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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR notes reference the post office during wartime, noting limited disruption and scattered lines about clerks, schedules, and local operations. Mentions of banks, detonation threats, and local figures appear in garbled form, with no clear impact details or dates.
An advertisement extols Bays Own Tablets claiming to regulate bowels cure constipation expel worms and aid digestion for children. Sold by druggists or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont. The copy links to a worm exterminator by Mother Graves and promotes health for children as a mother’s priority despite mixed content about a railway and a social exchange.
The piece argues the British army led by Sir Hora Dorrien should be sizable to restore liberty and fight alongside all peoples of the empire. It asserts past conflicts prove unity under threat, urging arms if liberty is endangered. The London Daily Express quotes the sentiment.
The article argues alcohol and morphine form unbreakable habits causing moral decay. It notes morphine is less used than alcohol, cites public opposition to drinks, and mentions international examples from France Germany Sweden and Ontario. It concludes with a note about Minnned’s Liniment curing Diph.
Officials in the Department of Naval Service indicate that only candidates selected by the director of the Canadian Naval Service, Admiral Kingsmill, can be admitted to the Naval Air Service. Britain’s training schools are reportedly full, with no more Canadians being favored at this time.
Grants under the Instruction Act aid provincial and other sources to fund colleges and schools, improving equipment and resources for agricultural education. Funds are allocated for 1915-46 across provinces including Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia to bolster agricultural colleges and related institutions.
The naval service invites applications for Canada patrol duties. Candidates must demonstrate knowledge of high speed motor boats and handling of separations. Two late applications were noted and processed by Admiral King, director of naval service for Canada.
An advertisement claims Nerviline reduces swelling from injuries and eases muscular strains and rheumatic pains. It touts a user named Mr Howen and asserts Nerviline treats chronic pains like neuritis and sciatica, with a long history and affordable pricing for family and trial sizes.
Wartime dispatches describe winter campaigns and trench hardships as soldiers endure frost and mud. The piece emphasizes the need for field rations tobacco mouth organs crackers and comfort items to sustain spirits amid snow sleet and shelling.
A wartime anecdote recalls a boy mistaking the admiral’s surname Jellicoe for a character in a tale. The lad asked the officer his name, learned Jellicoe, and joked about a film or romance involving an aeroplane proposal. The scene amused onlookers at the hospital setting.
An advertisement recounts a coffee drinker’s claim that caffeine harmed nervous strength and sleep. After switching to Postum, the writer reports steadier nerves, better sleep, and improved health, urging others to quit coffee for Postum's supposed safety and benefits. The piece promotes Canadian Postum Co and both Postum forms ®.
Kronstadt, the island fortress guarding Petrograd, evolved from Peter the Great’s 1703 fortifications. Once pivotal in the Baltic through the Great Northern War, it remains heavily armed with forts and batteries, guarding the Gulf of Finland and shaping naval approaches to Russia.
A. Lane discusses how incorrect lighting causes eye strain and poor sighting. He describes his method using two 200 watt nitrogenized bulbs positioned three feet in front and four feet above targets to mimic daylight and reduce blur.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. The copy asserts money rewards for cures it cannot achieve and markets the product through F J Cheney Co Toledo and a National Bank of Commerce connection. It promotes direct action on mucous surfaces with testimonials and 75 cent bottles.
A fragmentary discussion in a local scene questions when the Black Bull tavern will open for business It notes prayer meetings Rebecca Lodge oyster festivals Lyceum Course and Sock and Buskin events often cause closures. The speaker wonders about open nights and speeches by a congressman or notable figure.
Opinion argues conscription is a wartime necessity while universal service is militarism. Kipling’s New Year message to Russia pledges allied sacrifice and steadfast resolve for a day of reckoning.
Kansas City Star notes film producers use electric and mechanical devices to simulate warfare on stage and screen. Laborers and youths perform scripted battle scenes with fake shells, gas, and trenches, while hidden operators animate explosions, water columns, and moving bayonets to fool audiences.
A column discusses Italian taxes including a five hundred fifty tax on foreign burials and high city levies on vehicles. It also recalls a Scotsman miscommunicating cow housing as a “pyre” and a concert joke about an incomprehensible item “The Muckin’ ’The-a-cleansing ofah-George’s-ah-cowhouse.”
A muddled article discusses past inquiries into Canadian technical education and possible wartime shifts in industry. It digresses into medical quackery about worms and quotes a war correspondent on a parliamentary meeting with Lloyd George, noting censorship of a sectarian remark.
A visitor urges buying a ticket for a returning soldier while Miss Innocence Mercy resists, asking what she would do with him. The exchange reveals a blunt social dynamic and future implications.
An advertising notice from Lawree at 90 Churchill Avenue in Toronto promotes a free book and test patent related to cancer treatment. It presents a general medical offer without clinical details and urges readers to inquire locally.
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