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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
14
The Calgary News Telegram notes a rush by Canadian governments to win farmer support. It observes a shift toward farming as a pillar of national wealth and calls for farming interests to be treated on par with banks, manufacturing, and transport, amid swift legislation.
Mrs Roger, Gloucester County New Brunswick, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing her long kidney related illnesses. She suffered thirteen months from backache, sciatica, neuralgia, and nervousness before using twelve boxes of the remedy. She reports not missing a day of work in the past year and attributes her full recovery to the pills.
The Western Canada wheat crop is revised upward from about 170 million to 189 million bushels to an expected 225 million bushels. At 1.00 per bushel the added value is around 200 million dollars versus previous forecasts.
Dr. Willians Medicine Co promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a remedy for childhood constipation. An anecdotal note from N. B claims their baby improved after using the tablets, which are sold by medicine dealers for 25 cents a box in Brockville.
The Saskatchewan provincial department reports railway mileage leaped from 1 550 miles in 1905 to 6 101 miles in 1915. Also notes on Holloway’s Car Cure and a stray ad pitch about coins, warts, and a bold claim of a $5 000 000 windfall.
Manitoba reports 9,080,602 bushels of potatoes and 3,849,132 bushels of other roots in 1916. Production rose by about 1.3 million bushels for potatoes and 700 thousand for other roots from 1915. Average yields increased by 31 and 25 bushels per acre respectively.
The Kingston Standard argues daylight saving time could give gardeners more daylight for work. It suggests citizens can adopt the practice voluntarily without waiting for legal mandates.
An old ad urges keeping a bottle of this medicine at home. It claims benefits for children with cold or croup and adults with pains, and even offers directions for use on sick cattle.
A Gloucester resident advertised a contest offering five dollars for the best specimen potato received during a set period. Despite high potato prices, entrants sent specimens daily, and by the end the man collected six barrels of choice potatoes all for five dollars.
Theodore Eichholz a young engineer and architect of Pittsburgh has invented a wireless device that may destroy submarines by triggering gas explosions in submersibles. He says a small experimental apparatus at his Neville Island home recently sank a steel dummy submarine in the Ohio River five miles away using a depth of ten feet.
An old newspaper blurb touts Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claiming long lasting relief for asthma sufferers. The ad mentions inhaled forms like vapor or vapor and promotes widespread dealer availability from wholesalers.
A businessman boasts of his vast wealth and attributes it to relentless effort. A student interrupts with a question about locating the right people to pluck, challenging the speaker’s self praise.
An advertisement extols Parmint as a double strength remedy for catarrh, coughs, colds, deafness and head noises. It urges readers to treat symptoms early, dissolves the mixture in hot water with sugar, and claims Canada stores stock it with delivery by mail order through International Laboratories, 74 St Antoine St, Montreal.
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