Canada’s Soldiers Back from Overseas
A wartime report highlights Canadian veterans returning from the front. It notes injuries and illnesses, estimates disabled rates, and praises government and charitable care. Vocational retraining centers in Ontario and Quebec help wounded men resume work, with many achieving improved livelihoods through new trades and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapliitviesy
Hut. T.— Ok
Tidy Sud
Ly Sia
Canada
Hospitals Commission
Amada
British Isles
Canaila
Anida
Chnuelet
Cuelph
Ontario
Madi
Thyroid Goitre Health Advice From Dr John B Huber
Health column discusses goitre symptoms in women and children, risks of enlarged thyroid, when to seek medical care, and cautions about self treatment. It notes boiled water in goitre regions, potential need for surgery, and warns against unprescribed drugs. A reader asks about a 12 year old with neck swelling and swallowing movement.
Faith Hope And Cheer Poem Fragment
Fragment of a poem praising Faith Hope and Cheer as inner riches. Mentions running down spirit, a cup of Faith to fill fear, and hope lighting the way until dawn. Ends with affirmation that these three blessings abide.
Breakfast Table Snippets Stir Up Quiet Daily Life
A collage of humorous, opinionated lines on weather, politics, shopping, and social habits. Quips about Russia, government, coal supplies, fashion, and love mix with light satire. Asides on weather, trains, stamps, and thrift stamps echo era concerns and daily routines through playful commentary.
Tacoma Mountaintop Name Controversy Reignites
Tacoma residents renew a push to rename Washington's Cascade peak after the city, arguing historic Indian ties and local pride warrant the change. Seattle rivals, long named peaks elsewhere, watch as debates echo back more than three decades, with Congress possible.
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Tacoma
Rainier
Cascade Range
Rainer
Seattle
Washington
Mountain
Alaska
Congress
The Eighteenth Annual Motor Show in New York
A Bridgeport impressed article notes the New York motor show reveals rapid growth in car production, with nearly two million cars built in the year though war orders trimmed output. It contrasts early steamers with modern cars, highlights trucks for wartime use, and predicts motor vehicles as essential for business and farming, foreseeing broader forms of the iron horse and growing industry impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fate and the Weather in Wartime Resolve
The piece contrasts American faith in human effort with German reliance on divine providence. It argues harsh winter conditions and natural obstacles prove nothing against American resolve. It cites the Panama Canal, water projects, and irrigation as examples of man’s cooperation with nature, strengthening the army for future trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
America
Panama Canal
Iman
The K of C Drive For War Service Support
Knights of Columbus launch a drive for millions to sustain cantonments and camps of the National Army. The Catholic charity mirrors the Y M C A in aiding soldiers without sectarian bias. Americans unite to back both groups and strengthen moral and spiritual welfare for service members.
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K. OF C
Knights of Columbus
National Army
Yo M.C. A
America
Cread
Fuel shortage sparks Bridgeport action to Washington
Bridgeport business leaders held a large meeting to address the fuel shortage and planned a committee trip to Washington. They urged full disclosure of shipments and favored local workers while demanding government action to relieve the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Washington
Hughind
Dr Gill Held in Five Thousand Dollar Bond
Dr Gill an inmate of Connecticut State Prison bound over from Hartford Police court to the Criminal Superior court on a five thousand sixty dollar bond for alleged illegal operation. The unnamed female patient is hospitalized in serious condition. Gill once known as Henry M Guilford drew notoriety nineteen years ago in the Emma Gill case at Southington.
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Gil
Connecticut State Prison
Hartford Police Court
Criminal Superior Court
Dr. Gill
Henry M. Guilford
Emma Gill
Southington
Letter to the Editor on Canadian War Policy Debates
A Montreal reader disputes a December 1 1917 editorial on The Canadian Election. He defends Liberal and Laurier positions, criticizes conscription policy and notes provincial support differences, while addressing franchise issues and the wartime political divide.
Fragmented report from Eton on British boats pressed
A garbled OCR text complains of British boat action and movements around the harbor. It mentions maneuvers near ferries, various points, and chery lings, with unclear names and dates.
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Eton
Jay
Live Political Gossip on Party Chairs and 1920 Plans
The piece discusses the value and limited power of a national committee chair during campaigns, mentions Joseph W. York as a possible Democratic senator candidate against Liam J. Stone, notes Hawes may run if Stone is scratched, and speculates on Bryan seeking a fourth nomination or presidency in 1920. It also covers New Jersey Democrats shaping plans for 1919 readiness and questions Will Hughes’s re-election due to health, with Tumulty possibly nominated if he declines.
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St. Louis
Joseph W. York
No Nation
United States
Aliam J. Stone
Stone
Harry LG. Hawes
St. Lewis
Blawes
Pr Dent
J. Bryan
Bryan
Hrs
New Jersey
Willi Hughes
United States Senate
Joseph PP. Tumulty
Parsimony in Diet and Underfeeding Dangers
A column warns against extreme food saving and underfeeding amid wartime patriotism. It notes overemphasis on thrift can harm health, stressing that daily caloric needs for a healthy person are known and should be met, illustrated by a mother shielding her son at the front by eating sparingly.
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Enue
Understanding Your Pace In A Quiet Life Lesson
Pepper Talks urges readers to control pace of life for balance and health. It warns against hasty eating and rushing thoughts, urging steady steps, focused action, and insistence on personal limits. A parable about a self sacrificing woman contrasts mental and physical well being with frenzied living.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Dineksimith
Grey Nuns
Montreal
Tap
Nobin
John B. Huber, A. MM, M.D
Tie Patel
Thiber
Mhathy
John B. Tiles
Count Czernin
Russia
Chicago
Mr. Hoover
McAcoo
Ed Pershing
Grace Bishop
THE
High
Prinee Arthur Street
W. Alontreal
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Cama
Wilfrid Laurier
Cannadian
Stacker
Prat
Ste Wilfrid Daaurler
Renin Vihorul
Csuada
Australia
Pepper
George Matthew Adams
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