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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
15
Submarine era advances boost safety gear with life buoys featuring attached electric flash lamps. Lamps ignite on water to mark a swimmer’s position for approaching rescuers. Nebraska alkali industry noted as a major state asset with Lake Jesse expected to yield up to 100000 tons of alkali worth 2 to 3 million dollars.
The Minister of the Interior reported Parliament on immigration during the war years. Canadians remaining in the United States numbered 17 638 in 1913 14, 18 011 in 1914 15, 11 084 in 1915 16, and 10 246 in 1916 17. For 1916 17 fiscal year Canada admitted 73 395 immigrants, including 8 282 from the United Kingdom, 5 from Europe, and 61 389 from the United States. Deportations reached 605 and 17 988 were refused at the border, with 172 turned back at seaports.
An old time alert offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh. Fall's Catarrh Cure claims to treat catarrh through the blood and mucous membranes and promises rapid relief. Testimonials are available, with F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio selling through druggists.
Western farmers led by Grain Growers push for a political platform prioritizing agricultural interests over party loyalties. They seek to build a farmers ticket in the next Dominion election to secure two Ottawa seats, while debates continue over tariff protection and national prosperity affecting both East and West.
Parme lees Vegetable Pills results of study on roots herbs and the action of sedatives and laxatives on digestion. The compounders have met tests value of their work and have long been recognized as the best cleansers of the system, growing more popular daily.
The all women production Petticoats failed to draw crowds at the Garrick, ending a short run. The review notes theatres rely on female-led shows yet an absence of men makes the piece feel flat to audiences and managers.
A New York Sun editorial mocks reports of a German windfall from World War I, noting claims of allied set backs and home front relief as an imagined millennium. It questions the reliability of purported miltary and political victories and humorously highlights exaggerated optimism.
The quote recalls the initial meeting and the moment a wife admits asking her husband for money soon after their marriage, highlighting financial strains in the early relationship.
An advertisement claims blood disorders cause pimples eruptions and rheumatic pain and promotes Pink Pills as a tonic. It asserts purgatives won’t help and urges trying the medicine to restore appetite, revive spirits, and renew vigor. Sold by mail or local agents for two fifty per six boxes from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Farmers urged to use Egyptian Liniment to treat barb wire injuries in horses cattle and other livestock. Douglas & Co. of Ontario offer free samples and endorse this remedy for swift relief and reduced disability.
An article notes a spike in marriages across the United States as men seek to dodge conscription. It questions whether these men deserve to avoid domestic pressure and describes the trend as a shift from one trouble to another.
The London Daily News editorial argues that Hohenzollernism faces isolation as liberal powers align with Russia and Western allies. It predicts the German regime will fall just as Russia did, and foresees a future world freed from despotism.
Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd invites orders for counter checks and sales books with wide product lines from waxed papers to parchment. It notes rising costs since two years ago and promises large stock from Canada linked to major paper mills and shipper networks across North America.
A farm article argues that training matters more than weight or age in horses. It notes some horses grasp lessons quickly while others refuse to learn basic team work and stresses true horse sense beyond mere strength.
The remark suggests high expectations for the infant’s future public career, but the second sentence is garbled and unclear.
Annual reports for four Danish shipping companies show dividends averaging a sizable amount well above the prewar fleet value. The figures suggest profits paid to shareholders despite the war, with kroner sums highlighting substantial returns.
The article calls for improved farm markets to meet wartime shifts. It cites Washington's creation of a state farm markets office to study distribution costs and transport rates. It argues Canada needs a federal Markets Branch to grade standardize and open domestic and international markets for quality assured farm goods.
The text recalls Fortymile’s 1886 placer mining that spurred Alaska’s early rushes and linked to the Klondike discoveries a decade later. It notes more than 200 million dollars in gold extracted from the Alaska Yukon placers over 30 years, with about 7 percent from Fortymile. It ends with a proverb about gain from breaking bad habits.
A Louisville woman recounts suffering four years from female complaints including backaches nervousness insomnia and loss of appetite. After using Syd E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports relief and feels like a new person and shares the advice with others.
The writer notes surprising absence of baths in Madrid hotels and Hungarian castles with nobles resisting tubs. He recalls 1875 London hotels lacking bathrooms and New York’s Metropolitan and St Nicholas hotels also without baths. He claims modern relief from Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy via vapor to clear airways.
The article explains a submarine net built of thick rope with large meshes and floats on top weights on bottom. A submarine caught in the net may surface and surrender or be forced to the surface as the enemy discovers its position and stops its progress.
The Literary Digest lists U S naval mishaps from 1916 including the H 3 submarine at Humboldt Bay the Milwaukee stranding the Memphis wreck near Santo Domingo the Hector off Charleston and the San Francisco shoal collision plus the destroyer Terry Plata at Santo Domingo City indicating broader risks and lessons in peacetime.
The article notes Japan’s swift embrace of telephone use with about 150, a figure indicating broad adoption and growing communication infrastructure across the country.
A brief quip notes that idle hands invite mischief and suggests busyness as a remedy for temptation. It frames laziness as a moral risk and urges action to avoid vice.
A fragmentary exchange shows Mrs and Mr Jagsby condemning a confession. The dialogue centers on a household dispute sparked by an evening of impropriety and personal failing. The tone hints at social judgment within a small community.
A fragmented New Haven urban snippet mentions a clerk on a modest salary, a man in diamonds and stock, and a reference to a surety company handling the case. The readable text is sparse and cryptic.
A fragment shows Tommy told he is too old to care and a reply about being too young to have what he is crying for. The line echoes a Punch Bow style repartee with terse mood.
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