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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
5
Admiralty records recount several engagements with German U boats. Aauxiliary craft report a torpedo strike flooding compartments and sinking a submarine after a brief surrender gesture. Other patrols describe depth charges, periscope sightings, and subsurface explosions producing oil and debris, with multiple submarines destroyed or driven off.
A Toronto Globe report extols wartime maternal and domestic courage. It recalls a British munition factory worker who lost two sons and works to aid others, a Scottish mother whose sixth son is at the front, and a French mother whose husband dies on a train. The piece centers on female resolve and sacrifice.
United States Food Administration compares nutritive values showing corn meal yields more value per dollar than wheat bread. It notes four bushels of corn to every bushel of wheat, corn meal costs less, and could substitute for flour to ease European wheat shortages amid war.
The New York World accuses Germany of starting war in bad faith, violating pledges, and pursuing conquest with no lasting assurances. The piece portrays Germany as untrustworthy and driven by aggressive aims.
The international Migratory Birds Convention between Canada and the United States, ratified recently, aims to halt declines of insectivorous and game birds. It sets strict close seasons, bans egg taking, and protects wood duck and eider duck while permitting permits for harmful cases.
Unearthed 2000 year old letter from Islas to husband Hephaestion in the Serapeum of Memphis laments neglect and soaring corn prices. The missive recalls their child and asks where he is, noting worry over his absence during hardship.
Canada reduces wheat and hog product consumption to two thirds to save food for allies. Pork exports to allies fell from 36 million pounds in 1913 to 23.5 million pounds in 1914, with further changes in 1916 and 1917 as wartime needs grew.
Fragmentary text hints at a private conversation about a mystery and urgency. No clear persons, organizations, or places are identifiable from the readable fragments.
Russell J. Coles of Danville Virginia and ally of Theodore Roosevelt argues sharks offer edible varieties for diet. After a conference at the American Museum of Natural History with Roosevelt and Luther of Trinity College, Coles promotes canning shark flesh and using shark leather for footwear while supporting government coastal stations to study and promote shark-based foods.
The article argues horses face decline as motor cars rise, with heavy horses still in demand now and after war ends. It cites Belgian government records on wartime horse losses, including a $10,000 purebred stallion burned in his box and horses sent to Germany, reflecting wartime depredations and supply shifts.
Dr Rutherford notes current hog prices in Chicago near twenty dollars per hundred and Canadian markets close, with cattle around eleven dollars. He predicts sustained high prices for years due to US hog supply gaps, global cattle demand, and postwar slaughter trends across Europe.
Research at Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph over five years shows immature potatoes yield better as seed than mature ones. England already uses this method and hill selection to identify vigorous, disease resistant plants for future planting and cooking use for less productive hills.
The U S Food Administration asks film and theater producers to avoid real food in productions during the war. It urges use of imitations and omitting food scenes when possible to curb waste and prevent audience excess during the effort to win the war.
A thinker argues that most crimes stem from parents not teaching obedience at home. He asserts the family shoulders responsibility for a child’s wrongdoing, adding that upbringing shapes behavior before criminal acts occur.
Various drying methods for fruits and vegetables using a cookstove oven or portable oven. Build one quarter inch galvanized mesh trays at home. Use only absolutely not overripe, tender, sound, and perfectly clean produce for drying.
Buckwheat yields less in 1916 than the prior decade and is not a cereal botanically. The early settlers relied on buckwheat for winter foods, making hearty pancakes, while modern uses focus on batter quality, trimmings, and syrup. Buckwheat supports poor soils, controls weeds, and can be sown late to ripen before frost, aiding economy.
A discussion argues that alcohol harms human life and raises social ills. It cites studies linking drinker parentage to mental disability, epilepsy, infant mortality, and illegitimate offspring outcomes, emphasizing parental alcohol impact on child health and mortality.
The article notes uncertainty about why Ireland’s round towers were built with theories of watch posts and safe havens. Many towers have damaged tops or missing doors placed high above ground with rear ladders, while a few still show intact cone tops amid restoration.
The text notes that no secret societies were allowed to exist under the czarist regime and that lodge secrecy is rare for Russian males. It mentions steps toward forming a national organization and hints at about ten such groups in Russia guarding doors.
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