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Newspaper
Lloydminster Times
Location
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
10
The article urges conserving resources during wartime and endorses abstaining from liquor to save money and strengthen the nation. It cites German efficiency as a model and argues personal sacrifice aids the war effort and resource economy. Ottawa Citizen reflects on patriotic duty and national strength.
The article argues forests can serve as revenue sources for governments. It cites the Shilwald in Zur ich and compares Swiss and Canadian practices. It notes per acre revenue of 7.20 francs in Switzerland reducing tax needs by over 32 francs in value. It warns forests are often viewed only as immediate revenue sources and urges fire protection and sustainable cutting to maintain perpetual revenue.
Belleville Nova Scotia and Auburn New York women report long term illness resolved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters praise relief from female troubles with confidential advice offered by the Pinkham company mail service.
A Canadian bulletin explains that manure remains the strongest soil improver, with clover and legumes supplying nitrogen from the atmosphere. It advises measured use of commercial fertilizers as supplements, notes high costs of nitrogen, and emphasizes rotating crops for sustainable fertility and microbial activity.
Almost every member of the Mant Grain Growers association agrees to donate one acre of his crop for patriotic purposes. It is expected that about 10,000 acres will be donated, with proceeds totaling well over $200,000.
A detailed discussion of cockerel and pullet breeding methods and pen management plus notes on exhibition standards. It covers dual pen systems, comb traits, color varieties, and the importance of origin from prize strains for successful exhibition stock. Also mentions Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a brain worker remedy.
The article argues calf and lamb slaughter drives meat costs up due to cattle scarcity. It uses a fictional farming example showing rapid herd growth and calf sales to illustrate waste in selling young stock. It critiques legislation as a remedy and reflects Hide and Leather’s stance on farming practices.
The article cites Minard's Liniment curing distempa and recalls novelist David Christie Murray visiting Gladstone. Gladstone jokes about a bearskin coat bought in Bulgaria. Murray remains a jet set traveler, while a father answers about his son Josh not reaching the head of his class. A cryptic baseball reference appears at the end.
A fragmentary manifesto attributed to a German faction proclaims that world government and Allied victory alone can end the war for liberty. It accuses rulers and the press of deceiving the Fatherland while calling for emancipation from tyranny and the restoration of Poland and other states.
The advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a permanent cure for obstinate indigestion by building new blood to restore natural digestion. It features testimonial from Mrs H Carmera of Locke Street North Hamilton Ont and notes availability at druggists or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A war report notes swarms of large green flies tormenting troops in trenches and field hospitals. Flies fill food scraps around garbage pits and hinder care with buzzing and feeding on wounds. Aerial shelling is overshadowed by this pest, prompting a new English society to combat the nuisance.
Grace Barstow, a San Jose woman, is described as the world’s sole female violin maker. She trained after a career as a violinist, apprenticed with an elder craftsman, and produced several fine instruments. Her seventh violin used redwood from a thirty year old plank, yielding praised results.
A dialogue snippet asks if they own real estate. They reply they do not own property, then explain they own an automobile instead.
An old ad touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor with bold claims of relief without pain and a price of five cents. The copy emphasizes guaranteed effectiveness and warns against corns and calluses with aggressive marketing language.
The piece describes early trials of improvised headgear from canteen lids to steel helmets and the British Admiralty plan for a life-saving inflatable waistcoat. It notes French experiments with canteen lids reducing shrapnel injuries and the shift toward manufactured helmets, plus a naval waistcoat with a central rubber tube that inflates to act as a life preserver.
The excerpt discusses broadening interests beyond one’s job, stressing reading and meeting diverse topics. It recalls a Galley oarsman Ren Hur seeking balance to strengthen both body and mind and includes a fragmented dialogue about a grocer and a son’s fit for the trade.
Kansas City Star recounts John Wanamaker’s tale of starting in a Philadelphia store where coworkers mocked his clothes. He rose to foreman by outworking peers, insisting every boy can succeed if he starts right and stays with it. He urges diligence, loyalty to the house, and making oneself indispensable.
To safeguard the chi from damage that worms cause, Miller's Worn Powders are praised as medicine par excellence for children. The powders claim to clear the system of worms regulate and stimulate organs harmed by worms and improve digestive processes efficacy.
A Vancouver World article laments Poland's long tragedy under partition and coercion. It argues Poland's resilience will forge a future nation as Russia vows reform and Belgium gains sympathy in the wider conflict.
A fragmentary quip depicts the Oldboy Twins aged eight and contrasts two paths for long life. Native and Johnany offer a childlike exchange about tobacco use and the meaning of expertise.
The Department of Agriculture releases Circular No. 9 from Ottawa on The Control of Potato Diseases by H. T. Gisson. It covers diseases of Solanum tuberosum, prevention and remedies, seed potato precautions, recognizing infection, spraying for Colorado beetle and late blight, storing seed, and details on bichloride of mercury use. It warns against stable manure and notes peat benefits, with Bordeneaux mixture guidance and how to obtain the publication.
Fragmentary 19th century style notice mentions oath and firm in Toledo County with odd spellings. Includes names and a patent remedy claim for treating catarrh. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and a Toledo address with dosing instructions.
In Manchester a German named Jack Johnston saves a British soldier from an officer and a shell blast. The Highland specter tale explains the soldier awoke after Johnston’s explosion and redirected to a British trench where he survived.
A dairy and farm advocate argues farm life cultivates initiative valued by employers across industries. He contrasts urban control over daily life with farm training creating independent, energetic citizens, praising the country as a superior environment for developing character.
Governor Capper spoke from the Kansas building steps celebrating Kansas day at the Panama Exposition. He praised the state for outlawing the saloon three decades ago, noting half a million Kansans have never faced a saloon and that Kansans live and thrive because they dared to end that curse.
A retired major-general writing for the London Daily Express describes a review at Shrewsbury with Bonar Law and General Ad seeing Canadian troops march. He says the soldiers, under Major-General Stee, formed a remarkable contingent including a French Canadian regiment. The men stood in heavy rain for over an hour and a half and impressed as tall, disciplined veterans.
A fragmentary note from the New York Post contemplates the cost of discrediting militarism and upholding righteousness amid international tension. The text hints at a broader debate on ethics and national policy, suggesting a heavy price may be paid for true peace.
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