05 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
1
A commercial traveler criticizes Riverside Park band nights for disorderly crowds of children and touts. He urges the park committee to curtail activities after 10 PM, noting safety concerns for women and families and requesting stricter supervision.
A letter from A Sharland of 6228 Woodman Ave denounces park crowds at River side Park on Sundays for failing to stand during the National Anthem. He urges discipline and respect for soldiers fighting in Europe, laments dancing during the music, and condemns foreign and British behavior alike. A second brief note claims Villa kidnapped 110 girls in Mexico, with twenty deaths reported.
Poem by Captain Harwood Steele envisions maple trees planted on graves of Canadians killed in Flanders. Two decades later, wind through the maples recalls the fallen as a sacred memorial tied to Belgium and the Dominion. The verse speaks of enduring reverence and memorial symbols for the war dead.
An older health note advises that backache and kidney discomfort signal excess meat and uric acid. It suggests taking four ounces of Jad Salts with water before breakfast to flush the kidneys, describing a grape and lemon acid remedy.
A letter to the editor touts Anuric tablets as a remedy for backache lum ba go and rheumatic troubles caused by uric acid. The author claims Dr Pierce tests confirm relief, urges obtaining a trial package, and links the medicine to his hospital work in Buffalo.
This ad describes using freezone on callused foot skin to loosen and peel away dead tissue with no pain or bleeding. It claims a quarter ounce suffices to remove corns and calluses and leaves pink healthy skin beneath without inflammation or infection.
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