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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
14
London papers note about 40 000 dependents of Canadian soldiers in England remain unable to return to Canada due to passenger shortages and wartime tonnage limits. Some are back home or awaiting relatives while others wait for ships. admiralty hopes to move women and children on returning transports as space allows.
England masters a wide conscription effort nicknamed the com out to draft hundreds of thousands of men. The plan targets those in protected and essential trades, with tighter enforcement and withdrawal of slacker labor. Public support remains strong as officials seek full mobilization amid secrecy.
In Macedonia, dogs roam freely near peasant cottages as armies sweep north. Peasants shoot at dogs by day while sheltering behind rocks at night. Dogs scavenge on desolate hills, their howls heard across the valleys and roads.
Frank J. Cheney and Co pledge one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The sworn statement, made in Toledo on November 6, 1886, attests to the senior partner’s oath and the firm’s promise. Notary public Awleason signs. The advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure taken internally and distributed by F J Cheney & Co Toledo O.
A National Service Commission proposal places factory laborers with farmers for about four weeks in Quebec. Workers would receive $8 weekly plus board and lodging, while manufacturers would pay half their wages during absence. Journal of Agriculture urges farmers to use the offer.
Government officials warn outgoing cables will grow more rigid to block espionage as suspicion rises over messages from the United States to Europe. German insurers in the United States reportedly access confidential shipping data, prompting an inquiry and renewed scrutiny by Secretary Red held.
A Canada based firm advertises Counter Check and Sales Books with carbon leaves, triplicates, waxed papers, and parchment. It highlights price increases, large and small orders, extensive postal coverage, and sample requests from G. & B. Waxed Wraps and related packaging products. Offices listed in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver Hamilton.
Describes stomach gas pains from undigested food and belching. Recommends Parmelees Vegetable Pills with simple directions and a course of use to restore stomach action and effect a cure.
The story recounts Roger T Macy Levy aged 25 charged at Westminster with wearing an officer’s uniform and decorations without authority. He allegedly joined the army in Australia, earned a commission, served in Egypt, and was dismissed for drunkenness. He later claimed ranks in Canada and New Zealand forces before further disguises and escape from arrest were noted.
In fragmented dialogue a man reveals he has married and seeks comfort from Trixie and a friend. The overheard exchange hints at romantic turmoil and a hidden marriage amid troubling news.
Nathan Strauss, philanthropist, envisions a Jewish nation of two million in Palestine after the war. He expects a mass exodus of Jews to their ancestral land, a republic under a protectorate, a modern but religious community, and no major industries. He also predicts Christian migration and a reformed economic and educational system.
Reports from the British front cite a captured German stretcher-bearer diary beginning May 27. It laments shelter loss due to British shells and air superiority, while accusing a cowardly party of risking revolution after the war.
A letter to the Red Cross War Council from Borodine and Sakhnovsk reports hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners in Germany starving. It says prisoners receive less than half a bread ration daily and are kept on unsafe food amid famine and tuberculosis.
Save the children mothers keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets at home to treat stomach troubles diarrhoea and cholera infantum in hot weather. The tablets are claimed harmless even to newborns and help regulate bowels. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Reports describe Romanian troops and their equipment as excellent while Prussian divisions on the Romanian front remain in trench defense. German artillery lags with inferior gear and increasing hunger, prompting desertion fears amid harsh government threats to families.
An elderly Milwaukee man, 7% years old, Preiderich Droese of 2121 Viet Street, known for rapid knitting, plans to knit for the American Navy after a long pastime. Born in Pommern Germany, he learned the craft as a shepherd boy.
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