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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
7
A fragmented OCR style notice appears with odd phrases like Zeppelins Afraid of Paris and shed mentions. Readable parts reference hunting, Dervishes, and resuming activities with unclear dates or places. Strong entities are unresolved. content is sparse and non-cohesive.
A provincial prison at Fort Saskatchewan Alberta pursues self sufficiency through intensive farming. The 203 acre farm yields oats, barley, hay, turnips, carrots, parsnips, rhubarb, radishes, lettuce, celery, and vegetables. Livestock including pigs and dairy cows support local needs, with land leased on the Sass-et side and a focus on grain and forage crops.
The article argues environment over birth defining nationality blending race and upbringing. It notes Canadians differ by province and cites how isolation shapes identity, then warns of intestinal parasites in children and promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a cure.
Scotland Yard captured the last gypsy band in England near Sheffield. One man drafted, three jailed for petty thefts. They believe the EyPsy business is ended for the war. Before conscription gypsies roamed Scotland, now serving or doing war work. Dairy progress shows Alberta butter output rising to seven and a half million pounds in nine years. Saskatchewan creamery production jumped from 166,246 to 102,5000 pounds. Amalgamation proposal under study to unite seventeen Saskatchewan creameries under one management.
Fragmented OCR text notes trees felled across Britain not only for lumber but to provide landing grounds for air travel. A farmer near London laments lost oaks after a plane crash and questions the value of the land. War Office replies pending.
A fragmentary notice discusses severe Canadian winters harming babies and the need for air, warmth, and medicine to protect health. It mentions tablets to regulate the stomach and bowels, sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr. Willitae Medicine Co of Brockville. It also references reforms on bread cost, tea, shipping nationalization, and poultry rearing.
A fragmentary ad claims dread of attacks ends with a claimed cure allayed by a “true specific.” It asserts safety and certainty in its makers’ product and urges readers to try it today to verify its benefits.
Russian plans include 380 liquid fuel locomotives built at the Locomotive Works. Tractors weigh seven and a half to each and run on narrow movable tracks about 20 to 12 inches wide. Engines reportedly pull 25 to 40 tons depending on track condition and could be used in trenches as well as rear areas.
The British postmaster general suggests telephone subscribers use phone numbers as registered telegraphic addresses, a simple plan that could end the need for inventive addresses and even the concept of a unique address form. Critics urge caution, noting potential loss of expressive, story-filled addresses in favor of numeric plainness.
A Baltimore American excerpt notes a lively school dinner scene where children mock a teacher. The discussion turns to knitting grandmothers and the line beauty is skin deep prompts a quip about girls. The piece ends with a stray stat about natural mineral waters production.
The note explains how Scouts earned 648 badges this year, with Progeny badges standing out. It highlights popular badges like Cooks Cycleist, Car peaters Scheumer, and Naturalists Fire Sisteco, and mentions King’s Scouts and Sea Scout examples. It discusses photography proficiency including developing, and lists requirements for three portraits, three landscapes, and three action photos.
A Chicago Tribune note describes a fashionable gathering where guests planned to dispose of unwanted gifts in a white elephant game. Eleven of nineteen society women ditched their husbands, provoking an unexpected disruption at a Presbyterian church event in a Scotch community. The synod reported no new members or professions, only a raid on the treasury and sermons. Pray for stability as the community faces Sunday tensions.
A brief ad style snippet touts Minard's Liniment as a cure for colds and soft corns. The dialog emphasizes user confidence and the product's safety and efficacy, claiming rapid action and satisfaction if worn out footwear or ailments are not resolved.
The article recalls Richard Cobden's Rochdale speech from October 29, 1862, warning industrialists about relying on foreign powers for food and raw materials. He argued that warfare could suddenly cut off supplies, leaving a nation unable to resist or prevent shortages.
A fragment identifies Theodore Dorais as a customer connected with Minard's Liniment Co. Limited. The text mentions Lutetium or Merten ore and a date reference from May in St. Tei, suggesting a historical trade or notice context in Quebec.
In a brief classroom exchange a medical professor asks a student how to dose a medicine. The student pauses, then states a change of question revealing the patient had died forty seconds earlier, underscoring the gravity of mistaken treatment.
Fragmentary OCR text yields little concrete data. no clear persons, organizations, or events to identify. Summary limited to noting unreadable garbled phrases and the lack of verifiable details.
The Earl of Derby, a keen observer of war conditions, says predicting the war’s length is folly. He notes both sides show resolve for a satisfactory conclusion, and believes the struggle to a finish could be very long barring uprisings and other disruptions.
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