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Newspaper
Lemberg Star
Location
Lemberg, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
2
The article notes a more than 30 percent reduction in transit time through the Panama Canal over six months, with ships as large as Windjammers previously taking longer. It reflects on how the canal’s efficiency has improved, shrinking passage from weeks to hours and meeting higher expectations.
A Canadian man praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after his wife, ill for two years, recovers. He asserts the pills cured kidney issues and claim the medicine restores health, urging others to try the remedy despite mixed opinions from authorities.
Alberta ministers push a new act named The Cow Bill to aid mixed farming. Five homestead plots join to borrow 56000 in notes for cows and heifers secured by the province. Loans bear six percent interest, repaid in five years, with cattle inspection by agriculture officers.
The missionary in a remote region transmits a message without speech by writing on a board a command to a boy. The boy carries the board to the teacher, who reacts and provides a tool, marking the first voiceless communication in the country.
A quoted claim states that no matter how deep a corn or wart is rooted, it will yield to Hlolfoway’s Corn Cure when used as directed. The line suggests confidence in the medicine’s effectiveness.
The ad claims worms are fed by morbid stomach and bowel conditions and that Miller's Worm Powders will change these conditions and quickly sweep worms away. It asserts contact with the medicine is harmless to people and promotes it as especially beneficial for young constitutions.
Morgan Kingston, famed operatic tenor now in New York, learns from his younger son at the front that he heard a voice singing "I Hear You Calling Me" in a moment of danger. The son asks the nurse to confirm the singer, and she replies that the world’s great singers are not the man he suspects.
A garbled Ottawa Citizen excerpt describes a rooster awakening someone and a humorous remark about waking someone and gaining a reward. The passage preserves the tone of a casual local page note.
Kansas City Times declares German terms after Russia peace are ruthless conquest and warn against liberal hopes in the central powers. The piece portrays Germany with a savage motto and says the world must defeat Germany by its own methods.
Weak nervous sufferers urged to try Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore blood, vitality, and nerve tone. Testimonial from Mrs McIntyre of Gananeque Ontario describes relief after use. pills available from druggists or by mail at 50 cents a box, six for 2.59 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A damaged note describes a sketchy display with a warning not to touch items using canes or umbrellas. A small boy adds a postscript about taking an axe, suggesting a puzzling, unsafe ambiance around the exhibit and its instructions.
A vintage advertisement touts Putnam's corn remedy as a fast acting cure that lifts out corns without pain. It claims the product dissolves calloused tissue and shrivels the corn so it can be peeled away, with a guarantee and a price of a quarter at any drug store.
The report recounts the Jutland fight where HMS Shark faced heavy German fire. Captain Loftus Jones, wounded, refused aid while the Acasta shielded Shark. A shell splinter severed the captain’s leg yet he remained on deck directing the ship.
The article notes a London Ledger analysis praised by the Toronto Globe. It contrasts Anglo-Saxon and Prussian mindsets, arguing Prussia relies on force and fear while Anglo-Saxon reasoning favors prudent, peaceful conduct. The piece urges a robust, multi‑weapon approach to carry on.
The New York Times piece argues Germany must be driven from Russia to curb its ambitions. It states defeating Germany prevents a broader imperial base, safeguards civilization, and ensures lasting peace by denying Germany future power in Europe and beyond.
A Washington man driving through Virginia stops at a familiar toll bridge and learns a new keeper has taken over. When he asks about the former keeper, the response hints at his death but avoids confirmation, noting only that he was “a good enough man.”
A Detroit Free Press note asserts that a gentleman should not criticize or question a woman who rejects him. It argues that even suggesting the woman has poor taste would mark the speaker as a cad and reflects badly on his manners.
A London correspondent notes fashion trends toward youthful styles each year and asks readers whether such changes meet approval. He quips about a wife riding in a baby carriage beside a car, illustrating changing tastes and social poses.
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas’ Electric Oil as a trusted household medicine. It claims wide effectiveness for common illnesses, emphasizing low cost compared to a doctor and urging households to keep a bottle ready for sudden needs.
The narrator describes a bizarre journey with invented names and odd goods in a remote Malay region. He passes through a world where mountains block distant lands and meets a “strange race” amid a cave-laden landscape as he contemplates unfamiliar cultures and foods.
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger item a youth approached the penny savings book in eastern schools and withdrew three grots from his account. He later returned the money on Monday morning saying he kept cash for weekends.
A Vancouver Province note recounts a medical examiner finding a recruit fit except for a “little sift” in his Irish blood and the applicant retorts with a stiff joke. The piece frames the scene with a humorous clash and local color. It then shifts to a vermicide advertisement praising Mother Lewes Worm Exterminator for saving children.
Farmers told to supplement hen feed with insects, worms, weed seeds, skim milk whey and buttermilk. Advice notes hens also thrive on table and garden waste plus grain. Rising prices push attention to cost effective feeds.
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