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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
10
Lead Caps Found in Shipment of Nails to Sweden
Accidental discovery shows wire nails in a Sweden bound container were capped with lead. Customs seized 300 cases after a truck damaged a case at a Brooklyn dock. Investigators will determine if lead was a subterfuge to aid Germany or served a legitimate purpose.
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Sweden
Germany
Tramp Seeks Tools to Open a Bank
A tramp asks for a few pence to buy bread and declares he would open a bank if he could obtain the needed tools. A gentleman remarks on how this could be a more profitable venture.
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco Instructions Found
A fragment mentions a chewing tobacco method simply placed between the lower lip and gum. It appears as an instructional line from an old page, with odd phrases about seas and saving.
Bread Sickness Harasses Germans Amid War Food Woes
Official German notice cites bread sickness due to hot weather and hay or potato bacteria. Advice urges wrapping bread in linen and storing as before. Early vegetables and fruit scarce with high prices. farmers hold produce back. Women perform heavy work lacking machines. cows used more than horses or oxen.
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Germany
Its Virtue Cannot Be Described Dr Thomas Electric Oil
The originator of Dr Thomas Electric Oil was surprised by its powers and many users praise it as a household medicine. Its popularity grows with vast numbers of people benefiting from its healing qualities.
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Thomas
Britain Finds Its Army Faster, More Efficient in France
Britain reports the army, after two years of struggle with unpreparedness and muddle, has reached peak efficiency in northwestern France. The German machine may be formidable, yet British resolve and individual ingenuity are proving decisive in the hard war effort.
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England
France
von Kluck
Belgium
Canadian Fish for King's Table Fueled London Shipment
Special interest mobilizes Canadian fish for British troops in London amid wartime supply efforts. Officials note brisk distribution to service messes and garrisons as transport networks adapt to需求.
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King’s Table
London
Industrial alcohol could replace imports in Canada
The Vancouver World argues for using industrial alcohol from potatoes sugar beets molasses and sawdust to reduce liquor demand and reliance on imports. It notes potatoes yield profits higher than prairie wheat with frozen shipping potential and cites US sawdust to alcohol production as a model for British Columbia.
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Busines
Dominion
Canada
United States
British Columbia
Vancouver
Nervous Trouble and Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Cure
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous debility improving blood, appetite, digestion, and sleep. It claims pills restore health after other treatments fail and offers mail order and store options for purchase priced at $2.50.
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Corer
Solam Tal City
Williams
Phisler
Enadieion
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Mediums and hustler mix in London humor piece
The Anzac visits a doorway medium and seeks a contact from his friend circle including Ta Twain Balzac and Be score of others. An amused Australian labels the medium a hustler while the scene unfolds in a dreamlike exchange.
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Smart
Touach
Taekae
Twain
Balzac
Allus
London
Minard’s Liniment claim cites scattered Canadian names
The note lists several individuals and towns such as Mathias Foley in Oil City Ontario Joseph Snow in N Me Charles Wheoten in Mulgrave Nova Scotia R O Armstrong in Mulgrave Landers Sen Pokemouche as part of a claim tied to Minard’s Liniment with various locations and a reference to multiple people.
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Minard
Mathias Foley
Oil City
Ont
Joseph Snow
Charles Wheoten
Mulgrave
N.S
R. O. Armstrong
Landers
Sen
Pokemouche
Fragmentary Untamed Reflections On The Kaiser
A distorted fragment portrays the Kaiser as an aging figure, described as an old man and grandfather. The speaker laments the loss of humane traits, suggesting the Kaiser has become like a man-eating tiger, indifferent to his own fate or harm to others.
Berlin Despatch Reports Statues Melted for Munitions
A Berlin despatch states officials have ordered bronze statues melted down to supply metal for wartime munitions. The move focuses on repurposing cultural monuments to aid the war effort.
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Berlin
Oversea Tongue and Scottish Echoes in Canada
A Westmin ster Gazette letter notes Canada as a mosaic of nationalities where Gaelic and Scots dialects persist in Ontario and the Maritimes. It cites Glenurquhart, Quebec City to the Gulf, and remnants of Highland regiments as proof that many Scots adapt to Habitant French and other tongues.
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Canada
Glenrry
Ontario
Scotland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
St. Lawrence River
Quebec City
The
Gulf
Westwinster
Boy Scouts Award Medals For Notable Rescues In Canada and Ontario
The Chief Scout awards Silver Crosses to Kelowna and Toronto Scouts for daring ice rescue on Okanagan Lake March 2 1917 and Scugog River rescue near Lindsay Ontario. Frank Johnston 15 wins a medal for rescuing a girl from weeds. Ralph Brownell aided in Muskoka rescue. Gilt Medal of Merit goes to Andrew Lester of Balcarres for cool fire fighting March 19 1917.
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Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Phillip A. DuMoulin
Godfrey F. Groves
Leonard du Moulin
John D. Groves
Kelowan
B.C
Okanagan Lake
Frank B. Johnston
Toronto
Scugog
Lindsay
Ont
Johnston
Ralph Brownell
Lake Muskoka
Andrew Lester
Balcarres
Sask
Lloyd Eee
Boy Scout Movement
B.P
Asso
Warts on the Hands Trouble Many Ladies
A brief note describes warts on hands as a common disfigurement that troubles many women, suggesting cosmetic concern and social awkwardness without medical detail.
A Disappointment Polly-She Admits Her Marriage Fails
A woman named Polly concedes her husband was meant to reform her but she now finds he does not need reform. The dialogue reveals disillusionment and questions about marital expectations.
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Polly
Parana
Asbany
Seven at Least Ambition Figures Loom
A bold pledge breaks through as a plan outlines a clear monetary target with a prominent dollar sign. The statement frames ambition in frank terms, signaling a decisive financial goal.
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Frank
Blunt
Returned soldiers on land scheme urged by Col Brown
Lt Col George McLaren Brown, European manager of the CPR, writes to the tariff reformer urging a comprehensive national plan to place returned soldiers on land in Britain with full access. He cites CPR's improved farms in colonies and 320 acre assisted settlements, stressing settlers must be capable and not drawn from workhouses. He calls for vigorous postwar reconstruction efforts on the British side.
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George McLaren Brown
C.P. R
Ariff Reformer
Empire Monthly
Ingland
Mr. Brown
C.P.R
Canada
Dominion
Edmonton Dairy Expands Output in Alberta
Dairying in Edmonton shows strong growth with three million pounds of creamery butter and about 200000 pounds of cheese produced last year. A new branch started three years ago continues to grow, with expected output doubling this year. Local demand is high and surplus goes to British Columbia. The diary supplies much of Edmonton’s milk.
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Edmonton
Alpert
British Lumbia
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promised to Cleanse Blood
An ed pamphlet touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the most effective inward treatment for impurities in the blood. It claims the pills cleanse the liver and promote healthy processes to eliminate blotches and impurities.
German People to Blame For War Says Record
The Manufacturers' Record argues that the German people share responsibility for the war and its atrocities, rejecting Wilson's distinction between Kaiserism and Prussian militarism. It contends that behind Prussian militarism lies the broader life of Germany and its leaders, urging a clear moral accounting.
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Jearth
Kaiser Wilhelm
Wilson
Germany
Fragmentary note with unclear names and dates
Readable text contains disjointed phrases about a gas bill, a clerk, and evenings at a house with no coherent event or identifiable people or organizations. No clear outcome, date, or location emerges from the fragment.
Good Scouts Push Apple Rescue Plan in Lexington Orchards
Lexington officials organise daily collection of windfall apples for Boston distribution to the poor. Growers agree to save bushels that would otherwise rot, a plan credited to a local official and welcomed as economical by Scouts in the Providence Journal.
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Lexington
Mass
Boston
Providence Journal
Restricts Use of Milk and Cream in France Cafés
An October morning order from Paris bans the consumption of milk or cream in tea coffee chocolate or other preparations after 9 o clock in all cafes restaurants tea rooms and lunch houses in France. Railroad lunch rooms are exempt.
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France
Paris
Stranger Farmers and Pigs Across the Page
A Baltimore American quip notes a farmer boarding with a pen and stray articles, musing on culture and wandering animals. The fragment hints at rural life, writing, and a playful aside about a wandering pig within a column.
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Baltimore American
War speech by Flinn Root on democracy and autocracy
Flinn Root declares the war is to preserve American liberty and independence against German autocracy. He argues democracy cannot coexist with militarism and urges continued wartime effort to defend rights and prevent autocratic rule. The remarks compare two competing systems and stress the stakes for freedom.
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Flinn Root
Amufrican Bar Associat
Saratoga ‘Springs
Cently
Germany
Gemany
M Root
Free Republic
Mr. Root
Woman regains sight after raid blast in London
Miss Ruby Rugg of Rosbank Road awoke from four years of blindness during a raid on London. She suffered severe pain at the back of the head and then suddenly cried that she could see again. Her mother reported the moment of relief and joy.
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Lond
Ruby Rugg
Rosbank Road
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