Canada to Profit From Postwar Farm Boom Says Banker
A banker urges immediate land purchases in western Canada, noting high wartime grain wealth and farm incomes. He counters conscription myths and explains taxes, urging settlers to buy near rail—farms at 15 to 30 dollars an acre—before postwar price rises.
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Canada
Red Cross
Flanders
Western
Canaada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
New York
Montreal
Ottawa
Slim Picking War News Sparks Gazetteer Lookups
In a brisk exchange, a reader notes the war news yields few clear names and hints at needing a gazetteer. The vented line reflects the era's tendency to seek precise places and people through reference works.
Dodds Kidney Pills Bring Cure Says Olivehill Man
Mr J M Sinclair of Olivehill Tennessee reports four years of back strain kidney weakness and bladder inflammation. A doctor said diabetes and heart involvement followed. After trying no relief he used Dodds Kidney Pills and credits them with his recovery. Also notes Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion. Ad.
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J. M. Sinclair
Olivehill
Tenn
J. M
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Frosty reception leaves show cold feet
A witty exchange suggests the event failed due to organizers hesitating or losing nerve. The quip frames the turnout as chilly, implying insufficient backing or confidence behind the production.
Pills for Bilious Headache Ad Claims 10 Cent Cure
An advertisement extols Cascarets to cleanse the stomach and bowels and relieve headaches by removing sour undigested food and toxins. It also promotes Dr. Pishee's Joltsant-Pellets as a liver and stomach aid and alludes to a washed political whitewash.
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A. Cascaret
Pishee
Breakfast Lentils with Rice and Curry
A vintage recipe describes how to cook lentils with curry and onions, then pair with dry boiled rice. Soak lentils, sauté onions in butter, add curry powder and water, simmer to a thick porridge, season, and serve with rice. Rice is boiled, rinsed, dried, and served hot with the lentil curry.
Household Cleaning Tips From Old Almanac Page
Warm water sprinkles for starched cloths give twice the satisfaction. A painter's brush dusts cracks and crevices. Soak mildew in weak chloride of lime then rinse in cold water. Ammonia and water restores rubber elasticity by cooking in one to two parts. Smoked ceilings wash with soda water. Salt removes egg stains from silver when applied dry. Saleratus polishes tableware and tinware. Rust fades with lemon juice, salt, and sun.
Home Made Breakfast Food And Rice With Cheese Sauce
A reader describes turning stale bread into a baked breakfast by browning and grinding it for a crisp, flavorful mix, sometimes with rye caraway bread. Also outlines a layered rice bake with butter, milk, cheese, pepper, and salt for a rich sauce.
Mock Gherry Pie Recipe Partially Readable
A fragment lists ingredients for a pie including cranberries chopped raisins sugar flour water vanilla and two crusts. No clear author date or publication context.
Flemish Soup with Brussels Sprouts and Potatoes
To two pounds of washed Brussels sprouts add ten potatoes two onions two leeks salt and pepper. Cook gently and pass through a sieve. Add at the last moment a sprinkle of chopped chervil.
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Adi
How to revive bottled olives for richer flavor
When a bottle of olives is opened pour off the brine and add one tablespoon of olive oil Replace the cork and shake the bottle well Let it stand about half an hour before using the olives The disagreeable brine taste will disappear and the olives gain the rich flavor of the ripe fruit McCall's Magazine
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McCall's Magazine
Pessimist Defined In Witty Quip About Life Voyage
A quip frames a pessimist as a man seasick on life’s voyage. The line sketches enduring gloom through a playful nautical metaphor, casting pessimism as a lifelong condition.
Bride-Merciful Heavens Pie Burn Warning
Life notes from Her Cook Book warn readers about a pie catching fire and the need to wait ten minutes before removing it, illustrating a domestic mishap with humorous tone.
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye and Hair Health Ad
A home remedy blends water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken gray hair and reduce dandruff when applied twice weekly. Claims include hair softening gloss scalp safety and no greasiness with minimal cost. Also a joke exchange defines an effective blockade as tipping the waiter.
New Remedy for Kidney Bladder and Uric Acid Troubles
Dear Readers I appeal to those with kidney and bladder trouble to give up harsh salts or alcoholic medicines and try a short treatment of Anuric Tablets Dr Pierce’s medicines have helped me for years I was well after using Anuric and a doctor called me a well preserved woman for my age Mrs Melindagh Miller If you suffer from backache rheumatic pain get Anuric now
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Melindagh, Miller
Heard on the Car Grippe Joke Linked to Lodge
A humorous line from the Boston Evening Transcript recalls a rider asking about the grippe and learning it came from a man who belongs to a game lodge.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises White Clothes
An old advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for bright white laundry and urges purchase at grocers for 6 cents. The copy notes the product leaves clothes whiter than snow and contrasts with cheaper bottle blue. A closing line comments on dignity and fame.
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Red Cross Ball
Grip and Winter Colds Bad Blood Editorial Claim
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a purely vegetable blood purifier. It claims the tonic strengthens a pale weak patient, purges bad blood, and purifies the system using extracts from American forest herbs and roots with no alcohol.
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Dr. Pierce
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