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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
2
The text urges conservation and careful handling of food and property, promoting canned vegetables like rhubarb for winter use and warning against wasteful habits. It extols the value of protective remedies and hints at a cure linked to Dr Asthia Remedy, framing it as a solution to intrusions and smoke-related effects for the afflicted.
A fragmentary account describes a confrontation over melon theft with a rear seat exchange. The speaker condemns the crime while a referenced individual reacts meekly amid a tense, cryptic dialogue.
The article notes Canada dairy outputs for 1916 to 1918, detailing cream to butter factory deliveries totaling 157,020,008 pounds and 22,119 patrons. It lists ibis chest factories, 24 combined cheese factories, and 16 condensaries, with 18,6597 pounds of cheese produced in 1916. It cites total cream and butter shipped to Canada valued at $26, or more, totaling roughly $24 36Rn30 in 1919, and estimates the 1917 and 1918 dairy value approaching $100,000,000 with other dairy sectors included.
The text describes volunteer battalions recruited for service in France during the Great War, noting a depletion of clonal institutions and various entities connected to the effort. It references units serving under mandarin leadership within a framework of military mobilization and local supply names, with scattered notes on vitamins and products. The fragmentary source mentions Minard's Liniment as a product for sale.
Fragmentary dialogue describes a dying patient and a doctor in a hospital setting. The excerpt mentions payments in sovereigns and a despondent mood as a nurse or observer recalls a bleak exchange. The scene hints at medical care and the emotional strain of death.
A German officer prison camp commandant grants broad privileges to detainees and children amid a long wait for peace while family letters from Paris recount tennis fanfare and purchases of racquets. A verse on worms and Miller’s Worn Powders is advertised as a health remedy for infants.
A fragmented historical notice urges thrift in food use. It cites Chicago’s waste reduction and stresses individual responsibility to curb shortages. It emphasizes practical daily actions to avoid waste and echoes timeless proverbs about prudent consumption.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Nard’s Liniment, dandruff cure and a charged offence. Details are garbled with unclear names, dates, and locations, making precise extraction difficult. The core idea references a historic health remedy and a legal accusation in a contested setting.
A wartime appeal urges continued tin supply for soldiers feeding with pork and beans and milk. It notes biscuit shipments arrive in pars card board cartons not tins, urging readers to avoid buying biscuit in tins and to favor fresh biscuits in cartons.
Decorated for unusual bravery, French Sergeant Garandeas received the Legion of Honor for gallantry during a night raid near the French lines. He exposed himself to heavy fire to recover fallen comrades, crawling through barbed wire under a machine gun barrage to reach No Man’s Land and bring back the bodies with aid from a fellow soldier.
Dr Ruttan of McGill University spoke to reporters from The Globe on agricultural policy. He promoted lignite as a potential domestic fuel, urged provincial gas industry involvement, and argued dry potatoes and vegetables could boost farming. He noted farmers increasingly raise livestock and that preserved dried potatoes swell back to normal when rehydrated.
The article traces origins of the term Boche from Italian bocca and its wartime usage against Germans, noting evolving connotations from enemy label to broader disdain. It describes Allied soldiers, German troops in trenches, and distant noncombatant impact, with a fragmentary mention of a field report and a dramatic airfield anecdote.
A fragmented war era piece argues the German navy, led by the Kaiser, failed to renew its spectacular Jutland victory. It questions why further bold acts were not carried out and muses on British sensitivity and German restraint after the engagement.
Out of one detachment a 1.60 yen payment was sent for special treatment to London hospital for crushed and broken bones. About a thousand were acting at the age to May 18. Major Goldthwait arrives from the front. Plans to study new methods of treating wounds and adopt similar approaches are announced.
An article extols the Pink Pill as a mood booster and nerve strength remedy claiming it cures nervous disorders caused by stress and overwork. It cites dramatic testimonials, details a Canadian endorsement, and notes the maker’s mail order box. It mentions military figures and a newspaper editor involved in the debate on wellness and patriotism.
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