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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
2
Western Canada ships a large quantity of potatoes to the United States under new regulations. Canadian potatoes may enter at any port without inspection if the shipper signs a certificate of commercial soundness and limits diseased tubers, with U S permits issued to importers accepting these consignments.
J Cheney and Co of Toledo enter an oath claiming business activities in Lucas County and City of Toledo. The document references financial securities and claims a sum of one hundred dollars per cave and other details oddly garbled.
Saskatchewan operates two co operative poultry killing and marketing stations, one at Regina and another elsewhere. The plan offers payment on receipt at 15 cents per pound for chickens with the balance due on monthly statements. Trials of Parmelee's Veg Pills are recommended for digestive ailments as inexpensive and effective.
A fragmentary reflection on reading as a route to direct knowledge from God and the dawn after darkness. The text contrasts reading others transcripts with direct revelation and uses a cryptic metaphor of a tree becoming fruit to urge guidance in times of night.
A Toronto Star reflection argues that nationality blends birth and environment. Bonar Law’s Canadian label is questioned since formative life was in Britain, while a boy born in Britain who moves to Canada embodies Canadian identity, highlighting environment shaping character.
Russian authorities order 350 liquid-feed locomotives weighing seven and a half tons each for narrow gauge rail lines. The engines run on tracks about 29.5 inches wide, with movable track sections, and a pulling capacity of 25 to 50 tons. They are intended for use in trenches and at supply bases to connect army divisions and logistics.
A Welland Ontario woman reports strong improvements after a single bottle of Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. She was weak and laid up before using the tonic and now can eat better and feels much improved.
An old advertisement claims Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription treats hot flashes dizziness fainting spells headache and nervousness with a claimed real cause. It touts Dr. Pierce and his pellets as unequaled and easy to take for constipation bilious conditions and liver issues.
The National Organization of Women faces a lack of organization in utilizing a large female labor reserve. Leaders note over 800 applicants for ten vacancies recently offered to women by a branch.
Saskatchewan school children have subscribed part of a relief drive for Belgium, pledging a portion of the total fundraising goal as part of a wartime aid effort.
A New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser piece cites German wartime philosophy and actions. It quotes Nietzsche on pity and condemns German strategy, calling for conquest to avoid subjugation, referencing Zeppelins and the Lusitania.
Minard's Liniment claimed to cure garget in cows. The Business Man quizzes a job applicant about suitable office duties, and the applicant replies with a humorous description of small, miscellaneous tasks.
The crowning property of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is its versatility for internal and external use. It claims to treat sore throat croup whooping cough chest ailments and various kinds of ailments with curative qualities. A bottle costs little and is handy to have.
A nightly concert program features operatic selections popular dance music sentimental songs Hawaiian medleys and band and orchestra phonograph offerings from Dr. Lee DeForest's radio laboratory at High Bridge New York. Xylophone and accordion cited as best for wireless transmission with brass band and soprano voice also clear to amateur listeners. The text notes efforts to transmit human voices via wireless telephone experiments.
Stefansson, famed Arctic explorer, writes of admiring Illiam Moody and critiques his own verse. He recalls a failed bid to join a later Outlook edition in 1913 and notes uncertainty over expedition outcomes and tragedies that befell companions as he remained distant from the dead.
A pamphlet promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for rheumatism by cleansing the blood of poisonous acid. It cites a Canadian anecdote from Mrs F M Simpson of Blenheim Ontario who was bedridden with swelling and mobility loss, improved after taking three boxes, and urges purchase by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A dialogue snippet shows Diogenes declaring a search for an honest man while a passerby points toward Alims house. The exchange highlights timeless virtue testing in a rustic, humorous tone.
A cor poral proclaims bombing as a science of war and recounts a night raid where a British bomber creeps into an enemy ruin, climbs to the roof, and fires through roof-holes to dislodge Germans. The piece suggests cunning, close quarters tactics and ends with a dubious plug for a worm exterminator product.
The British Navy is praised as a heroic force shaping world history. It is described as the dominant power that protected Great Britain and its allies from aggression and helped defend democratic nations.
Fragmentary notes describe an accident where a passenger on a stopped train claims Minard's Liniment cured diphtheria. The express passenger train collided with the halted train, delaying travel for hours and jeopardizing a planned wedding.
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