Bound to Win It Will Take All America to Win the War
The Ohio State Journal asserts America will not falter as it readies for battle. It proclaims resolve to march to Berlin if needed and to supply troops with food during the march. The piece declares the Kaiser’s defeat is certain as the republic grows more determined daily.
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Ohio State Journal
Private Simpkins and the Library Promenades
A soldier returns from the front and confronts his partner about her frequent strolls with another man. She explains the visits were acts of kindness, as he would take her to the library each day to see if the husband was killed.
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Simpkins
Captain James McCudden Receives Military Medal
The British airman Captain James Byford McCudden, age 23, earns the Military Medal for valor. A former bugler who joined eight years ago, he flew over 100 missions, accounting for 54 German aircraft and achieving multiple four-aircraft kills in a single day. He has crossed enemy lines solo on many occasions and is praised for fearlessness and service.
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McCudden
France
Mons
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British Star
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London Gazette
Minard’s Liniment Promoted at Yarmouth Camp
At the Yarmouth Y M C A Boys Camp held near Trasket Falls in August readers note Minard’s Liniment as most beneficial for sunburn relief for colic and tooth ache.
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A Discouraging Query at an Evening Party
A pretty girl teases a genial bachelor about remaining single. He explains he was discouraged in love after falling for a young lady, fearing to confess. He finally proposed. she asked who would marry them.
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Pearson
Let em All Come The Lawyer The precedents Against You
Legal skirmish framing a courtroom clash as a sharp exchange between a woman and her advisor. The dialogue hints at a defiant legal strategy and a contentious pursuit of justice reflected in a dense court-room atmosphere.
Financial reforms under way in Western cities and Saskatchewan
The West is sound in financial affairs of rural municipalities while cities and Saskatchewan progress differently. Important centres push to balance budgets with strict expenditure controls and diligent tax collection, says the Monetary Times.
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Saskatchewan
Teething Troubles and Baby's Own Tablets
Worries arise during teething as infants become cross and unsettled with stomach upset and colic. The text promotes Baby's Own Tablets as an ideal laxative to ease teething by keeping the stomach and bowels sweet. Mrs. Henry Bernard of St Emile Que endorses the remedy citing relief for her baby. Available from cens dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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The Last Quarter of an Hour War Resolve
The article cites Clemenceau’s quote We shall win the war in the last quarter of an hour and describes a brutal, desperate struggle with shifting battle lines, losses, and determined endurance as the decisive final hour nears.
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Clemenceau
New York Tribune
Worm Exterminator Brings Relief Within Reach
The Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is affordable and available at any druggist, making relief accessible to all.
Poultry Numbers In British Columbia Reported For June 1917
The Circular Bulletin No 16 11 from the British Columbia agriculture statistics branch lists hens 600 229 chickens 735 449 geese 8 322 ducks 16 368 turkeys 7 632 totaling 1 368 000 up from 839 000 in 1916.
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British Columbia
Circular
Statistics Branch
Department of Agriculture
German Miscalculation and Allied Resolve
A Columbus Dispatch editorial lauds Allied courage and righteousness as the key factor halting a German drive, arguing Germans underestimated British and French grit and moral power, not just numbers or guns, in turning the tide of battle.
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Columbus Dispatch
An Oil for All Men
A vintage ad extols Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil as a universal remedy for sailors soldiers fishermen lumbermen and outdoor workers. It promises relief from pain colds wounds lumbago and rheumatism and urges keeping it in home medicine chests and on travels.
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Thomas
Dependents Question Highlighted in Baltimore Appeal
A Baltimore American excerpt shows a speaker affirming dependence, saying his wife relies on him to carry her wash home. The dialogue reflects personal duty and social expectations within a dependent relationship.
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Yaas
Baltimore
Willful Waste of Food Declared Illegal by Canada Food Board
The Canada food board orders wilful waste of any food or storage losses to be illegal with penalties. Private citizens must report waste to municipal authorities. Violators face fines from 10 to 1000 dollars or up to three months in jail. Local officers may seize unsold goods if needed.
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Canada Food Board
Canada
Wate
Winnipeg
Cat
Record Request for New Copies of Home Fires Burning
A dialogue notes a request to the records officer seeking two fresh copies of the song Keep the Home Fires Burning after a record was broken. The exchange reflects wartime reminiscence and official handling of requests.
A Soldier's Chances in War Statistics for Canadians
The commission addresses Canadian families with wartime risk facts. It compares front line death and wound odds, recovery prospects, limb loss risk, and longevity gains from training. It notes disease versus bullet mortality, demands for re education, and declares war less wasteful than past conflicts while warning against pacifist and traitor rhetoric.
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Potg 2
Canada
Spend or Die in the House of Commons Vote
Mr Bonar Law moved a £600000000 vote of credit in the House of Commons to cover daily war costs near seven millions. The expenditure is described as essential to save the country and families from the Germans with a stark warning that the alternative would be ruin.
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Hopkinson
W. B. Hanks
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Hell
London Daily Express
Newfoundlander Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for Relief
Mrs Samuel Milley of Exploits Labor Notre Dame Bay Newfoundland says she suffered years from rheumatism and heart trouble. After using twenty two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills her rheumatism disappeared and she urges others to try the remedy. The pills are claimed to act on the kidneys helping filter impurities from the blood.
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Larbor
Notre Dame Bay
Nfld
Dodd
Canada
Samuel Milley
German war losses totals to nearly five million say writers
German writers estimate total fatalities and prisoners from military actions as five million including illness and wounds. Karl Bleistein claims west front losses August 1914 to August 1917 were 2,604,296 and east front killed and prisoners were 1,484,550. For late 1917 to January 1918 losses on both fronts were 367,450.
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New Europa
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East Front
New Law Enforces Food Conservation Rules in Cafes
Several restaurant operators have been fined under the Can ada food board regulations for conservation of foodstuffs in public eating places. The action targets those who willfully or innocently ignored sanitary rules.
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Canada Food Board
The Soda Glass Menace Shocks a Lunch Crowd
A New York Herald warning claimed a soda water glass harbored over twenty thousand cells and 3 million germs, implying exposure to a dozen serious diseases. The anecdote recounts a shopper's ruined lunch and a public fear sparked by sensational science reporting.
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Life Ad
New York Herald
Putnam's Extractor Promises Quick Corn Relief
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as painless for corns. It claims a drop eases pain and shrinks corns, loosening skin and making removal easy. The copy urges a trip to the drug store for a bottle today.
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Putnam’s
Parisner questions government about moving Paris
In a Paris chamber of deputies exchange, a nervous observer asks if the government plans to leave Paris. Georges Leygues confirms grave conditions and denies a move to Bordeaux, a reply that leaves the questioner stunned.
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France
Marine
Georges Leygues
Chamber of Deputies
Bordeaux
Bordeaut Ami
Belleville
Fragmented gramophone question in letter snippet
A fragment from a reader asks about a daughter fond of a gramophone needle and the device referenced in a casual inquiry. The text appears as a stray OCR fragment with no clear publishable event or full context.
Shells of Long Range Gun Used Against Paris
L Homme Libre reports German long range shells fired at Paris measure 8.08 inches in calibre and twenty inches in length. Each shell weighs 200 pounds with under 20 pounds of explosives and a threaded fuse. A diaphragm splits the shell into two unequal pockets with two holes connecting them, explaining two rapid explosions possibly from two guns.
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Paris
L’homme Libre
Auick
Dust Causes Asthma Relief Promised by Kellogg Remedy
A historical ad asserts tiny dust specks trigger asthma and that Dr. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy brings rest and restored breathing. It cites numerous testimonials annually praising its effectiveness.
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Dr. D. Kellogg
Saved the Day by Second Lieutenant W H Praaghsire Bucks Light Infantry
An official tribute praises Second Lieutenant W H Praaghsire of Bucks Light Infantry for bold action in an advance where three company commanders fell and communications failed. He held the advanced line, defended flanks, and organized resistance to counterattacks, saving the situation. Second Lieutenant Morbely has now received the
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Bucks Light Infantry
Moberly
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