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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
2
A central office of government and merchants forms a central millers and bakers committee. Cereal purchases must follow state notice and price caps. Grain access by millers requires no transport by rail or water. state supervision and transport only via government instruction.
The British government will require licenses for imports and use a government buying agency to purchase Canadian and American bacon. Canada has expanded bacon exports to the United Kingdom France and Italy, with growth from 1913 to 1917. Maintaining the Wiltshire bacon variety and steady supply is key to preserving Britain’s bacon needs and Canada’s share of the trade.
The article argues for freeing nationalities and restoring Belgium, Alsace Lorraine to France, opposing military despotism and brute force. It says the first step is defeating German military power, and criticizes the idea of peace at all costs promoted by International Socialist voices. It cites voices from the London Daily Telegraph.
A historical note asserts Holloway's Corn Cure kills the roots of corns or warts. It claims the lesion detaches from the flesh as the callosity is removed, leaving a protective healing surface.
Berlin barbers seek class exemption to keep one man in charge per shop. They claim women can shave but cannot manage the business and that female managers would drive away customers, risking bankruptcy if shops reopen after the war.
The ad argues greasy ointments worsen skin conditions and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood improving cure. It claims the pills detoxify impurities, boost health and appetite, and can be bought from medicine dealers or by mail for 5 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The passage argues that Germans born or living in the United States resist conscription by their country of choice while opposing German rule, and condemns German actions against Poles amid a broader critique of autocracy and oppression as discussed in a Chicago context.
Dr. C. K. Clarke reports that over 12 percent of patients admitted to Toronto General Hospital public wards have syphilis. The eighth annual report of Canada's commission of conservation notes this may reflect national conditions with returning soldiers elevating interest. Other points cover disease control measures and food preservation discussions by University of Toronto physicians.
A student asks about pursuing international law studies and requests guidance for targeting opportunities. The note suggests identifying suitable programs, internships, and mentors to advance in this field.
Poisonous sounding remedy claim that certain morbid stomach and intestinal conditions support worms and that Miller's Worm Powders will correct digestion and eliminate worms. It asserts avoiding suffering by eradicating worms through a digestive cure.
A misread French report portrays King George as a master angler facing sleet and fog. The narrative arc shows the ruler steady under an umbrella, casting, striking the salmon, and triumphing as observers note his decisive actions and victory.
A wartime remark questions Germany’s outlook asking if there will be a next war after peace returns. The speaker notes German leaders claim peace will be brief and war could resume in ten years, criticizing their approach and warning against another cycle of conflict.
Spanish rice crop in urgent need of 15,000 laborers to harvest. Local officials forecast high demand and potential shortages as the season peaks.
A pair of citizens acquired about 4000 acres in Connecticut to create a wild fowl sanctuary. They sent an expert to Manitoba to study duck habits and bring back young ducklings for a breeding nucleus. Thirteen species including canvasbacks are raised with many birds pinioned to supply stock while others migrate to enhance wild populations. The project returns birds to the refuge where they seek protection, with strong early results supporting propagation as key to restoring wild bird life.
Describes how Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy has helped many long frustrated patients. Claims hundreds of letters praise the preparation and its prompt relief even in neglected cases.
The passage notes widespread Allied sympathy for Japan in facing German wartime methods. It mentions support from the public in money and supplies, and states nurses were sent to France Russia and Romania with some surgeons remaining in Russia while nurses have returned due to health impacts.
A Sick Woman in Enchant, Pennsylvania describes crying spells and fearful symptoms from female troubles and nervous distress. She tried several doctors with little relief and felt she might die without help before beginning Lydia E. to treat her condition.
A Germanic Field Artillery battery near Nimlauis and Debrecen faced mass abuse led by Lieutenants Baron von Hofern and Carl Kattinger. Soldiers were whipped, bound to railway tracks, and forced into a cesspool amid threats and slurs toward a Jewish sanitary corps member Josef Tabak, who later died in a state of insanity.
Antonckel of gopher poison says gophers eat about a bushel per acre each season in the prairie. He warns the rodent numbers were not greatly reduced and urges earlier spring poisoning to protect grain crops. Municipalities do not spend enough on poison. Farmers delay in applying it.
Fragmentary OCR shows an ad claiming a cure for constipation by a Toledo firm F. oy F. 5. oe & Co. The text mentions constitutional treatment and is tied to J. Cheney 2 & in Toledo Ohio with references to Dew Pills for constipation.
The text reflects Nelson delaying action near Toulon over roughly two years and a half, explaining in his words why he did not attack the enemy fleet while it could retreat into its strong batteries and secure position.
The Commission of Conservation surveyed 400 Dundas county farms in 1916. Just over one percent practiced systematic seed grain selection similar to Seed Growers' Association methods. Nine percent used oats showing varied grain quality and knowledge of sowing practices.
A Lancashire soldier describes desert footwear fashioned from steel to cope with shifting sand. The innovation, likened to a bird cage, is worn over the boot to keep the foot stable as marches across moving dunes. He notes the sand’s shifting density and how grooves in the shoe aid gun carriage on the front line.
A teacher asks a pupil to write two sentences on the board. The student writes: a hen has got three legs and who was not a very pupil. The chalk then yields a joke about a hen never doing it. The exchange is presented as a humorous good jest.
Sir Henry Drayton urges quicker traffic and coal movement as the Dominion board of railway commissions weighs new demurrage scales. A proposed schedule sets free days then charges rising from 1 dollar to 5 dollars per day after the third day, contrasting with an existing 1 dollar daily rate.
A Canadian reader from South Bay Ontario touts Baby's Own Tablets as essential against cholera infantum in children. The ad claims the tablets regulate the bowels, soothe the stomach, and prevent severe stomach ailments. Sold by medicine dealers or at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville.
Ralph Harris, travelling writer, reports rapid settlement in the Peace River country. The area sees farms expanding into mixed farming with a flourishing livestock sector. A local farmer near 500 miles north of Calgary boasted 300 acres under wheat and a previous crop of 10 000 bushels sold for 1.95 a bushel in Winnipeg. There are 75 organized settlements and many churches as Mr Harris plans to lecture through the western states.
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