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Newspaper
Outlook
Location
Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
In a London scene King plans to connect the Amaranth Club with Mr Barthelemy’s private house and a medicinal bath open at dawn. A constable notes early customers and hours as King notes a path to his unknown target and chuckles at Avery’s door.
Hilda Tressingham juggles duties from the India-linked past while toppling doors for her brother and managing a tense liaison with George Ellington. Ellington senses danger and class distance, yet is drawn to her charm as he weighs motives and restraint in her luxurious Down Street world.
An official explanation outlines the order rationing horses to boost oats for human use. The policy limits horse feed to those used exclusively for trade and business, with penalties for noncompliance and restrictions on any grain fed beyond essential labor use.
An Italian naval engineer presents a new unsinkable cargo vessel for approval by the ministry of marine. The ship displaces 10 300 tons and can carry 5 800 tons of cargo. The design features a hull with enhanced buoyancy and double bottom protection.
Alberta reports 16000 automobile licenses in the first half, double 1916, signaling strong farm prosperity. Saskatchewan eyes 30000 licenses by summer as high prices lift production, demand for building materials, motor cars, and farm efficiency grows. Rural land sales rise while rents normalize and urban activity recovers.
Sir J Crichton Browne argues the true mission for women is maternal care not creches. He warns women returning to wartime work may harm infant health and urges reverting to pre war conditions. He estimates milk yields and lactation value during nine months for Wales and England babies.
The British Board of Agriculture advisory committee urges mass slaughter of unprofitable poultry to cut waste. Old cocks and 1915 or earlier hens showing moult signs should be killed, with exceptions for breeding stock. 1916 hens unlikely to be kept and 1917-1918 cockerels not needed for flock purposes should also be culled.
The Saskatchewan department of agriculture plans a small five by four inch booklet to accompany railway tickets. It explains western Canada, especially Saskatchewan, offering farming advantages to attract settlers. Deputy minister FBW Auld oversees careful editing to include maximum solid information in minimal space.
Footwear shortfall drives clerks to walk barefoot on main streets to save their feet. Verlin stores pivot to wood sandals with minimal leather for guards. Citizens observe dozens of shoeless workers while avoiding foot exposures amid economic protest.
An authoritative report to a Daily Mail reporter describes a proposed exchange of 709 British civilians for more than 6,000 Germans held abroad. Exchange to start immediately with batches sent home as ships permit and costs shared by each nation.
A man explains he cannot support his daughter’s marriage and fears telling her. Life quotes him saying he will do his best despite his inability to endorse the match.
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