunswick says she has relied on Baby's Own Tablets for fifteen years and finds them help to relieve illness in her children. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A Boston Transcript exchange notes a humorous moment about a mysterious figure using a pen name rather than real one. The dialogue highlights a playful confusion over identity and alias.
A deputation to military authorities asked for English language schools staffed by English and Turkish speaking teachers. A Muslim leader showed support for a Sun school. Sanitation and inoculation have reduced enteric and cholera proportions. In the Tigris region there is less congestion than before.
An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Remedy promising fast, certain relief from corns with practical, ready aid for sufferers.
Right Hon. Geo. N. Barnes states the food ministry has placed control on bread flour meat potatoes sugar milk butter cheese bacon jam oatmeal peas beans chocolate and feeding stuffs. He says profits at every stage from farm to shop are being fixed and the speculative middleman eliminated.
A historical medical ad describes the effects of kidney liver pills curing facial ruddiness and dark rings, claiming the medicine arouses the liver and overworked kidneys to cleanse the blood, addressing rheumatism and related ailments with a unique combined action.
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