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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
4
Lady Foster argues for strict food conservation in Canada with home production, kitchen schemes, and reduction of luxuries. She praises women raising pigs and chickens and urges communities to eliminate waste, cut sweets, and extend meatless days amid wartime shortages.
Economists estimate the war’s cost and the gains from spreading liquor prohibition. They cite Ferrero and other observers who see prohibition as a major revolution of world scale. Estimates vary, with conservative figures already running into enormous sums.
A fragment shows a character Tom asking about a dance and responses mentioning enjoyment. The terse line hints at a social scene and dialogue among girls and speakers, capturing a moment of social interaction from a bygone era.
The article surveys women working at sea in various regions. Breton coast sailors earned livelihoods as ABs with official permission but cannot become skippers. Yokohama houses employ women for steamship duties. Rhodes Island sponge divers and mariners, and Nordic pilots in Norway Sweden Finland Denmark deploy women in roles from crew to pilots.
The Berliner Tageblatt critic Captain Persius outlines Germanys plan to reconstruct its destroyed commercial fleet using iron concrete. He notes scarce materials will shift to gravel cement and concrete, citing faster construction, lower costs, reduced need for iron and wood, and longer lasting ships compared with wooden or iron designs.
Factual report notes that settlers entered Canada from the United States during August and August 1,732 as part of frontier movement. It mentions costs for feed and hay, impacts on settlement, and ongoing western expansion.
The London Free Press lauds British seamen facing German tactics described as frightfulness. It notes over twelve hundred merchant ships sunk in one year and praises crews who sail unprotected vessels despite torpedo and mine dangers, deeming them heroic beyond land forces.
The article explains turning sour milk into cottage cheese as a practical substitute for meat. It outlines heating to 70 75 degrees, adding sour butter milk, clabbered milk, and rennet, then aging overnight, draining in cheese cloth, and salting to taste.
The high cost of living in Germany climbs 42 percent yearly, forcing average families to borrow for essentials. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show households earning 100 to 200 marks spend about 1222.05 marks monthly, with rigid economy and only 26 cents monthly on amusements.
Fragmentary note mentions a mes story title and a young man asking about money. Authorities or editors are not clearly identified in the readable text. No explicit event, date, or named organizations are present.
The military convalescent hospitals commission reforms aim to restore veterans to civilian life through mass mental reset, encouraging initiative and self-reliance. King’s Rules are minimized to suit the man’s welfare, with officers acting as civilian representatives, and programs foster esprit de corps via sports, recreation, and vocational training. Comfort committees coordinate gifts to maximize impact, while moving picture machines and lecture courses provide structured, morale boosting activities.
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