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Newspaper
Lawson Post
Location
Lawson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
5
Claims Catarrhozone inhaler soothes throat and lungs to defeat catarrh bronchitis and colds. Describes vapor reaching deep airways, avoids stomach with inhaled medicine, and offers two months treatment for one dollar in 1900s style.
London based New York Sun correspondent reports Ireland maps de mobilization plans as World War ends. Herr Utsch argues home colonization key to provide homes for returning soldiers and strengthen national food independence. He outlines four settlement classes near towns, farms, and land reforms to absorb veterans and sustain rural development.
The article argues for establishing individual settlements close to existing villages to ease living for soldiers and reduce road and drainage work. It suggests funding 10 percent of war profits over 20,000 marks as mortgages at 3 percent, with soldiers who aided profits receiving priority. It also notes fears of revolutionary ideas in Germany and predicts unrest after the war.
The Regina Leader condemns German peace plans as dangerous and delusional. It cites a Berlin Deutsche Tages Zeitung piece demanding ironclad concessions and continued submarine warfare even after a peace, warning that such terms would turn the world into a German-dominated sphere and urging the destruction of militaristic Germany.
Toronto Globe reports a world three month supply of hair pins triggers panic beyond women as men wonder what comes next. The Leader predicts Dame Fashion will adapt with flowing hair and new styles while noting hairpin tools like button hooks and cleaners may disappear with the lack of pins.
A hostile dialect passage questions why Black people reportedly do not commit suicide, contrasting a white person who studies and worries with a Black person who supposedly lies down to sleep instead. The excerpt uses demeaning racial stereotyping and reinforces racial hierarchies.
Grain growers contribute to a program highlighting geographies and patriotic goals. The report notes community support and regional involvement in promoting national symbols and local agriculture.
Meat costs rise with army demands and summer meat shares. Canning beef pork and chicken requires basic equipment, browning and partial cooking, jars sealed with fat or liquid, and boiler or pressure canner cook times of three to five hours. For pork and chicken, follow same canning steps or fry and seal with fat for preserved jars.
A co educational school story tells of John who, despite top exams, misses the highest marks and is rebuked by his father. He defends himself stating girls are not mere after all as reported in The Argonaut.
The coroner and a principal witness discuss a sudden death. The witness admits striking the woman and causing her to fall unconscious, after which she "never spoke a word." The coroner laments the tragic outcome and questions the cause.
The report details volunteers in a women's emergency canteen aiding refugees arriving after a major drive. They feed and shelter hundreds, with limited staff and supplies, while Britons and Americans share tasks from cooking to cleaning. The piece honors endurance and the belief that the land fought for remains sacred.
From January 1915 to May 1918 German attacks sank 407 ships in the U waters and 147 have been salvaged since December 1917. The Fryeod salvage department cites toxic gas from decaying cargoes, a salvage ship torpedoed at work, and weeks of wrecks lost to rough seas. Among feats is raising a collier from twelve fathoms with a heavy dead lift of tons.
War spurs new fibers from dog combings as scientists examine a wool spun from long haired breeds. An exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum shows the process, with Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox and Lady Gosford backing the effort through the British Dogs Wool Association.
Mr Joynson-Hicks heads a warning that England builds up air power and Canada has a strong Sitka spruce supply on the Pacific coast. Oregon Washington employ 70 000 in woods and mills while British Columbia has only 3200 workers, with vast demand for the timber to meet wartime needs. The Imperial Monitions Board claims efficient logging and milling could boost output fourfold with more labor.
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