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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
3
A reconstructed report notes the train operated with a provincial department effort. It states an initial visit by two riders resulted in practical demonstrations and a facing with weathered conditions. The venture proved entirely successful and plans for further entries to the west are noted.
Fragments describe summer season woes and remedies for infants. A terse note mentions tablets sold by medicine dealers at a price of 25 cents a bottle. The text hints at urgent care and swift action by authorities or caregivers.
The fragment discusses a cork treatment method aimed at producing a cheap durable material. It mentions thinning and chemical processing to remove substances, then rolling and cementing cork layers for a thin final product.
A damaged text fragment mentions the Red Cross, a Middleren location, and gifts or payments totaling 17.44 and 144.00. It references a person tied to a degen and a gift to the Red Cross, but details are unclear and names are incomplete.
A fragmented note suggests a player says he stays focused on basketball and business value by simply sitting, with unclear details about time spent and roles.
Mrs. Jos. O'Bryan of Chicago reports two years of female trouble left her unable to walk. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says relief was immediate and her strength returned. She recommends the remedy as well worth the money.
The Toronto Globe notes the French aviator Gallois crossed Germany’s Essen Krupp works in seven hours, bombing key targets and returning nearly 400 miles. The feat shows airplanes in war, invites imitators, and could paralyze German armaments while sparking naval aviation comparisons and future destroyer ideas.
J Bruce Walker Imperial immigration commissioner says many ex-service men will emigrate to Canada after the war. He notes submarine danger aboard a London return voyage and cites Ottawa offered conditions much more attractive than other overseas dominions for soldiers seeking outdoor life.
A fragmented passage argues for fixing women voters' age at thirty in the United Kingdom, noting more women than men and criticizing the 21 year voting threshold as potentially shifting political power to females. The text mentions The Gazette, co operative topics, and the Saskatchewan Elevator Company in a garbled context.
A wartime strategist explains that war hinges on lines of communication. He notes British advances rely on rail and heavy artillery to breach the Hindenburg line while Germans shift reserves to one sector, allowing a counterattack elsewhere.
An American diary recounts the 1917 Russian scene near the Newski Prospekt with Cossacks surrounding a crowd near Znamenskaya. He describes gunfire from the right flank and a clash where mounted police pursued rioters while Cossacks attacked police. The crowd praised the Cossacks and exchanged gifts as chaos loomed.
An editorial excerpt from the Calgary Albertan argues that Canada is a fully independent self governing nation not bound by Britain in its wartime actions. It asserts Canada entered the war on its own initiative and has acted freely without British orders, stressing Canada’s equality with other nations.
A fragment describes a blind automobile professor in France who meets a visually impaired hospital head running a workshop to adjust auto parts. The text notes the man became totally blind by liquid fire yet continued his work, showing perseverance amid discouragement and misfortune.
Mile. Hattie Kescheninska the czars dancer regains possession of her Petrograd mansion after revolutionaries handed it over following a court ruling. The palace suites baths and grounds were previously used as headquarters by socialists with valuables reported safe while furs and other property valued at hundreds of thousands were said stolen.
The article argues Canada faces grave danger if Allies fail in France and if peace talks break up into separate truces. It cites German opinion and a Munich interview as evidence that a German prize of war could seize Canada, with broader implications for future conflicts.
Sir Douglas Haig notes a shift toward open fighting after two years of trench warfare with the Ancre retreat. He reports light British casualties and a successful general withdrawal by the enemy while praising railway companies for supplying locomotives, rolling stock, and rails despite civil disruption.
Government and industry warnings show Britain and France face major coal deficits while U S demand and war needs curb coal exports. Officials expect higher coal prices and urge summer storage as a supply squeeze worsens into fall. Canada also suffers from a west coal strike and ship shortages reducing Great Lakes shipments.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught visits the Canadian corps during their Vimy Ridge advance. He climbs the ridge and surveys the plain toward Lens as troops from Princess Patricia's regiment, bearing colors embroidered by the princess herself, march into action.
A fragmentary memory piece notes how long friendship shows itself in small details like tea sugar, recalling manners at a kettle and the intimate signals of daily life. the anecdote hints at nostalgia and the texture of past social rituals.
A Danish commission with agricultural and dietary experts estimates national fodder can sustain a 20 to 25 percent surplus ration for households. The plan requires lowering swine numbers by September 1 and may adjust cattle forecasts based on this year’s harvest. Crop outlook improves modestly with recent rains, especially for wheat and potatoes.
Sir Stanley Maude describes a seven month period split between preparations and operations leading to the fall of Baghdad. He commends the inland water transport directorate for an eight day river craft cycle and notes well equipped hospitals met all calls, with efficient patient transfer from field units to hospitals. He also thanks England India and Egypt for prompt support.
Government figures compiled by the Labor Department compare prewar prices 1909 13 with early 1917 levels for nine staples. Flour barrel price rose from 6.71 to 11.56, lard 15.06 to 23.40 cents, corn meal 2.74 to 4.07, ham 24.1 to 32.1, bacon 25.2 to 31.2, milk 8.7 to 10 cents, eggs 33.8 to 46.7, dressed poultry 19.9 to 26.6 cents per pound.
The London Chronicle explains Dora as a cloak for the Defense of the Realm Act a figure blamed for blocking requests and shaping authority. The inquirers are told Dora is in evidence yet remains in the background as the mysterious official name behind wartime powers.
Twain delivered a humorous talk at a club dinner on conscience. He recalled being a boy who stole melons from a cart, noting the thrill of sneaking up and the minimal risk of detection.
Belgian justice minister Carton De Wiart argues ordinary penal laws apply to wartime acts not justified by international law. He supports trials by allied courts for Germans who killed robbed or burned civilians and says reprisals or indemnity may be needed for lasting peace.
The Food Administration reports April export figures for wheat beet and sugar and notes shifts from pre war levels. Wheat exports rose to 14 233 013 bushels from 11 392 788 and beet exports grew to 48 211 592 pounds from 22 295 972. Sugar refined product exports fell to 492 283 738 pounds from 103 486 176. Fish exports declined from 15 122 474 pounds to 7 544 877. Figures reflect domestic origin only.
Carl W. Ackerman in the New York Independent argues that ending the Kaiser would not end the war. He names von Hindenburg and Ludendorff as real engines of German policy, claiming they control the army and drive militaristic brutality. He warns Americans to target the entire military leadership, not just the Kaiser, to secure lasting peace.
Five towns in Southern Alberta have each shipped more than a million bushels of wheat with two months left in the season. Bow Island leads at over a million, Vulcan exceeds a million, and others like Barons Carmangay Clarkholm Blackie also surpass the threshold. In 1915 the Lethbridge district yielded over 38 million bushels of wheat. Figures for September are not yet available.
A noble feast centers on a whole roasted ox reserved for the poor. The duke and companions discover that meat skewered into the beef cavern cooks with its juices and absorbs the ox’s richness, a dish called beef stuffing that charms all at the table.
An investor named Seaweed A Danesh? announces a discovery of a new newsprint process. The method claims to yield half the paper from wood, using seaweed based input and a frog scaw method.
Premier Lloyd George writes to the national war savings chairman praising efforts and noting bread consumption cuts as proof of voluntary restraint. Paddington and Willesden show substantial drops, with Reading and Portsmouth also reporting multi‑tens of percent reductions in two months.
The statement of crop conditions shows the 1917 acreage at 4 384 000 with an average of 3 667 000 for 1912 to 1916, reflecting gains in early acreage as part of the food program.
Fragmentary text discusses Switzerland produced food diverted from market and seized by authorities. Mentions a lawyer and an exchange about acquittal, unclear names and details.
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