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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
10
Berlin residents raid rural districts on Sundays to bring home food as railway stations flood with crowds. Police let looters travel for theft penalties. baskets and items are confiscated on return. A family reportedly earned a day’s work by carrying potatoes. National Prohibition urged as wartime food shortage remedy.
The writer reflects on aversion to dealing with disagreeable people who are women or defenseless. He recalls youths teased by older boys who avoided punishment due to mothers’ cries of shame. He admits bigger but nasty boys posed a greater problem.
A fragment contrasts arrested radiation on a nebula’s crust with the high price of existence and witty exclamations about life’s value and luxury in a surreal, reflective voice.
An Cincinnati author promotes Freezone as a cheap relief for corns and calluses. A few drops lift corns with no pain as the drug dries instantly without irritating surrounding skin. Readers are urged to ask their druggist for Freezone or get one from wholesale houses.
Three British soldiers who escaped a German camp near the front report severe neglect and brutal discipline. They describe starvation sickness and regular beatings for showing weakness, with one man losing substantial weight and suffering frozen, gangrenous feet. They recount looting of their gear and removal of regimental badges for brass.
The fragment says Blig Grans is one of those gropse who can't SS interesting and who ra tha altogether silent try to lift their voices in song. The language is garbled and unclear.
A fragmentary London Daily Mail note reflects on Gaza in ancient times, the Philistines, and the Assyrians, linking biblical figures like Samson and David to ruins and temple remnants in the city. It mentions Crete’s Minos as a distant comparison to the people and their mysteries.
An 1800s ad-like item touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a potent remedy for farm animals. It claims relief for horses and cattle with colic and positions the product as superior to sweet oil for such ailments.
A Philadelphia teacher asks his class about kinds of poetry and a pupil replies swiftly that there are lyric, dramatic, and epidemic poetry. The exchange hints at a playful mishearing and a clever answer.
Isidore Mercredi of Fort Smith Alberta extols Dodd's Kidney Pills after his wife, ill for two years, recovered following two doses. The pamphlet cites cures in multiple cases and asserts Dodd's pills address kidney-root causes of female ailments, claiming broad health benefits.
The exchange features Brownson asserting no one fools him and a friend retorting that others may call him a selv imiade man, signaling a thematic moment in their dialogue.
An advertisement claims Holloway's Corn Cure clears corns fully with little or no pain, promising thorough removal of excrescences and smoother feet.
In a terse exchange the speaker mentions guarding plants amid a munitions plan, with a cryptic reply about potato plants. The dialogue hints at security measures and possible wartime context without specifics.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a $100 reward for incurable catarrh. It claims thirty five years of use, lists benefits, urges immediate start, and offers free testimonials from F. S. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with a price of 73 cents at druggists.
In a brief exchange Miss Newtich Pa requests not to fear the butler and to avoid addressing him as sir. Newrich suggests calling him Jim, with Miss N noting Jim as the butler’s name for casual address.
The Dominion government will form a commission to promote cultivation of vacant land held by speculators railways Hudson’s Bay Company and non residents. Aims include securing 100000000 acres under cultivation with data from western municipalities and Growers associations. Principal Black of Manitoba Agricultural College and a Moose Jaw honorary Saskatchewan Grain Growers to serve. Wealthy men will cooperate.
Quebec paper Le Soleil translates a Rhenish Westfalische Zeitung提ping a wartime query on Germany claiming Canada as indemnity. It muses that German Americans could be swept from the United States and cross into Canada or live under a German flag.
Alfred Rochayv of Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables writes that Minard's Liniment is the best medicine for his family and stables after years of use, endorsing its efficacy and reliability.
William Hard notes English expresses reach Bristol to London in two hours over 117 miles at 58.12 mph. He compares with Philadelphia to New York 92 miles in two hours at 46 mph on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Merchant appeal for counter check and sales books highlighting rising costs of paper carbon waxes and labor. Promises reasonable prices, large to small orders, and samples from a Canadian paper mill with coated and triplicate options. Mentions waxed wrappers and home use paper rolls.
A 1916 letter from Mesopotamia to Winnipeg argues alcohol drains mental sharpness and harms leadership during war. It cites Kraepelin’s test results and quotes Lloyd George and the Czar on sobriety, claiming Russia’s sobriety sped wartime gains and urging strong home front effort for victory and peace.
The ad describes St. Vitus Dance as a nervous illness in children and some adults. It claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore red blood and nerve strength. A testimonial from Mrs. John A. Cumming of Lower Caledonia, N S, says her daughter recovered after three boxes and a month of treatment. Pills sold 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Dr. Ote ery claims corsets and high heels impair women's thinking and proposes legislative regulation of corset manufacturing. The address was delivered in a formal setting citing dangers of restrictive garments.
Quack remedies and dubious health claims fill the page with advertisements. Minard’s Liniment is touted for physicians while Miller’s Worm Powders promise to expel worms and improve digestion, claiming to restore weakened constitutions and support child growth.
The piece contemplates using science to locate submarines at sea with an electrical device linked to shore observers. It cites Edison and French scientists, arguing science can trace waves and movements, surpassing seismometers and sphygmometers in detecting a silent vessel across the ocean.
The article reflects on how women are urged to support the nation during wartime by focusing on domestic duties and contributing to the war effort. It cites literary references to illustrate ideals of womanhood and underscores the shift from gentleness to active national service.
A Westchester County man visits a country fair with many children. While moving through the fair the father notices his fifth child clinging to his coat. He turns and the child begs him to buy a bay horse or similar item. The dialogue shows the child pleading for a small expense and the father responding with a remark about giving a dime. The fragmentary text leaves the exact outcome unclear.
A wartime appeal urges Canadians to support farm production amid shortages and rising costs. It stresses the impact of agriculture on Empire needs, calls for home food sufficiency, and asks urban citizens to direct energy toward production and co operation with the Dominion and agriculture departments.
President in Washington declares grim German struggle requires total national response. At Civil War Cross memorial dedication he says the fight will erase racial and sectional lines, uniting the republic in shared sacrifice and the cause of freedom and democracy.
A garbled OCR fragment references a teacher or professor speaking of students and a boy in class. The text includes stray phrases about school, friends, and an adult addressing a madam, but the context and specifics are unreadable.
A fragment discusses a man’s claim about women and a woman’s response, highlighting expectations, consent, and social attitudes toward gender equality in relationships.
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