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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
5
A confusing note describes eye discomfort from wearing lenses and a doctor’s prescription. The patient reports relief after trying a remedy, while the supplier cautions about safe use and suggests the product may be harmless. The exchange ends with a wary promise to keep the prescription.
A man confronts a borrower who admits taking two pounds claiming a pressing payment, then clashes over extravagance as the borrower dines expensively. The debtor is accused of overstepping limits, with comments on his supposed thrift.
The report honors Mrs Davies of Church Stetton Salop widow of a soldier who sent seventeen sons to the armed forces with fourteen on active service by September 16 1914. It also notes Mrs Jones of Ryverdale Road Stamford Hill who sent three triplet sons and a fourth to the army and Mrs Potter of Portsmouth who heads a family with most members in the fighting services sixteen grandsons in the army or navy two grandsons in the navy are dead.
Experts warn spring brings more severe nervous disorders such as neuralgia and epilepsy due to vital body changes. Purges are discouraged. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to restore red blood and ease headaches, weakness, pimples, and low spirits. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail from Brockville Ontario. The anecdote about Mark Twain notes his neighbor’s lawn sprinkler courtesy and humor.
An advertisement touts Malta Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional cure with a money back promise. It claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and offers circulars and testimonials.
A fragment notes misspelled words and a playful aside about finances and spelling. The writer shares a home correspondence and quirks like two r’s in embarrassed, reflecting casual, period voice.
A Col lier’s Weekly take on aging links old age to lost dreams and spirit. This piece notes youth’s zest and the need to remain engaged with life as long as curiosity endures. A closing joke about a dying man and a peace offering with a Scots twist caps the column.
A Scottish crofter testifies before a crofters commission describing cows as lean as Pharaoh's leap kine and later says they were so clean they could only be seen in a dream. Miller's Worm Powders marketed as a cure for children’s intestinal worms with tonic digestive benefits. Barbed wire exports from the United States rise to a million tons yearly at a $2.88 per ton postwar premium.
An advertisement offers a $1000 reward for curing constipation with Dr Hamilton's Pills. It claims lasting relief from headaches fevers and stomach disorders and asserts the pills are mild enough for children while effective in chronic cases. A 25 cent box is promoted.
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