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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
2
Allies Orbit Air Supremacy in Western Front War
An official report tallies 3,233 Royal Air Force planes and 623 naval airmen shot down on the British western front in the year, with additional losses and successes across Italy Salonika Egypt and Palestine. It notes missing aircraft and predicts Entente advantage as American output joins the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Western Front
Royal Air Force
Ritish Western Front
Navy
Saloniki
Ypt
Palestine
America
Calico’s Lineage and Early Printing in Calicut
Calico originated from ancient weaving by Egyptians and later gained a printing method in Calicut, India. The wax-resist technique resembled Batik and mapped colorless lines on cotton, revealing the textile’s long history and name origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calicut
India
World Wheat Stocks Could End Starvation Fears
The piece argues global wheat inventories show little risk of starving the Allies. It notes U S supplies of 20 million bushels against a 100 million need, with a 40 million surplus. India holds 120 million for export, Argentina 146 million with 11 million old wheat. If shipping were sufficient, twenty people could be fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe. Smee Senor
United States
India
Argentina
The Pill That Brings Relief
An advertisement promotes Parme Lee's Vegetable Pills as the best relief for dyspepsia after meals. The copy claims these pills are specially formulated to ease stomach fullness and pains and cites many users as endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee
Convoy System Cuts Ship Losses with 1.29 Percent Loss
In the British House of Commons Sir Leo Money said homeward bound ship losses since 1918 were just over one percent. Food ships losses were under 14 percent. Since 1917 the convoy system has moved 42 million ton shiploads to Britain and France with total losses reaching 1.29 percent through June 29, including weather-related dispersals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Leo Money
Ministry of Shipping
United Kingdom
Leonard
Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Promise
A vintage promotion claims one touch of Putnam's stops corn soreness and instantly relieves tender corns. It promises dry, shriveled corn that can be peeled away, with an inexpensive price compared to rival products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam’s
Putnam's
Manitoba as Keystone of Canada’s Atlantic Pacific Arch
The passage extols Manitoba as the keystone province linking Canada’s eastern realms with the western prairies. It frames Canada’s eastern territories as preparatory and Manitoba’s geography as the gateway to the vast, untapped Northwest and a dominion poised for future expansion and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Northwest
Canadas
New Brounswick
Labrador
Nova Scotia
Laurentian
Hatton for Director in Dominion Tal Farm Plans
It is reported that Mr G H Hatton backs Mrs G H Grisdale as director of Dominion total farms if Mr Grisdale becomes deputy minister of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Hutton
Consde
G. H. Grisdale
Dominions Tal Farms
Mr. Grisdale
War Time Economy For Canadian Army Reports Savings
The conservation branch of the Canadian Army, led by the director of supplies and transport, reports significant wartime savings in foods and supplies within ten military districts. May and June reduced beef usage by about 200000 pounds monthly through substitution and controlled rations. Bread in camps uses 20 percent substitute for wheat flour, with flour meeting Canada Food Board standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canada Food Board
Canadian Army
Service Corps
When Your Color Fades A Pink Pills Remedy Ad
An ad advises that pale cheeks shortness of breath and nervousness signal anaemia and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to build up blood and restore health. It claims the pills renew blood brighten eyes and cheeks and suggest rest moderate exercise and good food as additional measures. Available from The Dr Medicine Co Brockville for 50 cents a box or $2 50 for six boxes by mail.
London Bus Fare Fracas and Soldier's Lost Shilling
A fatigued British soldier returns from the trenches and reaches for fare on a crowded London bus. The coin slips as the vehicle jerks, prompting bidirectional commotion among passengers and a crack of relief when the conductor retrieves nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alberta land boom shows surge in farm sales across cities
Provincial figures from land titles offices in Edmonton and Calgary indicate a sharp rise in farm land transactions. The report highlights a booming market across Alberta with substantial activity driving the agriculture economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
Britain Near Irretrievable Disaster Warns Official
Secretary Frederick George Kellaway warned in an English town that the U boar t threat remains grave and that Britain narrowly avoided catastrophe. He cited reduced munition losses and stressed spies and aliens as risks while praising navy efforts and future destroyer fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tman
Frederick George Kellaway
Kellaway
Lord Beresford
Eogrenen
Minard's Liniment Cured Persistent Facial Tumor
David Henderson of Gelleisle, Kings County, N B, reports long battle with a bleeding facial tumor. After trying many remedies he used Minard's Liniment and experienced complete healing after several bottles.
It Was Correct This Teacher Had Troubled Pupils
A stray humorous exchange shows a teacher correcting grammar with a pupil in a London answer. The fragment hints at a broader language lesson and classroom dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Modern Farming In the Time of Nero and Now
The piece contrasts ancient and modern agriculture noting Greeks and Romans lacked bread, while a modern farmer using science and machines can grow as much wheat in three months as an old Roman laborer did in a lifetime. It traces labor times from Nero to the invention of the reaper and implies current scientific farming advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Enduring Resolve At Front Amid War’s Dark Toll
An officer in France passes a Canadian letter home praising French unity and American-British troop cooperation. He stresses keeping an unconquerable spirit at home to prevent German domination and recalls a child’s suffering in a ruined village. The ad urges Mother Graves’ Worm Exterminator for children’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Walter Jessop
Toronto
United States
Alberta Beef Trade Poised to Boost Territory Exports
The article notes cattle from Alberta underpin the region’s economy with a long-running shipment pattern. Over the past fifteen months the local packing plant has shipped beef overseas, illustrating the industry’s reach and significance to the territory’s trade activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
It Takes Nerve to Charge Two Dollars for a Necktie
A Baltimore Sun quote laments raising necktie prices from twenty cents to two dollars, blaming scarce material while noting a sales pitch accompanying a liniment ad from Minard’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baltimore Sun
Real Test Pinning Down Honest Instincts
A quip from London Answers contrasts praise of honesty with a skeptical test of character. A friend defends a man as too honest to steal while another voice mocks the idea, suggesting a practical test might reveal true traits.
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London
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W. OM OU Oi
Keystone
Lord Dufferin
Winnipeg
Dodd
Ingram
F. F. Ingram Co
Windsor, Ontario
Minard
Mother Graves
Minard’s Liniment
Tino
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