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Newspaper
Cut Knife Grinder
Location
Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
3
The Paria L Excelsior showcases a photo titled Cannon on Trees showing two 75% mounted guns built into tree trunks as an anti air raft battery. Carriage bases are fixed to concrete bands on the trunks to absorb recoil enabling pivoting to track divers.
A fragmented 19th century tale notes Minard’s Liniment curing distemper in livestock. It mentions Yo Barnes marrying against his father’s will, who after a heated reunion declares disinheritance with a dollar. The dialogue hints at evolving commerce and the era’s small miracle of progress.
The article discusses repaying advances from a government program tied to this year’s crop. It notes low interest benefits for those receiving advances and urges prompt repayment from first crop sales. Cooperation with grain buyers in the west aims to collect remaining amounts.
A testimonial from Mins aond Brousseau of Savona British Columbia describes anemia in a teenage girl. She details headaches heart palpitations and fatigue and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restored health enabling her to resume studies. Pills sold by all dealers or 60 cents a box Brockville Ontario.
Fragmentary text notes Donn Alden MacMillan’s elimination of Crocker Land from Peary’s maps. It references polar exploration revisions, Grant Land vantage, and shifting geographic claims amid hotel anecdotes and scattered phrases.
An American Magazine excerpt reports Captain Granville describing Russian troops as brave yet misinformed about the war aims. He notes their discipline to charge without retreat under orders, their dislike of Germans, and Russia’s perceived strive for Holy Mother Russia.
The article credits A H Pollen with naval innovations that improve range and speed measurement for battleships. It describes the Pollen clock and plotting device as enabling officers to locate and maintain firing range, highlighting the impact on British dreadnought gunnery amidst wartime operations.
Breeders' Gazette reports a drastic drop in sheep numbers across Montana with 524 877 head including goats, down 248 054 from five years prior. Market depletion, free trade threats, and an unprofitable wool price have driven liquidation and reduced stock to a fraction of former levels.
The article sketches several historic coalitions formed during major conflicts and political strains, noting four large coalitions apart from the current one and detailing their durations and contexts. It also reviews Parmelee's Vegetable Pill, highlighting mandrake and dandelion as ingredients and claiming cleansing, purgative, and digestive benefits for liver and kidney ailments.
Des Moines publisher K T Meredith told delegates at the World Advertising Club convention in Chicago that farmers have changed. He claimed 50 percent wear coats and shoes and that farmers can buy salts of clothes, motor cars, and other goods in wide price ranges.
An old fortune ad touts Zam Buk as a swift healer for wounds, sores, blisters, heat rash, and skin inflammations. It claims Zam Duk starts healing and builds fresh tissue, with the product available as soap and tablets sold widely including Toronto.
A wounded French theater soldier wakes in a London hospital ward and learns his surgeon father is nearby serving patients in the next ward. The son asks for his father and reveals the father is the surgeon visiting that day, while the father remains unaware his son is in the same hospital.
A fragment from a Chesterville Ontario item notes a person recalling medicines praised for treating falls and ovarian trouble as the year began. It appears in a damaged OCR slice with limited context and names. The passage hints at medical remedies and personal health concerns without full details.
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