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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
13
An advocacy piece extols the value of birds and their nests, urging protection of nests and bird life. It warns against disturbing eggs or harming hatchlings and highlights birds’ crucial role in pest control and crop health across rural and urban areas.
The Dominion government moves to purge tuberculosis from Canadian dairy herds. It will compensate owners for slaughtered cattle and refund two thirds of value when slaughter follows owner request. An order-in-council tightens dairy licenses to ensure compliance and prevent milk from infected herds.
The United States mobilizes a civilian force of about 500000 federal employees and postmasters to aid the secret service in spy detection. Letters seek cooperation from police and detectives nationwide as $2.5 billion in wartime payments flow through Morgan & Company, directing most of the spending.
Prof E M Freeman warns Minnesota farmers about rust in wheat and the influence of weather. Historical records show rust epidemics rarely recur in succession, with past major outbreaks in 1904 and 1911. Farmers should plant early varieties and sow seed early to get ahead of rust. barberry hosts rust.
Arthur W. Spalding recounts a mountain woman ignorant of Christ’s crucifixion, a circuit rider preaches the Cross, and the woman weeps as she asks why it happened, saying she hopes it wasn’t.
A Vancouver-born soldier praised the Peace River country as the “best land on earth” in a letter from France before his death by a sniper. The piece quotes pioneer Malcolm J. Campbell in Grande Prairie and extols the region’s fertile valleys, mineral wealth, climate, and planned railway expansions.
Britain faces a paper shortage with orders issued on half sheets and note paper. Size reduced below foolscap, no need for duplicate copies except in special cases. Colored paper and envelopes used sparingly to conserve supplies.
Wilbur C. Abbott in the Yale Review argues that the German dream of world dominion has collapsed after two and a half years of conflict. He claims the Prussian mind is the dominant note in anti German literature and that the war will last longer than anticipated.
The Exchange Telegraph cites a German finance ministry letter by Ernst Haeckel, urging support for a sixth war loan. It quotes bleak warnings of a British peace and calls for united German effort, claiming only U boats can force Britain to kneel.
Geo W Batho of Manitoba agriculture notes a banner year with 81 carloads of butter shipped in the last 12 months, mainly east with substantial western demand. Cheese production also rose since the war, rising from lows in 1913 to near 1 million pounds and beyond in 1916 as dairying circulars go to creamery patrons.
Irate farmer confronts a storekeeper over an exchange of perfume for liniment. The farmer fears harm to his cow as the animal refuses to eat and avoids the pond, while the storekeeper remains mollifying in tone. The brief exchange appears in the Baptist Watchman Examiner.
The London Times warns that Britain risks losing skilled farm workers to war effort demands. It stresses farming as a skilled occupation, the need for experienced management in ploughing, sowing, and stock care, and the danger of diluting labor in agriculture.
An old speaker recalls a nephew named Leslie Postlewaite Snicker as a mother’s pride. The account describes his childhood outfits and eventual gender nonconformity growing among four siblings under a widow.
A garbled note reads like a request or admonition to a doctor. The text implies urgency and instruction but lacks clear context or identifiable people, dates, or places. It presents as fragmented communication rather than a complete article.
Conversation notes a patient demanding gas then joking about the tooth removal. The patient complains the payment fee hurts, while a helper or clinician responds with acknowledgment.
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