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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
5
War correspondent Frederick Palmer describes a continuous bombardment on the Somme. Guns fire like an orchestra, with German dugouts and British trenches alive as troops advance. The mechanism, routine, and deadly precision reveal the war’s vast munition effort and global scale.
An article in World's Work quotes a surgeon on French soldiers during the Mons to Marne retreat. He describes hundreds of thousands sleeping while walking and halted, with fatigue forcing sleep amid hunger and danger, and notes soldiers slept under fire and even on horseback.
Eminent British scientist Sir Oliver Lodge discusses Raymond life after death in his new book. The work cites a verifiable evidential episode in which Raymond sent a group photo via mediums to Lodge and notes how friends aided Raymond on the other side.
The death of Buffalo Bill closes a chapter in American pioneer days. Known for his rifle skill and nickname tied to frontier myth, he rose from a harsh Kansas schooling era and Civil War service to leadership of the famed West Show, shaping a lasting national legend.
The Board of Health promotes open windows to circulate fresh air as the best defense against influenza and pneumonia. Despite cold weather, keeping windows open day and night is urged, with many illnesses reported and air circulation emphasized as a preventive measure.
A portrait of William Morris Hughes, born under hardship and rising from boundary rider to Australia’s prime minister. The piece traces his early years as a school pupil in Westminster, journeys to Australia, wages as a shearer and royster, and his ascent to NSW Parliament, Federal Cabinet, and finally prime minister.
A front line chaplain patrols trenches and firing lines then conducts multiple Sunday services for brigade units. He buries the dead, answers midnight gas alarms, and carries messages for dying soldiers. Despite wounds many men smile bravely. one chaplain was killed by a sniper but remained calm and cared for others.
A London article recalls a French parachutist in Monastir who jumped from 3,500 feet, used a pocket book to record images, and tossed it to the trenches as he sailed toward the Serbian front. It also mentions an Adriatic clash where an Italian torpedo boat engaged an Austrian submarine.
A garbled note from Humpus Ridge Arkansas recalls a seafaring wife praised as one of the finest by a husband narrator. The fragment hints at a simple job completed in haste and a colorful, if unclear, aside about witnessing notable notions.
The piece urges Scouts to aid bird conservation in winter by providing food and building bird boxes for spring. It quotes Scouting as shaping character through projects like dams and channels that channel youthful energy toward lasting community gains, highlighting an engineer's view of developing people as lasting work.
Captain Lassouquero of the 11th Company, honored with the Croix de Guerre for coolness and bravery at Douaumont last August, led his men with a cane in hand while calmly directing the assault. He surveyed the field, ordered in a steady tone, and advanced with his company under artillery cover.
Mrs. D. Owen the 96 year old daughter of Capt. James Bennett died in a London suburb. Born January 26, 1821 on St Helena she was a few months old at the emperor's funeral and later helped embroider a silk banner unfurled from the coffin boat at St Helena in 1840.
An unclear, fragmented line shows a doctor asking an older person about coffee or daily intake, with garbled wording and missing context. The passage appears to be OCR noise rather than a coherent report or attributed event.
Allied aviator Lt. Faulkner describes a new front line machine surpassing the Fokker in speed and climb. The unnamed Allied plane allegedly reaches 138 mph, climbs to 15,000 feet in seven and a half minutes, and promises air supremacy with advanced reconnaissance and destroyer tactics.
A brief item notes concerns about rising leather prices affecting fashion and wardrobe planning. It highlights shoppers seeking modest options and retailers adjusting stock in response to cost increases.
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