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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
5
A London report describes a free home remedy said to improve eyesight by up to 50 percent in many cases within a week. Readers are urged to obtain the prescription from the Valmas Co store in Toronto or their local druggist.
A Chambers Journal note recalls Kaiser William II visiting Russian artist Verestchagin and studying the "Retreat from Moscow" image from his fifteen Napoleon pictures. The emperor reportedly said that men who seek to govern the world will all meet the same fate.
The text promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for blood weakness and related ailments. It claims good blood ensures health while poor blood causes disease and cites Mrs Charles Goddard of Chatham Ontario who reports nervous system recovery after three months of use. The advertisement offers pills for 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A Stanislaus county milk buyer demonstrates how road quality affects price. The firm pays 21.5 cents per 10 pounds on poor roads and 20 cents on good roads, highlighting higher costs farmers incur on bad routes. The piece urges measuring distance by time to see road value.
British agriculture gains a price support system with minimum potato prices set for different periods: 115s per ton from September to January 31, 120s for February and March, and 130s for the rest of the season, equating to about 75 to 88 cents per long ton.
A letter from J B Livesque of St Joseph dated August 18 1900 recounts a 13 year old daughter thrown from a sleigh suffering painful stiffness for nine years. Four bottles of Minard's Liniment allegedly cured her and she has been free of trouble for two years.
The Springfield Republican notes that public opinion in Germany increasingly supports ruthless conduct in the war, with Germans blamed as a nation rather than Prussians. It argues internal dissent is waning, and only a minority of Socialists oppose government policy.
The Canadian Order of Foresters traces a 1916 record high in death claims at $726,000 and an overall increase of over $422,000 while maintaining $5,628,343 in insurance assets. Acting on new legislation, an external actuarial review by Able Landis of Nashville examines solvency and proposes adjusted monthly assessments to ensure long term solvency.
The Christian Science Monitor notes a paradox in England where a 50 cent rise on rail fares yields a 2d single fare and 41 2d return between adjacent Lancashire stations. The piece explains a long-standing stance against farthings and the board of trade limit.
Advertisement claims nervous affections arise from defective digestion and that a course of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills can restore stomach action, relieve nerve irritation, and correct irregular bodily processes with thousands of testimonials.
Holland, with six million residents, has only 7000 automobiles but about one motorcycle for every seven people, revealing a surprising transport balance.
A practical guide suggests tracking winter poultry costs by building a supply bin in the tie house. Weigh the run and record each fill, using a tabulated sheet on the bin side to log egeld and expenditures.
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