New Year War Messages From Canada Leaders
Canada’s wartime faith shines in New Year messages from premiers of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta praising farm prosperity and readiness to endure. Manitoba Premier T C Norris notes 1917 strength and 1918 burdens. Saskatchewan Premier Martin emphasizes optimism and progress. Alberta Premier Charles Stewart highlights growing wholesale business and bank clearances amid wartime farming.
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United States
Canada
T. C. Norris
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Martin
Dominion
British Empire
Alberta
Chas. Stewart
Alberta’s Role in Empire Food Supply Highlighted
A period advertisement lauds Alberta as a major part of the Empire’s grain granary, noting the province’s present conditions bring gratification to the people and to Canada as a whole as the Empire relies on its food supply.
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Ince
Canada
Alberta
Farmer Voices on Josh's Unusual Camp Uniform Style
Farmer Corntessel mocks Josh's camp attire comparing it to a peasant disguise. He warns the new kermoofling idea may be carried too far as the youngster tries to mislead the enemy with clothing.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure for Colds
An old advertisement explains cold prone people should use Hall's Catarrh Medicine to build up the system and cleanse the blood. It warns acute catarrh can become chronic and promises internal action through the blood with testimonials and a $100 guarantee from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Hall Os
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
Sure Enough Poetry
Farmer Corntessel says he has lost his taste for poetry since his boy went to the war. He notes that a page in Josh's own handwriting now beats Hamlet orations in his view.
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Farmer Corntessel
Josh
Hamlet
Marc Anton
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Praised in Ad Copy
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a premier medicine for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims wide success across thousands of cases, notes its gentle healing vegetable composition, and offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Misreading of Text Quoted at Luncheon
Cleveland Moffett of New York's vigilance committee challenged a claim that selective service is unconstitutional. The exchange centered on a misheard preacher's text, while a girl’s humorous retort about abdomen echoes the Philadelphia Bulletin quotation.
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Cleveland Moffett
Citizens’ Vigilance Committee of
New York
Selective Service
Abdomen
Philadelphia Bulletin
Laxative Bromo Quinine Backed by Unmistakable Claims
A patent medicine box asserts Laxative Bromo Quinine avoids nervousness or head ringing due to its tonic and laxative action. It proclaims a single product called Bromo Quinine with HB W Grovh's signature on the box.
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HB. W. Grovh
Cartoon dialogue on sleep and household roles
A humorous sketch shows Mrs Newlywed noting medical advice that men need eight hours of sleep and women ten. Her husband agrees, while she praises the idea of waking early to light the fire and prepare breakfast before she rises.
Recipe for gray hair tonic using bay rum Barbo Compound
An old advertisement proposes a hair darkening tonic. Mix 1 oz Bay Rum and 4% oz glycerine into half pint of water with Barbo Compound to gradually darken gray hair, soften and gloss it, without coloring the scalp or leaving stickiness. Instructions appear in each Barbo Compound box.
Circulation Figures Spark Health and Money Talk
A humorous reader note cites a U S money circulation total of 3 419 168 368 dollars for last year while a joke about circulation and health follows, linking finances to personal wellbeing in a light opinion tone.
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Bacon
United States
Egbert
Red Cross Bag Blue Advertises Better Than Liquid
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as superior to liquid blue for cleaning or laundry and claims availability at any grocer. The brief note urges readers to obtain the product from local retailers.
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Red Cross
Miss Flirty’s Tact Sparks Rival Engagements
In a witty social column, the subject Miss Flirty is praised for tact yet exposed as juggling multiple engagements. The piece notes that none of her suitors has met any other during a single call, highlighting a flirty, diplomatic social scene.
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Flirty
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets advertised as original liver pills
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original small liver pills created forty years ago. It claims they regulate liver and bowels and promotes their use.
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Dr. Pierce
Witty Dog Quips Highlight Training and Tails
A humorous exchange contrasts two intelligent dogs and their surprising tricks. One dog recites prayers and greets a minister, while the other darts to a saloon whenever a tin can is tied to its tail.
Not Worth It. Poor Fat Head Rumor Sparks Pity
A fragment cites derisive chatter about a young man named Cholly Fat head, with dismissive remarks and sympathy implied for anyone exposed to the gossip. The tone reflects a local rumor column style without confirming facts.
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Cholly Fathead
Western mining prices and concentrates overview
Western Newspaper Union reports prices for tungsten concentrates and crude ores. Boulder concentrates list 60 percent at 25 to 27.50 per unit, crude ores 60 percent at 20 to 25, 25 percent at 12, and 10 percent at 9.40 to 12.20 per unit. Market notes include varying base figures and per unit valuations.
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BAT Isvor
Eeateisee Saleniere Cnet
Sidie'naie
Atere
Edict Orders Coal Plant Closures and Fuel Controls
Washington January 17 1918 Fuel Administrator Garfield issues a partial coal order to conserve fuel. The plan prioritizes essential needs and restricts fuel use at plants and for manufacturing before extending to Mondays restricting heating and power for nonessential operations.
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Garfield
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
United States
United States Food Administrator
Banks
Mississipni River
Arizona Mines Boost Gold and Copper Output in 1917
Production from Arizona mines rose from 3,985,559 in 1916 to about 4,831,000 in 1917. Shattuck Arizona Copper Company processed 626,612 pounds copper, 47,556 pounds lead, 5,817 ounces silver and 85.97 ounces gold in December. Bay Consolidated Copper reports its best year ever with roughly 17,000,000 more pounds produced, outperforming Utah Copper and other porphyries under similar management. Tucson plans a custom smelter and Mogollon New Mexico to receive a large ore mill with materials arriving.
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Arizona
Tucson
Mogollon
N. M
Shattuck Arizona Copper Company
Bay Consolidated Copper Company
Utah Copper Company
Mining activity rises in Colorado camps with new mills and reopenings
Ore shipments in December reach 133 carloads from Silverton district as new plants rise at Urad near Empire and Eureka considers an oil flotation mill at Central City. Developments include Shiloh in El Paso county and Idaho Springs reopenings, plus a 100 ton weekly Passiflora shipment at Silver Cliff.
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Silverton
Urad
Empire
Shiloh Oil and Refining Company
el Paso
Leavenworth
Clear Creek
Eureka Mining Company
Central City
Alamosa Mining and Leasing Company
Alamosa
Idaho Springs
Willow Creek Placer
Colorado Gold and Platinum Mining Company
Steamboat Springs
Idaho
Birmingham Mining Company
Passiflora
Silver Cliff
Boulder
Gilpin
Mogollon Mines completes 900 foot shaft valued at $55,000
The Mogollon Mines Company finished a new 900 foot shaft costing $55 000. For eleven months in 1917 New Mexico output totaled 1 010 000 in gold 1 268 000 ounces of silver 8 340 000 pounds of lead 104 500 000 pounds of copper and 27 900 000 pounds of recoverable zinc valued at 33 700 000. Mogollon District 1917 production was 12 590 ounces gold and 723 ounces silver valued at 903 000. Principal operators were Socorro Mining and Milling Mogollon Mines and Oaks. Oaks expanded in 1917 acquiring Maude Mine in March and Deep Down Mine in June.
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New Mexico
Charles W. Henderson
United States Geologic Survey
Department of the Interior
Mogollon
Socorro Mining and Milling Co
Mogollon Mines Company
Oaks Company
Maude
Oil Field Activity Report In Salt Creek and Nearby Areas
Carmania works on material for well No 3 in Salt Creek. Empire State Oil buys new drilling equipment. Wyatt Oil and Gas tests a well three miles east of Douglas. Hecla Company drills at Hidden Dome down 550 feet. Oil expected at 1100 to 1500 feet.
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Carmania
Well No
Salt Creek Field
Empire State Oil Company
Wyatt Oil and Gas Company
Douglas
Hidden Dome
Hecla Company
Embroidery on Streetcar Sparks Conductor's Curious Question
On a crowded streetcar a woman knits and embroideries while others sew. After punching tickets the conductor asks where a soldier would wear the embroidery. The piece ends with a warning to watch fire escapes and a proverb about not predicting too much.
Our Boys in France and Home Protection
Propagandistic call urging protection of American youth, linking battlefield service to health. Recommends Dr. Pierce and Anuric for kidney health, uric acid elimination, and rheumatic relief. Advises a milk and vegetables diet with limited meat, ample water, and a month of Anuric three times daily. Ends with trial offer and price.
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Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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