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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
4
The article urges economical shoe care to extend leather life amid weather and mud. It praises Keep Your Shoes Neat and endorses 2 in 1 polishes as not injuring fine leather, citing The F F Dalley Corporations Limited.
Canada ranks third among nations in car usage with 199 302 registered in 1917 an increase of 47 705 from 1916 nearly 76 000 new registrations that year one Canadian in every 40 owns a car and farm licenses rise as country roads improve the Brantford Expositor notes the accelerating trend and predicts 1918 will continue this growth
John Masefield, speaking at Aeolian Hall in New York, argued Britain’s idea of England underpins the war. He warned the Somme campaign may not be decisive and noted German and Russian artillery advantages while urging resolve as the conflict endures.
Major H. M. Mowat proposes model towns for disabled soldiers with government as financing contractor and designer. Each town would provide houses for veterans and families and centers for handicraft manufacturing to supplement pensions and offer meaningful work for returned men.
An obscured account describes a sergeant leading a squad of progress makers until the sergeant breaks down and declares the effort useless amid garbled dialogue and incomplete lines about water and a car.
Pte. Harding, a 36th Division MG section veteran, served 16 months on the front. He fought at Ypres and Passchendaele and was wounded twice. His brother Leonard Harding earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Passchendaele, while another brother was wounded at Vimy Ridge. The family of five lives at 272 Beach road.
Madame Pierre Pepin of St Honore Quebec says two of her daughters were cured from bed wetting after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The article notes kidney weakness in children and promotes the remedy as effective, citing Canadian usage for over twenty five years.
The order requires all persons within the country to work or show cause for idleness, applying to all ages up to sixty, with heavy penalties for offenders.
The article warns mothers neglect rest and health due to household duties. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a safe aid to enrich blood, ease headaches and fatigue, and support nursing mothers. Mrs. W. F. Burns of Ontario testifies to rebuilding strength after multiple pregnancies.
A Cincinnati authority claims freezone can lift any corn or callus with a few drops. A small bottle is inexpensive at drug stores and dries on contact without irritating surrounding skin, making corn removal painless. If no freezone is available, readers are advised to ask a wholesale drug house for a bottle.
British and Canadian recruiting mission officials announce orders to police in American cities to arrest all deserters from British and Canadian armies. They report one deserter captured in Boston and returned to service.
Prominent Saskatchewan farmers including world champion wheat grower Wheeler of Rosthern are drafting a plan for a co operative selling agency to distribute pure varieties of registered grains. The headquarters may be Regina or Saskatoon, under the Canadian Seed Growers Association.
Soldiers of the Soil program gains 35000 active farm youth under Canada food board supervision. No child will suffer worms with relief promised by the simple remedy Worm Exterminator promoted by Mother Graves.
The note says a six month old baby signs a phrase overheard by a Jim’s friend in a cafe. Jim reportedly asked softly for a “dimme a jinky water” to a waitress, as cited by the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Foster and John chase a train carriage through a dark moor, using a faint light and a match to pace the timetable. The two men press on amid damp hedges and peat bogs, fearing pursuit by a hidden foe, while Alice’s look spurs Foster to press the dangerous plan onward.
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