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Newspaper

Battleford Press

Location

Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date

Dec 27, 1917

Page

12

Local notices and council vacancies amid wartime measures

Morning temperatures fall from 47 to zero as four council seats listed for nomination by Roughey Ewart Hoover and Parry. Election returns by Bond delayed to Thursday. Government to take control of railways under McAdau. Miss Dorion visits Edmonton and Strathcona. Food guidance urges eating more corn and vegetables to aid troops. Local police raid finds no major liquor traffic. one case adjourned. Advertising yields mixed results. falsehoods about food controller persist.

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Estray Red and White Heifer at Academy Listed

A red and white five month old heifer with a lithe right ear was listed as an estray at Academy Bip G. A. Segts. The notice identifies the animal and its location for a rightful owner to claim.

Estray Academy

Notice of cattle missing at premises in Battleford

About December 17, four head of cattle missing from premises. Described: light red cow about 5 or 6 years, one 3 year old heifer red with white spots, one 2 year old red heifer with white spots, one roan steer coming 2 years, dehorned. Owner to pay expenses and reclaim property. Jos. Piot. at Battleford.

Estray N.E Fats J. Baulwn Battleford Piot 8 Mile Lake District R. Nixon General Hospital Sask

Branded heifer and calf found in Battleford area

A red and white two year old heifer with an ear tag and a branded bar over an IV in the left ear was found. The finder asks to communicate with G. A. Sanford of Battleford.

oIp G. A. Sandford Battleford

Tricks of Fighting Plane Play Dead Tactics in Air Fights

The article describes pilots using a dead man’s stance to escape danger in dogfights. Lieut A. feigns control loss from three miles up, causing an enemy to pursue into the clouds while another pilot reports a flaming fall. Ground observers see two planes tumble, though one may still be in control.

Pe Trent Plavine Shor Thiught

Food Crisis Urges Strict Conservation and Production Efforts

Food controller W. J. Hanna warns that the world food situation is grave and calls for conserving every ounce and boosting production. He cites European crop reports, British needs, and the risk to allied victory if waste continues, urging Americans to tighten habits and hasten shipments until harvest.

W. J. Hanna Manna Europe France Italy Great Britain North America Otied

Toads and Their Remarkable Eating Habits

The toad lives ten to forty years and can lay over a thousand eggs each year. It survives two without food but cannot live underwater. It feeds on wasps, flies, ants, beetles, worms, snails, bugs, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and moths. In twenty four hours it eats enough to fill its stomach four times. One hundred toads could save ten dollars.

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McKenzie Sp . A. Satebell Proogua Lobb & Clark DeLaval McLaughlin Superior Maytag Wrigleys Ihe C. Roughey Dr. Ewart J. O H. Hoover H. Parry G. H. Bond United States McAdau Hanna G. A. Segts Dange and Games Halifax Court House Jobn Crow Western Commercial Colleges Saskatoon Prince Albert Susk Canadian Northern RY Western Lines C.N.R WM. Stapleton D.P.A Prongua Cash Store J. K. Hammond H. S. Stewart Bank O- Havitton R. M. Ecclestone Eastern Canada Central Vancouver Victoria Wheeler Winnipeg Edmonton, North Battle Ford Toronto Van North Battleford Union Depot Pacific Coast O.N.R On.r
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