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Newspaper
Lawson Post
Location
Lawson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
2
Reports from French army HQ detail German depredations in Cha teau-Thierry after brief occupation. Homes looted and damaged beyond shelling, tapestries cut, portraits torn, mirrors smashed, nurseries defiled, and furniture destroyed as residents flee the town.
The Detroit News notes Fooh's approach as a rare leader who carries out plans before revealing them publicly, signaling an enigmatic and strategic style that mystifies his countrymen.
A World War era commentary argues that defeating Germany is not enough. Citizens must reform themselves at home, denounce profiteers and sloth, and build a democracy in daily life while resisting class conflict. The piece cites a Seattle newspaper ad for Parmrice’s Vegetable Pills as a standard medicine claim.
The piece recounts two British pilots, X and Y, achieving rapid aerial victories against German planes, their daring dogfights, and a patrol of twenty enemy machines. It notes their leadership, bold maneuvers, and the absence of medals or ribbons, emphasizing their proven skill and resilience.
Building activity in Western Canadian cities runs well ahead of prewar levels with Moose Jaw permits through July 9 more than doubling year earlier. Officials expect the trend to continue as other cities report strong construction prospects. Minard's Liniment for Sale Everywhere.
Newfoundland enforces a newly effective conscription law to bolster wartime strength. Men are scarce on fishing boats, women fill farms, evaders are rounded up, and most conscripts choose enlistment over jail. The text also oddly markets Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a vermifuge.
Survivors from two sailing trawlers, a British and a Belgian, tell of German cruelty after a bombing and sinking. The Belgian skipper and his son among the dead. two English crew rescued. Germans ransacked the ships and plundered valuables while the crew clung to the submarine deck. Survivors say the Germans ate ravenously and watched for hours before rescue.
The Livestock Branch of Saskatchewan's Department of Agriculture will exhibit and sell pure bred bulls and grade heifers at provincial fairs. Animals are sold at cost to qualified farmers with one third cash payment on heifers and one quarter cash on bulls.
Port and a bye appear in town as moose wander the suburbs this summer. The animals wander near homes until disturbed by a dog or passerby, prompting several sightings and concerns about safety and suburban wildlife incursions.
Towns and cities mobilize volunteer workers to cut and shock wheat on American farms. In Warrick County Indiana forty men shocked over eighty acres in one evening, with laborers from towns driven by autos after town duties. Cooperation to hire harvest help comes from farm help specialists, county agents, councils of defense, and other bodies.
The passage describes asthma patients longing for escape from an attacking foe. It claims Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy helps many finds relief and a return to life, stating the product acts at once for sufferers.
Statistics from the Canada Food Board show inland shipments for four weeks ending June 29 at 175 149 pounds export shipments at 467 568 pounds and fish on hand 560 458 pounds. The total marketable catch for the prairie provinces reached 1 240 175 pounds.
Certification letter from W. S. Pineo of Woodlands Middleton Nova Scotia endorses Minard's Liniment as the best findment for family use and for horse flesh, praising its effectiveness based on years of use.
Alberta hog profits exceed U S prices due to higher returns and lower production costs. Farmers feed oats barley alfalfa on low-cost land with few disease losses. Hog prices above eighteen dollars per hundred replicate a four to five dollar gain from last year.
A Windsor Record traveler recounts a humorous Dakota farming routine where a farmer plows a long spring-to-fall furrow, then harvesting back. He adds a practice of sending newlyweds to milk cows and their children return with the milk, as a local quip.
Prosperity extends across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with crop outlooks favorable. In a Northern Saskatchewan town crops are ahead of last year. wheat, rye, barley in strong blade growth. grasses abundant. cattle thriving. Hog numbers more than treble last year and breaking in full swing signal good gains for next year.
A by-law passed by Cabri Saskatchewan requires all buildings on the town’s main street to be constructed of brick stone or cement. The measure reflects an effort to standardize the town’s appearance and durability.
An early 20th century ad-style claim promotes Putnam's Corn Extractor as a painless, fast cure that shrivels corns and removes them like dead skin. It promises quick results for a quarter at any drug store.
In Southern Alberta irrigation by the Canadian Pacific Railway shows its value as crops sustain moisture supply. Farmers on irrigated land report wheat yields near fifty bushels per acre versus ten to fourteen on non irrigated plots.
The horticultural branch of the provincial government reports very encouraging fruit conditions across British Columbia. Prices are higher than usual, and growers anticipate better financial returns as yields are strong.
A speech by Lord Leverhulme praised merit and said ability will be recognized and rewarded whether in industry or factory. He told a risqué anecdote about a cannibal chef who allegedly converted a missionary into an elfish stew, prompting the chief to leave the royal table.
An old health advisory urges mothers to use Baby's Own Tablets to prevent infant stomach illnesses during summer. It stresses cholera infantum diarrhoea and dysentery as dangers and claims tablets prevent severe illness and save lives. The ad notes sale locations and prices.
Farmers in Western Canada disposed of several flax cars. A Champion Alberta car sold at Winnipeg for 5627.76 with 1466 bushels of flax. A Lethbridge Alberta shipment netted 725 after freight and handling. Harris Saskatchewan car likely set a high price at about 6475.
Work has begun on a $100,000 abatinane packing plant at Prince Albert Saskatchewan with a target completion by early September. The facility will house about one hundred head of cattle and one hundred hogs. An extension at Moose Jaw Saskatchewan is also planned costing about $70,000 to support cattle operations.
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