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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
7
A fragment from Ottawa Canadian Club remarks on agriculture. The speaker stresses the farmer’s central role linking independent effort to national sustenance. He argues that success hinges on basic facts, scientific knowledge, and the farmer’s connection to broader forces shaping bread production.
The government announces urgent steps to regulate food prices and ensure delivery of staple goods to the capital. Officials aim to speed conveyance of foodstuffs during shortages and prevent hoarding while the public awaits purchases.
A lengthy discourse contrasts national mood in England with France, noting how British leaders and newspapers urge truth and morale. It recalls Lloyd George's frankness, public sentiment, and the impact of collective spirit on wartime resolve, with digressions on education and a travel anecdote amid turmoil.
The article argues that swine shelters must be large, light, dry, and clean with cement floors and straw bedding. Side hill or basement hog houses are deemed damp and unsatisfactory. Properly built, well ventilated hog homes require only a few dollars but yield better gains and feed efficiency.
The article reports a Saskatoon board of education body discussing school reform aims to improve teacher quality, curriculum breadth, and inspector roles. It notes calls for stronger rural and urban elementary and secondary schooling, support for normal schools, and potential creation of a chief inspector to supervise standards.
An old time ad claims Zam-Buk removes facial blemishes by purging poisonous matter from clogged pores. It touts herbal essences that penetrate skin to expel waste and restore a healthy complexion, discouraging use of powders and cosmetics.
A German soldier discovers a strange growth near a trench that leads to a fat producing microbe. Scientists report a yeast fermentation yields 17 percent fat, 43 percent hydrocarbons, and 1 percent albumen, offering a potential boost to meager food supplies.
The text notes limited availability of Dr Thomas Erleckie Oll with few merchants stock, suggesting some alternative oils. It asserts no oil is as effective as this liniment and as an internal medicine in certain cases, claiming high demand proves its unique popularity.
Inquiries into who Mount Robson is named for remain unsettled. Best evidence suggests it honors an employee of the old Northwest Company rather than John Robson, a former British Columbia premier.
The National Service committee in Toronto endorses distributing pocket wallets to all action soldiers at the front in Holland for Christmas. The wallets would carry useful writing materials and other essentials, a plan proposed by Sonera Alderson and accepted as a general gilt.
Large areas along the Hudson Bay railway between Le Paw and Port Nelson Manitoba burned this year. Losses include timber and supplies valued up to 250 000, plus game and animal losses. Fire damage affected high land stands, with limited drainage and pro tective efforts hampered by subcontractor negligence and unemployed laborers. The railway, under departmental control, faces ongoing risk from fires and scant protection.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for neuralgia sciatica and other disorders of the nerves. It claims the pills improve blood quality to restore nerve tone and strengthen the system, with testimonials from a Mrs Smith in Ontario and other asserted users praising dramatic relief after long medical treatment.
A local tale centers on a famous village purported will expert who allegedly monopolizes inquiries. He confronts a lawyer about Brown’s will and hints at revealing how the wealthy man left his estate. The exchange reflects village speculation and the value attached to the late man’s property.
A public letter extols Nerviline as a universal pain remedy for back ache sciatica earache cramps and toothache. The author claims it soothes joints muscles and all ages and recommends the large family bottle as economical and effective.
The article notes German casualties on a long front and includes a train wreck incident on a single-track line where a conductor failed to send a flagman. A drummer was injured, his hat pushed down, but no bones were broken. The piece contrasts wartime losses with a domestic mishap on a railway.
The War Office announces a distinctive labeling scheme using kiaki bee zards bearing a royal crown to indicate fit and unfit men for service. Labels will be distributed to those enlisting or awaiting colors, to applicants deemed fit, and to those invalided out as unlikely to become efficient.
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