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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled quotes about insanity, evil, and world danger with disjointed dialogue of a student and teacher. Characters named Fog Jind France Russia appear in a disrupted wartime rhetoric, mixed with stray schoolroom exchanges. The passage is incoherent and lacks clear narrative.
The Literary Digest reports warships suffer in peacetime with several 1916 incidents. Milwaukee struck a cable, Memphis wrecked near Santo Domingo, Hector sunk off Charleston, San Francisco tied for repairs, Tere I reefed at Puerto Plata, Jupiter hit by a rival vessel. Court-martial rulings show officers found guilty of negligence or acquitted.
An early 20th century ad-style claim touts a natural oral remedy that supposedly alleviates asthma by delivering a small vapor to the airways, easing breathing and offering fresh air. Advertisers say it is sold by dealers nationwide.
A described submarine net of wire and large meshes floats at the surface with buoys and weights, forcing a submarine toward its nets at depths around 200 feet. If the net catches a boat it may stop a submarine's progress or twist, indicating capture or entanglement. The World’s Work notes the potential outcomes and the peril of such devices.
A fragmentary note recalls travelers in the 1870s criticizing hotels in Budapest, Hungary, and London for lacking baths. It claims guests relied on scarce water access and buckets, with hotels like the Metropolitan and St Nicholas in New York also cited as falling short of cleanliness standards.
The article notes about 150,000 persons and firms awaiting telephone installations in Japan. The government manages the system and strives to keep pace with demand, reflecting rapid adoption of telephone service across the country.
The document notes a paper shortage affecting Britain and Canadian shipments. It mentions military orders and hall sheets, with letters and forms to be reused or duplicated only when possible. Instructions emphasize conserving paper, avoiding waste, and limiting new stationery where feasible.
The Scout urges Scouts to refrain from harming nests and birds, warning that destroying nests is cowardly. It cites educators praising Scouting for instilling ethics, responsibility, and physical training, shaping boys into dependable, helpful citizens through engaging activities aligned with a boy’s nature.
A garbled passage shows quoted dialogue about returning home in a degraded condition and awkward exchanges among speakers, including remarks about shame and weeping. The text appears as partial dialogue from a larger story in the newspaper page.
A fragment notes a flamboyant clerk in New Haven leaning on an unseen surety company. The text hints at risky ad buying and ostentatious behavior as the story’s core image.
The government mobilizes about 30000 workers including postmen carriers and rural carriers to assist the Secret Service in a nationwide crackdown on spies. Morgan & Company coordinates the advisory effort as allied nations spend billions on investigations and law enforcement since the war began.
Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd in Hamilton announces production of inter check and sales books. With high paper costs and waxed papers, they offer samples and prices for triplicate and carbon leaves, aiming to supply large and small orders to major commercial houses coast to coast. Offices listed in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver.
London Daily News argues that liberal powers must unite against despotism and predicts Russia and China align with liberty. It celebrates a woman's role in widening freedom while declaring Hohenzollernism a fading creed and a threat to peace. The piece foresees a world set free once the last despot falls.
A discussion on the collapse of a grand German plan and the shift of Western Canada towards agricultural policy. The piece notes disillusionment with Western politics as the dominant force and highlights farmers’ ticket appeals, agrarian demands, and the Regina Daily Post's reaction. It emphasizes protecting agriculture as the key national development amid broader war settlements.
Banish pimples and eruptions with Parme Wills as a tonic remedy. The ad touts pills from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont as a winter to spring health aid and tonic for mood, eruptions, eczema, rheumatism, sciatica, and neuralgia with pricing of six boxes for $2 by mail.
The Garrick stage hosted a short lived all women production titled Petticoats and a similar ill star best left memory The London Globe notes such shows struggle to attract audiences despite women driving theatre support while the era clings to the era of the matinee idol and male leads are still favored by the public.
A blunt critique notes a boom on the United States sparked by men seeking to dodge conscription. The piece questions what rights these men have to avoid pressure, arguing they move from one danger to another.
Fragmentary text shows a mother promoting a worm exterminator with strong marketing claims. Dialogue hints at child health, responsibility, and speechlessness, with era tone and advertiser rhetoric implied.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a cure for catarrh. The text promotes “Blasters Care,” a remedy called Catarrh Cute, and claims testimonials and endorsements. It lists W Colne? Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and a price of 78c with druggists carrying the product.
Government figures show immigration to Canada during 1914-17 varied yearly with 73 395 immigrants in 1916-17. Of these 61 389 arrived from the United States, 8 and 2 935 from the United Kingdom and the continent respectively, while 17 988 were refused at the border and 172 were turned back at sea.
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