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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
2
In a report styled as the Gazette of the Co, Admiral von Spitz urges continued U boat action to pressure England. He claims Belgium's status remains pivotal to the war and promises persistence despite lacking political support.
Advertisement touts a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts the remedy clears catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous membranes and claims improvement after use. Contains garbled OCR with dubious pricing and nonspecific endorsements.
The U S food board urges Americans to rely entirely on corn and to give up wheat flour, stating corn supplies are ample and that corn flour milling increased. They claim abundant corn meal could cover all needs until after the next harvest, even if corn must replace wheat for Europe.
In the House of Commons Bonar Law moved a vote of credit for 600 million pounds. The expenditure equates to about seven million pounds daily to fight the war. The press stresses the heavy cost and the necessity to spend to preserve freedom, progress, and decent labor against militarism.
Teething causes worry with crossness stomach upset and constipation. Keep the bowels sweet and regular using Baby's Own Tablets touted as a gentle laxative for infants. Mrs Henry Bernard of St Emile Quebec reports relief while the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells them for 25 cents a box.
A compact legal notice notes precedents cited against Poe and mentions Minard's Liniment used by physicians in medical practice. The terse item reads like a courtroom or medical trade fragment from a historical page.
In the Canns area shelter staff provide more than sixty thousand cups daily of tea coffee and cocoa to troops in dugouts near the front. The eight month cost of these rations is estimated at 48000 dollars.
The ad asserts the complexion comes from healthy blood and regular bowels. It promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as the best aid, claiming they tone cleanse and improve health. The copy urges immediate use, noting 25 cent boxes are sold by all dealers.
A Canadian military hospital commission in Quebec presents statistics for mothers and fathers. It notes a front line soldier has 29 chances to return home for every one chance of death, 98 to 2 for recovery from a wound versus dying, and about one in 500 to lose a limb. It argues life expectancy is longer due to medical care and disease rates favor army over civilian life, with front line care superior to home care.
An 19th century advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a painless cure for corns. It claims the product shrivels corns, loosens roots and branches, and makes it easy to remove them with fingers. The ad urges readers to buy a quarter bottle at the drug store.
Two Canadians from the same regiment chased one another around a circular crater in near half an hour confusion. They exchanged jokes and swore as they circled the pit before reconciling as friends. Miller's Worm Powders are advertised as a safe cure for intestinal worms.
A Westminster Gazette correspondent recalls a bizarre London scene where a rattled man tries to stop a searchlight marked airship overhead. He approaches a tall constable, then mutters about the aircraft and adjusts his remarks before referencing a local product.
A local draper recounts a fragmentary tale about a young man and a berth. A discussion references "The Land of Five Saints" and questions whether five saints were present in Eire, noting only four aboard.
The Westminster Gazette discusses a German bid to push the Baltic coast north toward the Gulf of Riga and threaten Britain. It flags possible annexations or control of Baltic entrances, routes via Sweden and Norway, and a German aim to turn the Baltic into a German lake, while noting Allied economic strength to counter such plans.
The formulation relies on dandelion and man e to cleanse stomach and intestines of deleterious matter. The pills claim to restore deranged organs to healthy action and cure indigestion, asserting they offer a superior remedy to modern readers.
Second-Lieutenant W H Moberly of the Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry stood firm to hold the advanced line after three company commanders were killed and battalion communications failed. By defending flanks and organizing resistance he saved the objective and earned the D S O.
In a witty exchange the artist admits the latest picture is worthless while a candid friend urges brutal honesty. The dialogue hints at self aware humor about artistic worth and ambition.
At the Yarmouth Y. Boys Camp held at Tusket Falls in Alle es, Minard's Linim is noted as a remedy for sunburn and as an embeddable relief for colic and toothache.
Vague wartime note discusses American officers passing through British camps and the mixed impressions they hold. It suggests many Americans come away with a better or at least broader sense of the British, though not all admire their hosts.
A classroom moment has the teacher reading of a Roman who swam the Tiber three times before breakfast. Jimmy giggles as he questions the swimmer’s feat and the teacher’s belief in trained swimmers.
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