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Newspaper
Lumsden News Record
Location
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
5
The article argues that women can substitute across roles from farming to munitions to household work to support soldiers overseas. It notes skilled farmers and wartime farmwomen gaining praise for efficiency, with women stepping into duties once done by men and reinforcing national effort through practical labor and training.
The text describes child driven livestock contests at fairs in Western Canada, noting clear adult interest and support from breeders and government bodies. It highlights a Calgary Winter baby beef event for heifers aged nine to seventeen with fourteen prizes, cites Dr. J G Rutherford’s promotion of baby beef on the Strathmore Demonstration Farm, and argues baby beef farming is a key Alberta Ontario Western Canada growth area with expanding programs and future sheep, lamb and pig feeding contests.
A wartime appeal emphasizes utilizing all talents for conserving food from this time until the war ends. No exemption is allowed and substitutes must be supported while the primary supporters are occupied.
Brig. Gen. Carey assembled a scratch force by telegraph, messenger, and signals drawing in labor battalions, electricians, signallers, a nearby infantry training school, machine gunners, engineers, and 50 cavalry. The improvised unit held the German advance at Amiens for almost six days, as officers and men adapted on the ground.
A wartime portrait recalls workers in the Battle of Picardy who, beyond age limits, held a crucial bridge and stopped a breach that aided the British army. The piece contrasts the raw courage of labor battalions with the image of Carey and other officers directing from the lines.
A fragmented text line hints at a domestic scene with incomplete dialogue about affection and acceptance. The garbled wording makes the exact meaning unclear but suggests interpersonal tension.
Superintendent A ts Smith says the park closed the year with strong growth across species. Buffalo numbers rose by 537 from last year to 2920 while elk and other wildlife also increased. total animals reached 3441. Farm activity included 8000 bushels of oats Threshed and 1200 tons of hay cut and stacked.
Fragmentary OCR text reports a missing object or person with unclear details. The readable bits hint at a transportation or arrival incident but lack concrete names, places, or dates.
A reflective tribute to fallen soldiers and the enduring memory of heroism. The piece honors those who sacrificed for freedom, pledges gratitude to the empire, and asserts the nation’s duty to remember and protect the weak through the losses endured.
Mr Wilken M Grahan named Indian commissioner for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to expand Western reserves work. He champions shipbuilding and colonization ideas from Pile Hill. About 16 000 acres set aside for ex pupils of Indian schools to live away from relatives and farm. By 1917 thirty olive farmers and others run farms. grain output exceeded 100 000 bushels in 1916 and 1917.
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