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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
7
The piece argues that paired training and support from wives bolster soldiers returning home. It cites England's early land colonist programs and government aid for training in farming and related trades. It notes wives’ growing farm roles during wartime and urges careful skill matching for postwar employment.
A plan proposes follow the orange and relate ra to create an advertising program paying $20,000 a month. The scheme would cover milk products including milk buttermilk cheese and cream and would rely on ads in leading daily papers. It aims to boost consumption and profits if sufficient interest funds advertise pay and supply matches demand.
Fragmentary notes describe Captain Koenig in Baltimore contemplating sacrifices by the Deutsch. It mentions a potential offer of a night out and a $50,000 for accompanying a force to hand over with his titulars.
The readable text mentions a street reference from last year and a goat named Hitch Goow. Details are unclear and wording is damaged, offering only partial fragments of a local note.
A translated feature extols British care for soldiers, noting tents, gardens, and meticulous cleanliness. It highlights medical staff, dentists, chiropodists, and comfortable hospital quarters, claiming such care boosts morale and fighting will.
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin estimates losses from uncleaned western grain shipments exceed half a million dollars. The report details an experiment using a monitor cleaner and five horsepower engine attached to an elevator wagon to reduce waste, noting mixed results and streaming damaged grain in transit.
Fragmentary text shows Abe and Bobby involved in a wager dispute while Yee serves as captain in an unclear contest. Details are unreadable but hint at tensions surrounding leadership and a contested outcome.
An American visitor discusses Bukowina as an Austrian frontier land between Galicia and Romania. Czernowitz hosts about 70,000 with Romanians and Ruthenians forming major groups. Rumanians align with Romania religiously and culturally. The piece traces ancient roots, Latin influence, and the region’s modern claim within Romania, noting historic shifts under Moldavia, Wallachia, and Turkish suzerainty.
Professor Schafer of the Washington Station outlines steps for seed and sheaf exhibit grain. Harvest at maturity, thresh early, reclean away chaff, remove oversized kernels, and sample one kernel per bag for seed. For sheaves, harvest when mature, pull by roots to dry, cut roots, use full stalks, bind four inches in diameter with tape, remove leaves for neatness.
A 13 year old Italian boy named Margutti serves with Italian troops, earning a corporal’s insignia and riding to trench duty. He explains his role as a frontline fighter, saying he is in the same class as other soldiers and has been promoted, prompting astonishment from officers and peers.
Fragmentary wartime note praises a legendary defense that supposedly prevented German victory and harsh peace terms. The damaged text attributes the idea to a naval chief and extols officers and men who serve, implying enduring debt and resolve in both hemispheres.
A fragment hints at a German setback, describing a dramatic mood and theatrical attitude as insufficient to conceal impending failure. The text emphasizes a looming defeat inferred from tone rather than concrete details.
Unable to determine readable facts from the provided text. The fragmentary content does not clearly identify persons, organizations, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
A damaged clipping notes hardship as a statement claims people were forced to beg for cash amid wartime production and shortages. The wording is garbled but indicates financial pressure and manufactured goods scarcity.
An article on the Dominion By-Product and Research Society presenting a straw gas method. A single bale of straw yields gas for lighting and heating via a retort, with patent rights in several countries. George Harrison and partners tout farmers installing small gas works to eliminate coal hauling, boosting rural energy independence.
Fragmentary notes describe salt poisoning incidents in livestock and poultry. The text mentions cattle sheep chickens and horses being harmed after consuming excessive salt or salt-containing substances, with several cases of chicken deaths and severe effects on larger animals when starved and given large salt quantities.
Report from Cheshire notes British soldiers, after strict discipline, shift to training games with apparent ease. The piece describes soldiers as palm hands in a playful set, counting on a quick return to duties as readiness grows.
Fragmentary line reads as a casual query about appearance. The text offers little verifiable context or clear names, places, or outcomes to anchor a fuller summary.
Rail traffic shifts after the European war boosted car capacity usage and prices. The Grain Growers’ Grain Co of Bor recorded a single car load of 310 bushels on August 3, marking the highest per car return noted in this period.
A simple barometer using two bottles with a water filled container and a vent fitting into the upper bottle. The device aims to indicate weather changes with reasonable accuracy based on liquid movement and air pressure dynamics.
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