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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
2
The report outlines pay increases for the Army and Navy including annual sums in pounds for the first year and additional daily allowances for service. It notes broad financial implications and references a separate health remedy claim for children involving Miller's Worm Powders with claims of safety and efficacy.
The Toronto Star cites a $59,000,000 value of cars manufactured in Canada this year and 300,000 plus users, placing Canada third globally in automobile use. Despite rapid adoption, many owners use vehicles for work rather than leisure, signaling economic savings in time and labor.
London Tit-Bits outlines differences in insignia between American officers and British troops. It notes oak leaf for captain, poplar leaf for major, eagle for colonel, and stars for generals, with distinct coat sleeve braids and overcoat features separating officers from enlisted men.
A fragmented exchange shows a speaker urging action with a blunt line about hard work, while another responds that a boss misreads and references lost wives. The transcription reflects garbled dialogue and unclear context.
The Invalid Soldiers Welfare League is formed at the Edmonton Convalescent Home to promote welfare for discharged men. It coordinates athletics, social events, and financial aid, lending up to 400 to men reentering civilian life with security. The group supports widows and orphans of the Great War veterans and reports earnings from events, such as a show that raised $2,000 for the benefit.
Settlers request continued water flow from Canadian Pacific Railway ditches beyond September to extend irrigation into fall, aiming to boost crops for 1918. Lethbridge board of trade involvement mirrors Eastern irrigation block actions as the company agrees to supply water after official end of irrigation period.
The notice describes new supplies introduced by Dr Thomas in Wherever and ordered for distribution. It asserts broad efficacy and portable bottle formats suitable for travel, claiming strong potency across locations and none of the usual fears about breaking down the remedy.
Excavation eight to ten inches deep fills with four to six inches of cinders to make a base, then three and a half inches of concrete and a half inch top coat. Use well graded gravel, one part cement to three sand and gravel, with rough wall option and slight topping for grip.
The London Times comments on frequent aviation accidents during complex evolutions. It argues authorities misjudge causes and emphasize training deficiencies as the underlying danger, urging immediate corrective action for pilots.
The article argues Germany will endure years of social and economic boycott regardless of victory or defeat. It predicts widespread resentment, halted Franco British business ties, and travel shutdowns. The piece questions whether transforming autocracy into a republic or dethroning the Kaiser could restore German prestige and revive commerce.
A letter from Mrs A C St praises Baby's Own Tablets. She claims two years of use for her children and says the tablets banish simple ailments regulate bowels and keep babies bright and healthy. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont sells them for 23 cents a box by mail.
A fragment from the London Globe discusses eating raw onions like apples among a husband's expedition team, praising perceived benefits and ironical references to violets. It mentions Breton fishermen with onions in English streets, highlighting the onion's perceived advantage before the war.
The Pennsylvania railroad announced plans last spring to expand women’s employment across numerous positions. The effort aims to place over 2000 more women in duties from dispatchers and station staff to cleaners, messengers, ticket sellers, watchwomen, and other roles, promising improved service and opportunities at major stations including Philadelphia.
The text extols Maude as a strategist who wins through old fashioned discipline and relentless planning. It praises thoroughness, promises outcomes carried out to the letter, and frames Maude as decisive in guiding followers to victory within ongoing conflict.
An advertisement from J Cheney & Co promotes a cure for catarrh claiming dramatic relief and mucous clearance. The pitch hypes universal efficacy and urges readers to send for more information. No clinical details or evidence are provided.
The Military Hospitals Commission will erect a six hundred bed convalescent hospital at Ste Anne de Bellevue in Montreal adjacent to McGill University. The project seeks expansion to 990 beds, with central administration and four two story wings, equipped with modern treatment facilities and specialist staff. A power plant, kitchens, and vocational training spaces are included, leveraging MacDonald College facilities for staff and training.
The Monte real Weekly Witness reports that Almon Uncertain Canners say the outlook is serious in British Columbia and the only hope is a four year suspension of fishing on the Sound to allow sockeye reproduction. Daily catches are limited to around 20,000 as traps yield little.
Saskatchewan estimates a potato crop of over 5,000,000 bushels for the year. The Department of Agriculture places planted acreage at 49,244 with an average yield of 102.4 bushels per acre.
The Washington Post quotes a firm resolve that civilization cannot be half free and half shackled by Germany. The speaker insists the struggle must be decisive now and that Germany must be defeated to settle accounts for all time.
Glasgow Herald notes that the Kaiser prefers wars to peace’s reckoning as Germany faces bankruptcy in finances and manpower. Public anxiety grows in Berlin over ceding Belgium, Alsace Lorraine, and colonies, with calls for accountability reaching both government and crown.
The Toronto Globe reports a call for a revolting drawing by U S officials and war-time correspondents in Germany. It portrays German rulers as blood-crazed and the country as a diesiagnostic menace needing wartime sorcery to cure.
Advert shows Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand old remedy for women's ailments. It claims extensive proof that the medicine has relieved more suffering among women than any other medicine in the world.
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