Farm Markets and Grading Standard Proposals
An article discusses profitable marketing of farm products as a global issue, urging government action. It cites Washington state creating a farm markets office and advocates a Canadian Markets Branch to grade and standardize products for international sale, stressing postwar conditions and farmer demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
State of
Washington
Farm Markets
Aact
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Bullet in Soldier’s Heart Revealed by X Ray
A French surgeon reports a patient after wartime wound who insisted a foreign body remained in his chest. A special X ray found a free shrapnel bullet in the left ventricle, moving with each heartbeat across the chamber.
Germany’s imperialist threat and call for European defense
The piece labels Germany as a global aggressor and argues US power should be directed to Ending war in Europe. It warns against German maritime crimes and urges sanctions and unity with Britain and allies to secure a general peace, with the goal of defending America from continental threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Melgue
Ring Squad
New York
Texas
Mexico
United States
Hercules
America
Europe
Banish Pimples and Eruptions With a Blood Tonic
An old remedy claims spring skin issues and general aches come from bad blood cleared by Dr Williams Pink Pills. It promises new, healthy blood, restored appetite, and renewed energy for all ages. Sold by medicine dealers or two dollars fifty for a six box supply from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winte
Dr. Williams
Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Farm dispute over perfume mistaken for liniment at store
An irate farmer bursts into a country store complaining about receiving perfume instead of liniment for his cow. The cow refuses to eat and milking becomes impossible while the farmer notes her reaction and longing for her reflection in a pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Watchman-Examiner
Protection for the Birds
A Canadian message extols protecting birds as essential for crop health and ecosystem balance. It praises nest building, warns against disturbing nests or harming young, and urges boys and girls to safeguard feathered visitors arriving in spring. The piece emphasizes birds’ labor and vast ecological benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruna Dennzs
Dominion of
Canada
North America
di A. Evans
Well Trained Horses and the Art of Farm Training
The article argues that farm horses vary in intelligence and that horse sense goes beyond basic commands. It recalls a farmer who refused a high offer for his team, trusting his own training and judgment. It emphasizes training requires patience, intelligence, and interest, often lacking in hired help.
Professor Affirms Equality of Women in Suffrage
A quotation shows a speaker declaring equal rights for women and maps alongside men in suffrage. The fragment hints at a broader discussion on gender equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bran
Lodging in wheat linked to soil salts and moisture
An Italian experiment station reports lodging in wheat stems correlates with high soil nutritive salts and abundant moisture. Lack of lodging occurs in drought and poor soil. fully manured plants lodge more, while dry conditions reduce risk. A quoted aside comments on trade creditors follow.
Vast ancient ivory source may lie in North America
George F. Kunz argues in a recent ivory work that future ivory could come from American elephant remains. He notes prehistoric elephants ranged across North America and Siberia, joined by a Behring land bridge, and tusks buried in the far north may yield valuable ivory from islands north of Siberia. Alaska emerges as a promising prospecting field as modern elephant ivory dwindles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Kunz
North America
Siberia
Behring Strait
Alaska
Freezone claims relief for corns by direct application
A Cincinnati authority touts a drug called freezone that when applied to a tender corn instantly relieves pain and causes the entire corn to lift out. The solution dries quickly and shrivels the corn without irritating surrounding tissue. A small bottle is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Farmers' Non-Partisan League wins in North Dakota
Last summer farmers formed the Farmers' Non-Partisan League and ran a vigorous campaign. They elected a farmer governor and a house aligned with their platform, plus 23 of 49 senate seats. The movement pushes state owned elevators mills warehouses and rural credit banks with reforms including tax exemptions and grain inspection. Pills of Attested Value are praised as effective cleansers and laxatives though no direct link to the political piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers
North Dakota
Farmers’ Non-Partisan League
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
The Submarine Net and Its Helpless Capture
A World’s Work description explains a submarine net made of wird rope with large mesh openings and surface floats. It traps subs by entangling propellers, forcing surrender or prompting surface bombardment as enemy ships pursue and attack the trapped vessel.
True Patriotism and the Call to Service
A philosophical reflection defines patriotism as a vow to serve one’s country, not mere rhetoric. It emphasizes sacrifice and the duty to defend or aid the nation through personal effort and commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren
Biles
Serancr
Denmark Enriched by War Amid Economic Shifts
The article notes Denmark profits from wartime demand as firms pivot to repair and production for conflict, with 14 companies reporting last year dividends averaging 62 percent of capital, totaling 43 million kroner, a value exceeding prewar fleet holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Message in a Lady's Story Speaks to Kidney Relief
Mrs H Dickens of 70 Tom Street Hamilton Ontario recounts using Dodd's Kidney Pills after her baby’s birth and finding relief from back pain and fatigue. Her daughter also improves from long standing nervous trouble. She urges others to try the old established kidney remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
Hamilton
Asthma Remedy Promoted In Local Ad
An advertisement touts Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a natural vapor treatment that clears nasal passages and lung airways. It claims immediate relief and markets the product through general dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Kellogg
Mand
Matrimonial Boom Fuels U S Draft Evasion Debate
A Tvelphi Herald column argues a surge in marriages in the United States is driven by men seeking to dodge conscription. The writer questions the morality of avoiding service and likens it to escaping one trap only to fall into another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tvelphi Herald
Egyptian Liniment touted for farm animal care
The article promotes Egyptian Liniment as a popular remedy for injuries to horses cattle and other animals from barbed wire. It urges farmers in the west to keep a bottle on hand and notes many horses have been saved from long disablement by using the product. A free sample is offered by Douglas & Co. of Napanee Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Douglas & Co
Napanee
Ont
Klondike Gold Rush Yields Over Two Hundred Million Found
Old-article note traces Alaska Yukon placers from 1884 discovery at Forty Mile to the Klondike bonanza. It cites more than $200,000,000 in gold extracted over 30 years, with about $6,500,000 from the Fortymile district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Yukon Basin
Korrymile
Klondike
Canadian
Boundary
Alaska Yukon
Alaska Yukon Placer Camps In the 30 Years Since Fortymile
Fortymile
Frightful female illness cured by vegetable Compound
A Louisville reader recounts four years of female troubles headaches and insomnia. After doctors warned of surgery a friend suggested Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and she recovered feeling like a new woman. She signs with a partial address and asks others to write if they have similar questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ikon Eyly
Fisusaics
Christy Ave
E. Pinkham Cota
Boy Scout Notes on Nest Nabbing and Ethics
An article urges Scouts to protect birds during nesting season and reject nest robbing. It cites praise from educators for the Boy Scouts as a key educational movement that builds character, ethics, and responsibility in boys through nature-based activities and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout
Amo
Boy Scouts Movement
Teachers College Record
Vacant Lands a Menace To the Prairie Farmer
Provincial law in Alberta allows rural municipalities and districts to levy two and a half cents an acre on unoccupied lands to fund poison and labor for gopher control. Saskatchewan has a similar statute. With gophers spreading on waste lands near farms, a farmer must not only clear his own land but also address adjacent waste lands to prevent new colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Saskatchewan
One of Germanys Greatest Problems
In a British prize court hearing for condemnation of shiploads of lubricating oils and fats as enemy property, an affidavit from a war trade intelligence official stated that 8000 locomotives were laid up at Essen last month due to wear from oil shortages and bad lubricants, making lubrication a critical issue in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Trade Intelligence Department
Essen
Germany
Aeway
Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapinman
A fragmentary verse excerpt titled Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapinman praises a brighter, gentler land with bluer skies, truer friendship, and a kinder economy. The poem contrasts struggle and joy, reaping with less sowing, and upbeat communal living as the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Chapimnan
Reading a Note Confusion in a Blind Clerk Tale
Dialogue shows a clerk asking about a note for Mr Jones who is described as blind. The note carrier recalls being asked twice where his hat was even though it sat on his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Johnny Learns Politeness At School
A teacher taunts a boy with dirty hands and Johnny replies that he would stay silent and be too polite if the teacher came to class that way. The exchange highlights the humor and social norms of childhood discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
A New Bond With Canada and United States War Effort
The New York Tribune urges a united approach with Canada as both nations answer the wartime call. It highlights imperial liberty, Anglo-Saxon roots, and a pending American contribution to trench lines against tyranny as Europe fights for shared ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Canada
United States
New York Tribune
Good For Nothing and Effects of Liquor Exposed
A garbled excerpt condemns liquor and its stimulants, citing Dr De Hlake of Miesard Medical School as authority. It questions alcohol’s value and notes public attitudes, including a remark about leaving an orchestra to change the air.
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de Hlake
Miesard Medical School
Mont
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Ivory
Iarmelee
New Haven Union
Excelsior
Life 18
Toronto
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Liniment
THE
Imperial Oil Company Limited
E. B. Eddy Company Limited
Hull
HH. Clay Glover Co., Inc
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Walter & Soon To da Lea
Mlavenstox
Wood
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Arlington CO. OF
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