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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
The text discusses reducing artificial heating to save costs, proposing an economy of ten degrees in far American homes. It notes indoor comfort ranges and urges a policy of maintaining five degrees of temperature difference without hardship. Medical authorities are cited, with New York Sun as a source for suggestions.
Instructions describe packing apples in a barrel with sawdust and tight layers. Apples are arranged bottom to top, then covered and packed to a bushel and a half per barrel, kept cool and bruise-free to preserve quality.
The New York Globe argues that Germany’s manpower and munition power are waning while the Allied forces maintain cohesion. It predicts Germany cannot force a quick decisive victory and that the grand alliance will persist, with heavy artillery deciding the outcome as the war stretches on.
The German supreme command issues a circular allowing the official press to publish patriotic caricatures aimed at the heads of state and political leaders of the Entente. German artists have long used brutal satire against anti German militarism, with periodicals like Simplicissimus and Klad deradatsch noted for their harsh content.
A Duluth piece extols France as a perennial sweetheart of the world praising its resilience amid brutal war. It notes even Germans supposedly reserve hate for Britain and America and defends France against charges of decadence amid American excess and Paris indulgence.
The article notes American volunteers from the United States serving in the Royal Air Force, with mention of a leading Canadian fireman in British service and a Chicago native as a rival. It suggests forthcoming relaxation of rules and wider publication of these efforts amid praise for the volunteers' work.
Reading shows garbled text with names and phrases likely from a local article. Key facts and subjects are not discernible, leaving only incomplete fragments and unclear attribution.
A reader recalls a shared lunch at the 200 address era, noting a remark about kinds of lunch and referencing a Baltimore American clipping. The statement appears as a fragment from a letter or column.
Private Cooper of Glengarris Ireland led a daring assault to seize a Morckh fortification. He coordinated four attackers on each flank while others fired from a distance, then struck the fort and compelled deserters to surrender. British officers lauded his marked bravery and reported a victorious seizure.
Canadians urged to follow the food controller by using barley and barley flour for soup and thickening, corn meal for bread, oatmeal for cereal, and potatoes to reduce wheat use. Fish and beans can substitute meat with no loss of nutrition while preserving supplies for soldiers. The aim is nourishment over cost as scarce food must reach those in need.
French painters and sculptors have become scene designers for war, advancing camouflage to a vital military art. They risk danger daily, sometimes moving near No Man's Land to study trees and walls for rapid, convincing cover.
A patient in a hospital asks about a watch and its origins, with a doctor and bystanders discussing a token. The dialogue references German origins, war rates, and potential impact on matters, set in a turbulent, unclear scene.
Fragmentary lines show a father asking about a location and a mother reacting with concern. The brief exchange implies an impending departure or separation and hints at a moment of tension within a family setting.
A 1916 letter argues alcohol costs Canada billions and fuels crime and poverty, urging prohibition to fund the war effort. It cites high wartime expenses, insanity and crime linked to drink, and suggests licensing liquor worsens national woes while revenue pales next to costs.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell addressed the Canadian Club in St Catharines, discussing wireless telephony from Arlington to Paris and Honolulu, predicting global talks without wires and future light transmission by electricity, while recalling 1881 patent filings and developments in aviation and communications.
A luncheon joke centers on language as a senator tells M. Rand to continue speaking French while M. Rand requests a stop and replies in English. The moment highlights cross language humor at a Philadelphia Bulletin event.
The department of immigration in Winnipeg reports three and a half times as many arrivals in the first nine months of 1915 as the same period in 1914, with Western Canada seeing a surge. It notes arrivals from the United States and other regions increased, while longer journeys and routes through prairie provinces contributed to the higher numbers.
Arthur S. Draper reports in the New York Tribune that Lord George envisions a coming German upheaval and states Britain should negotiate with a German democracy rather than an autocracy. He argues hunger cannot crush Germany and calls for strategic thinking, not mere attrition, with America providing brains and ideas.
A wartime editorial denounces debates over declaring war as dangerous to national resolve. It condemns antiwar voices as aiding Germany and portrays mass wartime outrages in Belgium France Poland Serbia and Romania as consequences of defeatist policy. The piece frames the conflict as a struggle between royal autocracy and democratic self rule.
Two Nova Scotia and French Canadian battalions trained together and went overseas aboard the Saxonia on May 20 1915. They entered the trenches in step and fought side by side at Courcelette forming lifelong allied ties.
Readable fragments describe a transport scene and confinement but lack coherent facts or identifiable names or events for a full news summary. The piece references a terminus, a car, and improvised restraint but does not establish a verifiable incident, date, or locations.
The article notes thirty one blinded soldiers in Canada and outlines new re education efforts led by Sir Frederick Fraser at Halifax. Plans include a printing house for Braille literature and a daily newspaper, with parallels to St Dunstan’s and Miss Winifred Holt’s Paris initiatives.
The Toronto News reports 400000 milk bottles disappear yearly in Winnipes de Clare. A woman phoned a dairy claiming fifty to sixty quart bottles in a cellar and believed a quart of milk included the bottle. At six cents per quart, sequestration and breakage drive high losses and raise consumer costs.
In the British House of Commons Mr King questioned the postwar adoption of a decimal system for weights and measures or coinage to aid trade and industry. Hon Dr Addison said the issue is under review by the committee on commercial and industrial policy after the war.
A witty remark argues men rarely acknowledge marrying a woman smarter than themselves because they doubt such a partner exists.
From the New York Times, a reflective piece arguing Germans’ militarism provokes war and that liberty is reborn after the conflict. It compares defending life to resisting a mad aggressor and contemplates the reshaping of civilization, religion, and politics after the war.
In a warning voice, the analysis argues Germany’s birth rate slumped over 40 percent from prewar levels while the death rate surged due to war and disease. It estimates a yearly population decline near 1.5 million, predicting economic ruin and a rising old age burden that could accelerate if the war continues.
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