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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
10
In a British prize court condemnation case counsel read an affidavit from a war trade intelligence member noting 8000 locomotives set up at Essen last month due to lubrication shortages. The report said wear and tear from scarce or bad lubricants made railway engine lubrication a top German issue.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to cure worm infestations by correcting stomach morbid conditions that nourish worms. The ad asserts the powders digest and evacuate worms from the bowels, restore soundness to organs, and steadily improve a child's health.
The piece urges a strengthened alliance with Canada as the war expands. It calls for joint action to defend liberty and shared ideals, noting Canada has begun sending units to Europe and urging America to join in a united front against tyranny.
A playful exchange questions scheduling with a dressmaker. The lady insists payments influence fitting times, highlighting social etiquette and practical concerns in tailoring arrangements.
A historical Globe excerpt argues that Germany seeks to crush self government and seize global power. It urges unified action and maritime and general peace, asserting the best defense for America is active engagement in Europe and sanctions against German aggression.
George F. Kunz argues in a new work that North American elephants once existed across a land bridge to Siberia. Tusk remains in far northern peat and Siberian islands yield valuable ivory. Alaska offers promising prospecting as modern elephant ivory declines.
Sergeant Duncan MacNeil of the Canadian Expeditionary Force writes from Europe about long bouts of dyspepsia cured after trying Dr Cassell's Tablets. He notes he was treated in hospital in England and achieved a complete cure. The ad promotes free samples and Harold Fr Co in Toronto.
Last summer farmers in North Dakota formed the Farmers Non-Partisan League to back a state ticket and legislature. The campaign produced a farmer governor and a house aligned with farmers' aims, plus 23 of 49 in the senate. The governor urged tax relief for farm implements and a state rural credit system.
Fragmentary description notes the slipper tossing custom at weddings with an old woman, a carriage, and a cry to a monarch. The readable text is disjoint and incomplete, offering no clear event date, place, or full names.
Ottawa Citizen profiles Siberia as a future powerhouse with immense natural resources including minerals and coal. The piece notes Russia’s eastern dominion could attract railway franchises and power leases once imperial wars recede, potentially enriching investors and others. It references Prince Lvoff’s Canadian visit and compares Siberia to other frontier regions.
Hamilton special reports Mrs H Dickens of 70 Tom Street says Dodd's Kidney Pills helped her after childbirth and relieved her daughter's nervous troubles. She credits the remedy with improving back pain and overall health, urging friends to try it for kidney related women's ailments.
A statement from Dr. J S Blake of Harvard Medical School, quoted by the Ottawa Citizen, warns that alcohol should be left absolutely alone and is worthless as a stimulant both inwardly and outwardly. The piece notes rising criticism of disguises and subterfuges.
A fragmented passage extols garden work and plant growth as a vital, delightful miracle for the soul. It emphasizes the profit in gardening and the wonder of seeds, leaves, and blossoms, urging readers to sit with and value the garden in daily life.
The article notes that Alberta and Saskatchewan laws levy grazing per acre on unoccupied lands for poison and labor in distribution. It argues gophers thrive on waste land near farms and urges farmers to address nearby waste areas, not just their own plots.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a fast method to remove corns by applying a few drops directly to the affected area. The drug allegedly dries and shrivels the corn or callus without irritating surrounding tissue and can lift the entire corn with root.
Italian experiment station reports lodging in wheat tied to high soil nutritive salts, abundant moisture, and insufficient light. Conversely, prolonged light on plants in poor soil reduces lodging tendency. Fully manured plants lodge more, but poor irrigation or season reduces it.
More than thirty years ago it was marketed to meet a small local need and proved its merits. It spread across a continent and is now known and used throughout this hemisphere with no equal.
A French surgeon reports a unique case where a bullet remains in the left ventricle of a wounded soldier's heart. After recovery from a prior wound, the man insisted a foreign body lingered, and X rays revealed a shrapnel bullet swirling with each heartbeat.
London doctors claim the remedy Bon-Opto strengthens eyesight by up to 50 percent within seven days. Testimonials speak of restored reading without glasses and clearer vision after fifteen days. The manufacturers offer a money back guarantee and list the Valmas an Se 6 Teresto as order points.
A New York Herald report lauds American soldiers for their role in reaching the crest at Vimy Ridge. It commends their efforts and frames the achievement as a shared victory for freedom against threats to liberty.
A Saskatchewan mother, Mrs. Auguste of St Brieux, says Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine for children and sends twenty five cents for a new box. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario offers the tablets by mail or through druggists at a stated price per box with government analyst verification of lack of opiates.
A classroom exchange shows a cheeky student Johnny replying to a teacher about dirty hands. The boy quips he would be too polite to say anything even if his hands were dirty, implying a humorous deflection from the teacher’s prompt.
An advertisement notes success using Minard's Liniment to cure a horse with mange in Dalhousie and another with a pea poke injury at St. Peters, Bathurst, and a swelling in Dalhousie. Names Christopher Saunders Edw Linlief Thos W Payne appear with locations Bathurst Dalhousie St Peters.
The man who introduced thimbles to England was Johnee a mech anic and metal worker of Holland who settled in England in the latter part of the seventeenth century and practiced their manufacture in various metals with great success.
A Scout oriented piece urges protection of birds and nests during nesting season. It notes nest destruction is cowardly and schools youths to respect nature, while praising the Boy Scouts movement as a key educational contribution supported by educators.
A clipped overheard fragment shows wit about Mrs Woodby Swell and social chatter on how people relate to creditors and strangers. The note hints at miscommunication and social norms in a small community.
A fragmentary line from a boarding school note shows a student cleaning his toes with a tablecloth and tossing a chair across the room. The exchange ends with a calm retort about using clean knives at home, highlighting a quirky,观 historic schoolhouse moment.
Advertised corn remedy asserts it reaches the root to kill corn growth, preventing recurrence. The claim emphasizes deep action and potential lasting relief from corns.
Fragmentary lines describe a western landscape with brighter sun lighter skies bluer waters and truer friendships. The piece evokes a nostalgic ideal of the West with images of fresh breezes endless opportunities and hopeful hearts within a broader rural American setting.
A Toronto Globe letter urges farmers to boost food production as war strains grow and living costs rise. It argues land workers must hold the line against Germany alongside seamen and soldiers, stressing every day’s labor aids the struggle and delays enemy goals.
Professor Werner, Reichstag member, spoke at a Bertin league event about Germany's path to victory and a peace shaped by German strength. He praised planning, warned that diplomacy alone cannot secure peace, and cited Tirpitz as a key naval figure alongside Baltic concerns and the Triple Alliance.
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