Mounted Police For Battle Front
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police will raise several squadrons of horse from its western members to fight in France and Flanders. The force aims to compensate for Canadian cavalry losses after a major Picardy action, with about four hundred men recruited and two hundred more expected.
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Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Domuinion
France
Flanders
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Picardy
Canada to add four million acres to crops this year
W J Black, commissioner of agricultural instruction, estimates 4 000 000 more acres under crop in Canada this year than 1917. eastern provinces east of the Great Lakes will gain nearly a million in Ontario 600 000 in Quebec with grass lands breaking up 400 000 in the maritime provinces. about 2 000 000 acres in the west mostly in Saskatchewan.
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W. J. Black
Thegricultural Instruction Act
Canada
Great Lakes
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Saskatchewan
England's Idea in Great War by John Masefield at Acolian Hall
John Masefield spoke at Acolian Hall declaring the war time fortune, saying the decisive battle may come this year or next and noting Britain's advantages and Russia's stride toward liberty. He tied England's spirit to St. George and the dragon, linking it to a revived national resolve as a trumpet sounds for a nation in distress.
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John Masefield
Acolian Hall
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Poland
Russia
England
Masefield
John Bull
St. George's Day
Proud of Her Fine Little Girls Quebec Lady Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
Madame Pierre Pepin of St Honore Chicoutimi testifies two of her children, previously weak with bedwetting, were cured after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She credits the remedy with restoring kidney function and quiet sleep.
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Dodd
Canada
Water on a duck's back pickup line
A sergeant drills recruits and berates a failing man. After persistent mistakes the sergeant loses patience and concludes the lad learns nothing, comparing it to pouring water on a duck's back as it runs in one ear and out the other.
Miller's Worm Powders Battle against Worms Won
Miller's Worm Powders claim to cure stomach worms by neutralizing parasitic worms. The medicine supposedly digests worms and evacuates them with bowel waste, restoring sound health and steady improvement for children.
Pimples On Face Sold Everywhere With Free Mail Offer
An advertisement notes pimples on the face and red hard cans for the time being. It promotes free samples by mail with a 4 dress post-card to Cuthurs Dept. A Boston U S A and claims availability across markets.
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Cuthurs
Dept. A
Boston
U.S. A
Comically Failed Open-Air Cooking Demonstration
A man slips while carrying eggs for a street demonstration. He drops eggs on the pavement and jokes that he is giving a free demonstration of open-air cooking. A passerby offers sympathy as he collects the broken shells and yolks.
Model Towns for Disabled Soldiers Proposed in Commons
Major H. M. Mowat of Parkdale Toronto proposes a government funded program for soldier model towns. The plan envisions self supporting communities with homes for veterans and families, self management, handicraft manufacturing, and provision for widows and orphans. Buildings would be sanitary with electric power and homes offered to eligible veterans based on pensions and means.
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H. M. Mowat
Parkdale
Toronto
Commons
Major Mowat
Canada
Mowat
Worm Exterminator Promises Quick Relief for Children
A vintage ad touts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a simple strong remedy to relieve children from worms quickly. The copy emphasizes prompt relief and easy administration as a selling point.
Sense Only Man At Reception Stirs Conversation
A distinguished man of letters at a reception is described as grave and taciturn. A lady jokes to the hostess that he seems out of place, and the hostess quips that he can talk only sense, highlighting his quiet, thoughtful presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Register
Dollar Worth of Steak In Buffalo Trade
A customer asks for a dollar worth of steak and the butcher wraps it up. The price is listed as 4.90 dollars in the Buffalo Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
Spying on Spies and Diplomatic Gossip in War Time
The article recalls espionage during the war, noting German spies opening bags and reading letters. It explains the tactic of publishing nothing that could be publicly published and describes the strain on diplomats who avoided official gossip reports. It ends with a remark about Zimmermann reacting to missing weekly reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard
Zimmermann
Margarine From Whale Fat Plan Reappears in Newfoundland
Norwegian capitalists aim to revive the whaling industry off Newfoundland waters to supply whale meat to the United States and possibly other markets. They plan to convert whale fat into margarine, a practice Norway has long used. A previous Norwegian venture in these waters thrived briefly but collapsed as whale kills dwindled, ending the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Newfoundland
Norway
Freezone Offered To Treat Corns For Quick Relief
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a painless remedy to lift corns. A small bottle, available at drug stores, dries on contact and does not irritate nearby skin. Readers are advised to ask their druggist to obtain it if unavailable locally.
Soldier vows full government life insurance despite trench risks
A colored recruit said he would take the full $10,000 government insurance. When warned by a fellow soldier that he might be shot, he replied I reckon I knows what I doin. You all don't s'pose Uncle Sam is gwing to put a $10,000 man in the first-line trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Boston Transcript
Minard's Liniment Proclaimed Sole Store Favorite
Harlin Fulton of Pleasant Bay reports Minard's Liniment as the only liniment asked for and kept in stock, with all customers using it.
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Minard
Harlin Fulton
Demands of Liberty in War Speech Preface
Lloyd George argues democracy faces a death grip from autocracy and will triumph only if free peoples stay strong and loyal. The text stresses a clear choice between ideals and tyranny and warns against compromise as the war continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Europe
Lee
Spring Fever Remedy Advertised For Anemia and Fatigue
The notice promotes Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to refresh blood and fight spring fatigue. It cites blood root Golden Seal Stone root Queen's root Oregon grape root and glycerine as ingredients and claims the remedy purifies blood and improves appetite and energy. It references personal testimony praising the medicine and its Pleasant Pellets as helpful for home use.
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Queen’s Root
Oregon
Ae Pierce
Golden
Wrevser
Keep Your Shoes in War Time Economy
The article notes wartime shoe and equipment shortages, with millions of pounds of leather diverted from civilian use. It urges home conservation of footwear, proper care to extend life, and mentions advertisements urging neatness and prudent behavior.
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Ae Ee Dal
Limi
Prussian leader Batocki blasts food policy dire straits
Batocki, Germany's former food dictator now governing the Russian province with Konigsberg as capital, defends his policy blaming inadequate authority. He urges farmers to bear extreme burdens and sacrifice private interests for the Fatherland, warning land barons and Junkers of neglecting duties as shortages persist.
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Batocki
Germany
Konigsberg
Junkers
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Quick Constipation Relief
A mother from Terrebonne Que extols Baby's Own Tablets for her constipated baby noting quick relief. The ad describes the tablets as a mild safe laxative effective for children and sells them 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Emile LaChapelle
Terrebonné
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Every Man Must Do His Duty in the War Effort
A wartime editorial urges universal sacrifice for liberty. It praises France and Britain and calls for American men to prepare and endure to end, matching conscription efforts and a pledge to fight until allied victory.
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France
Great Britain
America
Republic
Ireland
British Empire
Washington Est
Dr Thomas Electric Oil Gains Hemisphere Fame
The oil was launched over thirty years ago to serve a small market yet proved its merits and spread across the continent. It is now known and prized throughout the hemisphere with no equal on the market.
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Thomas
Windmills for Farm Power and Storage Potential
The article discusses windmill power on farms noting a large mill in strong wind barely reaches five horsepower. It recommends storage batteries to absorb and release power for brief high-rate use. It cites 12 foot steel mills delivering about one and a half horsepower at a 25 mile wind, and 16 foot mills about two and a third horsepower, with Europe using windmills in battery banks for collective power.
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Europe
Deserters Ordered Arrested in U S Cities
British and Canadian recruiting mission officers announce orders to police in American cities to arrest deserters from British and Canadian armies. One deserter was picked up in Boston and returned to Montreal. Names of Canadian draft dodgers and deserters have been sent to the Boston police for roundup.
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Boston
Montreal
United States
Amul
Canada
German War Plans Letter Prefigured WWI Rail Attacks
A March 12 1914 letter from R von Wild of the German War Ministry to Capt. von Papen asks for methods to disrupt trains if war breaks out in Europe. Papen replies from Mexico City saying detonations were used by burying dynamite and igniting it, not infrequent in Europe.
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R. von Wild
German War Ministry
Berlin
von Papen
Mexico
Mexico City
Potsdam
Disconto Gesellschaft
P.S
R. Mimel
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Relief and Reward
A historical advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cleanse the blood and mucous surfaces, with a thirty five year reputation. It notes improvement after short use and lists J. Cheney & Co. Toledo as the seller at 75 cents.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
War Veteran at Eighteen Returns to Toronto Patriot
Pte. Ernest Harding of Hamilton, just turned eighteenth, is the baby of a veteran party reaching Toronto. A machine gunner with the First Brigade and later the M G section, he was wounded at Ypres in 1916 and Passchendaele in 1917. His older brother earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Passchendaele. The Harding family lives at 272 Beach Road.
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Toronto
Ernest Harding
Hamilton
France
M.G
Fritz
Ypres
Passchendaele
Vimy Ridge
Pte. Harding
Campaign to promote cottage cheese as meat substitute
The U S department of agriculture launches a nationwide campaign to boost cottage cheese production and use. Nearly a hundred field workers will visit all states to teach the value of cottage cheese, noting its skim milk origin and meat-equivalent food value.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Rey
United States Food Administration
New Work Obligation Bans Idle Living Nationwide
The order in council makes loafing illegal for all residents aged 16 to 60. Everyone must work or show cause for idleness, with heavy penalties for violators.
Soldiers of the Soil Farmers Canada supervision plan
Soldiers of the Soil in Canada will be supervised on farms this summer by the SOS organization of the Canada food board. The program aims to coordinate farming efforts with federal guidance.
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Farmers _ Canada
S.O.S
Canada Food Board
Eccentric Spaniard Arrested Over Wireless Clocks Find
Police seized a collection of clocks at a house near St arevaca where an eccentric Spaniard was arrested for possessing wireless devices. He claimed the clocks picked up time from the tower.
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St.arevaca
Yade Tower
Canadians Show High Car Ownership Across Nation
The Brantford Expositor notes Canada ranks third globally in autos in use with 199,302 cars registered in 1917, up 47,705 from 1916 and nearly 76,000 new registrations that year. One in forty Canadians owns a car, about one per eight families, with Ontario’s growth from 200 cars in 1903 to 84,353 licenses in 1917. The trend includes more farm licensees signaling better country roads ahead.
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Canada
Ontario
Brantford
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teres + a
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Eddy
Mounted Police
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Western Plains
Battle of
Somme
New York
Britain
Pepin
Douglas & Company
Napanee
Cincinnati
Pleasant Bay, C. Bl
Ae Waste
Kaiser
Soldiers of the Soil
Campbell
Powasean
Deelers
Zam-Buk Co
Stopglare Ltd
Hamilton, Ont
Michenhoff
Eureka
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Emperial Oil Limited
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