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Newspaper
Simpson Lance
Location
Simpson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
8
Be bright, well, strong, restore youthful looks with Dr Hamilton's Pills. The ad promises a tonic for vitality, claims to cleanse and strengthen the system, improve bowels, stomach, kidneys, head pains, biliousness, and back aches. Promotes a 25c box as a remedy for fatigue and aging.
The article extols Belgian and French women who shelter and care for war orphans and refugee children amid Hun atrocities. It details groups like L Accueil Francais and L Oeuvre Parisienne, noting 15,000 children placed, 50,000 cases traced, and 300 girls rescued from Germany, with extensive volunteer networks in Paris and across provinces.
Stefansson, Canadian Arctic explorer, reaches Vancouver en route to Victoria after more than five years away. He says the party mapped new lands, studied Eskimos and currents, and found coal on many islands. He plans lectures for the Red Cross in New York and will compile government reports in the next two years.
Experiments in Bergen Norway produced bread containing twenty percent cod roe flour mixed with bread grain. Machinery will be bought to prepare the fish roe flour, and the bread is described as palatable and nutritious.
The article quotes Lloyd George asserting victory in World War I unless Britain suffers heart failure. It praises British resolve across fronts from the English Channel to Archangel and Baku, lauding the navy, merchant seamen, and allied resolve while denouncing German peace whispers through Austria.
New Markets for Argentine shoes show growing export strength as factories expand beyond neighboring republics and Europe. A Buenos Aires plant shipped 53,000 pairs labeled Made in Argentina toCape of Good Hope Durban Delagoa Bay and Yokohama, with troops orders boosting demand.
A Camp Meade cook forgets her pass at the gate. She identifies herself to a sentry who asks about the tomato soup she makes. The soldier salutes and grants pass so she can fetch the soup promptly.
Instructions from Central Technical School Toronto on preparing jelly from fruit, soaking seeds, and canning notes. Food board plans to widen winter fish distribution via mail orders. farmers to pack fish in 50 and 100 pound boxes for home delivery. British Columbia seeds for poultry feed and warnings about sugar usage and enforcing food laws across Canada.
The Museum of the Numismatic Society in New York received a likely rare Confederate half dollar. A reverse die with a Confederate shield was struck four times, with only two known survivors. The obverse reused the 1861 US half dollar Liberty portrait. bullion shortfalls halted further struck coins.
A classroom joke centers on eleven sheep in a field. Six jump the fence leaving five, but Harold argues none remain. The teacher contends otherwise, while the boy insists there would be no sheep left.
An article from Basle Nachrichten, translated for Basle News, recounts Finland's great composer Jean Sibelius escaping execution during a Red Guards purge. Professor Kajanus obtained a passport via a Red War Minister after a chance meeting, enabling Sibelius to flee to safety.
An archival fragment notes a moment where passing the ring of Red Guards enabled salvation for Sibelius, in a scene marked by peril and a discreet yet decisive intervention.
Miss Julia King describes how bees aid the war effort in Georgia. She notes 50 colonies producing honey to bolster food and sugar supplies and to supply wax for lambrine used in military hospitals. Lambrine, found by Dr Barthe de Sante, reportedly heals severe burns without scarring and is painless.
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