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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
7
Selling agents wanted in every town in Canada to sell Sterling Clothes to measure. They have absolutely guaranteed. Write for particulars. Sterling Tailoring Co. 635 Street Toronto.
The foreman rushed into the boss's office reporting a house under construction had fallen. The boss asked what happened, and the foreman blamed the workmen for removing scaffolding before applying wallpaper, suggesting a faulty sequence led to the collapse.
A fragmentedReading from a classroom exchange shows a teacher asking about Brutus and Caesar while students mutter about Kansas and cream separators. The garbled snippet hints at wordplay and a humorous mishearing in a humor column or school page.
The College of Agriculture Sassa toon and Canadian Northern Railway completed eight series of dairy education meetings using an instruction car to display 100 slides on dairying, stables, and creamery practices. Ninety-one meetings drew 3,536 attendees despite severe winter weather, with strong growth in creameries and dairy output in 1915 and gains across January and February.
An estimable Manitoba resident extols Dodd's Kidney Pills after a year of back pain. She credits four boxes with enabling daily duties and child care, urging others to try the product. Also notes asthma relief claims for Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a dependable remedy.
The British government is building a wheat reserve to act as a standby in shipping emergencies and to curb price rises. It will total about 5 to 6 million quarters, mostly from Canada and Austria with some from River Plate, stored in public warehouses while millers hold a portion. The stock is not to be touched until around June, when holdings may be reduced or replaced to maintain quality.
Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company reports strong prospects with over 100 applications from districts seeking new elevators this year. Limited by material and labor, the firm anticipates potentially doubling its installations if supplies permit, noting 170000 bushels of traffic and a 4790000 credit line last year. A terminal elevator with 2 500 000 bushels capacity is planned for the coming summer, funded largely from internal resources.
The Director of Dominion Experimental Farms favors flax planting, arguing its potential profitability rivals wheat this year. He notes large flax seed consumption in North America, stresses clean seed and land preparation, and outlines best practices for new settlers to maximize returns on flax. The piece highlights economic incentives and agricultural guidance for flax cultivation.
A pasted clippings-style summary notes Dr Hamilton's Pills touted as a cure for weakness in women, claiming to nourish blood and restore energy with a 25 cent box. Also mentions Holloway's Corn Cure and tetanus warnings from Paris scientists, plus a gossip line about Mrs Blank and a chauffeurl.
A wartime appeal urges men to join the 179th Overseas Battalion Cameron Highlanders led by Lieut. Col. J. A. Cantlie. Any physically fit British subject is invited to enlist with 30 days paid leave for those aiding farm seeding. Transportation offered for 10 recruits from outside points upon medical clearance, Winnipeg Minto street.
A Ontario mother touts Baby's Own Tablets as indispensable and safe, seeking two more boxes at 25 cents per box, while The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. sells them by mail. A separate wartime note recounts a chaplain's ordeal in Surla Bay, aiding wounded Fusiliers under heavy shelling and burying fallen comrades.
Report from Paris discusses defense against Zeppelin raids credited to French aircraft. Describes a new single motored flying machine rising quickly and climbing rapidly, offering pilots freedom to fire at any angle. Also mentions advertisements about health products and digestion before concluding with notes on good digestion aiding dinner.
The speaker calls for two postwar conferences to settle bellicose nations' territorial questions and another conference of all powers including neutrals to reestablish the law of nations. The aim is to uphold legal order, end future wars, and prevent a relapse into savagery.
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