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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
2
About 4 000 German civilians are interned in Britain with 2 200 wishing to return home after negotiations. Britain and Germany consider exchanging prisoners via a neutral steamer as camps on the Isle of Man and in Germany may be broken up. Many Germans would prefer to go to America if possible.
A London Answers note describes Chinese wedding practices with go-betweens collecting fees, the bride in red carried in a red sedan chair, and guests peering under curtains to see her hair. The husband’s family offers candid criticism during the visit, and the strawed ceremony features sharing rice from each bowl amid a self-financed feast.
Tax experts estimate the Russian emperor's wealth at about ten to thirty billion dollars with income around a million daily. He controls church assets worth billions, owns 150 million acres of land, and maintains 30,000 servants, 300 autos, 5,000 horses, and a private force. Royal expenditures exceed his official salary of 10 million annually.
President Creghan urged farmers at the Winter Fair luncheon in Guelph to end waste on farms. He cited grain and manure losses in Ontario and compared practices in Switzerland and France, calling for more productive use of animal byproducts and better nutrition for children.
Mrs Exe notes a streak of luck as she finally secures a sow gown after doubting affordability this fall. Mrs Wye recalls her single fortunate stroke following an accident policy that pays out after the injury.
Agnes says brothers tease her less than they tease Alice and mentions five younger brothers as part of a petty quarrel while Beward Times reports the exchange.
Fragmentary OCR shows mentions of MINARD'S LINIMEN and MINAD'S LINIM alifax cures. Names Andrea King and C. Crew appear alongside places such as Halifax Sussex Markham Ontario and Quebec. The text reads like an advertisement listing cures for gout and acute rheumatism with patent remedies.
The fragment notes clever writers leaving magazines to pursue other work and hints at shifts in the literary field. It cites Puck as a possible destination or influence during this period.
Damaged text outlines efforts to remove obstructions from mucous membranes and mentions Dr Thomas electric oil to reduce inflammation and stop coughing. The passage reads as a medical treatment description with typographical errors and unclear context.
The article argues Norway Sweden and Denmark maintain neutrality while benefiting financially from the war. It notes Norway's buoyant stock market, German submarine losses, and Sweden's food trade with Germany, with lingering sympathies toward Germany despite ties to Serbia Belgium and the Allies.
A fragmentary report notes an aged Lrishean worker once famed as a boss taking a post with a Port au Prince railway contractor. As heat intensified his back pain worsened and the chief engineer observed distress, with the scene ending in unclear dialogue about learning and endurance.
The Ottawa Journal notes a decade of rising expenses from farm labor to rail freight and merchant rents. It argues higher wages for railway workers drivers clerks and retail staff, increased building costs and taxes push up farm and retail prices, raising household food costs overall.
A relief note discusses peck leaving his widow and a mother noting children suffer worms. Symptoms appear as cantil expelled and fretfulness. Mil ler's Worm Powders are advertised as prompt aid to restore health in run down children rather than eradicate worms.
An extraordinary rise in news-print costs threatens U S and Canadian papers. Prices have jumped 60 to 100 percent on major and small contracts, prompting drastic measures as the industry faces potential government action to curb exports and stabilize supplies. Ottawa notes mills ship 80 percent abroad.
A dialogue portrays an aging speaker dismissing reform while another urges patience. The exchange blends humor with a tone of stubborn resolve as the elder resists change.
A court record quotes Uncle Tobey during a family dispute at a supper table. He offers guests food and then, after the platter reaches the third round, quips that they will “give it to the pigs anyway.”
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