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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
2
The article calls on the Government of Canada to act swiftly to stop extortionate profiteering in essentials, arguing that profiteers exploited wartime conditions to rake in profits. It notes wage pressures and rising costs, urges drastic measures, and links postwar profiteering to national stability and future liberty.
The passage argues that profits by meat packers and mills have risen 70 to 300 percent, blaming a small elite for high living costs. It warns that such extortionate accumulation fuels unrest, socialism, and potential revolution unless Parliament and the Government act swiftly to expose and correct these evils.
Frug shops report quick spread of good news about freezone a Cincinnati man claims to cure corns with a few drops per use and little cost. The sticky solution dries without burning surrounding skin and promises relief by shrinking and lifting corns. The ad links the product to preventing infections from home remedies and lockjaw.
Paris papers discuss the German assembly decision to sign the treaty, arguing Germany will only accept clauses under threat. Echo de Paris predicts German resistance persists across Europe, warning safety lies in victors' military alliance. Canadian wheat area and condition figures released. Clemenceau intends to resign after the treaty is promulgated. American war expenditures show department spending from 1917 to 1919.
A New York Evening Post recounts German General Von Winterfeldt, chief military plenipotentiary, arriving to negotiate with Marshal Foch. The officer once aided in espionage and wore the Legion of Honor during a palace confrontation, then faced Foch’s stern rebuke for the salute.
A Baltimore Sun excerpt decries Bolshevism. It argues the utopia promises have collapsed into misery and tyranny, with workers in Odessa opposing factory socialization while preserving private ownership amid Moscow and Petrograd turmoil.
The ad claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore rich red blood and strengthen nerves for middle aged women and those with female troubles. It cites Mrs H S Peterson of Millford Ontario praising the product and encourages purchase from any dealer or by mail at the Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Public inquiry at a park prompts the reply that the plant does not belong to any defined family. The old gardener notes the specimen is part of the public gardens, as reported by the Florida Times Union.
Fragmented text references Black Watch chewing tobacco and a Copenhagen food raid warning under martial law in Hamburg harbor. Mentions Ohio Toledo legal terms and Hall's Rheumatic Medicine with testimonials. Notes Lake Superior’s vast area as the world’s largest freshwater body.
The Alberta Minister of Agriculture reports that 10,000,000 acres were broken last year, about eight percent of the province's total cultivated area, and more than eight times the area under crop in 1909.
Readers note a compact reflection on chance and fate, with themes of fortune and hardship. The line suggests that pleasures and troubles alike arrive with equal ease, inviting contemplation of life’s balance and cadence.
An elderly man recalls using Putnam's Coin Extractor for decades, noting it was his preferred painless method. The favored device, sold at 25 cents, is described as reliable and simple.
Fred Stone Film Company of Los Angeles visits Vancouver en route to Lake Louise Banff and other Canadian Rocky resorts to film an all Canadian western story. The production will feature about twenty five hundred feet of Canadian scenery and will be released in the United States Canada and Europe. This is the first time a film company films at these Rockies resorts.
Kinard's Liniment advertised as curing diphtheria while a rail growth note cites Canada fear book 1918 figures. It claims railways grew from 1875 to 1917 with rising passengers and freight, gross earnings, and liabilities. Disabled sleep from diphtheria pain is linked to Kellogg's remedy, urging readers to buy genuine versions from local druggists. A fireman's son subplot appears in a jumbled tale.
A fragment describes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy to heat injury affecting a child. The text mentions lengthy use by women and asserts effectiveness in driving worms from the system, though phrasing remains unclear and incomplete.
North Dakota Agricultural College Extension advises housewives to preserve eggs with waterglass and other preservatives to bridge summer supplies into winter. A study found a local shipper sent 150 cases in summer and 75 returned in winter as prices doubled, showing value in inexpensive packing methods.
A notable conference between the National Farmers Union and the Farm Servants Union yields an agreement aimed at boosting food and clothing standards. From Whit Sunday 1919 the farm working day will be nine hours long, with stable to stable work not counting meal times. The average week will be 54 hours with overtime paid during seed-time and harvest. Holidays total 21 days or 42 half days annually.
Paris reports German figures on French prisoners held in Germany were found inaccurate. Under secretary Leon Abrams of the Ministry of War announced the correction amid ongoing estimates and wartime record checks.
Forest fires burn near Calgary Alberta in the Sheep Creek valley and threaten valuable timber in the Porcupine Hills. Prompt suppression efforts continue as authorities monitor the situation and estimate fire spread.
London Morning Post reports at Netherseal Colliery Bucton omy Trent a toad was unearthed 200 yards beneath the face in clay near the seam. Three inches long with tough skin it has no mouth now but seems to have been, and it is recovering sight and moving about.
The 1918 report of the Minister of Militia notes six Canadian soldiers who lost their eyesight while on active service attended St Dunstan’s Hostel for Blind Soldiers. About 46 remained in instruction at the institution.
Fragmentary notes warn of poisoning of the system and excessive eating leading to lethargy and weakness. The text cites a Dr Chase who worked privately on a related condition, mentioning medical secrecy and a fatal form of inefficacy disease.
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