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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
3
An ad extols Catarrhozone as a universal remedy for nose colds and coughs, claiming quick, lasting relief after ingestible medicine. It promotes a $1.00 two month outfit and a 50-cent smaller version from the Catarrhozone Co. in Kingston Ontario.
The scene unfolds at Castleming Hall where a gardener and boy work for Marie who arrived recently. A weekly motor car brings a cloaked man to the Hall, while Castleming watches from the town, eager for clues about the twins and the stranger. A doctor from London seems unlikely to help.
The interior department reports Western Canada holds vast land for settlers and postwar immigrants. Surveyed land totals 1,101,621 farms of 160 acres each across 1225 acres. Last year 2,221,289 acres were blocked and surveyed, about 13 farms of 160 acres. The prior year saw 3,112,640 acres surveyed, equivalent to 19,454 quarter section farms.
The article argues for a farmers' employment office in every town or village to process applications for men and to connect employers with workers. It notes live mayors and reeves in Canada are taking the initiative promptly to organize such offices.
A fragment notes a deuce move by Viator on Se F track. Details are unclear due to OCR. Further readable specifics are not provided in the text.
The twelfth annual Western Canada Irrigation Association convention will be held in Nelson British Columbia on July 24 to 26. Speakers include Don H Bark chief of the friction investigation branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway and other leading authorities from the United States. The event blends business with leisure in a hospitable mountain and lake region setting.
Reports describe three separate British air actions against U boats. A seaplane, balloon and dirigible assisted hunts as daylight lengthened. Depth charges and bombs forced subs to submerge and later surface amid oil slicks and wreckage.
Air bubbles rose as a seaplane dropped a second bomb into churned water. A quantity of oil surfaced and the disturbance persisted, indicating the submarine was mortally wounded.
The piece discusses Canada lagging the United States in lamb industry development due to consumer taste, notes Alberta as a prime feeding area with ample rough feed, and cites records from the Medicine Hat based Canada Land and Irrigation Company. It reports lambs fed 100 days yielding 97 lbs and 16 cents per pound, and 43 days yielding 17 cents per pound in Calgary, suggesting potential for gains and prices to rise toward 20 cents locally.
Citizens ask why stores and offices close at noon or afternoons to allow clerks teachers and town staff to assist on farms during harvest. The proposal suggests flexible closing times for businesses and schools to boost farm labor.
A terse exchange echoes in the Boston Transcript as a sentry challenges an approaching figure with the question who goes there. The reply signals a tense moment during a disciplined march and raises questions about crowd control and procedure.
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