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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
4
Canadian War Records report a raid on German trenches including The Pimple and Triangle. Our men penetrated 700 yards, destroyed dugouts and three mine shafts, and held the line for about an hour before withdrawing with 47 prisoners of the 11th Bavarian Regiment including an officer and two NCOs.
The article explains two reliable methods to apply stable manure for dry prairie land. It recommends spreading manure on land planned for summer fallow and plowing seven to eight inches deep to allow in‑soil decomposition. It notes benefits for moisture retention and humus formation and advises lighter applications for vegetable plots within the same season to avoid poor results.
A retired Massachusetts senator retrains in Western Canada turning to farming after a nervous breakdown. He moves to Saskatchewan in 1914 with $2,000, builds a half section, crops 1915 to 1916 yield about $10,000, nets over $600 monthly in 1916, and finds a second act beyond age limits with enterprise and courage on the prairies.
The Russian provisional government in response to a workers and soldiers council demand confiscates lands and monasteries of the late imperial family. A published list details imperial expenses including sums for the estate, court ceremonies, and the imperial household at Tsarskoe-Selo.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century era page discusses women's clothing styles seen as scandalous. The exchange hints at social unease and gossip as new fashions surface.
Yet so somber lines about a person’s business echo a playful yet enigmatic note. The fragment hints at personal motives and the social role of charity work, suggesting tension between public duty and private interest.
A 1914 policy piece urges urban poultry associations to organize pullet surpluses for winter egg production with support from the Dominion Live Stock Branch, including buying 300-plus pullets and coordinating breeders. A San Francisco Chronicle tale tells of Capt. Welsbarth, a former sea captain turned Polynesian trader, who became a local legend and king at Tabiteuea, with a monument commemorating his life.
General Haig ordered a feeding inquiry with War Office experts to inspect bread meat butter tea coffee and cocoa on site. The commission found methods sound revised standards quantities and freshness and officers credit rations handling with troops' health. water supply also improved with positive soldier remarks about clean pure water and the water-wagon.
A judge questions an elder about not seeing a month and explains being sick in bed. The exchange hints at memory and health concerns between the two figures.
Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly tells New England Press association that war raises women's standard. She notes Europe has three million women in overalls and forty million homeless, and predicts a noble type of woman rising from the upheaval as men fight abroad.
In Peru the two coastal departments expand rice farming amid fertile land and abundant water. About 60 000 acres are cultivated with yields around 1.5 pounds per acre. Projected total production for 1915 16 reaches 40 000 metric tons as quality earns markets abroad.
An old Mississippi man's funeral oration over a fellow Black man ends with a stark line expressing collective loss. The eulogist delivers in somber tones as the crowd marks the departure, reflecting shared grief and communal ties.
More than thirty thousand English women sign up to join an auxiliary corps for service in France. Applicants flood St Ermin's hotel as training begins. volunteers will be deployed in groups of two hundred, with at least five thousand serving near the firing lines. Roles include mechanics drivers cooks stenographers and harvesters. Pay ranges from five dollars weekly plus overtime and a twenty five dollar clothing grant, with a twenty five dollar endowment after two years.
Dr. F F Wesbrook president of the University of British Columbia told the Western Canada Irrigation Association that pioneer days are ending and lands must be used in perpetuity. He urged planning for local specialization in crops and livestock and warned against unchecked individualism as agriculture becomes a world system.
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