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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
2
In wartime, sea commerce is centralized under Allied and American oversight with ships routed like clockwork. The United States Shipping Board tracks en route ships, ports, arrivals, and departures, and allocates cargoes to support troops and munitions, ensuring freedom of the sea under allied naval protection.
The article notes annual running costs of 1 400 000 for the British Parliament with 1 040 for members and 222 835 for the Lords. It adds the Lords plan an extra 9 000 for six reporters as debates become daily while the Commons use twelve reporters.
In Vladivostok the New Russia provisional government adopts a white and green banner. The flag embodies Russia’s snow plains and dense forests, appealing to the land love of the people. Siberia may favor nature symbolism over other images in the broader Greater Russia context.
A shopper complains to a shopkeeper that a clothes line buys as all British is actually German made It broke twice and stained her washing The exchange appears in Tit Bits style humor highlighting consumer confusion and language play.
A meat authority touts freezone as a cheap cure that relieves soreness on tender corns and calluses. The bottle promises to remove both hard and soft corns with little irritation, urging readers to ask their pharmacist for it or have the stall bottle supplied from wholesale houses.
The high water mark is the line reached by the sea at the peak of tides and by a body of fresh water where soil is permanently altered by water, showing distinct vegetation and soil changes from the banks.
Readers note a vermicide hailed as unmatched by Mother Graves for its life saving impact on children.
The cultivation of vacant lots across Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Calgary and other cities will raise food output with large potato crops and many vegetables. Winnipeg expects about 100000 potatoes. Saskatoon eyes a bushel per person while other cities report growing yields though figures are incomplete.
A London Daily Chronicle writer praises a monitor for two roles: shelling the Boche and keeping pigs aboard. The crew decides spare space should be used for pig rearing, celebrating dual usefulness and morale aboard the ship.
A preacher urges adopting the Chinese habit of dessert first at meals as a food conservation measure. He cites Joseph as a food controller in history and argues sweets first would reduce meat and vegetable intake, improve health, and save one fifth of meat for soldiers and allies.
A druggist can obtain a greasy imitation of MINARD'S LINIME from a Toronto house at a very low price and label it as his own product. The counterfeit is the worst yet seen among many attempts to market such fakes. Demand for MINARD'S remains, as buyers are told to ask for the genuine.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt reveals a recruiter preferring married men for discipline. The sergeant argues married men are advantageous as they stay put, while the other suggests a bias toward single men, highlighting wartime enlistment attitudes.
To safeguard the child from damage that worms cause, use Miller's Worm Powders. The medicine purports to clear the system of worms and regulate organs affected by infestation, claiming healthful operation of bodily processes.
During the war the prairie cities of Canada show a revival in building. Regina's permits issued this year already exceed the two prior years combined and may reach over a million dollars by war’s end. Saskatoon also reports brisk activity with the first seven months’ permits 50 percent higher than last year.
The ad argues thin blood causes headaches and digestive issues in growing girls and adults. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as an effective blood builder that relieves headaches and other symptoms linked to anemia. It cites availability at dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co BrockvilleOntario.
A courtroom scene shows cross examination by Lawyer Smith with a partially bald, infrequent local-shop patron. Barker the farmer with ten years on the adjacent farm is pressed about his barn’s age and his own house age, provoking a witty retort.
Some people avoid pills because of taste but Parmalee's Vegetable Pills are prepared to be agreeable to the most fastidious. Delicate stomachs can take them without revulsion. The main reason for their popularity is their chronic quality as a medicine for the stomach.
Mil lions of shells are collected from the ocean bottom by women divers who work without any diving gear. The article notes their method and the scale of the gathering efforts by these workers.
An item notes a distinctive South African fashion where Zulus wear anklets made from dried moth cocoons. The cocoons rattling when shaken are threaded into a bold ornament. A Zulu is described drawing a rickshaw and wearing a matching headpiece as part of the striking ensemble.
An extension in the woollen and worsted industries is under way in Leeds University textile department. A special diploma course will train merchants of the future in textiles, economics and languages. The program uses the cloth workers' facilities to teach materials from tops to fabrics to suit different markets.
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