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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
14
A reader advocates replacing buzzing fly swatters with unobtrusive fly paper in dining rooms. The note argues flies signal bad housekeeping and should be eliminated with hood screens and fly paper so patrons can eat in peace.
Summer endangers infants with diarrhoea cholera infantum dysentery and colic. Prompt aid is crucial and Baby's Own Tablets are promoted to regulate bowels and soothe the stomach. Available from medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
Canada reports total trade for April and May reaching 408,606,875 dollars, up from 2609,815 last year. May imports hit 107,599,379, exports 152,000,000, with broad gains across sectors led by agricultural products and manufacturers' customs duties.
A Chicago woman described a two year illness described as a female trouble that left her unable to walk. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Comp and other remedies she reports near immediate relief and regained strength, weighing 65 pounds and saying she is as strong as a man.
The piece argues sugar price increases from 8 to 12 cents a pound raise the cost of homemade preserves only slightly. It cites 1912–1914 sugar averages around 5 to 6 cents, current retail around 8.5 cents, and claims a quart of preserves uses half a pound of sugar, making the extra cost about 1.5 cents per quart. It urges Canadian housewives to preserve to aid war effort and conserve wheat for troops and hungry children.
State of Olive and City of Tororto record Cheney oath as seat parteer of F. J. Cheney Co doing business in Toledo asserting payment of one hundred dollars for Catarrh cure. Ad copy touts Hall's Catarrh Care and Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials from J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
German pilot showed extreme fear of capture in air combat with Lafayette Escadrille allies. French flyer Gailer and American pilots reported he fired few shots, then nervously landed behind French lines. Captors learned the German feared being taken and losing his plane.
A fragment from a dining scene shows a waiter asking a guest what to drink. The guest requests ginger ale and there is a puzzled exchange around a beverage order and a peculiar phrasing.
The Canadian Associated Press reports new promotion regulations for officers in overseas forces. Promotions will be by selection based on efficiency with seniority and length of service considered. Special orders outline training drafts in England to be supplied on despatch overseas aboard Canadian ships in good condition.
The firm promotes Counter Check and Sales Books highlighting carbon back and coated books, triplicate forms, and waxed papers. It cites rising paper and labor costs, offers samples, and notes large Canadian supplier links with offices in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver.
A hen claimed to lay a golden egg has been found and is described as offering eggs at fabulous prices through the American Red Cross. The mention specifies Middleton, Ohio, with unclear remnants on a form and pricing details.
Japan and the United States negotiate a barter where Japan receives steel from the U.S. to supply its shipyards, while Japan will send about 50,000 tons of ships to transport U.S. troops and materiel to Europe. Japanese builders also push Gen Goethals to place emergency orders. Delays in steel plates drive high costs, but a steel shipments rush could enable 10,000-ton steamers in months. Japan also deploys more warships to Mediterranean and Atlantic zones.
Promotional fragment asserts Holloway's Corn Cure removes corn by the roots, urging readers to try the product and prove its effectiveness.
The report from American Consul General John G. Foster in Ottawa notes a strong trade rise for the first two months of the 1917 fiscal year beginning April 1. Imports for consumption reached 194,404,188 dollars and domestic exports 2145,745,173 dollars, with duties totaling 30,858,308 dollars, up from 1916.
An advertisement claims Dr Thomas Electric Oil speeds healing of persistent sores. It promises to stop sloughing and remove pus while promoting clean new flesh. The copy touts broad approval and widespread certification of its healing power.
Bread card thieves resume activity in Berlin after a quiet period. Report from London claims 18 000 weekly cards were seized in a single raid, totaling more than twenty tons of bread.
The semi official Bayerische Staats Zeitung in Munich condemns plans for a parliamentary regime as impossible to implement and threatening the empire. It urges measures aligned with imperial and federal harmony to ensure closer cooperation between imperial authorities and native communities.
U S railways reduce passenger service sharply to free crews for war work. Pennsylvania Railroad cuts 102 trains doubling Canada’s reductions, saving 2 268 000 train miles annually. Boston and Maine drops 255 trains saving 41 000 train miles weekly. Emphasis on faster freight and busier terminals to aid national war needs. Canadians urged to keep pace in this patriotic effort.
The ad touts Parme Lee’s Vegetable Pills as the best remedy for post meal fullness and stomach pain. It claims the pills specifically address Gramacce and notes many users vouched for their efficacy.
The Reichstag heard a president declare the war continues and lament the misery if enemies had accepted a peace offer by Emperor William and allies. He warned that Germany and its allies must resist, despite any cost, to defend Germany's future.
Residents comment on the Bentleys who moved in a year ago. They express mixed feelings as newcomers plan to remain, while some locals voice concerns about costs and getting to know them.
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