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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
10
The Boston Advertiser urges continued alliance with the Entente to deter Germany and to protect shipping and citizens from submarine threats. It reasons that preservation demands unity with Britain and allied navies as the logical defense. Holloway's corn Cure is endorsed as a simple public remedy.
Survivors of a French destroyer torpedoed in the Mediterranean recount that in the dark sea they were drawn toward a submarine by gunfire and enemy shouts in odd French saying this way comrades, a claim that highlights peril of heroic rescues.
An Order-in-Council passed in Ottawa adopts the Scotland Yard fingerprint method for criminal identification in Canada. The move follows a recommendation from the Dominion Police Commissioner and includes authorizing another form of person photography as an aid.
A Miss Graham who died in Malta while doing war work left 500000 in legacies. A relative challenged probate arguing her anti marriage views showed insanity. The jury found the views did not prove insanity though the foreman lamented she had no marriage experience to perhaps change her verdict.
Wise mothers apply Miller's Worm Powders at first sign of worms. The vermifuge is described as absolute in clearing the system and restoring comfort and robust growth, claimed as the most trustworthy worm terminator.
A traveler asks if cyclones can be stopped. a narrator declares the best path is to go along with them, reflecting frontier wisdom.
An article extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as effective for catarrh and related conditions. It praises Hall's Family Pills for aiding constipation and promotes sending for information to Ey & Co in Toledo Ohio. The piece emphasizes internal treatment and constitutional influence on disease.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Minard's Liniment used by physicians and a critic's remark. The readable pieces suggest a midline product reference and a public sense of approval, but essential names or dates are unclear.
The Canadian government plans a new arisembie approach to raise farm yields by sending high school and college boys to work on farms for six months in summer. A commission will assess physical ability and parental consent will be required. The program records performance as in classes, and early trials showed farm work improved academics and prizes.
The Militia Department seeks several thousand foresters for Cana Forestry Battalions serving in Europe and France under Brig General Alexander McDougall. About ten thousand men exist in the units, with five thousand from Canada and the rest from overseas troops. Age limit 48. height 4 ft 11 in. Recruitment open in all lumber centers.
Spring fatigue and poor blood are blamed on winter weariness. Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted to cleanse bad blood strengthen nerves and renew energy. The ad claims better skin clearer eyes stronger nerves and improved sleep with at home mail order options and dealer availability.
A facetious stranger jokes about a worker laying a carpet from church door to curb. The worker answers that it is simply a bridal path, not a road to heaven, reflecting a wry exchange.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Tomas Electric Oil as a universal remedy for coughs colds sore throat bronchial trouble and for scalds burns bruises sprains cuts sores and ulcers claiming no testimonial is needed beyond user results.
An excerpt argues that democracy struggles in Russia Germany and Austria, with leaders admitting collapse prospects for autocracy. It frames the conflict as a broader clash between popular government and autocratic rule across Europe.
A fragment from Harpers Magazine recounts a nun admitting she sometimes forgot to wash the children, prompting a chorus from the youngsters and a mother’s pointed questions about whether the applicant left the place voluntarily.
The firm promotes counter check and sales books with carbon packs coated books and triplicates. It notes rising paper costs but claims a modern plant keeps prices reasonable and promises large ocean coast clientele, prompt shipments and samples. It cites waxed papers and parchment for butter and meat wrappers and lists Canadian offices in Hamilton Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver.
A commentator argues German strategic effort has yielded limited satisfaction noting forty years of German brains spent on military success. The writer contends other nations like France, the United States, or Britain would have achieved more if given equal focus and resources.
Germans try to settle the war in their favor by purchasing British War Loan certificates through neutral brokers, a method disclosed to the London Stock Exchange. The brokers now face questions about possibly canceling such deals.
William Wood, a farmer from Hadlington Ontario, testifies that four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his gravel bladder trouble and kidney issues. He reports relief from heart flutterings shortness of breath and eye flashes and says neighbors also found relief.
Government limits on pulpwood imports forced several English paper mills to close. others adapt by using rag fibers from Scotland the Fenlands and India. Printing paper and notepaper are produced from rag fibers combined with other materials. Rag cuttings fetch $140 per ton, below wood at $150 per ton now, and much lower than the prewar $400 per ton.
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