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Newspaper
Estevan Progress
Location
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
3
Western Canada farmers disposed of flax cars with Champion Alberta selling the highest valued car at Winnipeg for 55427.76 containing 14% bushels or 82096 pounds. Another car from Lethbridge, Alberta yielded payable returns after freight and handling. A HartI, Saskatchewan car likely sold for 6475.
Peery mother warns of deadly summer stomach and bowel illnesses affecting infants. Baby's Own Tablets, kept at home, are pitched as preventive and curative for cholera infantum and dysentery with quick relief if illness arises. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Rathbone Smith of McArthur Railways outlined vast northern Alberta opportunities to a Calgary Rotary audience. He cited 4,000,000 bushels of grain output from Grande Prairie and Peace River settlements this season, with extensive arable land, timber, coal, fish, and waterways across Grande Prairie, Peace River, Fort Vermilion, Spirit River, and Athabasca regions.
A new design featuring tubular handles aims to improve use in cold beverages. The invention suggests easier grip and reduced frost transfer, potentially benefiting barware and kitchen tools.
The Canadian Pacific Railway develops irrigation in Southern Alberta to counter droughts. Irrigated land yields far more wheat per acre, with farmers on irrigated plots achieving far higher outputs than nearby non irrigated fields.
The town of Cabri Saskatchewan has passed a bylaw setting a building material requirement for its main street. All buildings must be constructed of brick stone or cement to ensure a durable facade.
An ad claims Putnam's Corn Extractor dissolves corns with no pain and rapid results. It promises to uproot corn roots, leaving skin like dead skin and costs a quarter in any drug store.
Prosperity reigns in the north with crop outlook very favorable across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Crops sixty percent ahead of last year with wheat in shot blade stage, rye and barley progressing, grazing excellent and milk flow up. Hog numbers more than tripled, land breaking active, and new land cultivation set to multiply next year aided by recent rains.
Western Canadian cities show higher building activity this year than any since the war began. Moose Jaw Saskatchewan reports permits up to July 9 worth more than twice the same period last year, with likely similar trends in other cities.
The Saskatchewan Captive Elevator Company advances rapid work on new elevators across the province. Seven elevators have already been erected this season and more are under construction. An eight price has been purchased at ten. Elevators are situated at Glin Seat Brake Lawson Plenty Melfort and other towns.
A retrospective on Britain’s global WWI role notes the navy’s reach from the North Sea to the Indian Ocean and highlights the Shankercq battle as a turning point. It lists Allied armies across Europe and the Middle East, plus $54 billion in allied war finance and Britain’s sea and munition burden. The piece ends with a promotional mention of Dr J D Kel Asthma Kennedy offering relief for asthma sufferers.
The article describes American “shock troops” of two volunteers per town who help cut and shock wheat to support farmers. In Ath Dakota county towns organize drives with auto caravans to fields, with funds donated to Red Cross. In Warrick county Indiana volunteers cut eighty acres in one evening.
W S Pineo of Woodlands Middleton N S testifies to years of use of Minard's Liniment, calling it the best liniment on the market and noting its effectiveness for a horse named Aesh. Signed by Pineo.
The United States Shipping Board awarded contracts to a Shanghai yard for four cargo vessels of 100000 tons each and options on 80,000 tons. The program aims to mobilize about 30 million dollars and requires large steel quantities to be shipped to the U S to begin construction and delivery.
Port Arthur officials hold a community visit and meeting at the city center on a Saturday to discuss local concerns and future plans with residents and stakeholders.
A British front correspondent reports two air force pilots awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for a short period of victories. X downed twenty seven Germans and Y six in decisive combats including balloon destruction. They eluded a large enemy trap, fought off twenty enemy machines, and inspired praise for their unmatched tally in brief service.
Hog prices in Calgary Alberta have stayed higher than major U S markets, giving Alberta farmers larger margins. Lower production costs and good hog foods keep losses from disease rare, while prices exceed eighteen dollars per hundred, about four to five dollars higher than last year.
Statistics from the Canada Food Board show four week totals for Western Canada fisheries. Shipments and marketable catch measure export and on hand stocks across Prairie Provinces with figures for June 29 and related export totals.
Edwin Bjorkman in the New York Times states there is no Swedish government communique nor plan for an apology to Germany regarding Mr. Branting's London remarks. He argues the report originated with the German legation in Stockholm via pro German papers and notes past similar incidents.
A letter from an American lieutenant praises British qualities and compares Allied nations, noting English education, courtesy, humor, and morale after harsh losses. The writer argues Americans should replace negative stereotypes with this fair, accurate view from war experience.
Lord Leverhulme praised that ability will be recognized and rewarded whether in field or factory. He spoke at a meeting urging everyone to do his best and recounted a tale of a cannibal chief who allegedly turned a mission into an Irish stew.
Readable notes outline the Saskatche wan agriculture showing field crop contests within county or holding areas. It references competitions, prizes, and participation by local farmers and agricultural officials in a province wide program.
Agricultural notes describe trials by the conservation commission to curb wild mustard in fields previously used for corn and spring sowing. Comparisons between cultivated and unplowed strips show varying mustard levels and grain stands, advising small scale testing before wide adoption. A product notice endorses Porsche's Vegetable Pills as a standard digestive aid.
Newfoundland’s conscription law, effective recently, has filled the regiment to war strength. A second draft is not expected until autumn after fishing season ends. Women have taken farm roles. fishing boats remain manned by seamen. Some resistance occurred, but evaders were rounded up, with most choosing enlistment over jail for failing to register.
A vermituge praises Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a potent remedy safe for even delicate children and harmless to the constitution, claiming no injury to health.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer argues that defeating Germans is only part of the duty. Americans must reform at home by rooting out profiteers, hoarders, and slackers and build a democratic society aligned with the world’s future democratic aims. Minard's Liniment advertised everywhere.
Survivors of two sailing trawlers tell of a German submarine sinking their vessels and taking crews aboard. A Belgian skipper and his son died, two English seamen were saved, and the rest perished after the submarine submerged. The Germans reportedly looted, ransacked, and even ate some provisions aboard the trawlers.
General fruit conditions promise a bumper crop with high yields. Early reports indicate favorable weather and strong tree health across Briti province, suggesting abundant harvest potential for major fruit varieties.
A French baby named Bernard, not yet four, lives behind the British lines on the Somme. His life amid war is documented in a photo album of his mama showing generals, colonels, and soldiers, with Bernard greeting each in khaki and blue. He learns two English phrases and calls every military figure captain while his world is full of noise and memories of the war.
A visitor from the west describes Dakota farming quirks with a boast about a man on a large farm starting to the south and harvesting north, followed by a Dakota listener noting young couples milking cows while children tend the milk.
The report notes that the United States experiences about two dollars in fire losses for each person annually. It highlights the national impact of fires on individuals and communities, framing the figure as a per capita estimate to illustrate overall risk and cost.
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