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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
2
In the British prize court an affidavit described eight thousand locomotives at Essen last month, due to wear from scarce lubricants and use of bad oils. It notes lubrication of railway engines as a top German hardship and cites enemy property shipments of oils and fats.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to cure worm infestations by correcting stomach morbid conditions that nourish worms. The product supposedly digests and evacuates worms with blood from the bowels, restoring organ health and steadily improving child wellness.
An editorial urges stronger ties with Canada and a united wartime effort. It calls for North American cooperation to defend liberty and shared ideals, pledging support as American and Canadian forces engage in Europe.
A brief dialogue shows a dressmaker and a person debating suitable times for fittings. The dressmaker asserts that all visits aim for proper fitting, while the other suggests choosing a more convenient schedule.
A dense quotation from the New York Globe argues that Germany’s imperialist aims threaten self government and maritime law. It urges total effort to secure general peace, likening the foe to a multiheaded hydra and urging decisive action in Europe to defend America.
George F. Kunz notes in a recent work that American elephants may provide future ivory. Ancient elephants ranged across North America and Siberia via a Behring Strait land bridge, leaving tusks preserved in the far north. Alaska offers prospecting potential as wild elephant ivory declines.
Sergeant Duncan MacNeil of the Canadian Expeditionary Force writes from Europe praising Dr Cassell's Tablets after long years of dyspepsia and illness. He describes hospital stays, a wartime posting in England, and a complete remission after using the remedy. The ad promotes free samples and the firm Harold Fr & Co Ltd. Toronto.
The Farmers Non Partisan League organized in North Dakota to oppose two old parties. The campaign secured a governor allied with the farmers, a House controlled by their platform, and 23 of 49 Senators. The governor urged tax relief for farm implements and new rural programs.
A garbled OCR note describes a slipper ceremony element following a wedding. It mentions an old woman, a carriage, a shoe removed at church, and a surprised cry, but the passage is fragmentary and lacks clear names or dates.
Ottawa Citizen commentary notes Siberia may outgrow its penal past as Russia’s eastern dominion with vast mineral wealth and coal. It cites Prince Lvov’s Canada visit and suggests postwar imperial interests will drive railways power leases and land deals, enriching others from Siberian labor.
Hamilton special reports Mrs H Dickens of 70 Tom Street says Dodd's Kidney Pills eased her postpartum backache and fatigue after childbirth. Her daughter suffered nervous trouble, improved by the pills, with the pair urging others to try the remedy for weary kidneys and related women’s ailments.
A contemporary commentary notes the stripping of disguises and urges caution about alcohol. Dr. J. S. Blake of Harvard Medical School stated in a recent lecture that alcohol should be left absolutely alone and not used as a stimulant, calling it worthless inwardly and outwardly.
A reflective piece extols gardening as a vital craft for nourishment of the soul. It frames seed growth as a daily miracle, with each leaf and blossom offering wonder and joy in cultivation and care.
The piece notes Alberta and Saskatchewan laws taxing unoccupied lands to fund poison and labor for pest control. It argues gophers proliferate on unused land near farms, so farmers must address adjacent waste land to curb new colonies and protect their fields.
An Cincinnati authority promotes freezone to remove corns. A few drops applied to a tender corn relieve soreness and withdraw the entire corn root and all. The drug dries quickly and shrivels the corn without harming surrounding tissue. A small bottle costs little and should remove all soft calls from the feet.
An Italian experiment station links lodging in wheat to high soil nutritive salts and abundant moisture, with insufficient light increasing risk. Prolonged light in poor soil reduces lodging, while fully manured plants show lodging tendency only if poorly irrigated or during certain seasons.
Dr Thomas Electric Oil was launched over thirty years ago to serve a small market but quickly gained wide fame. Its proven merits expanded to a continental field and now commands strong demand throughout the hemisphere, with no equal in the market.
A French surgeon reports a soldier who, after recovery from a prior wound, insisted a foreign body remained in his chest. An X-ray revealed a free shrapnel bullet in the left ventricle, swirling through the chamber with every heartbeat.
London doctors promote a remedy named Bon-Opto claiming to strengthen eyesight by 50 percent within seven days. The advertisement cites testimonials of readers who report clearer vision and reduced dependence on glasses, with a guarantee or money back offer.
New glory attaches to the ego the Dominion now topping the long contested ridge of Vimy. Americans hail the achievements of those other Americans and express pride in them as free men united against tyranny.
A letter from Mrs. Auguste of St. Brieux Sask praises Baby's Own Tablets as the best medicine for babies. The product, guaranteed by a government analyst to be free of opiates, is sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont, price per box not listed.
A teacher scolds Johnny for dirty hands and asks what he would say if she visited school the same way. Johnny responds that he would say nothing and be too polite to protest.
Local notices claim success using Minard's Liniment on horses including cases in Dalhousie and St. Peter's with names Christopher Saunders Edw Linlief Thos. W. Payne and Bathurst N.B. as the reporting towns. Quoted endorsements emphasize cures of mange, torn pea poeke injuries, and swelling in horses.
A Dutch mechanic and metal worker named Johnee settled in England in the late 1600s and introduced thimbles to the country. He manufactured them in various metals with notable success.
The Scout urges Scouts to protect nesting birds and reject egging and nest robbing as a cowardly act. It cites praise for the Boy Scouts movement as a major educational contribution and highlights its role in bringing boys closer to nature and ethics while curbing mischief.
A fragmented line references Mrs Woodby Swell and mentions social ties, creditors, and community chatter, with unclear context and no definite event or date.
A fragment describes a boarding school scene where a boy wipes his toes with a table cloth and threatens to throw a pot at home. The exchange shows a calm reply about having clean knives, capturing a tense minor incident.
Advertised Corn Cure from Hollo way asserts it penetrates to the root of corns and kills growth. The bold claim emphasizes effectiveness in removing troublesome corns by destroying the underlying tissue.
Fragment from a verse describing the West as brighter kinder and freer with bluer skies lighter sun and fresher breeze. lines mention stronger hand clasps truer friendship and whiter snow though the fragment ends mid thought and lacks a clear narrative.
A Toronto Globe appeal stresses farmers must boost food production to stave off world hunger and ease wartime hardships. It links farming to national and Allied strength, urging every farmer and worker to do their duty to help Britain hold the line against Germany and support global food needs.
A German Peace discussion led by Professor Werner reviewed Germany's aims in a long conflict. He traced the war from the Thirty Years War and stressed the need for strength and unity to gain victory and secure peace. He criticized diplomacy as insufficient without decisive action. The talk mentioned Tirpitz and the Baltic region as focal points for peace conditions.
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