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Newspaper
Lumsden News Record
Location
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
2
Editorial reflects on four years since August 4 1914, praising Canada for living through hardship and contributing to Freedom's cause. It celebrates "peace with victory" and the reaffirmation of liberty, citing the Union Jack as a symbol of global freedom.
A Nazareth proclamation declares 1918 Christmas the most momentous, foretelling the fall of oppression and a world of equal rights. It honors those who sacrificed, calls for spreading sunshine into daily life, and urges all to prove worthy of the victory achieved through sacrifice.
Captain von Mantey of the German navy credits a supposed British deception for denying Germany a peace proposal. He claims Britain misled Germany about sinking rates and expected a peace offer, while condemning British conduct as the blackest crime yet. Source notes the piece as a reprint from the New York Commercial.
The article extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as long lasting and highly valued among market pills. It notes widespread use and public favor, claiming they have become a standard vegetable preparation without needing further advertising.
Gen. W. Yudenitch, once a feared Russian commander, has reached Stockholm after travel that found him disguised as a peasant on the road toward the Caucasus and the Caucasian front. His capture of Exterum and Trebizond was previously described.
A party of youths amused themselves with conundrums. One asked why a pancake is like the sun. A brilliant young Swede quipped that it rises in her yeast and lets behind her vest.
A Mrs Letts of South Forks recounts severe headaches from liver and kidney issues ending after using Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. Postmaster IO P Mes and Mrs F L Harris of Keatley report similar relief, crediting the remedy for improved health and reduced pain. Genuine pills sold by dealers and Edmanson Bates Limited Toronto bear A W Chase, M.D. portrait.
A teacher recalls a fainting incident with a tramp while a small boy eagerly asks if it was on the right or left side. The exchange captures a gritty street encounter recounted for a classroom audience.
A fragment notes a claim that Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria. It mentions a young man hired at a drug store who earns the nickname doc, and remarks on the limited social circles of the author.
Telegrams report General Allenby entered Aleppo on December 10 with a large Indian cavalry escort. The Fifth Cavalry lined the streets as about 100000 people watched. The mayor presented the keys and bread and salt, and Allenby met civil and religious leaders before addressing the crowd.
An advertisement elevation promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as quick acting and non scar-causing for wounds and cuts. It claims no other oil has its curative qualities and markets its use over cauterizing acids or other remedies.
Canadian corps headquarters opened at Bonn on December 11, one month after the armistice. The Canadian first and second divisions joined the Second Army on the Rhine’s right bank after a long foot march from the Canal Du Nord crossing on September 27. They faced the toughest assignment in the Ardennes Rhineland and finished on schedule, a credit to their spirit and endurance.
General Mannerheim, president of Finland, departs New Castle for Helsingfors to take office and pursue terms with allies. He seeks recognition of Finland’s independence and a government formed with cross party cooperation after meetings with London and Paris leaders. Willie’s soup antics appear in a stray domestic note.
Premier Orlando told the senate that Italy cannot demobilize any man and that all war materials remain intact. He warned that immediate difficulties to be surmounted have not diminished but increased, signaling ongoing national strain.
A garbled dialogue presents a sergeant questioning a private about a missing comrade. The line hints at a rushed order to locate someone named Pigtails and mentions Lane 6 Geld with ins back up, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
The postoffice department reminds the public that remittances to members of the army corps sent to Germany should be by postal notes obtainable at any postoffice, or by postoffice orders cashed at French village post offices as formerly.
An old advertisement claims Putnam's Extractor removes corns by touch with a drop, shrinking the corn and peeling it away. The product asserts it hurts neither during use nor afterward and promises fast results.
French government plans to present December 24 a bill by Deputy Jacques Ster to establish a national financial union among allies. The union would apportion war expenses by population, with support from about one hundred delegates from all parties. Britain reportedly considers a similar plan.
Fragmentary lines liken a snipe to a runner and a plumber to a bird in a cryptic verse. The oblique couplet hints at natural world imagery and wordplay without clear narrative or source context.
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