Do Not Touch with Canes or Umbrellas Exhibit
A framed card bearing the warning Do not touch with canes or umbrellas hangs at a display. A small boy added a postscript urging Take an axe, reflecting a mixed public response to the sketchy object.
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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
7
A framed card bearing the warning Do not touch with canes or umbrellas hangs at a display. A small boy added a postscript urging Take an axe, reflecting a mixed public response to the sketchy object.
Alberta Smith reports Isi dore Mercredi praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after his wife recovered from two years of illness. He claims two boxes cured her and cites neighbors confirming improvements in kidney health and overall well being.
The Panama Canal now allows vessels to pass in just over four hours, a more than m0 percent improvement in six months. In contrast, past passages around Cape Horn could take four weeks for windjammers and steamship routes around Magellan took similar times. The canal’s narrow waterway is meeting expectations.
The text promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore blood and nerve strength for weak nervous individuals. It cites Mrs McIntyre of Gananoque and claims rapid, lasting relief by building up the blood, with testimonials of reduced nervous symptoms and regained energy.
The fragment mentions making up foods for insects and worms with milk whey buttermilk garden waste and grain. It notes rising egg prices and includes a garbled quotation about a person named Kearty Lisimit and a plan involving a barglac and fate.
A Kansas City Times editorial disparages any hope in the central powers easing terms. It labels German terms as ruthless conquest with a world domineering motto Woe to the conquered, urging defeat of Germany using its own methods as the only safeguard.
An advertisement proclaims Putnam's Mighty Quick Action lifts out corns with no pain or soreness. It claims the product dissolves calloused parts and lets the corn be peeled away easily, guaranteeing removal and offering low cost at drug stores.
A. Bonar Law in the House of Commons denounces Germany for sinking non combatants, estimating 14 120 British men women and children killed. He deems the figures a lasting blot on Germany's shield and beyond any defense or excuse. The Providence Journal reports the condemnation.
The advertisement claims a powder remedy quickly harms worms and improves digestion. It asserts the medicine destroys parasites without side effects and benefits the constitution, offering no superior tonic for health.
In Kentucky a darky office boy recounts a night altercation with another Black person. He says the fight led to severe injuries including blackened eyes, a torn ear, loose teeth, and a broken stomach area. He claims no prior sickness with Black people. The account ends with a reference to a place called couver Province.
In a London column a man notes women’s fashion grows more youthful with each year and jokes his wife may forgo her motor car for a baby carriage. The piece also mentions Dr Thomas Electric and a singer Singston in New York reports, reflecting varied household and cultural topics of the era.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a rooster and a woman named Eds wife who aims to succeed in worth a waking 790 wa Citizen. Details are unclear and partly garbled.
An amusing exchange from the Detroit Free Press discusses a publisher sending a full edition to a writer’s house during a coal shortage. The dialog covers vanity, gendered subtlety, and social posture in a playful, newspaper-voice moment.
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