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Newspaper
Davidson Leader
Location
Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
4
The article discusses cross border tensions and diplomatic activity between the United States and Mexico. It mentions protests over territorial decree proposals and the potential impact on Mexico’s frontier policies and industry along the Gulf coast.
An order directs enlisted men on duty to wear headgear resembling British aviator caps. The change affects shipments and ensures uniforms align with future quarters. engineers and supply teams adjust gear distribution in August.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss wartime costs and duration, mentioning Kitchener and forecasts that long wars drain resources. References include comparisons to the Crimean, Boer, Russo-Japanese, and American Civil Wars, with emphasis on escalating expense as conflicts grow longer.
A garbled OCR snippet shows a diner and waiter exchange with missing or jumbled words. The lines include: what er you for the life of me and but what I ordered a, indicating blurred text and unclear context.
Trade circles report large U S orders for glycerine to Britain and Italy as the Allies prepare for war. Estimated exports to allies may total 15 000 000 pounds with Canada also expected to need extensive supplies. A Washington conference previously set export plans at 20 000 000 pounds for wartime needs.
Italian hotel operators dismiss German and Swiss workers amid a broader expulsion campaign. The move targets foreign staff as part of a cleansing effort in the hotel industry.
A note explains that the Turkish government is called The Porte from Porta Latin, reflecting ancient justice at the gate of the sultan’s palace in Constantinople.
Fragmentary wartime health advice urges men to drink water between meals to reduce uric acid and prevent age-related ailments. The text touts a Surgical InstituteDuffels MA cure at a drug store and mentions dairy tables and light meat intake as beneficial.
Misread ad claims quick renewal of vigor and energy using Dr Hamilton's remedy. It asserts mood lift and restored health, urging readers to use the product and feel revived.
Benjamin Harrison, a Kentish grocer turned self taught geologist, devoted his life to stone age discovery. He identified proto human tools older than known eras and reshaped views of early man after thirty years of patient fieldwork and meticulous stone analysis.
A partial, garbled reminiscence mentions an Old Miatese era figure and a man associated with work and memory. The text preserves hints of a forge and a community past but lacks clear names or events.
Red Cross division calls Vandegrift a deserted village while the town with 4000 residents cites no unmarrieds aged twenty five or older. Respondents say all local women are in the teens or just past twenty and many men are in France with about 550 in the army.
The piece extols wheat as the premier grain for human nutrition and national vigor. It argues wheat thrives in diverse conditions from sea level to mountains and from arid to humid climates, delivering sunshine, energy, and brain power for mankind.
The War Office seeks certain dog types for service. bulldog is excluded. A terrier type, unnamed, is described as a fighter and stopper and must have mastiff blood. The same hound was used by Sanderson in India as a seizer and once aided by three such dogs to capture a wild elephant.
A note tells of a pair of European shoes that squeak or “talk” pleasing some. A South Sea Islander attends church with such shoes, hoping his wife can share in the amused moment of hearing them speak.
Seizure of the Heyden Chemical plant in New Jersey marks a major action in wartime measures. The operation holds exclusive rights to numerous German patents and processes for soda, sodium compounds, and related formulas, affecting production and distribution.
A historical report notes that in the United States more than 77 million acres of land are swamp or swampy, raising concerns about agricultural productivity and land use policy. The statement emphasizes vast waste of potentially arable territory.
A visitor chronicles a morning at Leo's Hostel in Regent's Park, a reforming village of industry for blinded veterans. He notes bright, bustling workshops where blind workers craft goods, sing, and find purpose, contrasting outside sunshine with inside resilience and hope.
Professor McLaurin of the University of Saskatchewan continues experiments on converting wheat straw into usable gas. After months of testing, the project aims to produce a practical fuel source from agricultural byproducts.
The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear persons, places, dates, or events to summarize into a factual newspaper item with proper entities.
Our correspondent reports on a mystery body found in a shell hole after six weeks of combat in no man's land. A missing helmet and paybook, unmarked clothes, and bare pockets left no ID. Theories abound but no conclusive answer about the soldier’s identity or unit.
A chaotic fragment describes a broad campaign by officials and newspapers promoting straw presence this season. It notes straw storage and bale handling to keep it fresh and usable for various purposes.
The piece argues farmers should adopt business practices, keeping weekly memos and living expenses. It notes neighbors doubted reform, but the speaker insists profits prove farming can be run like a business with careful record keeping and annual field planning.
A sale of fifty seven Shorthorn bulls in Birmingham Alabama raised seventy four thousand dollars for the Red Cross. Bulls consigned by Central Shorthorn Breeders Association members were judged after a show. A parade featured each animal with a Red Cross banner and a lady in Red Cross attire leading a soldier in uniform as martial music stirred the crowd.
Mutual consent allowed fifteen minutes for both sides to present arguments. The defense counsel opened with a reminiscence of a boyhood pond, recalling a tranquil era of balmy air and singing birds before returning to the case at hand.
A garbled account describes a remarkable diving bird with white throat and pure white belly. The text mentions a three foot long bird with glossy black and green markings, white throat, and spotted wings observed near water.
A wounded bugle linked to Ballarat veterans and Lt Col Grahan Coulter, DSO, retraces its battlefield voyage from Egypt and Gallipoli to France. It was carried by the Fighth battalion and later preserved by Ballarat War Museum after a bullet damaged its mouth.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a patient and doctor discussing a debt of twenty two dollars and the patient asking for employment to pay. The text reflects a clipped exchange with unclear context and names.
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