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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
2
Washington report notes only a 200000 ton net drop this year amounting to one and a half percent of world tonnage. Submarine losses were heavier later the year yet the merchant marine faced no real challenge from enemy submarines as yet.
A visitor brings news to the office with apologies as if intruding. The staff value patrons who provide information, though it concerns themselves. The scene notes how welcome such informants are and the culture of news gathering.
The London Times argues that peace requires military defeat of the aggressors and the German army’s capitulation on the western front. It warns blockades alone cannot dethrone militarism and stresses increasing Allied superiority as decisive to ending the war.
Sedley Saskatchewan special report features Benjamin Draper praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as life changing. He describes prior ailments including stiff joints sore back rheumatism thirst and heart flutterings improved after using four boxes. He credits the pills for restoring health and vitality.
A brief, odd exchange shows an older man charting mood shifts as a younger speaker asks for money. The dialog hints at tension and a shift in power through a simple robbery-like insistence. The two figures remain the focus amid a murky street setting.
The 1916 lumber cut in British Columbia is expected to show a higher value than 1915's 29 million 150 thousand dollars amid improving demand and steady prices. The year 1919 was noted as strong with a higher value, and the current forecast suggests an even larger total.
London Zoo houses war mascots left by troops from the Dominions. A monkey that survived Heligoland and the Bank, bears from Canada and the Rocky Mountains, and deer are among animals set to appear in a peace procession if they live long enough.
An old paper column lists a one hundred dollar cure offer for catarrhal deafness and describes causes related to inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It also mentions Miller's Worm Powders for worms in children, Minard's Liniment for cows, and a humorous exchange about stock market humor.
Farmelee's Vegetable Pills claim universal use for winter and sprumer in any latitude. The dyspeptic is advised to carry them everywhere as they withstand climate and are warranted to stay fresh and strong.
A judge at an England baby show proclaims postwar infants are larger and healthier than prewar babies. Nurses note rising maternal education reduces improper feeding and infant mortality, stressing infant welfare as vital to the nation’s future and its strength.
A Brandon Sun excerpt extols small scale kitchen gardens and using dinner scraps to feed a few chickens. It notes that a twenty foot square space can raise essential produce and that table scraps can provide eggs for preservation and immediate consumption.
Mrs. W m Arnett of Ancaster Ontario endorses Baby's Own Tablets for teething babies claiming they regulate stomach and bowels preventing constipation diarrhoea and convulsions. The tablets promote health and happiness and are sold by medical dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
In a new English book by Edward Legge the author recounts an incident at Windsor Castle in which King Edward allegedly sprang up and knocked the Kaiser down after a heated exchange. The tale is presented as unverified but widely repeated.
The readable bits show a garbled line about a hand and a boot withilled by a character in a Shakespeare context. No clear source, date, or attribution is discernible, leaving the passage as an unclear quotation fragment without a verifiable event or speaker.
An official report from the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture estimates 1916 provincial wheat production at 126,857,760 bushels and oats at 146,468,585 bushels.
A fragment discusses children with worm troubles and the remedy called Mother Hives Worm Exterminator. The text also includes a stray line about a child wanting a book and a remark on balance by placing a book on the head to gain carriage.
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