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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
9
Miss Esther Wyeth joined a new line of community work through Manitoba Agricultural College. Letters from her will illustrate tasks she performed in homes during winter including housework cooking baking canning upholstery dressmaking and making a hat for a girl while observing and assisting residents in five homes over the season.
A caregiver spent hours advising a mother with a three month old baby on bottle feeding formulas and meal preparation. She planned another visit to teach cream soups and lectured school children, noting a husband’s city trip.
A health volunteer diary details extensive home visits to assist families on low incomes, provide simple medical tips, barley water, peptonizing powder guidance, sewing repairs, garden help, and household tasks. The note mentions medical attention cases routed to the Patriotic Society and includes an admission of widespread hardship among women and children. It ends with a claim that Minard's Liniment cures garget in cows.
The piece notes swagger sticks carried by uniformed officers resemble the era’s formal style more than military practicality. Originating in England to help soldiers manage hands when off duty, the short sticks clash with khaki uniforms and trench warfare, though they persist in ceremonial use.
An official near Boston notified a farmer that his cow license had expired. The farmer replied humorously claiming his cow beat the board to it and expired three weeks ago, signed PELTF.
The Morro Velho gold mine in Brazil is the deepest on earth with galleries about 6,000 feet below the surface. Operated by an English company, its gold vein runs at a 45 degree angle. Bottom temperature averages 113 degrees Fahrenheit and is reduced to about 100 by ventilation.
An advertisement promotes Freezone as a quick foot corn and callus remover. It claims ether compound soothes tender corns and dries them, allowing removal by fingers. Warns against infection from picking corns and suggests asking a druggist to order a sample bottle.
Chapin and Gore, long among the nation’s largest whiskey makers, face closure under new laws. Herman warns 2,000 Chicago saloons and many elsewhere may shut as government stockpiles dwindle. He forecasts US whiskey stock exhausted within a year with a dry spell ahead. The piece also touts Miller’s Worm Powders as a trusted worm remedy for children.
A brisk exchange depicts Meike and OF debating behavior under pressure. One mock dilemma imagines OF drinking whisky to hasten fate, while another insists on defiance and upright resolve as a brash, humorous challenge.
A letter from Thomas J. Hogan the Champion Clog and Pedestal Dancer of Canada endorses Minard's Liniment for joints and circles. The note is addressed to Minard's Liniment Co Limited of Yarmouth MS dated May 29.
Berlin implements coal cards to manage winter fuel availability. Heating stoves cost one quarter of a ton per room, up to one and a half tons for buildings with more than five rooms. Stean halted houses face a limit of half last year's supply.
A promotional note urges mothers to protect children’s health by using Mother-Graves Worm Exterminator to prevent worm-related illness, implying a link between deworming and well being.
A diffident customer asks if Mr Plubdub is busy but the attendant notes Mr Flubdub is always busy. The exchange ends with a mishap where Plubdub loses his order in a clipped Louisville Courter-Journed style line.
The provisional government suspends the 1906 Agrarian law. With the Duma's consent, Stolypin’s era abolition of peasant land pawnage is repealed and replaced by individual ownership. Minister Tchernoff backs ten land reform bills including forest exploitation and agricultural policy.
An article explains that pale skin shortness of breath headache backache and nervousness signal anaemia. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a top blood builder and notes sun exposure exercise and plain food as additional care. Pills available from dealers or by mail post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Chi.
A zealous Dublin policeman stops a reckless cabbie. When asked for his name the driver quips that it’s erased, prompting the officer to exclaim the name is obliterated. The driver insists his name is O’Sullivad, highlighting a pun on obliterated.
Asthma sufferers are urged to try Dr. J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy promising quick relief. The ad claims choking will cease and breathing become easy with many prior users reporting relief and urging readers to obtain a package today.
In a fragmentary exchange Mrs. Farmer jokes about an hoarder suitor. She advises postponing and notes the suitor may have remaining funds for another week.
Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily Lepeess cites a warned Emperor Charles after meetings with Reichsrat leaders. It says both Austrian and Hungarian peoples resist being used by Germany and that leaders threaten to end their empire’s plight if Allies do not permit continuation of Austria Hungary.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a wise girl teasing about remembered kisses and forgotten ones, with playful wordplay on memory and romance. The quaint exchange hints at a humorous, evasive tone from a bygone era.
A Daily Express report claims a personal friend of the Empress Zit informs Commons members that the Empress mobilizes influence for France. She allegedly sways Emperor Charles to seek withdrawal from the Austro Hungarian alliance with Germany once Austria Hungary can act.
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