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Newspaper
Lawson Post
Location
Lawson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
3
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Catarrhazene as a cure for catarrh and Bromfutis. It describes consumption tracing, inhalation therapy, and relief of throat and nasal symptoms. The ad asserts disease prevention and includes vague guarantees and dealer availability across multiple regions.
A discussion on Anglo American relations traces past hatreds and alliances. The article notes Irish and Scottish sympathy for America, cites Washington era tensions with Britain, and discusses how German influenced teaching reshaped U S views of England amid World War I era reflections. It mentions Sir Horace Plunkett, Chatham, Fox, and Wesley, with German Als zealous promoter of anti English sentiment in schools and a controversial book by Altschul.
A reprint discusses a book's wartime critique of America and Britain, urging Canada to purge anti US sentiment in schools. It calls for fair history teaching, recalling Loyalist losses and the War of 1812, and envisions reconciliation between nations through educative balance.
Manitoba joins Alberta and Saskatchewan in expanding dairy output. First five months of the year show exports near last year’s total. butter shipments rise, with cheese exports beginning from Winnipes to Montreal. Butter and cheese destined for Europe via Montreal.
Sapper John A. Chisholm of Antigonish Nova Scotia returns to Prince Rupert after seventeen weeks in a German prisoner camp near Frankfurt. He traveled 206 miles from the cart to the Dutch border and 33 miles up the Rhine with an English companion before escaping.
The registrar of vital statistics estimates Alberta's population at about 00,000, up 3,300 from last year as a rate of 3 per thousand, indicating the province is a healthy place to live.
The Norfolk Virgin Yen Pils notes a Boston scientist suggesting human origins trace to a large extinct lizard. The piece questions the value of such claims and requests clearer information on future directions.
The article explains how heat and cold air create electrical forces in a storm, producing thunder and lightning. It outlines three types of lightning, cautions about safe shelter during storms, and notes that staying under a tree or using an umbrella can be dangerous.
The arrival of the American locomotive sparked a triumphal procession in France. French railroad engineers watched as American crews unloaded, assembled, and laid track, completing tasks in hours that would have taken days. The engine’s bell and whistle drew crowds across cities as it traveled toward France’s eastern boundary.
Article urges farm women and girls to improve wartime food conservation by cooking, canning, and dairy work. Highlights making cheese, jam, and bread, with instructions and booklet requests from Canada’s food board. Encourages berry picking and home processing to ease food shortages.
The text describes making jam from blackberries with sugar and pectin like seals in a gel. It also offers a table of solitudes for home baking with various flour blends and percentages for bread, pastries, and cookies, though many words are garbled.
A woman who chased a street thief and recovered a stolen pocketbook was beaten by a crowd and killed, the incident ending with her body thrown into a canal. Madeleine Z. Doty notes the brutal scene as mob justice in Petrograd.
The article reports German alarmists fearing unrest among the German public. It notes some English panic mongers but shows the majority in Germany skeptical. A paper warns of British forces crossing the Flanders front and drowning tens of thousands of German troops, with another claim of a surrounded army corps and captured prisoners.
The Winnipeg Union Stockyards received 29 672 cattle 210 sheep and 0 horses and 0 horses and 0? cattle distribution shows 4455 sent to local abattoirs 4083 to western farms 104? to the United States. The sheep largely returned to western farms with 76 used for something and all horses stayed in prairie provinces.
A discussion highlights the appeal of Canadian west lands for U S settlers, noting rising land sales and profit potential. It cites dairy, cattle, and farming prospects in northern Alberta, with attention to prices, infrastructure, and the dream of wealth from ranching and homesteading in a growing region.
Competitions for boys and girls follow the success of the feeding event at the Delmonten Spreeeg Show. A youth event will crown twelve winners with prizes around five shillings each. Contestants aged between 10 and 17 will compete in a light and heavy division with open classes for both genders.
The text describes a Palestine legion unit forming in New York for training before deployment. It mentions contingents preparing to join the Huntieh in Palestine and notes additional troops from Roth ware and Willedelpha. The passage includes numeric figures and references to named groups and locations.
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