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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
A Bethlehem report describes a British soldier on duty at the sacred manger site. The youth writes from Bethlehem about guarding the birthplace and surrounding space, expressing honor and surprise at fulfilling a historic role. The note mentions the manger as a natural rock with protective measures.
The British government accepts Feyot’s offer to immediately contribute £000,000 for war costs and provide a further halt soillion in the budget. Miller's Worm care marketed to children promises to end worm troubles and boost health, while a Plattsburg marriage links to a journalist’s son and a joking exchange about honesty and claps.
The Detroit and Cleveland Aerial Navigation Company aims to test safe passenger aircraft for fast Detroit to Cleveland routes and emergency service. Plans include ready planes at Detroit Cleveland or Buffalo for rapid departures and potential mail contracts and regular schedules.
A Portland Star column notes an oil famed beyond its birthplace though Thomas Electric Oil is not Canadian origin. The piece traces its good name across Central and South America, the West Indies, Australia and New Zealand, where the product remains on sale and in demand.
The article notes Canada's battle casualties total about 400 000 with roughly 100 000 killed wounded or captured. Major General Mewburn cites an unofficial figure around 30 000 deaths and warns the war's financial toll is immense yet secondary to the aim of overcoming Germany. By March 31 spending nears 83,660,000 with 1000000 more expected, continuing Canada’s wartime effort on a scale comparable to prior years.
Dr Campbell of the British Ministry of Food says adding potatoes to flour improves bread’s loom texture and flavor and helps it keep longer. With wheat flour shortages, it is urged that households include a certain potato quantity in bread at home as patriotic duty.
An old advertisement touts Putnam’s Ex factor and Painless Coin Extractor as quick cures for corns. It promises relief with just a few drops, claiming the corn shrivels and drops off promptly, urging readers not to pay more for other remedies.
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports a frontier correspondent says Germany is constructing long range lines like those used to bombard Paris at Sevaering five minutes southwest of Liege in Belgium. It claims the Cockerill works are requisitioned for this purpose and that all factory workers have refused to work and will be deported this month.
Berlin reports that the emperor visits the front daily and shows keen interest in prisoners. British troops salute him as he praises their brave attitude, noting his repeated expressions of admiration for officers and men alike.
Fragmentary quote records a magnate discussing golf value and time cost, noting a high price per minute and large sums in dollars, with garbled OCR style suggesting an auction or showy event surrounding golf.
An aged testimonial from Stratford Ontario promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women's health issues. It recounts severe back pain and nervous weakness improved after one bottle, with praise for restored strength and reduced distress. The piece mentions an earlier reference to the product and its supposed benefits for women.
A party of sailors on leave marched past an internment camp of Germans. The Huns gathered at the fence to watch them pose. One sailor shouted “Where you come from” and another answered from the blockading sea.
The fragment cites individuals claiming recovery from bronchitis asthma, rheumatism and a severe attack by products labeled Minard’s Linime and related remedies. Mentions Mahone Bay and Bridgeware as locations or sources in the terse ad text. The text is garbled with several misspellings and incomplete names.
Manitoba agricultural college bulletin reviews gopher and squirrel behavior, urging youth involvement in field study. It details hibernation, burrow patterns, and a range of species, plus notes on poisons and publication availability from the Manitoba Department of Agriculture. Also reports on Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia education standardization plans as discussed by Premier William Martin after a Calgary ministers conference.
The article discusses egg composition and storage methods noting moisture loss, shell pores and preservation. It mentions infertile eggs as best for non incubation uses and suggests eggs relate to meat weight. It also reports England's effort to produce dog wool from long haired breeds and a Red Cross committee formed to oversee this.
Mrs Ernest F Adkins from Bretton endorses Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative that relieves common infant ailments. The ad notes merchants sell them or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co for 25 cents a box. Also mentions a Dudley England steel works manager fined for attempting theft and overs hours miscount while reporting European war fighting men totaling 17,000,000.
The food control board orders mills to stop adding bran to shorts and to label all flour as Government Standard Flour. Mills must bag graham flour in seven pound paper bags with weight marked outside, and encourage purchase of graham flour and edible bran. A proposal urges adding one pound of edible bran per fifty pounds of government standard flour to support soldiers in trenches and civilians in work.
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