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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
5
An appeal for protecting birds notes their nest building and pest control roles. Birds’ nests must not be disturbed as their activities sustain crops and forests. humans should respect and safeguard flighted visitors and their habitats across Canada.
The Dominion Government moves to purge dairy herds of tuberculosis with stricter enforcement and compensation for culled cattle. It will refund much of the value to owners, and requires dairies to comply with new licensing rules to continue receiving milk from herds.
The Department of Justice calls on about 500000 civilian employees to aid the secret service, with police and detectives enlisted nationwide. Postmasters and letter carriers totaling about 300000 form the largest component of this effort. The Allies have spent roughly 2.5 billion dollars on munitions and materials since the war began, with Morgan & Company directing around 5 percent.
A bulletin by Prof. E M Reeman warns farmers that rust and hot winds caused last year’s poor wheat crop. Weather largely determines rust spread, with epidemics historically rare in consecutive years. Early sowing and resistant varieties may reduce risk. barberry hosts rust.
Arthur W. Spalding recounts a white woman in the North Georgia mountains who has never heard of the crucifixion. A circuit-riding minister visits, tells the Cross story, and the woman, with tears, declares her belief while asking if it all happened long ago.
A Vancouver-born WWI voice writes from the front about returning to Canada to claim the Peace River country as the best land on earth. Manitoba and Alberta officials praise its fertile valleys, mineral wealth, and climate, noting railway expansion will unlock vast tracts for stock, grain, and settlement.
Britain faces paper shortages with officers using half sheets and note paper. Communications must be concise, with smaller sizes than foolscap, no duplication unless necessary, and sparing use of colored stationery and envelopes.
Wilbur C. Abbott argues in the Yale Review that the German dream of global domination has collapsed after two and a half years of war. He credits the Prussian mind as the decisive revelation undermining the great design and its imagined conquests from Europe to the Persian Gulf.
The Exchange Telegraph reports a German finance ministry letter by Ernst Haeckel urging support for the sixth war loan. He cites England as the aggressor, warns of British peace if Germany loses, and calls for universal subscription as U boats aim to force Britain to its knees.
Geo W Batho of Manitoba's agriculture publications branch notes a strong dairy year with cream plentiful despite a cold spring. Over the past 12 months Manitoba shipped 81 carloads of butter totaling about 2 million pounds, mainly eastward. Cheese production also rose sharply since the war, with output rebuilding from earlier lows. Batho plans to mail 20,000 circulars on dairying to creamery patrons with pay.
An irate farmer storms into a country store protesting a mix up where perfume was given instead of liniment. The shopkeeper apologizes while the cow refuses to eat and avoids the pond, causing concern about possible harm.
The London Times warns that war demands risk of losing skilled farm hands. It stresses farming as a skilled craft, the need for experienced supervision, careful horse and stock management, and discrimination in dilution of labor to protect national food production.
Muddled reminiscence quotes Polk N. Prodd about his nephew Leslie Postlewaite Snicker. The speaker recalls early dressing as a child, indulgent parenting, and gender nonconforming behavior. The fragment hints at trauma and a widow narrator with four children amid upheaval.
A terse note requests a doctor to undertake substantial tasks. The fragment hints at oath or courtesy language without clear facts or names.
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