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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
5
A 1913 issue of a Young German league publication portrays war as noble and glorious. It envisions a celestial throne for historic German leaders and soldiers, celebrated as the heaven of young Germany, with mocking of those who fear war.
The Advocate questions high farmer profits and notes many arable acres remain untitled. It mocks idle critics who claim easy wealth from farming and argues true gains come from hard work, efficient systems, and adding tangible value to the nation.
Rough OCR notes show about two thousand loan applications in Saskatchewan announced under the Farm Loans Act with totals under four schemes. The filings reference Regina and a push by authorities to assist farmers, describing loan totals and recommendations as a result.
A fragment reflecting on aging parents and grown children. It discusses love and tolerance within evolving family roles, noting the difficulty of maintaining frankness and closeness as private life becomes harder to review. W. L. George comments frame the reflection.
Government rules limit hoarding of food to quantities needed for sixty days with exceptions for abundance items. Licenses may allow shorter stocks for certain commodities and specific storage rules apply. Certain shipments and in transit carloads are exempt from immediate restrictions.
Nine public cold storage plants operate in Western Canada with new Saskatoon facility near completion. The system spans British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Prairies, supported by a 30 percent government subsidy. Storage rates remain regulated to serve public service.
Julius Lukay of Pudannaet recalled in an interview his memory of Napoleon, Marie Louise, and the young king of Rome. He noted a distant past last seen by a man seven decades ago, with hints of further remarkable details.
The Spokane Spokesman-Review reports nationwide effort to promote war bread as a healthier cheaper loaf. Leaders in several states defend corn meal inclusion and criticise price differences and white flour dominance. The article argues common sense in bread making will expose current faults and stress economy and better eating.
German Lokal Anzeiger comments on American troops entering Germany with mock praise and mixed foreboding. It laughs at the idea of Americans as guests yet warns of the risks of their presence and the potential influence of President Wilson on postwar conditions.
Scrambled text fragment references war appeal and a ballad singer with a son in a grave. Mentions an old government loan and battle context with unclear names and locations. Unable to identify concrete events or entities from the legible portions.
An unreadable OCR snippet mentions a time around 40 but lacks clear events, names, or places. The readable bits are too fragmentary to confirm a specific person or action.
Saskatchewan agriculture records steady five year gains with farm land at 23.63 percent of 948 million acres. Farms rose 7.08 percent to 353 acres per farm on average, livestock up 67.7 percent with cattle milk cows and swine increasing significantly and hog values doubling to over four million dollars.
Preliminary census and statistics show total wheat production in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta at 225,314,000 bushels from 13,619,370 acres in 1917, versus 242,314,000 bushels from 14,642,200 acres in 1916. Provincial yields for 1917: Manitoba 41,362,809. Saskatchewan 130,356,000. Alberta 53,000,000. Other crops totals include oats 268,189,350 bushels and rye 2,498,850. flax seed 7,399,000. Figures subject to revision with complete threshing results.
The Vaterland, a famed ocean liner now under U S control, is repurposed to carry troops to France. American engineers discovered its design anticipated such use, with gun emplacements planned and the ship fast enough to outrun submarines. The vessel, once a passenger liner, now ships troops monthly.
A local resident recommends two chamois skins and a basin of warm water for cleaning windows. She uses one skin for washing and the other for drying, claiming chamois are far superior to ordinary rags if kept clean and will last longer.
A damaged excerpt shows Mr Feedwell returning home pleased with an achievement and a puzzled wife questions why two. The readable portion focuses on domestic dialogue without full context.
An American writer now in Berlin paints a bleak picture of city fare in the Atlantic Monthly. He lists mussel sausage, dried sea lion meat, bread with sawdust, crow and seagull dishes, horseflesh at 60 cents a pound, rancid butter, tuberculous beef, coffee substitutes, rice at two dollars a pound, soap, and milk in scarce supply, noting a pampered cow in palatial yards.
Describes Greenland as a vast frozen plateau with a thin coastal land strip, mountains buried under centuries of snow, and constant winds blowing from the ice cap toward the coast. Notes interior dryness, minimal melting, and the geography's extreme dimensions and conditions.
A soldier recalls a southern county clash where a quick thinking officer used a disused ditch and stealth to outflank a German machine gun nest. He and three volunteers moved unseen, silencing two guns and scattering a small party before continuing the advance.
Winnipeg grew from a sub thousand outpost to a rail, business and financial center with about 230000 residents. It serves as a pivotal wheat market at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers and is a key rail junction for Canada’s transcontinental lines.
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