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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
8
The piece claims a common cause of appendicitis and praises Dr. Hamilton's cleansing system. It markets Dr. Hamilton's Pills sold nationwide, claiming blood purification and headache relief as benefits.
Carmen's Messenger recounts Harold Bindloss characters Foster and Pete trudging toward a hotel amid avalanche dangers. They battle a sunken track and a dark snowshed while navigating shifting rails, slipping ballast, and the looming threat of a moving train as they debate path choices and moral duties.
The Dutch minister in Petrograd, after arriving via Germany, denounces Bolshevism as the end of civilization and predicts ruin for Russia. He criticizes high wages without work, property without punishment, and lack of taxation, and notes dire unemployment in Petrograd. He urges workers to oppose Bolshevik tendencies despite a bleak future.
Since March a rising value in Pacific fish has transformed a once undervalued catch into a thriving industry. A Columbia firm alone shipped 100,000 pounds to market in a single week, signaling widespread public acceptance and growth on the Pacific coast.
Government Bureau of Statistics reports show Western Canada’s land prepared for next year’s crops varies little from the three prior years. Manitoba notes a similar percentage of land prepared for crop wear, suggesting stable prep levels across the prairies.
The commander-in-chief and army council publicly thank all ranks including Nyassaland and Rhodesia forces for pursuing a determined enemy across vast, difficult terrain and harsh climate. Lieut. Gen. Standeventer notes the message will help compensate troops for campaign hardships.
A Japanese military attaché misreads British officers who enjoy football and cricket. Two Japanese officers posted in England became keen on games, prompting a glowing report from their commanding officer. The attaché, surprised to find “fond of games” on the credit side, faced a rebuke and a near dismissal.
The Agricultural College at Guelph offers eight short courses appealing to young farmers to gain knowledge and meet peers. Topics include stock judging poultry bees drainage farm power dairying and horticulture with two week livestock handling and seed grain inspection among the popular options. A new farm power course helps those using gasoline engines or tractors. Lectures on horticulture run January 27 to March 8 covering fruit vegetable growing and forage. No tuition fees. expenses cover railway fare and board.
General Fach dictates simple orders focusing on a single task. He argues the mind handles one concept better than two and forbids issuing two simultaneous directives on important matters.
Telegram from Cologne reports British forces refuse public billings and have moved into private quarters, choosing not to utilize available accommodations.
A humorous exchange reveals confusion between a woman and her cook over a pen name used by their husbands. The house residence becomes a stage for playful bragging about literary aliases and shared quirks.
A Winnipeg dated November 25 1916 dispatch urges Boy Scout officers and older scouts to welcome returning leaders after World War I. It calls for renewed loyalty and 100 percent service, praising wartime sacrifices and the need to prepare the province and Dominion for a grand Scout future. A follow up note from District No 1 thanks the provincial commissioner for inspiring guidance and commits to loyal support.
Text shows a Scout district pledge promising service to the organization and youth, with reference to three fingers uplifted in prayer loyalty and service. Signed by H C L Proadhurst Assistant District Commissioner.
A persuasive piece arguing farmers should shop locally rather than mail order. It contrasts mail order houses with local merchants, listing benefits of buying locally: lower or equal prices, freight paid by the sponsor, personal guarantees, knowledge of goods, immediate delivery, personal friendship, community support, and road funding. It notes mail order seeks non-advertising areas and questions why customers go elsewhere.
A fragmentary quote discusses buyer remorse after sending money to a mail order house. It contrasts forgetting with the mail order man’s persistent advertising, implying persistent commercial marketing and consumer memory.
The Admiralty sends congratulations to officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for the surrender of the German fleet achieved without battle. It credits four years of persistent pressure and steadfast effort as the reason for this historic triumph.
The French commission revived at Berlin to regulate the return of French prisoners from Germany will investigate the Lengensaben prison camp incident in Prussia Saxony where nine Frenchmen were shot and 15 seriously wounded by German forces.
Former Premier Herbert H. Asquith urged Britain to maintain sea supremacy in a speech at Pittennem Scotland. He endorsed Lloyd George’s recent view that Germany must pay for the war, aligning with the premier on punitive terms.
A prairie company based in Milestone Saskatchewan purchases a saw mill and large timber holdings in British Columbia signaling strong demand for building materials. The firm plans to manufacture and ship to prairie markets as the war ends, expanding operations to run day and night.
British Columbia coal production shows a rise in the first five months of 1918 over the same period in 1917. Total for 1917 reached 1 731 485 tons while 1918 reached 1 986 675 tons, an increase of 255 188 tons.
Berlin dispatches say Entente governments plan to withhold food from Germany until the dissolution of soldiers and workers councils, with a reserve right for allied forces to march into Germany if the demand is not met. The report cites Berlin sources and notes the potential military option.
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