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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
8
A garbled OCR fragment discusses sharing cake and offering it, referencing life and an implied narrator. The sentence hints at family dynamics and a mother figure, but the excerpt is incomplete and lacks clear event or context.
A plea to farmers and urban buyers to unite for increased food crops and better marketing amid wartime shortages. Emphasizes farmer independence from middlemen, fair pricing, and efficient distribution to avert famine and support Allied war effort. Calls for swift action and national solidarity.
Paris dispatch details U S minister Whitlock in Brussels and Havre who refused to travel in a special German train. He insisted all staff leave together and finally departed with the entire party in a single move despite German claims of military necessity.
The Baltimore Star notes British Americans recalling the American Revolution as a shared Anglo-Saxon defense of liberty. It cites Viscount Bryce and suggests a future Anglo-American alliance as a hopeful outcome, contrasting past unity with present distance from the 1776 spirit.
Minister of Finance M. Tereschtenko outlines a new financial program to tax excess profits and fund wartime needs. He claims Russia has capital in surplus from increased activity and proposes immediate action to remedy past deficiencies through a revenue system.
Readable content is fragmentary with no identifiable events or entities. The lines present offer incoherent phrases about workers and farmers without concrete actions, names, or locations.
The grain rust epidemic in Western Canada last year caused an estimated loss of 100 million dollars. Minister of Agriculture Martin Berrell funds special research. Laboratories announced at Brandon Manitoba and Indian Head Saskatchewan with scientist W P Fraser to lead investigations.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a father and son discussing overspending and a strained allowance. The lines hint at tension over finances and duty, with the son acknowledging the excess while the father counsels restraint.
Frank Dilnot reports from New York Outlook on Sweden facing Germany’s influence during WWI. German methods shape a large army and court, while pro Allied forces drive a 146 Socialist Liberal majority and 86 Conservative assembly. The king supports a neutral business government led by Wallenberg amid shipping restrictions and German pressure.
Prof. F A Howes of the University of Alberta warns at Kamloops that urban migration among rural youth endangers Western Canada’s farming base. He cites home conditions and outlook as key causes and urges agricultural education in schools to present farming as a respected profession. He notes recent farm prosperity briefly slows movement, but urban drift could resume as conditions change.
The article recalls Joffre as a two year idol of France and the world who sought rulers earning new reputations over established reputations. It notes pressure to step aside for General Nivelle and hints at his political restraint while preserving the story of his successor.
Fragmentary text shows a disjointed line about understanding being drawn into a motor carriage. It lacks clear people places or events to identify.
A reader laments the high price set for a story editor and questions paying postage on unsolicited manuscripts, reflecting frustration with costs and value.
An outline of Baden-Powell's Scouting, detailing how the movement develops character through four pillars: individual training, handicrafts, state service, and physical health. It notes the system suits boys of all classes and ages from Wolf Cubs to Old Scouts, with emphasis on education, patriotism, and civic duty.
The Saskatchewan cooperative director reports 350 registered societies and notes imbalances in seed grain hay and other goods. Farmers import from outside districts while others ship far away, with potatoes in short supply in some areas and excess in others. A central free bureau is proposed to connect associations with buyers and sellers to ease trade.
A German observer condemns wartime food handling as inefficient and red tape laden. He cites meat and bread shortages in Cologne and other towns caused by strict procedures and clerical errors delaying distribution. He argues the government favored large landowners and famine looms unless supplies are redirected to urban populations.
A New York dispatch notes King George V donated a stallion to the Canadian breeding bureau to aid Allied remounts. John F. Ryan led efforts to locate and prepare thousands of Canadian horses with thoroughbred cross, sourcing from New York and even Australia, to support entente armies.
An excerpt notes how war between nations in 1812 treated personal property and even human lives of friendly powers. The piece references the Acade my from Italy and reflects on differing wartime attitudes.
Saskatchewan will enforce a new law regulating slash burning and allowing fire guardians in rural and unorganized areas. The act, backed by police participation, seeks to reduce forest and prairie fire losses and requires reporting of all fires to the Provincial Fire Commissioner. It also permits local citizens to aid in fighting fires within specified distances of wooded areas.
The Marquis of Queensbury told Winnipeg crowds that Canada’s mineral riches rival Ural discoveries and could cover war debt. He cites British Columbia wealth and Porcher Island claims, urging smelter development and more Canadian interest in high value ores.
Fragmentary text references a Kansas City Star item inviting someone to sit and share a moment. Illumination is minimal with no clear event, dates, or full names. The readable bits suggest a casual exchange about seating and conversation.
The Alberta Farmers Co operative plans to erect about forty elevators across the province before the 1917 crop ripens. Total cost around 350000 dollars, storage capacities from 35000 to 65000 bushels, averaging 40000. Placed to increase 1917 capacity by roughly 1600000 bushels. Construction to start soon employing about 150 men.
The North China News reports the Chinese Prime Minister rejected German pressure that glycerine for explosives was being made from dead soldiers. The claim horrified him and helped push toward a rupture with Germany, provoking indignation at the idea of sacrificing the dead.
Fragmentary text argues professors bear responsibility for Germany’s failure to acknowledge psychology’s call for common sense among practitioners, reflecting a political stance embedded in a wartime discourse.
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