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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
7
The British use a contrivance to lift torpedoed ships by pumping water at the opposite point to balance weight, restoring buoyancy. Reports claim Germans adopted it for raising wrecks. Also a medical ad promotes Dr J D Kelloge's Asthma Remedy as a relief for severe cases.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote a newly married woman visits a grocery to buy eggs. The grocer defends the supply as freshly from the country. She retorts that farmers rush production and sell too soon, exposing moral fault lines in rural commerce.
A letter from St Isidore dated August 18 1894 praises Minard's Liniment Co Limited products. The writer states frequent use for self and patients with gratifying results and regards it as the best all round liniment extant.
A Times letter rebukes officialdom for producing a fatuous display by giving priority to German prisoners over a Grat-class carriage at Folkestone. The writer, a British officer, laments the inconvenience faced by jet officers returning home, as reported by the London Daily Mail.
The article explains the Karakel lambs from eastern Bokhara also called Karakel far. It notes the district yields about 1,500,000 lambskins annually and Americans pay around five to ten dollars per skin. Lambs are slaughtered within three days of birth for curling. It suggests the United States and Canada have suitable land for Karakel sheep and that American production could succeed.
The article traces early submarine ideas back to the 16th century English seaman William Bourne. It notes Bourne described expandable boats using leather bellows to adjust displacement, aiming to overcome deep water bulk, though his vessel could not endure great depths.
The New York Evening Post envisions England installing a wartime military style hierarchy for domestic workers. Servants would become household orde relatives to sappers, majors, cavaliers, and quartermasters. Uniforms could blur identities in khaki.
An old health ad claims indigestion causes gas pains and stomach oppression with belching. It touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the remedy, promising restoration of proper stomach action and a course of treatment with simple directions for a complete relief.
A married woman tells a friend of an awful fright at church on her wedding day. The friend responds that she witnessed the event, claiming she was present, adding a note of dramatic irony to a Boston Transcript item from the period.
Tifis on the Kura River sits 300 feet above the Black Sea as a commercial center exporting silk carpets cotton boots silverwork and wines. Its population includes Georgians Armenians and a German colony from 1814 with a modern Russian town spanning government buildings a museum a cathedral and stores alongside an old Persian quarter. The city dates back to 399 and saw Persian and Russian occupation events through centuries including 1795 plunder by Persia and permanent Russian protection by 1799.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as a mild fast acting remedy to relax bowels cleanse the system and improve health. It claims the liver is cleansed blood purified and spirits lifted with guaranteed effectiveness and a 28 cent price per box.
Small fast French tanks played a key role between Aisne and Villers Cotterets last week. Each crewed by two men a driver and gunner the new tanks outpaced ordinary tanks and could maneuver on slopes and swing in place quickly, making them tougher targets for enemy artillery.
Troops disembark from a newly arrived transport after crossing the Channel and breakfast on bully beef and hard biscuits. They march through French lanes toward an encampment, passing sunlit docks, cannon, and posters as a band welcomes them and fatigue gives way to purpose.
Report recounts daytime dogfights, German aces and French losses as air combat tightens. Notable pilots include the Red Baron and French leaders Fonck Nungesser and Madon, while German fliers like Berthold and Musthoff tally many victories. Captured planes and night raids over French territory cited amid evolving aerial protection tactics.
British press correspondent reports that since the British entry on March 1 last year Bagdad has transformed from a dead city to a thriving hub. Thousands of workers fill streets as oil lamps give way to electric lights, water and sanitation improve, mosques and roads repaired, schools opened, and the municipal government becomes self supporting. Bridges span the Tigris, and life for army and civilians accelerates amid a calmer security landscape.
European inventor proposes a paper horseshoe equal to steel for general use. Parchment is cut with shellac and litharge treated oil, pressed into uniform pieces with holes and grooves. An adhesive rubber solution could attach it, or paste could mold the shape, but grip on ground is insufficient due to an overly smooth surface.
An old advertising notice extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a summer tonic to restore appetite and digestion. It claims improved strength and energy, urging purchase from druggists or by mail for six boxes at two dollars and fifty cents. The piece targets women and hot weather fatigue, linking digestion to blood quality and vitality.
John Sweeney of Yorktown Height, NY faced heavy fox raids that wiped out hundreds of his poultry. He sought a fox hound from Zanesville but the Express company refused delivery due to government traffic. Hoover forwarded the issue to the federalFood Director. The incident prompted transport bureau inquiry into the shipment of a dog to aid a farmer in wartime effort.
A fragmentary line from a Cincinnati Es senirer piece questions a mother’s feelings as a son speaks, revealing a rustic dialogue about marriage and propriety in a dated tone.
An official despatch from Bern notes German efforts to suppress circulation of Prince Lichnowsky memoirs and statements by former Krupp director Madilon. It claims Germany moves to block dissemination of writings blaming Germany for the war, while pamphlets quickly resurface and are sold by German agents. The Lichnowsky and Muehlen memoirs disturb Germany, their arguments allegedly echoed by the Kaiser in a recent speech.
A local notice proclaims that Mother Graves Worm Exterminator offers relief from worm infestations blamed for convulsions and fatalities in children, promising protection for young patients from these distressing afflictions.
A garbled account mocks a wartime stage spoof involving a schooner and women aboard. Readers glimpse jumbled phrases about periscopes, German threats, and naval imagery, with scattered names and places and a Philadelphia Ledger reference.
The piece envisions a modern, educated, hardworking Russia rising as a united liberal nation. It contrasts Russia’s recovery with France's past excesses and notes Russia benefited from real liberal allies while France fought monarchies alone.
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