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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
3
The food controller announces restricting bran and shorts exports until requirements are met. Government may fix prices for feed and sell at minimal cost to farmers. dealers’ profits to be curtailed after provincial inquiries. Applications for feed go to the Ottawa Agriculture department.
Lord Leverhulme argues postwar workers will not accept pre war wages and living conditions. He says war broadened horizons, raised living standards, and workers will resist returning to old norms. Licensing of food dealers is under consideration by the food controller with public consultation planned.
A London Daily Mail editorial extols the British navy as decisive in World War II, crediting sea control with safeguarding 13,000,000 troops and vast material, denying Germany victory and ensuring lifeline trade for the Allies. The piece foresees a lasting heritage in naval dominance.
In Jerusalem bread now costs eleven times its prewar level, petroleum is thirty times higher than in 1914, and milk has risen by a factor of five.
A middle aged woman finishes Laura Jean Libby and declines a staff suggestion. The assistant offers a book titled A Kentucky Cardinal, explaining its cardinal is a bird. The woman remains unconvinced and moves toward another librarian.
Rye Flour Mills Winnipeg will operate a rye flour mill with a 100 barrels per day capacity grinding spring and winter rye. Flour sold wholesale at 5.35 dollars per 98 pound sack with delivery in Winnipeg. A mixed rye and wheat flour will also be produced.
A Rochester ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming it cures catarrh at all stages through internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces. The makers offer a $100 reward if the remedy fails and urge sending testimonials to J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio, with druggists selling the product.
A young woman with her dog asked a conductor to stop at a point on an electric car route. She hurried to the platform and gesticulated while holding the dog, saying she only wished to show Fido where his mother lives.
The New York Sun notes Canada will subscribe 300 million to raise war loans to 650 million, aiming to match the United States’ share of 8.125 billion. It cites Canada’s large wartime aid and three years of fighting, including significant manpower, as key factors in the Allied effort.
Anecdote notes Minard's Liniment as a remedy for distemper. The item features a humorous wartime quip about army life, highlighting a boy enlisted for six weeks who has yet to be tasked with anything considered glorious.
The permit system regulating settlers fires has been instituted on Dominion lands in Manitoba and Saskatchewan with administration carried out by provincial officials under a special arrangement.
The article denounces carbolic acid in factories for wound care and promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a quicker scar free alternative. It claims the oil does not burn skin and has unique curative properties unmatched by other oils.
A newcomer asks if the resort is restful and a native replies it was peaceful until visitors began to come for rest, hinting at a change in atmosphere driven by outsiders.
A cautious note urges restraint when pursuing openings that seem unusually profitable or time sensitive. The speaker warns against rushing into deals that may prove risky or misleading and emphasizes careful evaluation before committing resources.
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