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Newspaper
Lumsden News Record
Location
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
7
Saskatchewan buyers take up thousands of acres in two weeks as land prices range from 45 to 65 dollars per acre. A 610 acre tract sold for 19000 dollars, equating to over 76 dollars per acre, signaling strong demand despite poor crop returns.
The advertisement claims Parmelees Vegetable Pills restore liver function and improve mood and energy. It asserts the pills are purely vegetable, specially selected, gentler on the stomach, and free from gippy side effects.
A cherry tree planted during Ulysses S. Grant’s lieutenant tenure at Fort Vancouver on Ford’s Prairie Washington remains productive at eighty four. The tree spans sixty five feet with a trunk circumference of ten feet eleven inches, noted by the American Forestry Magazine of Washington.
A historical note asserts a woman’s hand in slipper related work has played a significant role in advancing civilization, highlighting the practical and cultural impact of such craft.
After continuous work day and night the main irrigation ditch in the Lethbridge system nears completion except for a small portion to be finished next spring. About 125 to 140 teams have been busy cleaning ditches and strengthening banks to carry full water capacity to district farms. Farmers foresee greatly increased use of water as irrigation potential grows.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a painless remedy for corns that shrivels and peels the corn off the toe quickly. It claims strong effectiveness on old and tough corns and promises a real cure for a quarter at the druggist.
Premier Lloyd George speaks at Albert Hall urging women to influence future legislation. He notes six to seven million women could determine policy, calls for voting against war advocates, and warns that a just peace must punish those who started the war and require Germany to pay the penalty.
A new natural gas field has been discovered about thirty miles east of Lethbridge Alberta. The opening well can produce 4,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. This field is a new gas well distinct from existing operations supplying power heat and light to most towns and cities in southern Alberta.
Mass meetings in Union of South Africa cities adopted resolutions urging retention of former German colonies by the entente. Edmon d H L Georges report on German atrocities prompted repatriation pleas and voices from Capetown Jo hann esburg Kimberley Port Elizabeth and Pretoria with Viscount Buxtoe urging continued control.
A distressed advertisement offers a $100 reward and implies a cure for a chronic ailment. The garbled text references a product or preparation and an address in Utah, with vague claims of efficacy and a solicitation for responses.
A couple arrives with a very young baby at a music hall. The manager refuses entry saying the infant could cry and disturb others. The father retorts that the baby is well behaved, citing good conduct at the grandfather’s funeral yesterday.
Kaiser William Hohenzollern reportedly faces a Versailles trial per Kaiser at Versailles notes. The column contrasts domestic strains, asthma concerns, and a medical remedy, urging Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a touted relief amid recurring attacks.
The notice blends several old remedies claiming cures for distemper and worms with a cautionary line about an innocent man pleading not guilty. It reads like a clipped promotional fragment from a 19th or early 20th century advertisement and legal-leaning aside.
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