Prosperity in Western Canada in 1915 and 1916 gains
Canada reports strong prosperity across agriculture and industry with nearly a billion bushels of grain produced in 1915. Western taxes per quarter section range up to 35 dollars, improvements untaxed, and soldiers may receive leave to plant seeds and harvest crops as the 1916 program expands. Ad notes farm labor sought in the United States. Also includes a misc. ad and a proverb about friends and enemies.
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Canada
Western
Dominion
United States
Tender Skin Babies and Cuticura Remedies Ad
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for baby skin care. It promotes mild soothing properties for irritated rashy skin and offers free samples by mail with a book on request to Boston. Trading compliments is likened to swapping green goods.
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Dept. L
Boston
Jad Salts Promoted As Kidney Relief For Meat Eaters
An advertisement claims Jad Salts cures backache and kidney sluggishness caused by excess meat. It describes kidney overload from uric acid, urges use of four ounces in water daily, and promises relief and bladder comfort as a liver and urinary tonic. It targets meat eaters with life saver rhetoric.
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Doan
Indiana
Indiana Education Centennial Shows Growth Since 1816
Indiana marks a century of state schooling with records from 1814 to 1914. The piece traces early finance, state constitutions, and the rise of township schools and independent districts, noting private higher education institutions and a strong vocational program enacted in 1913. It highlights enrollment gains, schoolhouse growth, and the shift to taxation for school funding, ending with pension provisions for teachers.
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Ndhanga
Indiana
Batt
Superintendent of Public Instruction
General Assembly
Indiana University
Hanover Academy
Hanover College
Wabash Manual Labor College
Teachers’ Seminary
Wabash College
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Franklin College
Franklin
DePauw University
Greencastle
Purdue University
Lafayette
The
State Normal
Terre Haute
Rose Polytechnic
Butler College
Indianapolis
Earlham College
Richmond
Moores Hill College
Moores Hil
George 8. Cottman
Max R. Hyman
Atateg
Vale ‘Mills
Samuel Perkins
Supreme Court
Byron K. Bt Laft
Alao
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helps Taunton Woman
Clarice Morin of Taunton Massachusetts credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relieving painful irregular periods and backache after trying the remedy on medical advice This testimonial highlights the product as a safe home treatment and offers free confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
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Tauston
Mass
Avery Monith
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Good If Paid For It Or For Nothing Quote
A quotation divides opinion on motivation as it notes some people act for payment while others offer aid without reward. The remark contrasts transactional goodness with altruism and prompts debate about incentives and ethics.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Superior White Clothes
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the only blue for laundry, promising snow white clothes and dismissing liquid blue. It features a sly proverb about wise men and fools to end the pitch.
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Red Cross Ball
Adv
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