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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
7
A French origin tale describes an old woman throwing a shoe at King Louis XIII as he left a church ceremony. She cried that love and heaven’s blessings attend him though the moment sparked a playful, if cheeky, custom around weddings.
A Canadian Expeditionary Force sergeant describes suffering six years of dyspepsia and hospital visits in England before a friend recommended Dr Cassell's Tablets. He reports a full cure after starting treatment and notes availability from Harold P. Ritchie & Co in Toronto with pricing and cautions about imitations.
The Japanese have taken to the telephone with about 150000 people and firms awaiting installations. The government in charge of the system cannot keep pace with demand for service.
A New York Globe editorial urges firm action against Germany, likening it to a hydra and octopus threatening liberty, maritime law, and global stability. It argues for a united push toward general peace and stronger European defense to safeguard the United States and civilization. The piece also promotes Miller’s Worm Powders as a health aid for children, claiming they eradicate intestinal parasites and improve digestion.
A New York Tribune editorial urges a renewed bond with Canada as the western world answers the call to liberty. It lauds Anglo-Saxon settlers in the Americas, notes Canadian support, and asserts the United States must join the common cause to confront tyranny in Europe.
Food for Body and Soul notes the profit in gardening and the joy of plant growth from seed. It urges embracing spring as a renewal of life and finding delight in everyday gardening moments for nourishment of the soul.
Alberta and Saskatchewan laws allow rural municipalities to tax unoccupied lands to fund poison and labor for gopher control. With gophers common on waste land near farms, individual efforts fail as fresh colonies invade cleared areas, making broader action necessary.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a simple remedy for corns and calluses. A few drops on the affected area instantly relieves soreness and dissolves the corn or callus without harming surrounding tissue. The small bottle is inexpensive at drug stores.
A report on wheat lodging links stalk water content to lodging risk. Three causes are cited: high soil nutritive salts, ample moisture, and insufficient drought. Well-lit, poor soil plants resist lodging. fully manked or well irrigated crops show varied lodging tendency depending on moisture.
An historic notice describes Ds. Thomas's Electric Oil offered for sale three decades ago to challenge rivals. The product quickly spread by reputation across a large region and is now regarded as unmatched across the hemisphere.
A soldier recovered from a wound reported no discomfort yet a foreign body remained in the chest. Prenell surgeon noted a bullet fragment moving with each heartbeat, revealed by a special X-ray showing shrapnel rotating through the heart ventricle during contractions.
A boarding school head accuses a boy of wiping knives on the table cloth and pouncing. The pupil retorts that at home they are spotless, and jokes that they make two great gains: losing bad habits.
The work by George F. Kinz notes ancient North American and Siberian elephants linked by a land bridge. Fossil tusks found far north indicate preserved ivory, with Alaska highlighted as promising for prospecting as modern elephant ivory dwindles.
A compact proverb style note comments on idleness and temptation. It warns that inactivity invites trouble, urging diligence or purposeful work to avoid moral risk. The line emphasizes personal responsibility and the dangers of wasting time.
An ad asserts Baby's Own Tablets are a gentle laxative free from opiates, recommended by a concerned mother and sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. The piece also notes opposition to alcohol as a stimulant, citing Dr J Z Blake of Harvard Medical School, and jokes about Холloway's Corn Cure removing growth from coins.
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes Mrs Jagsby scolding her husband for their condition and recounts that the others in the incident called their wives to join, illustrating a scene of impropriety and social embarrassment.
In a British prize court proceeding on condemnation of enemy property, an affidavit from a war trade intelligence official notes about 8,000 locomotives laid up at Essen last month due to oil shortages and improper lubricants. Rail engine lubrication is described as one of Germany’s most pressing problems.
A collection of short testimonials from readers such as Christopher Saunders of Dalhowsk and Edw Linsier I of St. Peter's CB claiming Minard's Liniment cures various conditions. Notes mention a horse swelling and a bad cut from a pitch fork with the product. Names appear alongside towns Bathurst NB and Dalhowsk.
John Lotting introduced thimbles to England and an English metal worker from Holland settled in the country in the late seventeenth century. They produced thimbles in war cus metals with notable success.
A terse classroom exchange has a teacher scolding Johnny for dirty lands while he replies PF would not say anything and he would be too polite to respond.
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