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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
5
Dr Yamei Kin argues soy beans offer a protein rich alternative to meat. She notes Chinese cuisine transforms soy into tofu miso yuba shoyu and bean curd products, creating cheap nutrition and diverse flavors for all classes.
A fragment notes a speaker praising the Kaiser and asserting confidence that he will have reason to remember her name. The context remains unclear and unspecified within the readable text.
Manitoba officials say the British government will spend nearly three million dollars on horses for cavalry at the front. Fourteen thousand horses are needed with inspections in Manitoba in the coming weeks. Light artillery horses and heavy artillery horses are sought, with prices of 190 and 220 dollars respectively, all colors accepted except white and light grey. The French and Italian commissions will also buy, creating a Canadian market.
David Lubin, the man behind the International Institute of Agriculture, urges a National Chamber of Agriculture to balance city and rural interests. He envisions government supervised parcel post market oversight and a commission to study the plan, repeating his pattern of persistent, big ideas that changed farming finance.
The Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade dissolves after achieving its aim as the Chinese government holds the last opium in stock. A Chinese minister notes opium use is not inherently Chinese but a Western habit adopted here. He cautions against copying Western vices to solve overwork.
A German officer entered a Roye hotel with drawn sword on the table while another officer ordered a meal. A waiter returned with a pitchfork held beside the sword as the officer demanded service in a gruff voice.
Canadian lumberjacks work in beech forests near French front lines while guns fire nearby. The article notes peaceful routine amid battle, with khaki clad crews loading timber for mills, and explains German forces previously used lumbering knowledge learned on site.
An Antwerp letter to Echo Belge details brutal German deportations and the suffering of Belgian youths returned maimed and starving. It describes families at central stations, wounded soldiers carried home, and the collective grief of a nation demanding bread and justice.
A Weiser Gazette rep samples a communal donkey soup praised by medical authorities for its purported nourishing properties. The woman’s account describes long cold-water soaking, boiling, and slicing with a strong salt note, with critics calling the taste unappealing and cautioning against deception in presentation. The editor’s note notes no request for the assistant’s opinion.
Speech from a grandmother figures into a domestic scene about gratitude and approval. The quoted line reveals affection, tension, and a wish to please within family conversation.
A British Navy commander named Gordon Campbell rose from junior officer to holder of the Victoria Cross and a Distinguished Service Order in under two years. The exact deeds behind his promotions and awards are kept secret by naval ethics, prompting public curiosity and demonstrations demanding disclosure despite officials' insistence.
Dr Christopher Addison minister of munitions describes wartime production gains and planning. He notes a committee evaluating copper and mineral resources, rising output in high explosives and gun munitions, increased steel production, salvaged ammunition, and expanded railway and aircraft supply, with progress doubling in a year.
The text praises Cossacks as stable, educated and self governing. It notes their loyalty to land and property in common and their readiness to oppose perceived German plots. It reflects wartime sentiment and cites the New York World quote expressing hope for the Cossacks.
In a brief exchange, Senator Sorg describes his political career as chiefly about reform. He notes opposition from others who supported arming or arming him, framing his work as a struggle against resistant colleagues.
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