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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1916
Page
3
Historic designation noted for the Patain station on the PF B near Hope by the main line, honoring passenger agent A W Brodie. June 4 starts new timetables, with Kritle votes branch junction ending at Brodie. Station and timetable changes accompany local railroad updates.
The text blends health cure pitches and domestic humor with scattered quotes and wartime financial figures. It references blood remedies for skin tone, a saloon of household products, and a statement about France's famine related relief finances, plus stray social critiques and promotional lines.
The speaker argues that women will join the global workforce after the war, potentially displacing men. He predicts higher wartime wages will not persist, unions resisting the change, and a return to simpler, nature-aligned conditions as a response to future trouble. He cautions against delaying emancipation and urges prudent use of newfound influence.
A health note extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for daily household stresses affecting women. It cites improved color and appetite and includes testimonials from Canadian women and a soldier’s report on morale and nerves. The ad promotes purchase by mail and through medicine dealers.
A new Waterworks edition from the Commission of Conservation details Canada’s water and sewerage systems. It shows growth from 7 to 133 plants, total water plant cost of 123,725 dollars, 206 wells and 322 lakes sources, and treatment progress with 72 filtered and 21 treated plants. Sewerage systems reach 279 with 4,253 miles and 74,444,000 dollars cost. treatment exists in 75 municipalities, mainly in the West.
Advices from the War Office indicate Canada will supply horses on an extensive scale for Allied use this summer. About sixty thousand horses have been purchased to meet military needs, with the British War Commission operating from Montreal. Lieut.-Col. Warnock, M. P., is ordered to report for duty as the effort continues.
French reports declare a new Spad biplane faster than the Fokker, capable of surpassing 125 miles per hour. The aircraft, shown at Louis Blériot’s Suresnes factory, is delicate in appearance yet requires expert pilots for safe handling.
The Liverpool Daily Post quoted Edward Russell of Britain’s press as noting shifts in the Dutch government and English coverage. The Edmonton Journal echoed the view that developments this summer could prove significant amid strains between Dutch upper classes and England.
A garbled Life piece contemplates European conflict and plunder with Allied bloodshed and the looming value of farm lands. It contrasts war’s toll with the end of free land as a generational shift nears, noting advancing farming progress and future land prices amid turmoil.
One hundred dollars reward offered for catarrh cure. Ad claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure purifies blood and heals mucous surfaces. Encourages immediate use with testimonials available. Also includes miscellaneous quaint dialogue snippets and product placement.
A reflection on farming as the path to happiness and gain, noting veterans’ peacetime role in Canada and hopeful postwar governance. Also reports New Zealand unity speech, Argentine wine exports growth, and a Pennsylvania quarryman finding a diamond ring in a carp.
A puzzling exchange features Professor Airy and four world figures debating probability and abyssal profundity. They conclude the matter is “all a tons-up” amid a visit to a wounded soldier. The dialogue teases weariness and bystander chatter about visitors.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a diplomat discussing luck rituals and financial security. Conversation touches on touching wood for luck, money requests from a partner, and a note about insurance policies with reference to American machinery in Halian factories.
The text explains blood purification via kidneys removing liquids and solids daily, noting uric acid and waste. warns that overfeeding and drinking strain kidneys leading to impure blood and rheumatic symptoms. endorses Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a quick blood purifier and preventive treatment with a single pill dose priced at 25 cents.
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