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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
5
In Ottawa interview Lady Borden praises the food controller and war effort, urging women to back conservation measures. She cites personal sacrifice at home, notes shifts to war bread and economical meals, and urges clubs to trim menus and adopt simpler, steadier wartime routines.
Lady Borden urges organized women to lead in food production including canning and poultry farming. She advocates businesslike women groups, site selection, and large scale action to support soldiers and civilians. She backs drastic food regulations and vows Canada will comply to win the war.
At a joint York township farmers meeting resolutions denounce feudal titles such as knight baronet and baron as threats to democracy and urge Ottawa to prohibit further traffic and abolish hereditary titles upon death of current owners. The motion calls for sending copies to Canadian and British officials and to the press.
A professor and his wife dispute phrasing as she misstates a task. He corrects her and quips that the time would show better if she paid attention to rhetoric. The fragment hints at a plate of misheard words and a stray clock reference.
Toronto Globe reports testimony by British and Canadian officers on the brutality of German Red Cross women during prisoner transport from Cambrai. Observers describe spitting in soup and water, abuse of wounded prisoners, and lack of restraint by German officers, contrasting humane treatment by French Belgian civilians.
Saskatchewan farmers earned a total value of 604 million dollars from all farm products in 1917. Live stock accounts for about 245 million, with soil described as among the Dominion's richest. Moose Jaw News notes the immense farm riches and cites provincial statistics.
L'Echo des Gourbis notes a German grand figure captured and severely wounded, cared for in a village near the front. A medical officer proclaims gratitude and vows to prove his mettle, stating wealth means nothing here.
The article argues Belgium faces German attempts to split Flemings and Walloons by exploiting language and nationalist tensions. It notes Flemish revival, Walloon equality, and shared resistance against invasion, insisting deep historical ties bind the two communities against Germany’s divide-and-rule strategy.
The Globe notes a growing farmer influence in western legislatures and predicts prairie representatives will dominate parliament. It cites British Columbia and Manitoba premiers as farmers, linking agriculture to key economic policy and tariff reforms as postwar needs. The piece reflects a Western progressive mood driving national lawmaking.
A reader recalls a riddle where a child asks about a bird found in Africa that has wings but cannot fly. Emily volunteers a response and the inspector remains puzzled before the answer is given as a dead bird.
A brief quotation from a Boston Transcript item appears to discuss the Golden Rule with garbled wording. The fragment mentions treating others as one would wish to be treated and includes a misread sequence of words.
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