Western Canada's Great Harvest Report Foretells Growth
The Northwest harvest reports increased cultivation area and a record grain crop valued at over 400 million dollars. Officials note strong rail and trade prospects, favoring immigration to agricultural regions as prices and markets recover postwar.
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United States
Gypsies of Indian origin debate traced by writer
The piece notes American Roman supports the theory that Gypsies originated in India, with Mr Bleck arguing much of their language derives from Sanskrit. It reports scholars questioning the origin and tracing to ancient groups such as the Canaanites and lost tribes, amid cautious commentary.
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India
Bleck
Teraet
California Syrup of Figs promoted as safe for children
A vintage ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for ill and irritable children. It claims the product cleanses the stomach liver and bowels with a pleasant taste, offering a teaspoonful for infants and a full bottle for older kids, and advises asking for a 60 cent bottle at stores.
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California
Explorer Lang's Congo Expedition Profiles Pygmies and Cameroons
Lang and James P Chapin led the Congo expedition for the American Museum of Natural History gathering over 20 000 specimens weighing about 45 tons in six years. They HQed at Blanleyville and traveled to Avakubi aided by 200 native porters. They observed pygmy dances and villages of leaf bowers, noting mutual trade for meat, game, and crafts, and reported cannibalism nearly extinct due to governance and training.
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Sraert Lang
Africa
Congo
Charré of the Congo
American Museum At Natural History
Lang
James P. Chapin
Blanleyville
Caplerare
Branleyville
Avakubi
Mr. Lang
Crete
Federal Socleties
Belgian Congo
Those Poor Rich People and the Frugal Wife
A collection of ironic vignettes and observations on cost of living and luxury. Notes on fur prices and scarce goods compare 1913 expectations with current realities. Also includes anecdotes about ventilation of engine rooms and a joke about a double entendre in polite society.
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Beaver
Sam
Lexuries
Ralilionaire
Ocarcely
Dnarielal Femiea
Philadelphia Public Ledger
French Boy Scouts Helped War Effort Across Nations
The article notes French Boy Scouts and Boy Scouts in Fogland aided in the war effort per Herbert Adams Gibbons in Parte Reborn. They assisted railways, delivered letters to motor camps, cooled regiments, aided public service, aided the wounded, and supported refugees and the poor. Forty states have school sanitation laws, with 39 regulating drinking water supplies.
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Boy Scouts
United States
Fogland
Francmeler
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Spirit Filled Life in Romans Conquest and Hope
Acting Director of Moody Bible Institute outlines a lesson on Romans chapter eight, emphasizing the spirit’s leadership over sin, fear, suffering, vanity, infirmities, and all things. The text argues believers are more than conquerors through the Spirit, with assurance of sonship, prayer, intercession, and ultimate conformity to Christ’s image.
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Jesus
Abba
Anne
Christ
God
Father
The Spiritual Man and the Beauty of God Perceived
The spiritual man differs by perceiving God as beautiful rather than merely great. This delight in God soothes and refreshed thoughts of Him, guiding devotion and keeping the Bible coherent from start to finish. It frames actions of the events of God and inspires jubilation.
The Secret of Peace in Philppians 4 6 7
A devotional piece explains Philippians 4 6 7 urging Christians to be careful for nothing and pray about everything with thanksgiving. It recounts stories of Luther and Henry Clay Trumbull, stressing trust in God and the peace that guards hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Philppians
Martin Luther
St. Paul
Henry Clay Trumbull
Ain
Spurgeon
Christ
Lawa
de Lawa
The Apparent Sorrow Reflects False Thought
Unity argues that bitterness and woe are not real but the result of false statements and beliefs. Our sorrows, deformities, and misfortune arise from acknowledging powers other than the Most High who commands no other gods.
What Jesus Wants From Children
A brief religious message urging children to embrace faith and obedience. It emphasizes honoring parents, learning, asking questions, confessing Jesus publicly, and joining in worship, attributed to David Grege.
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Jesus
David Grege
Fat Man as a Bold Figure in Satirical Essay
An American author faces backlash for a volume titled Eat and Grow Thin that extols indulgence for the obese while imagining a future of lean vanity. The piece argues the fat man remains a source of philosophy and comfort, and warns that popular mockery could vanish if obesity fades. The Chicago News urges removal of the book.
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Chicago News
Wealth division in France fuels war loan drive
Well-Divided Wealth notes France sees high home ownership with 61 percent rural housing in own homes and over 80 percent in some districts. The piece contrasts this with French taxpayers being prompt in paying rates. It also mentions a humorous 91 year old resident repaying a past chicken loss and reports on a French chemical discovery turning unsaturated fats into a edible product, noting oil prices and production costs.
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France
M. de Faville
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Republic
Avoiding Operations For Female Troubles
Letters from readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an alternative to surgery for female ailments. A collection from Pinkham's Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts showcases testimonials from Marinette Wisconsin Belle Vernon Pennsylvania and Bellevue Pennsylvania about relief and recovery attributed to the product. A separate exchange jokes about liquor fines and a Virginia preacher's tale about seven devils in Mary Magdalene.
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Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Detroit
Iydia
Pinkham
Ly Bellevna
Talso
Martin North Side
Bellevue
Winston
Virginia
Weill
Object Matrimony In A Quip About Advertising
A w pie business man mocks advertising while a sad-eyed neighbor claims he achieved marriage without it. The brief dialogue plays on social notions of courtship and commerce in a pointed exchange.
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Wpie
Indze
Stop Eating Meat If Kidney Pain Appears
A dubious health claim warns against meat consumption as a cause of kidney trouble and back pain. It promotes Jad Salts as a daily kidney cleanser and bladder soother, claiming it neutralizes urine acids and prevents disease. The passage ends with a wartime appeal about Belgian children and a quote from Muhbel Hyde Kittredge.
ALways Look Your Best Soap and Ointment Ad
An advertisement touts a fragrant cleansing soap and soothing ointment to preserve skin purity and health. Free samples offered by mail via Rook, Cuthurs Dept. L Boston, with address postcard. Also includes stray dialogue fragments and ad copy ending with a quip about a woman jumping to conclusions.
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Cuthurs
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Boston
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Most Eminent Medical 4 New Remedy for Kidney Bla
Doctors Eberle Braithwaite and Simon agree urine rarely reveals treatment principles for kidney issues. If backache scalding urination or uric acid in blood causing rheumatism gout or selatica, write Dr. Plerea Surgical Institute Buffalo NY with a urine sample and symptoms for free advice after Dr. Pierce's chemist examines it. No obligation.
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Braithwaite
Simon
Plerea
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Lithia
Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
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