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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
5
A commuter joke asks how yesterday’s speech was with the reply that it was “the best thing I ever did.” The excerpt then advertises Miller's Worm Powder and Minard's Liniment, followed by a playful exchange about Freddy Pickle and Miss Tabasco mocking his acting.
A husband volunteers to help with breakfast and serves Grape Nuts. The writer and spouse report health gains after switching to the cereal, noting it eased stomach issues and palpitations for a friend who used it with cream.
Manitoba law restricts use of poison or poisonous grains to kill gophers rats or other vermin near game birds or insectivorous birds. It cites section 28 forbidding poison except when placed in holes to affect vermin.
Miss Dollie McClain of Fergueon Flats Alberta reports complete relief from a sore back after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says the pills improve kidney function, purify blood, and restore strength enabling her to work without pain. The ad touts widespread Canadian testimonials and the product as a tonic for women.
An assortment of old advert text claims Baby's Own Tablets regulate stomach and bowels. Dr Williams medicine and Cheney catarrh cure promise rapid relief. asthma remedy by Dr Kellogg touted. Queen Wilhelmina noted as wealthy sovereign with vast income from crown lands and colonies.
G G Brambill a graduate of Ontario Agricultural College is named special flax expert under the agricultural department at a salary of 1500 per year. He will study the flax question in Canada and investigate fibre production and flax straw utilization. He previously represented Ontario in Lambton county with experience in flax.
Mrs Hasher notes buying a round oak diving table in the morning. The star boarder replies that square meals are likely all they can expect now.
A 1916 report notes 26 poisoning deaths from fly paper across 11 states and urges action. The piece links accidental infant deaths to poison paper use and cites calls for regulation, including Michigan legislation, to prevent infant mortalities.
A golf finale pits two rivals on the eighteenth hole as one warns the other to stop talking or risk a stroke. Meanwhile a Times of India piece denounces German ideologies and urges unity against their crimes and the defense of Christian liberty.
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