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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
7
Margaret Woo argues for country life, praising health, independence, and moral vigor found in farming communities. The piece contrasts rural ease with urban toil, noting longevity and opportunity for self-respect among country dwellers, while warning against the city’s grinding routine and environmental downsides.
In fragmented notes the article describes scraps from domestic production being repurposed for export to Europe. It mentions hemp strings, brushes, discarded cotton stock, patched stockings, and graphophone and electrical parts as items salvaged for sale abroad. It references housewives selling scraps and the evolving view of material reuse as wartime necessity.
The Romans built enduring highways with a fourteen foot width and a seven foot pavement on each side. Their method included a trench, a solid foundation of large stones in mortar, multiple concrete layers, and a top surface of polygonal stones. These roads still exist in Europe or can be identified by their preserved construction.
The article surveys urban health in Paris amid ongoing conflict, detailing high tuberculosis deaths, infant mortality, and contagious diseases as core public health battles. It notes stark disparities across eastern wards, driven by foreign-born populations, birth rates, and crowded housing, with a call for reform and cleaner living to curb preventable deaths.
A 1913 discussion notes Canada with over 3 million horses and Russia as a major supplier. It forecasts a future horses shortage due to war, urges breeding superior stock, and mentions the Patriotic Fund aiding Indian soldiers' families. A light aside covers a marriage proposal anecdote.
Reports from Canada recount severe crop damage from cutworms across prairie provinces with fields nearly destroyed. Dominion entomologist advises poisoned baits using bran, zinc, molasses, and other ingredients, plus clean tillage and weed destruction. Saskatchewan reports Ted-backed cutworm and army cutworm as major pests. advice includes deep fall digging. Also notes on Scofield Bible prophecy series and a joking farmer inventor.
In a national perspective the country must raise farm profits to fuel development of natural resources and industry. The text argues agriculture needs adequate rewards, better markets and credit, and references immigration, markets, and credit systems in several European countries as models to boost rural income and sustain national growth.
A zoological article from the Smithsonian annual report argues man is not the dominant force on earth as insects eclipse him. Buckland notes insects threaten forests, crops, and health with vast numbers and rapid growth, warning a single species could devastate foliage in one season.
A brief note highlights the need to prohibit destructive actions against specific KEP items and the implications for preventing pest-related damage. The terse reminder underscores regulatory gaps and enforcement concerns.
The cherished giant clock in the House of Parliament tower was toppled and repaired. The bell, struck by the bell rope, weighs about 13% tons and produces a resonant tone heard across London. The vane and property belong to the clock’s bell cast, a gift to Sir Benjamin Hall, then commissioner of works, at the time of casting.
Recruited miners, now conscripted as trained infantry tools, join the British Army amid WWI. The article extols miners’ underground combat skills, likening spade work to strategic weaponry and predicting their pivotal role in night patrols, reconnaissance, and aiding frontline defenses.
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