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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Nov 21, 1918
Page
7
The king’s love of pigeon racing endears him to republican workmen in the industrial north. He has bred magnificent carrier pigeons and his birds are famed among fanciers. Public interest in pigeon flying is enormous, and the king’s influence in the sport endears him to northern colliers and ironworkers.
A youth named George Dorrington appeared at the Guildhall London charged as an absentee from the 14th Lancashire Regiment. He claimed 19, but witnesses said he was 16. He wore two wound stripes and three blue chevrons and said to have been wounded at Mons retreat and fought at Ypres before being handed to an escort.
A 25c bottle of Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor promises quick, pain free relief from corns and callouses. Sold by druggists nationwide. thousands claim it rids sore foot lumps without suffering.
London observers note the abundance of grocers, dry goods traders, and chemists while main thoroughfares lack many small shops. England reportedly has over 80 000 retail grocers plus 5 000 cooperative stores and 10 000 multiple shops serving millions of customers amid rationing pressures. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills hailed as leading liver remedy with claimed efficacy.
Western Canada farmers push honey production to a viable stage with alfalfa and clover crop opportunities under irrigation. The piece notes growth in apiary success tied to efficient practices and mentions over 500 men from the Shetland Isles who have died for King and country since the war began.
The piece lauds Switzerland as a clearing house of relief in war, praising Swiss Red Cross efforts and citizens who share bread, coffee, and chocolate with the needy at home and abroad. It contrasts wartime generosity with personal sacrifice. It also promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a safe, tasty remedy for children's intestinal worms.
Mrs Stebbins Tom shows off a handy man skill as the cuckoo clock runs again though the bird now says oos before it cucks in a playful domestic note from the Boston Transcript.
An item mentions Minard’s Liniment curing garget in cows, followed by a World War I era anecdote about a Red Cross officer and an American soldier near Chateau Thierry. The piece includes a quoted line from a New York Evening Post story and a claim about worm extermination as a health product.
An incomplete note references Canada and Germany, mentioning soldiers and a weekly pattern. The readable portion suggests a wartime or military context but lacks clear events, dates, or names to identify a specific item.
Mrs Willie Theriault of Pacquetville New Brunswick says she is extremely thankful for Baby's Own Tablets as her baby thrived and she cannot recommend them enough. The ads claim the tablets break up colds fevers cure constipation and ease teething with local sales from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A wartime scene describes Impedimenta l battalion practicing convoy movement in open country with horses cows and wagons. After a brief halt the advance order is given leaving one wagoner unable to proceed due to a broken wheel.
A parish event ends with the padre addressing the unconfirmed, organizing the crowd by confirmation status. He notes most split to the right as he jokes about marks on the arm and the meaning of confirmation in the community.
A fragment discusses catarrh and local ailments as incurable, asserting only internal remedies can affect mucous surfaces. It references longstanding conditions and mentions tonics and cures in vague historical terms.
A scrambled Detroit Free Press fragment hints at a heated debate over which nation is fastest, naming Bulgaria and Turkey as contenders in a tense, unclear comparison of national speed.
One of the foremost cattle ranches in the region halted movement and sent a first train of thirty cars toward Winnipeg. A total consignment of 150 cars is reported to be exported overseas, with Minard's Liniment noted for distemper cure.
An article in the Kansas City Star argues that pes nerves issue is not shell shock. It contrasts medical and psychological explanations while noting wartime stress may affect soldiers differently.
The largest stations still neutral are Rome Sweden Hol Chile Argentina. About three-fourths of the aid is at war. The fragment notes ongoing neutrality and aid allocation amid conflict, mentioning multiple nations and uneven relief flows.
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