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Newspaper
Lawson Post
Location
Lawson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
7
An ad style note praises Cuticura preparations as beneficial for hair and skin. The copy touts medicated creams and soaps as substitutes for ordinary products, urging readers to trust in Cuticura’s claimed cosmetic and therapeutic effects.
An official statement reports Allied air supremacy on the Western Front with 3 233 enemy planes downed by the Royal Air Force and 623 shot by naval forces, totaling 3 856. It covers July 1917 to June 1918 across Europe the Middle East and Saloniki with losses and successes. notes future American air power could shift the balance and mentions Calico printing origins in India and early batik-like dye processes.
The Alberta territory’s cattle industry appears vital as a Calgary area packing plant shipped 100 million pounds of beef overseas during the last eighteen months, underscoring its large export impact.
Britain trails its guarantee to France by about 25000 tons in meat shipments due to ongoing shipping shortages. The deficit widens the gap in expected deliveries and threatens supplies tied to wartime contracts.
Farmers discuss grain losses in threshing as grain blown over by straw blowers. Losses rise with old or poorly operated machines and uneven feeding. Controlled labor and farmer-owned threshers improve separation. Best recovery is feeding lost grain to cattle and hogs on the farm.
Sir Leo Money told the British House of Commons that ships lost homeward bound to the United Kingdom since January 1 1918 were a little over one per cent. He added food ship losses for the same period were under fourteen per cent and that the convoy system’s effectiveness has continued to improve since its 1917 introduction with 42 ships saved from dispersal.
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From its position and traits Manitoba is hailed as the keystone of a continental arch. The piece frames Canada’s growth from regional colonies to a vast dominion spanning the continent, with expanding destinies and immense resources. It casts Manitoba as central to this imperial awakening.
Report says G H Hut tom, superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Lacombe, is likely to take over as director of all Dominion experimental farms if G H Grisdale becomes deputy minister of agriculture.
A Baltimore Sun item accuses a merchant of double standards, charging a man two dollars for a necktie from the same stock once sold for twenty cents four years earlier, and faulting the explanation of the price hike.
The article notes global wheat surpluses and storage in Australia India and Argentina. It argues the US faces shortages with only 20 million bushels available while other nations hold hundreds of millions in reserve. It attributes scarcity to shipping limits rather than crop size.
An advert claims Parme Lee’s Vegetable Pills ease fullness and stomach discomfort from dyspepsia. The copy emphasizes the pills as specially compounded with sterling qualities vouched for by many users.
Colonel Joseph Boyle of the Yukon, a Canadian officer, becomes Roumania’s hero after saving Roumanian deputies from Bolshevik exile. He convinced Russian authorities to release the group in Sebastopol and escorted them to Odessa and Jassy where he received royal honors. He had earlier carried Roumanian peace terms from Jassy to Odessa to avert hostilities.
The text quotes President Wilson's war aims, urging German leaders to read his message and note the insistence on a final settlement. It warns that compromise is surrender and calls for destroying arbitrary power that disturbs world peace, signaling a stark stance toward Germany.
Wartime economy measures in Canada generalising food and supply conserving. The conservation branch, with the Canada food board, has operated since February to cut waste and manage rations for troops in training and abroad. Bread in camps uses 20 percent substitutes for wheat flour while all flour meets Canada food board standards.
An old health ad explains how pale cheeks and breathlessness signal anemia watery blood and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to build up blood. It claims sunlight exercise plain food aid recovery and offers price and mail order details from The Dr Medicine Co Brockville.
A returning soldier on a crowded London bus drops a shilling as lights fail during a tremor. Conductor notes the loss while passengers grope to recover the coin, highlighting wartime scarcity and daily hardships. Also mentions Miller's Worm Powders as a trusted vermifuge urged for children.
Alberta land titles offices in Edmonton and Calgary report a sharp rise in farm land sales this year, exceeding activity not seen since the boom days, according to figures provided to the provincial government.
Mrs Torkins questions Charley about staying up late with a sick friend, prompting questions about the friend’s condition and potential heavy losses. The tone is kind but firm as the exchange unfolds in a Washington Item context.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece notes a child asking about the meaning of “twab ile” and explains it refers to arguments advanced by the opposing side.
Frederick Kellaway, secretary to the minister of munitions, warns in a Midlands town that Britain faced near disaster from U boat warfare. He notes submarine menace remains grave and that losses are now within tolerable limits, with munition ship sinkings greatly reduced from wartime peaks. Lord Beresford cites danger from uninterned aliens and alleged information leaks aiding torpedo strikes, estimating daily British and neutral tonnage sunk around 13 000 tons last month.
A reader from Gelleside Station Kings County New Brunswick reports a facial tumor healing after using Minard's Liniment. The testimonial notes initial trials with other remedies failed until several bottles of the liniment were used, resulting in complete healing and disappearance of the tumor. Set. 17.
Ralph D. Paine recalls Dunkirk during air raids as bells ring from the belfry singing the Hymn of Jean Bart. Citizens join in song in cellars while bombs fall nearby, embodying defiance and spirit amid devastation.
A brief London exchange shows a teacher challenging a pupil about correct grammar with the girl insisting she cannot be taught in the stated manner. The dialogue highlights language learning tension and a witty back-and-forth.
An officer from Toronto quotes a letter praising French resolve and US, French, and British troops united against German domination. He recalls ruins of a village and the pathos of war, urging unwavering spirit at home. The piece ends with a wartime ad for a worm exterminator as a domestic aside.
Modern farming contrasts ancient labor with modern science improving yields. The article notes past work hours and days to produce a bushel of wheat, compares eras including Nevo and King George V, and highlights how today science boosts harvests. It also remarks on farm sales and urban job seeking in agriculture.
A friend praises a man as honest while Mise Pepperton challenges the test by proposing an umbrella instead of a pin. The exchange appears in Londes Answers with a humorous twist on honesty and deception.
A garbled quote shows a boy asking about manners while an elder responds, noted as a fragment from St Joba Telegraph. The text reads Couldn't Understand It When I was a lad I was newer na reglity like you. What was the matter with yrne, fa? Debcated out somethin.
A cryptic snippet references money orders and a name Dominion Kee Reese and Five Gellary, with unclear actions or context. The fragment suggests a money order related note or instruction without concrete details or outcomes.
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