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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
7
The Kansas City Star notes Germany’s diplomatic prowess with eleven nations arrayed against it and no real setback in nearly three years. It praises Wilhemstrasse finesse and suggests only South America and China remain as possible frontiers for influence.
Britons study languages as King George inaugurates a first of its kind school for Oriental languages in the empire. The war taught the need for foreign language knowledge and shows that many Britons lag behind German multilingualism. a farmer quips about his son Josh joining a strike before securing work.
The Times asserts that war has made foreign policy a common problem for Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and other Dominions. It argues that European issues like Poland and the Balkans are now interwoven with imperial security, ending any illusion of distant, detached diplomacy.
Miss E Demers of Maisonneuve Street credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing her indigestion, sick headache, and rheumatism after six months of illness. She says seven boxes relieved symptoms and that her father also improved after using them. The note highlights Kidney health as a key benefit and praises the product's toning effects.
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for cures with Hall's Catarrh Cure, claiming quick relief and noting its sale by druggists. A stray line notes a dog winning first prize at a cat show, and a jest ends with a remark about the dog metaphorically taking the cat.
The war development in western Asia will revive knowledge of places in early world history. Airmen drop bombs on Beersheba where Abraham planted a tree, and Amos denounced the place. Near Hebron, Isaac, Jacob and their peoples figure in the narrative as Gaza and Mount Muntar loom in the tale. The campaign’s progress will illuminate Bible and news history.
The article stresses the need for reserves of food and cartridges, noting crops are crucial this season. It highlights staple crops like potatoes beans onions as widely adaptable and essential to the nation's food supply. The reader is urged to act early to ensure sufficient provisions.
The Montreal Star notes that Britain fixed potato prices at three cents per pound and that some traders charged four cents and were fined five dollars each. The writer suggests such laws would be popular in Canada.
A Wisconsin representative suggests Britain sell Canada to the United States for ten billion dollars, a plan noted by the Toronto Mail and Empire. The piece lampoons wartime policy and mocks political folly while promoting Holloway's Corn Cure as relief for corns.
The New York Tribune frames a contest of free thought against unscrupulous rural Machiavellianism. It casts the struggle as a test of intellect and resolve among freemen in a battle of ideas rather than fiction or melodrama.
It is the opinion of leading medical authorities that nervous diseases peak in spring due to vital system changes after winter. Purging is discouraged while Dr Williams Pink Pills aim to restore red blood and feed nerves, curing various spring ailments and skin issues. Sold by medicine dealers and at 70 cents per box by The Medicine Co in Brockville Ontario.
In South Bend Indiana a church was blocked up and moved along a railway to a new site where it will be remodeled into a theater. A freight engine pulled the bulky structure a short distance to near the new location.
An odd ad interweaves a Chicago Tribune war descripto in praise of Britain with a Parmelee's Vegetable Pills claim. The copy touts dandelion and mandrake as stomach and intestine purifiers and presents the pills as the best remedy for indignation and health restoration.
The British Columbia fruit industry has made progress in two years and now supplies 1 percent of national fruit consumption. McDowall, manager of the Okanagan United Growers of Vernon, B C, states the province looks to expand further and fulfill demand across the Dominion.
A brief letter from Chas. Whooten of Port Mulgrave endorses Minard's Liniment as a remedy for sore throat colds and general ailments claiming prompt relief and cure.
More than one hundred Windsor Chamber of Commerce members will spend a week of vacation assisting farms at no cost to growers. The move follows a government plea by W R Knowles for urban cooperation to raise crops and staple foods. The plan targets high school boys, retired farmers, and experienced workers, with hoped participation from Windsor and nearby towns reaching about 1 000 men.
Descriptive pitch for Dr. J D Kellogg's asthma remedy claiming to ease asthma symptoms by calming airways and restoring normal breathing. It cites hundreds of testimonials as proof of effectiveness.
An Iphta Ledger note argues that advertised commodities rise less in price than non advertised goods. It claims advertisers spend large sums on ads as a business experiment, while a potato vendor is guided by his own supply and pocket. The piece likens this to cracking a nut with a hammer.
A father explains to his son that diplomacy hinges on shaping what the other person believes you intend, not just what you say. He notes that even then, you may be lying to him in the moment.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a private reporting activity below ground with a request for silence and a claim of killing someone, reflecting wartime trench talk and uneasy command interaction.
A fragmented public notice discusses starting a potato garden this year. It mentions garden planning and timing for planting potatoes and hints at instructional guidance for home gardeners.
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