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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
3
City eye specialists report rapid vision gains for many patients claiming a 50 percent improvement within a week. They cite cases of reduced strain headaches and clearer distant vision after using Bon-Opto eye remedy, with several patients noting dramatic benefits and long-term eye health improvements.
From the frontier desk of the Amsterdam Handelstid correspondent comes a grim report on German agriculture. Dabor, fertilizer, and fodder are scarce while labor is short, delaying operations and driving up prices. Milk yields have fallen by more than half and crops lag five weeks behind due to a severe winter and unfavourable spring.
The exchange jokes about guard duty at munitions plants versus potato plants during wartime, highlighting everyday concerns and humor in home front discussions.
Professor William Ait Noyes of Minnesota University told the National Academy at Washington that the atom is no longer the final word on smallness. He described atoms as complex systems like a sun with planets, with hydrogen to radium differing by central charge and satellite arrangement.
A lecture-style statement argues Germans are victims of their own policy and must act to liberate themselves. It contends Americans or Russians cannot solve German misrule without German cooperation, urging self-help to gain world sympathy.
Doukhobors donate to Belgian relief while avoiding war involvement. Hon Dr Roche interior minister receives a 1093 cheque from the Doukhobor section at Lake Saskatchewan for Belgian orphans. Mother Graves worm exterminator is claimed to work independently without other medicines.
Allies uplifted by morale with central armies advancing. British forces reach optimal efficiency and coordinate like a machine, winning battles. French army remains a superb system now supported by a growing allied force.
A reflective piece contrasts trouble with abundance and questions how morality seizes attention. The prose suggests humans overfit dangers while ethics claims the stage, prompting readers to consider vigilance against moral overreach.
The report declares a brilliant Egyptian victory by the Army of Egypt near Gaza, linking ancient campaigns through Asian histories. It notes the Philistines as an ancient people connected to early civilizations and biblical stories, including Samson and David, referencing antiquarian finds in Gaza.
The passage extols Canada as a vast empire surpassing the United States in area and ranking among major European states. It cites measurements and comparisons of land area and coastlines, noting provinces and confederation growth, with figures for British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and more.
An Irish child asks his mother for candy in a garbled phonetic exchange. The mother scolds him for noise and repeats that he will get candy only if he stays quiet, though the transcription is unclear and jumbled.
The piece notes a future where science could detect submarines by waves and earthquakes. It praises instruments like the seismometer though claims a new mechanism musts sense the noiseless passing of subs beneath the ocean. The New York World suggests this is credible to a generation familiar with wireless and Edison.
In a 1916 Mesopotamia letter, Sir Victor Horsley argues alcohol dulls leadership during war. Premier Lloyd George calls alcohol Britain's foe. Kraepelin measures beer and whisky’s impact, reducing efficiency by seven and twenty three percent respectively. Russia’s czar laments drunk armies, Japan’s sobriety cited. Russia’s prohibition era saves thirty million in a month,酒 sober front.
Read thousands of unsolicited letters from grateful users praising Dr. J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. The ad claims all cases from incipient to chronic benefit and many cures, urging purchase of the genuine product everywhere.
A Calgary firm notes a 200 percent rise in farm equipment sales to farmers this year compared with last year. Farmers show readiness and cash to purchase plows drills discs and barrows as demand for machinery soars. An implement firm estimates over 1200 gasoline tractors sold to settlers in Southern Alberta this spring.
A humorous remark contrasts religious practice with golf discipline, noting a man belongs to two golf clubs yet attends only one church. The line mocks the expectation of varied practice in both fields.
The New York World argues Canada showed resilience since 1914, building strong military and industrial mobilization while the United States prepared at home. It urges Americans to respect Canada’s progress, not view it as a junior partner, and predicts lasting respect and cooperation across the border.
Alfred Rochay of Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables writes that Minward's Liniment has served his family and stables for years, calling it the best medicine obtainable.
Canning declared the New World created to redress the balance of the Old, acknowledging British paternity of the Monroe Doctrine. The idea followed Wilson's address for global use. Bonar Law later welcomed U S participation in World War I as restoring balance, per the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mrs J A Lagace of Ste Perpetue Quebec calls Baby's Own Tablets invaluable and urges other mothers to use them. The pills are said to regulate bowels and stomachs, combat constipation indigestion colds fevers expel worms and cure colic. Available from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario or medicine dealers at 25 cents a box.
In a London Daily Mail commentary, the critique condemns Prussian militarism and the Kaiser for inciting war in 1914. It argues liberation of the German people is needed for world security and labels the Kaiser’s self‑proclaimed divine mission as homicidal rhetoric.
The medical officer of health in Luton, Bedfordshire, notes poor families cannot buy sugar and suggests the council buy large quantities to parcel out to mothers via baby clinics. The plan has begun, addressing a deepening economic strain on infants.
The article outlines enormous wartime losses: in France, 610000 horses, 1000000 cattle, 1600000 sheep, 700000 pigs, and 3 million fowl destroyed in the invaded area. Belgium suffers over a billion in crop damage and slaughter of cattle and other livestock.
A 19th century advertisement touts Parmielee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for a distressing digestion ailment described as a sensitivity of the fiver and bile flow. The copy claims the pills speedily correct the disorder and praises them as the best medicine in the pill market.
General Sir O Moore Creagh lauds Canadian troops for Vimy Ridge success in a Weekly Dispatch article. He praises their strategic understanding, artillery support, and morale, calling them the type of men who make the best soldiers and noting the surprise factor kept the Germans on guard.
A concise quotation notes that persistent warlike Germany threatens democracies and that to safeguard civilization nations must be ready to arm themselves but only to defend the right. The speaker stresses vigilance and moral restraint in using force.
The Wall Street Journal notes that modern high power guns require steel that withstands enormous pressures. Each discharge exerts over twenty tons per square inch for under three tenths of a second, with projectiles leaving the mantle at over 208 feet per second. Energy is estimated around 500 million pounds with a motor equivalent of about 20 million horsepower.
A Winnipeg man recounts health recovery after using De Cassell's Tablets. The ad claims relief for insomnia nervous breakdown and general weakness with a free sample offer and mail order from Harold T. Rit & Co. London agents. It lists uses from dyspepsia to anemia and urges buying through druggists in Canada with small tube and multi-pack pricing.
The piece notes that modern women have entered national service beyond domestic duties. It cites Milton and Tennyson to frame women's evolving roles and highlights an official claim that there has never been a shortage of women for national service, signaling a shift from the “gentle sex.”
An OCR fragment shows a traffic cop offering a motorist fifty dollars as a reward, with the motorist replying that the money is appreciated though the text is garbled and incomplete.
A brief dialogue fragment shows two speakers exchanging polite hesitation over a surname. No identifiable event, location, or人物 is established.
Women's illness cases from Ridgway Pennsylvania and Tennille Georgia praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from backache and fatigue. Mrs. Burves reports seven months of suffering ended and resumed housework. Mrs. Lissey credits eight years of ill health improvement and renewed energy. Official note invites readers to write for confidential advice.
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