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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
2
The preacher Billy Sunday decries alcohol as the crime of crimes linking it to taxation waste and social decay. He argues saloons ruin workers’ wages and families, urging public action to shut liquor houses and empower independent citizen resistance.
A famed hunter famed for big game fears mice and snakes alike, while an Anglo-Indian hero who endured revolts keeps a snakeproof routine and bed rope ladder. A medalist rescuer with a sea death tale carries a rope ladder for safety.
The readable lines indicate a fragmentary report from Britain noting an improvement attributed to a lime related topic. Names, dates, and clear events are missing, leaving a terse hint of a local or regional development without specifics.
The scoutmaster urges boys to sense God’s presence in everyday life and to use the Scout promise and law as guiding ideals. He cites faith as essential for leadership, resilience, and moral battle, urging reverent, voluntary practice like Scouts Own without coercion to strengthen troop spirit and national resolve.
The 1916 Winnipeg inspection counted 2 568 500 bushels of smutty wheat across September to December. No. 1 Northern would have graded unless smutty, with average No. 1 price about 1.02 per bushel. A 7c deduction on smutty wheat yields a $148 565 loss, excluding yield drops and oats barley losses. Canada wide losses from smut were estimated by J A Grisdale at 15 in 1914, with 1918 projections.
A playful misquote riffs on prevention versus cure and humorously misstates popular lines. The piece hints at cautionary wisdom while invoking modern references to underscore the value of foresight and experience.
A 1914 Education Ministry report notes 443 pupils do high school work in public schools and 2 926 in high school institutes, with 6 760 students above Grade 7 and 108 216 in Grades 1 to 7. It compares Saskatchewan's 1 000 pupils and 9 10 to 54 56 high school pupils per thousand with 27 states. The data suggest few secondary students in elementary grades causing late compulsory education and dropouts.
Our Losses Our brotherhood reports heavy wartime casualties with 328 on service and seven fallen. Between 25 000 and 39 000 members serve, while officers are scarce. The movement seeks to recruit honorary Old Scouts and 181 gentlemen to fill vacancies asScout masters and commissioners.
The Boys and Girls club linked to Manitoba Agricultural College extension expects 10 000 members to plant 1 16 to 1 8 acre each, totaling about 1 000 acres and 200 000 hushele of spuds valued at 150 000. The effort aims to offset expected reduced acreage with compulsory participation and a garden competition offering prizes. Members will receive California noble seed packages from the government.
Spokane laundrymen report patrons bring washed goods from war period with dyes that run. A printed policy notes dyes in use will not endure washing, with red and black the colors most prone to bleeding.
Report states by June Australia will deploy 300000 servicemen from a population of 4 percent in the looming conflict. The figure underscores a massive mobilization as wartime needs escalate globally.
War recruitment plea invites any physically fit Briton to join the Cameron Highlanders, Lieut. Col. J. Al Cantlie commanding. 30 days paid leave for farm work, transportation advanced after medical certificate. Enlistment addressed to the Adjutant at 17%in Cameron Highlanders Winnipeg.
A government bill in British Columbia introduces homestead loans for returned soldiers to keep lands from speculators. A publicist catalogs eight hundred sermons in anti Kaiser rhetoric, noting themes of England as AntiChrist and faith based sins.
In the house Sir George Foster said Department of Trade and Commerce estimates foresee a greater forlage of ocean tonnage this season than last year. He warned that it may be necessary to take steps we do not want to take and that current trade channels could be interrupted.
In a light exchange, Madge questions Lucille’s pursed lips while Margaret explains it as a sign of preparedness. The dialogue captures a playful domestic moment reflecting attitudes toward readiness.
A new French military order awards stripes to soldiers based on the number of wounds they have sustained. The policy formalizes recognition for multiple injuries with progressively higher insignia.
At the annual meeting of the conservation commission a resolution urged provincial governments to obtain complete fire loss reports within their boundaries and to document whether properties were insured.
U S Department of Agriculture figures indicate farm land values increased 25.7 percent over four years and 11.5 percent in the past year, based on the department’s field agents reports.
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