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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
3
Fresh testimony from France and Russia describes brutal abuses by German forces. Prisoners forced to work endure beatings, starvation, and chained punishment. reports detail asphyxiating coffins, torture racks, and protracted confinement.
A London wholesale provision firm faces a customer complaint over two poor egg consignments. The firm denies error, citing the original order “Rush fifty boxes eggs. We want them bad” as justification, and suggests no fault on its part.
A Richmond Times Dispatch quip questions a doctor's ability to advise on grippe prevention. The doctor claims he has had grippe half a dozen times himself, suggesting skepticism about his expertise.
Russia forms a special commission with Interior and railway ministry aid to organize food distribution. It may arrest speculators and confiscate their holdings at market value. Five members determine requisitioned grain and cattle for Moscow Petrograd and other cities.
The article reviews ancient Roman dry farming via tree crops as a model for modern arid conditions. It cites J Russell Smith and argues perennials like olives endure drought by deep or expansive roots, shading leaves and storing water, explaining Rome’s success while grain-based farming faltered under ten inches of rain.
An examination of rising living costs in wartime Toronto shows housewives face a 30 to 40 percent rise in bills due to transport, labor shortages, and import limits. It notes some fraud and shoddy goods, urges women to organize home production and thrift, and calls for shared responsibility by rich and poor alike.
The Dominion Government receives praise from the Toronto Globe for providing artificial limbs to amputees. The note credits the program with preventing fraudulent canvassing and curbing the rise of undesirable private interests.
War winds down the ancient duel in France as citizens argue its end after a bloodless 1914 clash between Joseph Caillaux and Louis d Allieres. Post war, many blame the sacred union and public fatigue, while spectators mock petty disputes amid Verdun references and national pride.
A filmic image report describes penetration of Tonkin and Assam areas within French possessions in China, noting cinema depiction of colonial dynamics and geographic reach.
Chicago Evening Post reports Berlin admission of peril to central powers as Russia France and Britain press three fronts. It notes Verdun setbacks, failed aims in Serbia and Bulgaria, and growing German disillusionment with potential public backlash and withdrawal explanations.
Edward A. Filene, speaking in Boston at the Advertising Men's Convention, argues that newspapers gain value for advertisers when they resist advertiser influence and focus on the common good. Loss of reader confidence undermines papers as effective advertising media, while the most trusted papers deliver the best results.
Engineers propose a series of soundings from a passenger aero car 200 feet above the Niagara River to determine whirlpool depth above the falls. A 500 pound weight will be used if needed as estimates range from 250 to 3000 feet. No boat can survive the rapids, preventing verification of figures.
Berliners riot during wartime, with German newspapers condemning women for weakness while observers praise their fortitude. The piece notes shortages of bread and meat, rising prices, and women’s protests over milk for babies, high prices, and perceived unequal access to luxuries and food.
A wounded Scot recounts the big push near London with vivid front line details. He describes charging German trenches under smoke, the ground churned by artillery, and bayonet and bomb fighting to overwhelm German defenders. Another fighter adds a grim note on a fellow soldier.
A kind old man asks the child if he is in pain and the boy replies that the pain lies inside him rather than in his body, revealing an inner suffering beyond the surface ailment.
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