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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
6
The article argues two thirds of Canada land cannot grow field crops and should be used for timber. It cites vast forest potential, waste from fires, and the need for selective land use to protect forests and optimize national resources. It notes farmers laboring on low-yield lands and the shift toward efficient resource planning.
The league presses Lord Rhondda to secure government action to guarantee adequate milk supply and fair prices for infants next winter. They urge Baby Week marks a price cut, praise anti profiteering, and back a committee’s steps to reduce dairy labor risks, curb waste, and limit preserved cream and certain milk use in chocolate.
Maude Marie says she has an awful lot of friends while Miriam notes some are not so bad in a court style exchange with the judge.
Lord Rhondda food controller declares he will stop profiteering and speculation in food and acts as guardian of the consumer amid wartime price rises. He warns of possible unpopularity as he tightens controls while noting prices cannot return to pre war levels.
The article urges building up strength and blood to improve health and energy. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for weak conditions, claiming they renew blood flow and vitality, with claims of wide usage and mail order availability from The Dr Williams Medicine Co., Brockville Ont.
The London Daily Chronicle reports a remarkable wall covering at Messrs Court's Bank in the Strand. Taken from the board room hall when the bank moved across the Strand twelve years ago, the wallpaper dates to at least a century before. Lord Macartney sent it from the Far East to Thomas Coutts. pre 1800 history remains unknown.
A peculiar claim touts Mother Grave's Worm F determinator as a potent vermituge remedy that can be given to delicate children without risk to health. The text markets its strength while promising safety for sensitive constitutions.
The Kilties Abroad New York unit inspires awe with skirling pipes and disciplined display. Their courage and fortitude spark optimism, contrasting grim war details and signaling opportunity, not sacrifice, as they embody liberty and resolve praised by the New York Sun.
Mrs Casey Me writes that every bottle in the box sent to her was broken. The writer questions Greg about the contents and mentions a phrase found on the top and bottom of the box in the Boston Transcript style.
The British government prohibits the owner of an agricultural holding from selling or parting with any horse used for cultivation unless licensed. Staffordshire War Agricultural Committee members condemn the order as childish and disrupting agricultural operations, and the committee plans a formal protest.
merchant oriented notice from Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd detailing counter check and sales book production. highlights price pressures, carbon and waxed papers, triplicate and carbon leaf formats, broad client base coast to coast, and modern Canadian plant capabilities. mentions waxed papers wrappers parchment and butter wrap products with samples available. offices listed in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver Hamilton Canada.
In a Indianapolis News report a kindergarten class displayed flags and a student correctly identified her country. When asked for the country’s name the child replied with the prompt response This is the flag of my country followed by the expected answer Its of thee indicating the song reference and classroom drill in patriotic instruction.
A New York Sun essay blames the German people at large for backing war aims and a belief in German supremacy. It argues that elites and commoners alike supported conquest, citing submarine warfare, London bombings, and atrocities in Belgium and northern France as consequences.
An advertisement touts Warshiee's Vegetable Pills as a standard medicine made entirely from vegetable substances. It asserts a reviving effect on the digestive organs and claims easy digestion for weak stomachs with a healthful result.
The New York Tribune argues the Allied plan linking Belgium indemnification and Alsace Lorraine restoration to Germany’s defeat may not be possible until a decisive military victory. It notes that nations with strong military leverage will not surrender territory or pay indemnities while their troops remain capable.
An advertisement asserts sleep nourishes infants and worm infestation disturbs rest. Miller's Worm Powders are claimed to destroy worms without harming delicate babies and restore health by clearing worm infections.
A sign nailed to a country store porch in the Far West warns passersby not to hitch their branches to the pillars of the temple, urging readers to remember Samson.
A humorous England yarn recounts a girl in a theatre queue annoyed by a fat ignoramus who asks if she is married. She retorts sharply that she is a Jewess and tells him to leave her alone. The tale uses vivid, punchy dialogue to convey social interaction.
Quote from Boston Transcript describes a discussion about placing paper inside a house and an insistence that it catches fire more quickly outside, reflecting a contemporary urban concern. The fragment highlights a heated exchange about fire safety practices.
A seven-year-old grade cow herd near Oxford Mills Ontario yielded 363.9 pounds of milk from March 30, 1916, to January 30, 1917, at 45 cents per pound totaling 163.75. The owner keeps detailed records for each of his fifteen cows and notes six cows earned over 150 dollars each. Milk weighed every tenth day and monthly composite samples allow easy calculation of each cow’s full lactation yield. Free milk and feed record forms are available from the Ottawa dairy division. A study of records could raise a cow’s earnings by at least fifty percent in three years.
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