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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
2
An officer notes German prisoners initially frightened but soon cheerful and disciplined under a non commissioned officer. They salute French and British officers with deference, showing Teutonic nation discipline. The docile demeanor pleases Tommy Atkins who offers tobacco, amid a trench encounter where a British soldier pleads to keep a well-behaved German prisoner.
In a state conversation about abolishing capital punishment, the reply is “I would not.” An old man insists capital punishment was good enough for his ancestors and remains sufficient today, reflecting a traditional stance echoed in Everybody's Magazine.
An ad promoting Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a year round tonic and spring blood purifier. It claims the pills restore nerves, build blood, improve appetite, aid digestion, clear skin, and ease spring ailments like anaemia rheumatism and neuralgia. Sold by medicine dealers or postage from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Hamilton Times notes that only Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria remains in power and suggests he may begin to pack up as political shifts unfold in the region.
A Cure for Rheumatism describes rheumatic pain as caused by impurities in the blood from defective liver and kidney action. It claims Tod Melee's Vegetable Pills have effected many remarkable cures and recommends a trial to prove their value.
A terse exchange shows a troubled marriage as one spouse worries about the other. The line How's your wife echoes private tension and a single concern centers on the wife named Tine. The dialogue hints at strain within a domestic relationship.
A quirky wartime snippet notes Minard’s Liniment cures burns and similar ailments as a local anecdote. It mentions a German rifle with a faster fire rate and a five-cartridge magazine, alongside a playful line about marriage plans and a suitor’s fate.
British house of commons statistics show that 81 officers and 2 187 men of the Canadian forces in France were taken prisoner by the Germans. Across empire forces in France the Germans held 1 020 officers and 28 876 other ranks. Australians 21 officers and 527 men. New Zealanders 19 men. Sudan natives 9 officers and 601 men. Total from British empire forces 1 131 officers and 32 519 NCOs and men. No Canadian losses listed for other theatres.
A Cincinnati man promotes Freezone as an inexpensive, fast drying remedy that dissolves and lifts corns and calluses with a few drops applied to the affected area. The ad urges readers to clip and try it and to ask their druggist to order a bottle if unavailable.
Charleston News and Courier notes it is regarded as a social error to mention the island of St Helena while taking tea with the Wolfenzollern family. Minard's Liniment relieves neuralgia.
The plain fact is that the German empire has made itself impossible in Europe. Its root ideas, its essential conceptions, and its historic view of men and affairs differ from European culture, requiring a defeat that implies humiliation. Also a London Telegraph note on corns and Molloway's Corn Cure as a remedy.
Sir John Jellicoe, First Lord of the Admiralty, reveals a kinder side beyond his war leadership. He cites receiving touching letters from wives and children asking when fathers will return. He explains he cannot always answer, stressing the country needs daddies and husbands and asks families to bear with their absence.
Tady Maxwell wife of Lieut General Sir John Maxwell has donated one third of her capital free of interest for the duration of the war. The yearly equivalent is eight thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, totaling about one hundred seventy five thousand dollars, and the government has accepted the gift.
In a Carnarvon speech the Prime Minister urged housewives farmers and all able bodied workers to rise in a last great effort to crush Prussianism and secure a peaceful world for future generations. He warned the enemy blunders in despair and called for unity and sacrifice.
A quirky exchange centers on a senior student perceived as a quarterback figure. The dialogue plays with gendered pronouns and mistaken identities, noting a talent for numbers and surprising knowledge. The brief interaction hints at classroom dynamics and social perception.
The sun heats water for Monrovia and southern California residents with a box laid coil system. A copper bottom, glass top and roof placement enable sun warmed circulation to a storage tank, which loses little heat overnight due to thick insulation. The method, praised by Scientific American, could work elsewhere in sunny weather.
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