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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
10
Dr J W Robertson argues in Home Waterworks that indoor water supply is a major home economy. He claims abundant clean water preserves health, strengthens labor, and enhances comfort, noting even frugal farmers can afford this luxury for overall well being and improved home life.
At Moose Jaw July 17 to 20 visitors will enjoy attractions including a model submarine show, a Ferris Wheel, vaudeville acts, a Fat Girl, and a Philippine Igorette village. Mile. Lucille Belmont from Lille will perform daily balloon drops with three parachutes, hailed as the world’s foremost lady aviator.
The cocoanut serves local needs from beverage to hats and housing. Leaves provide salad greens, fronds roof native homes, and nuts export for confectionery uses. A new use arises as housewives make butter from four nuts at under ten cents per pound, comparing with sixty five cents imported butter.
A health notice extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a swift remedy to lingering weakness after la grippe fevers and contagious sickness. It claims blood enrichment restores strength and nerves, citing Miss Hannah Hamilton of Everett Ontario and offering pills at 50 cents a box or six for $2.75 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
At a large Melbourne town hall demonstration Premier Hughes praised Australia for sending 80 000 pounds to the British Red Cross, noting the empire united and Australia would be there. The total equals about 400 000 dollars and reflects the nation’s wartime support.
A standard remedy praised for protecting children from worms. Years of use have enhanced its reputation and authority in households seeking safe intestinal care.
The Manitoba dairy year 1916 marks a banner period with unprecedented high prices and strong profits. Butter production rose from 3.34 million pounds in 1900 to nearly 11 million pounds in 1916, with exports around 81 carloads totaling about 2 million pounds, while cheese output climbed from under 500 thousand pounds in 1913 to about 900 thousand pounds in 1916.
Time is money on the farm at harvest time. Repair mowers binders and rakes, inspect all machines, replace broken or missing parts, and stock extra common parts ahead of harvest to avoid delays. Clean oil cups, oil running parts, sharpen knives, and prepare for harvest season with good management.
A historic promotion extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the best remedy to restore stomach function. It argues a healthy stomach clears mind and boosts work, citing longstanding general use and trial evidence to prove their value.
James W. Gerard, former U S ambassador to Berlin, argues that Germany has changed from the kindly nation of the past to one buried under a "supersoil of all helmets" as rulers bear crimes and horrors. He warns against excusing the German people.
Miller's Worm Powders were devised to promptly relieve children who suffer from the ravages of worms. They act thoroughly and painlessly, and though in some cases they may cause ing, that is an indication of their action and not of any nauseating property.
A bread slice measures three by two and a half inches with half inch thickness and weighs one ounce. It is described as the waste crust consumed mindlessly by millions daily. The text links daily bread waste to adding submarines to the German navy, claiming thousands of tons wasted weekly.
A brief reward notice offers one hundred dollars for locating Obie. The fragment lists a cryptic address line with an unclear company name Cheney and Co and a partial street indication Teleda Tn Dronets 250, reflecting OCR errors.
An English inventor patents a laundry soap that claims to blue clothes during washing. The formula includes tal low caustic soda and sodium thiosulfate with a dye pigment. Questions arise if heavier soaping will overblue and if rinsing removes the coloring from rubbing.
The article outlines egg preservation using dry salt, water glass, or lime water. It stresses clean but unwashed fresh eggs, airtight storage, and covering completely with preservation liquid, plus vessel choice, cooling, and re-supply as evaporation occurs. It notes lime water as a cost effective alternative per Ottawa Experimental Farm.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a cheap, effective corn and callus remover. The small bottle should lift root and all, with little risk to crepe skin, and can be obtained from drug stores or wholesalers if not in stock.
A sixteen year old Korean boy named a Lightning Calculator impresses the Governor-General of Korea with his mathematical skill. He can add twenty five four figure numbers in seven seconds, far faster than Japanese experts. He supports his family on 70 sen 37 12 cents daily after his father’s death, a notable wage for a Korean accountant.
Fragmentary account notes Hungarian gypsy orchestras leaving France to Spain at the outbreak of war. It mentions Paris Monte Carlo Nice and other centers of gay life as locations where bands perform with Eastern and Oriental musical elements amid found relays of Moorish influence.
The Crown Prince wrote to Berlin's burgomaster praising troops with a bold line about fetching the devil from hell. The piece notes German actions drowning noncombatants and devastating France, arguing the devil belongs in hell, not on earth. The Hartford Courant reports these reflections and the implied critique of wartime conduct.
In spring 1915 critics praised Italian artillery as superior to British firepower. New York World notes Britain has reached parity and even supplies Italian batteries, strengthening their siege and bombardment capability. The piece contrasts British and German arms while a light unrelated exchange about piano practice appears at the end.
A Belgian refugee recounts German wartime methods, describing swift executions in military tribunals, forced confessions after torture, and pervasive terror. He details arrests of peasants, disguises by secret police, staged trials, and lack of legal defense amid a reign of fear.
The article recounts George Looff once barred by the Czar from running for mayor of Mou for liberal democratic ideas. After four years, Looff argues the Czar’s decree was unjust as the nation shifts away from autocracy. The piece notes Mou residents favored his reforms and vows to resist the Czar’s authority in municipal matters.
A census release reports a significant expansion of cultivated land in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with acreage figures highlighting growth across the three provinces.
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