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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
7
John G Barron of Carberry Manitoba won multiple prizes at the Toronto Exhibition with his Shorthorn cattle. For 35 years he bred Western Canada stock with no outside blood, focusing on a strong type. His herd supplies many of the continent's best Shorthorns.
The Boston Transcript quotes a Southern parson asking Sam if he can stay on the straight and narrow path. Sam replies he thinks he can unless there are many water patches or a long road ahead.
Letters from nurses and volunteers note many attending wounded heroes in wartime rely on Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The hospital at La Pines, Ontario, endures long hours and extreme hardship as workers support injured soldiers.
A man was rebuked in court for attempting to confirm an absurd story told by his wife. The judge warned him to be more careful and stated he would believe only one word of the wife’s tale. The man sighed and replied that he may follow the judge’s example but has his own reasons to proceed.
A historical ad touts Putnam's corn remedy offering instant relief for tender corns. It claims the product makes corns shrivel and dry with painless application and fits any corn quickly. The ad mentions Putnam's and Extractor options and prices the product at a quarter.
Reports from Swiss and Polish papers allege German moves to secure Russia’s gold reserves with Soviet government connivance. Banks across European Russia reportedly surrendered gold to German requisition backed by Soviet commissaries as trains transported treasure eastward.
Fragmented OCR mentions Minard's Liniment and claims French salvage of steel from Germany's retreat in France. It references looting and piles of buried steel in grain fields and wheat lands, noting high value. The garbled text lacks clear dates or locations.
Oil storage tanks are rapidly rising across Western Canada as farmers shift to tractors while horsepower and manpower remain in use. The article notes ongoing construction of multiple tanks, with one company currently building twenty three storage tanks at various country points across the three provinces.
An advertisement for Baby's Own Tab from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont promotes the tablets as a mild laxative to keep the stomach and bowels regular, claiming good digestion prevents colds and supports a healthy, thriving baby sold by mail for 25 cents a box.
During the week ending September 18 Western Canada welcomed 219 entrants from the United States with cash of 24 907 dollars and effects 31 700 dollars. Nationalities included American 153 and British 5 with other groups. Destinations were Ontario 8 Manitoba 58 Saskatchewan 107 Alberta 43 and British Columbia 3. Testimonies claim Eclectric Oil aids coughing colds cuts contusions sprains burns pains and proves itself without guarantee.
A wartime note compares sugar consumption to a habit and urges mental discipline to control cravings. It argues that avoidance, aided by routine and self-control, makes desire fade quickly when out of sight. The piece frames sugar as an appetitive impulse rather than a moral failing.
A 1908 letter from Ernest Leveille of 216 Rue Ontario East, Montreal describes a 15 day rheumatism foot pain and a remedy that allegedly eased his symptoms. He offers to share the remedy with others suffering rheumatium and signs the note dated February 14, 1908.
Mr. Harry Lauder spoke of a touching letter from a Baltimore woman about her son, a tiny RAF pilot in France, whose grave bore the Union Jack and the name Captain Lauder, his father’s son, in a poignant meadow remembrance.
A large halibut on a Scotti sh steam fishing boat pursued a codfish as lines were hauled. The halibut surfaced repeatedly, attempted to swallow the cod, and finally was caught by hauling clips and landed weighing over 170 pounds.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a cheap solution that stops soreness in minutes and lets a tender corn or callus lift out root and all without pain. A small bottle costs little at drug stores and should not irritate surrounding skin.
A Detroit Free Press reader quotes a bride faulting her mother’s biscuits for lacking modern Hoover era flour substitutes. The dialogue contrasts domestic cooking with wartime rationing and wheatless plans.
The article praises Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma remedy as superior to past heralded treatments. It notes its long standing presence, steady relief, and growing converts without sensational advertising.
A boss speaks to a typist Miss Keytap praising her appearance voice and deportment in a sly exchange. The terse dialogue ends with a playful remark about payment and a cryptic remark about a savior of deities.
A line about a man or woman hobbling Spareton due to corns ending with claim that Holloway's Corn Cure offers relief and relief is at hand.
Odd OCR fragment from Border Cities Star shows a disrupted line with quotes about reading and growth. Readable parts suggest a local column snippet or question style, but no clear event, person, or place can be identified.
Fragmentary text describes Minard's Liniment claimed to cure diphtheria. It references two Tommys with facial hair descriptions, a ruddy countenance and beards, and recollections of past appearances. The passage is jumbled and lacks clear dates, places, or identifiable events.
The text notes that the art of bronze casting was developed by the Chinese by the eleventh century and that many statues of Indian deities were cast from it for religious purposes.
A single Mission grapevine near the old Catholic Mission in Santa Barbara, California, is claimed to be the world’s largest. Planted by Franciscan monks over a century ago, it yields ten to eleven tons of black grapes annually and over 120 gallons of wine from its fruit. The two intertwined branches form a spiral, cover 115 square feet, eight feet in circumference, and require a timber framework. It provides shade for over a hundred people beneath it.
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