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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
6
A fragment urges strict economy and fair use of food by all migrants, condemning hoarding and urging utilization of all produce for winter. It extols conserving supplies, notes Canadian crops like peas and barley, and hints at a new era of life from Dr. J. D. Nowe's asthma remedy with inhalation showing lasting relief.
A colored preacher denounces sins in a crowded sermon warning against shooting craps and theft while mocking rival acts. A brother in the back seat reacts with a sheepish look as the preacher riffs on moral failings and community concerns.
The text reports on milk deliveries to cheese and butter factories totaling 157 620 638 lbs in the year. It notes 624 combined butter and cheese factories and a grand value of about 62.5 million dollars for butter cheese and related products produced in the Domin last year, with estimates for 1917.
Annamite troops known as the little brown wen of France’s colonies in Indo China have joined the Western Front in World War I. Mostly students from French schools they formed volunteer battalions, serving alongside Russians Canadians English and Australians. They are treated as ordinary privates in combat but retain noble titles among themselves. Their first public appearance was July 14, 1916, during a military parade in Paris.
A fragmented notice touts Minard's Liniment being for sale everywhere. The text also hints at a court or military context with phrases about a concey officer and pneumonia in teams at the base, though the legible parts are unclear and patchy.
In a Paris letter from a German prison camp, young Richard recalls how the commandant grants prisoners broad privileges including tennis gear and nets. He notes officers and companions enjoy time and recreation, with racquets and balls supplied from the commandant’s pocket.
Advert reads Miller's Worm Powders as a child health remedy that expels worms and strengthens infants. It emphasizes mothers' duty to protect babies from worm infestations and related ailments.
A local exhortation urges households to cut waste and conserve bread and other foods during shortages. It stresses thrift, community effort, and practical discipline, noting urban prices fall only with careful consumption and daily practice of frugality.
A fragmented note describes a man with a strong prior who faced minor charge and had law and evidence on the defense side. After arguments, a verdict of guilty emerged and a lawyer facing release sat with his back to the magistrate. A judge urged the offender to address contempt. The scene appears from the Atlanta Journal.
The passage argues that the nation must guarantee a crop supply and farmers must produce enough food to win the war for democracy. The pressure extends to Canada, stressing equal duty for all allied nations.
A wartime appeal describes mass production of tins and biscuits to supply soldiers at the front. The piece stresses the need for ready provisions and urges civilian support without requiring biscuit purchases.
French officer Garandeau and volunteer Verdier crawled across No Man's Land under heavy fire to retrieve a dead officer's body tied to a rope. The daring recovery occurred in daylight with machine-gun barrages covering the operation, followed by two more volunteers who insisted on retrieving the second body.
Dr RK F Ruttan of McGill led a Western provinces science mission touring six weeks of study. He said lignite found in quantity can substitute for seven tons of a key domestic product, signaling potential for wartime materials and energy use. The group met with The Globe representative to discuss objectives and implications.
The piece traces wartime nicknames for enemies and allies, noting Beche as a harsh label for Germans and contrasting poilu Tommies Yanks and Hun related terms. It links terms to historical uses and clarifies that earlier names were not meant cruelly, while Beche carries reproach for barbarity.
A British flyer near German lines is struck by a bullet in the trenches series. The lone aviator, young and brave, dies within a moment as bullets whirl around the frontline air corridor.
Fragmentary notice touts a product claimed to clear worms from infants and restore health. It mentions a Mother Graves brand worm exterminator and suggests it affects the intestines to aid sleep.
German newspapers publish elaborate reviews of the three war years that cast doubt on the claimed great victory at the Battle of Jutland. The articles suggest skepticism toward the high command's boastful assurances and call into question the veracity of statements by German officers.
A field report notes Major Goldthwait, one of twenty American medical officers in France and England, returning to recruit surgeons for further study of modern wound treatment. The aim is to extend advanced methods to U S forces after treating 1380 wounded at Endon hospital and to prepare peers for future care.
Advertises Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for weak nerves, offering renewed energy through red blood. Claims thousands cured, praises blood and nerve restoration, and notes sale by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
During Ottawa investigation a witness cites Mr Pardee and Max F. Wolff in connection with a Canadian hospital abroad. The witness names Wolff as editor of the German Herald in New York and mentions Pardee in relation to the inquiry.
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