Pacific Coast Excursions and Seasonal Travel Deals
A brief tourism note highlights summer activities along the Pacific coast including boating fishing and surfing. It announces ticket sales by Canadian Northern Railway with travel windows December 2–8 1917 January 6–12 1918 and February 3–9 1918 return validity to April 30 and lists eligible cities New Westminster Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland San Francisco Sarnia.
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Pacific Coast
Prairies
Canadian Northern Railway
New Westminster
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Sarago
McCollom Lumber Offer ships salt sugar and wire
McCollom Lumber & Supply Co advertises rock salt in carload lots or fifty pound blocks for livestock, granulated and yellow sugar in carload quantities, and barreled or woven wire fencing in any quantity. They invite price requests and direct shipping from Mil to consumer from Winnipeg Manitoba.
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McCollom Lumber & Supply CO
Merchants Bank
Winnipeg
Man
Silent Tommes Kept Secret by General Byng Surprise
An account notes British Tommy steadfastness during a surprise attack by General Byng. The plan relied on German ignorance of tank concentrations, leaving the general staff anxious and on pins.
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Tommes
Byng
Ancestor of Byng Remembered Amid Martyr Tale
A reader recalls Admiral John Byng who was executed aboard the Monarch at Portsmouth on March 14 1757 for not doing enough to relieve Port Mahon in May 1756. The anecdote links to Voltaire and Candide, noting the brutal irony of punishment for naval discipline.
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General Byng
Cambrai Front
France
John Byng
Port Mahon
Portsmouth
Voltaire
Candide
C. D
Indianapolis News
Miller's Worm Powders Promise Easy Worm Purge
Miller's Worm Powders claim to purge stomach and intestines of worms with painless action. They appeal to mothers as a preparation that will restore health to their children.
C P R Annual Excursions Offer Winter Travel
The CP R announces December daily excursion rates to the East and home visitors to estates with special passes. Vancouver Victoria New Westminster trips are also offered on select dates in December January and February. Contact a CPR agent or Geo A Wilson general agent for details.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
Apetive Co
C.P.R
Geo. A. Wilson
Saskatchewan Plan Seeks Greater Hog Production
W R Motherwell announces provincial government initiative to boost hog output in Saskatchewan. The plan calls for extending agricultural work on pure bred cattle and hogs, purchasing sows from Winnipeg and other yards, distributing at cost to farmers, and selling bred or unbred stock as required.
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Lrm
Saskatchewan Legislatie
W. R. Motherwell
O Riculture
Agricultural Department
Winnipeg
Fer
Saskattwan
World Shortage Shapes Postwar Livestock Demand
The piece notes a looming global shortage of livestock after the war, with reduced headcounts of sheep, swine, and cattle in belligerent nations. It argues demand will exceed supply for years, urges breeders and farmers to boost production, and mentions a medical oil praised for merits rather than advertising.
Roosevelt Speech in Kansas City Warns of War Shadow
In a Kansas City address, President Roosevelt urged timely wisdom to win the war and warned that complacency invites future disaster. He emphasized readiness against the enemy within and called for strengthened national effort now.
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Theogg
Roosevelt
Kansas
Ciny Star
Magnificent macaw feather headdress returned to university
A four foot high macaw feather headdress has been brought back to the headwaters region and to the university museum by a donor, Farabee, from the Amazon.
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Oenes
Amazon
The
University of Eee
Ee Farabee
British Airmen Fight Through Cambrai Firepower
The Cambrai scene shows a British airman whose aircraft was ripped to pieces by machine gun fire and he crash landed with ten bullet holes in his clothes yet survived. One pilot, shot down three times in two days, begged for another mission. Bombing raids on airfields and troops caused massive damage as artillery crews were wiped out by close range fire or bombs.
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Cambrai
Reward Offered for Information on Catarrh Cure Ad
An old advertisement promises a $100 reward for learning about a remedy named Hal's Catarrh Cure. It claims the tonic treats catarrh by influencing the constitution and providing internal action to cure at all stages.
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Joe Cabins
Hal
Germans Use Potatoes for Munitions in Berlin Ration Row
Berlin residents question seven pound weekly potato rations while officials reveal potatoes are diverted to munitions production. The report notes Dutch and German sources claim large output but welfare is affected by war needs.
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Germany
Berlin
Holland
Cologne
Minards Liniment and German War Strife Reflected
Fragmented text notes Minards Liniment claimed to cure colds while recounting Germany's perceived disregard for honor. The Hague reportedly allocates resources and work amid war. A Providence Journal snippet mentions Zuider Zee rush mat making as a low paid family industry.
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Germany
Hague
Albert
Providence Journal
Zuider Zee
Canadian farmer convicted in sensational murder trial
Adam Neigel, a Medicine Hat area farmer, was found guilty of the murder of his wife by strychnine poisoning. The verdict followed a highly publicized trial with circumstantial evidence including admission of giving whiskey laced with poison, witnesses linking symptoms, and a stomach analysis. Defence suggested revenge motive amid alleged illicit relations, but the jury rejected the conspiracy claim and held Neigel guilty.
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Adam
Neiel
Medicine Hat
Neigel
Clara Neigel
France Faces Food Shortage Driven by War Aftermath
The article notes Europe’s postwar food crisis with France suffering a near half crop. Europe must buy all available American food, as soil fertility declines and shipping restoration lags. England destroys pastures to revive land while Europe plans imports and rebuilding stock from America.
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France
Europe
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Iarape
England
America
Mabel’s marriage wish tangled with Who’s Who names
A fragment describes Mabel’s sorrow over a marriage arranged via names in Who’s Who and a grocer named in Bradutrecté. The wording implies social pressure and a matchmaking expectation tied to prominent names.
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Mabel
Digestive Failure Described as Hand or Stomach Shortfall
The passage discusses the stomach's inability to perform its digestive role, framing it as a failure of the organ to carry out its intended function. It presents a viewpoint on impaired digestion and bodily inefficiency.
New Method Bel Prospects End to Submarine War
A fragmentary summary discusses rising hope that new anti submarine systems may end the U boat threat. It cites Arthur Pollen and Marley Hay as influential figures and notes claimed advances like contra submarine devices and shotgun torpedo tubes.
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Arthur Pollen
Marley F. Hay
Denny-Hay Submarine Company
Dumbarton
American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Hay
England
Germany
Lake of Bridgeport
Conn
America
Lake
Wonitz
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Mall
Douglas & Co
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Holloway
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John Horner
Glastonbury
Melles
Horner
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Minard
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