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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
7
An ad copy touts Caticura with claims of healing a listed skin condition and offers a free sample. The text mentions U.S. A. and a card reading Cut U.S. A. with availability sold everywhere past Boston.
The article traces Victoria Cross awards since its institution by Queen Victoria. It notes 200 in the present war up to September 16, with counts by wars: 11 in Crimea, 78 in the South African War, 23 in the Zulu War, and 16 in another conflict. It mentions nearly 200 awarded in the current war and references Lonley Driver Dalziel and a calculation about survivors. It also advertises Hall’s Family Pills and a Cure-all claim for constipation.
English inventor Robert Whitehead born 1823 in Borgney i han cashire. He studied engineering in Italy before moving to Austria Hungary where in 1866 his first torpedo was developed. It was adopted by the Austrian navy and later he opened a works branch in Weymouth England.
The excerpt notes that about 25 people speak Portuguese, with it serving as the language of Brazil and Portugal, indicating wide domestic and international use. This fragment highlights the language’s national ties to Brazil and Portugal.
Mrs J Worratove of 2842 North Taylor Street Philadelphia describes weakness fatigue and back pain from nervous indigestion. She says after three months on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her health improved and she can eat normally without distress.
Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay issued the first public proclamation for a day of thanksgiving in 1632. He letters to Bradford indicate a shared observance with Plymouth, and Boston marked the day on June 19, 1632, laying the practice that spread to other colonies and the nation.
Mothers who keep a box of Baby's Down Tablets in the home are urged to use them to prevent summer stomach troubles and diarrhoea in infants. The government analyst guarantees they are harmless even to newborns and claims the remedy helps regulate bowels and stomach. Sold by druggists or by mail for a small price from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
Arctic ice floes form a barrier hundreds of miles long in front of Point Barrow. The annual supply ship, bound for the northern public school and missionary settlement, cannot reach the coast and has sailed 1100 miles away. Cargo must be carried inland by skin boats crewed by natives if aid is to reach the settlement this year.
An advertisement touts Put nam's Extractor as a painless, quick corn remover. It claims few drops shrink and peel the corn off the toe, even old ones, with a low price of a quarter.
A technical report in the American Food Journal challenges the belief that opened canned foods spoil quickly. Tests on milk tomato corn beans sauerkraut apples pineapple and pumpkin show only slight acidity increases and minimal tin iron in contents after exposure. The study concludes that keeping opened cans is not ideal for table use due to appearance more than safety.
In urging that ill women need to see that half their ills come from impure blood, the ad promotes Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a revitalizing tonic. It claims the medicine strengthens, renews energy, improves color and appetite, aids digestion, and serves as a safe rebuilding remedy. Sold at 25c per box.
A correspondent describes six baker shops feeding the British army in France. A former German jute mill now houses the operation with minimal machinery to protect floors. Flour is moved by an escalator-like setup, with Chinese laborers transporting sacks to mixing rooms while British and Allied soldiers bake.
The Dominion government considers granting free pasture permits for reindeer across 76 000 square miles in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Officials say the remote regions are ideal for reindeer herds to boost meat supply and provide transport across inaccessible areas aiding exploration.
Canada relies on the United States for coal supply with 1916 domestic production at 14.461 million tons and US exports exceeding 17 million tons. Anthracite and Nicotia sources provide most of the coal used, highlighting dependency on American mines.
A fragmented report notes how government statistics show cotton use and needs in wartime. It cites naval ships consuming up to six thousand pounds per minute and claims over 20 000 bales yearly for absorbent cotton, with one change of clothing for troops representing over a million bales.
Advertises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as an immediate remedy for toothache. Claims to soothe the nerve and end the pain at once with other useful applications cited in the copy.
The Buffalo Express reports the government will take the whole Alaska sockeye pack and 75 percent of this year's U S salmon will go to a single buyer. The public share will be small, but soldiers overseas need it more than the home public.
Fragmentary advert text promotes a medical remedy for asthma claiming fast relief and easy breathing. Mentions a Dr J D Kellogern Antone and a promised home delivery, urging readers to try the product.
A Kingston Standard note records an odd quotation about an athletic clergyman. The text notes a warning from the clergyman’s wife as he moved, urging him to avoid stirring his bare head on damp ground.
Minard's Liniment is claimed to cure distemper. The article notes glass use by ancient Romans and Pompeii ruins, contrasting waxed linen and oiled paper as early substitutes in windows. It mentions men pasting oiled paper into sashes and horn used as a glass substitute.
The passage describes areas with no rain, regions with rain about once every four years, and two vast rainless zones spanning millions of square miles. One is the northern part of Africa and the other includes Mongolia and surrounding areas.
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