Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Relief in Three Months
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone promising to treat catarrh bronchitis and related nasal throat infections. The complete outfit costs one dollar and lasts about three months, with smaller sizes available through the Catarrh Zone Co in Kingston Ontario. The adjacent text shifts to a serialized story featuring Foster in Edinburgh, observing locals and a returning acquaintance at a tea room. The narrative hints at espionage and intrigue as Foster ponders moving on from the climate and wary locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhrone Co
Kingstom Ont
Canada
Pursuit and Paranoia In Edinburgh Hotel Encounter
Foster spends a cold day in Edinburgh seeking Daly and encounters a quiet stranger who reveals ties to the police. The man notes Foster's visitor book entry and Daly’s possible moves, hinting at a planned scrutiny as Foster weighs the risk of mistaken identity and flight to Newcastle.
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Foster
Edinburgh
Daly
Canada
The
Daly's
John Foster
Lawrence Featherstone
Featherstone
Great Britain
Peatherstone
Newcastle
National Crime Declares Robbing Nests Banned
An order in council bans robbing birds nests and egg collections as a national crime under the migratory birds convention. New close seasons run December 15 to August 31 for ducks geese brant and edible wild fowl. Insectivorous birds including robins woodpeckers wrens and thrushes face year round protection with permits for museums or science.
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Canada
Dead Men Get Up in French Trench Charge
In a French trench a shell wounded all but one, a young officer. He urged the fallen to rise with a defiant cry for France and led the men to man the guns, drive back Germans, and hold the trench.
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France
Leshie
League of Better Food Production Seeks Young Volunteers
A farm journal organizer forms a youth pledge league for ages 10 to 18 to promote better and greater food production and conservation. Participants commit to efforts this year and share in prizes offered by the publisher.
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Western Farm Journal
Neutrality Holds Amid Global War Patchwork
The remaining neutral nations span Spar, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, and Sweden with limited tolerance for German actions. Spain and Argentina show mixed leanings amid economic ties and propaganda. Mexico stays nonbelligerent while several Latin American states cling to neutrality, totaling fourteen weapons-free by name.
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Spar
Holland
Switzerland
Madrid
Wh- Helustra See
Germany
Valles
Cdieral Pershing
Spain
America
Netherlands
Berlin
Adlics
Saazerland
Norway
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
Colombia
Dominician Republic
Eccuador
Paraguay
Venezua
Red Cross Diamond Donated In War Time Sale
A 205 carat pale primrose yellow diamond, found at De Beers Grinqualand West in 1901, is donated to the British Red Cross through Christy’s London sale. The square diamond features a Maltese cross on its top facet and glows phosphorescently after light exposure. It may be named the Red Cross Diamond.
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British Red Cross
Red Cross
Christy's
London
South Africa
Borneo
Koh-i-noor
Pitt
de Beers
Grinqualand West
Germans boast of new gas and aircraft to strike London
Th A M Davis, once Kaiser’s dentist and now in New York, claimed German leaders boasted of a deadly gas dropped from huge airplanes aimed at London. He said the gas would reach deep cellars and subways, while officials touted super submarines capable of reaching the United States.
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New York
Th. A. M. Davis
London
Grand Headquarters
Builder proposes trap doors to save grain in fires
A grain elevator builder urges fire safety by fitting each bin with a trap door on the outer wall. Quick, inexpensive changes to existing structures could allow wheat and other grain to be tossed outside during a blaze, saving substantial losses.
Securing Her Rights or Ask for Many
A fragment from a Baltimore item discusses securing rights and seeking more from a speaker or advocate. The readable lines suggest a debate over entitlements and resistance to demands.
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Baltimore
Prussian Pride and War Debt Debate Echoes
An East driven display of Prussian pride follows July 19, with derision of the Bolsheviks and a call to press demands on France and England. Reports cite Bavarian debates on war debt and possible confiscation of enemy wealth, noting reluctance to pay indemnities and the idea that burdens may shift to foes.
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Germany
Hamburgischer
France
England
Junkers
Count Vreysing
Count Preysing
Dr. von Breuning
Insist on Land Cultivation in School and Reserve Lands
A Lethbridge board of trade memorandum urges government action to prevent school and Indian reserve lands from staying uncultivated after sale. It cites Chin near Lethbridge and Taber irrigation links, calling for cultivation requirements or sale cancellation. The proposal, endorsed by United Farmers of Alberta, targets federal and provincial ministers for prompt reform.
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Lethbridge Board of Trade
United Farmers of Alberta
Board of Trade
Borden
Crown
Chin
Lethbridge
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Taber
Nine Kaisers Change Surnames in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn during the past two weeks nine Kaiser families altered their names. They chose King as their new surname, reflecting a shift within a republican era.
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Brooklyn
Republic
King
Congress Refuses Public Hearings on Irish Affairs
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Mr Flood, declines public hearings on Irish resolutions. They warn such debate could intrude on another nation's internal affairs, harm U S interests, and hinder Ireland's home rule progress. Editorial from Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Flood
United States
Ireland
Congress
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Courage in a Mirror Before a Crowd
A London Opinion quote contrasts women’s courage with men’s. The speaker asks where a man could summon the nerve to pull a mirror and doll himself up before a restaurant crowd. The exchange highlights gendered views on bold self-presentation.
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London
Unlucky Fisherman and Pitcher Offer Sparks Bargain
A judge records a quip where a man offers to buy a fisherman’s string of fish with a pitcher for fifty cents. The exchange captures a humorous bargaining moment as the boy resists the sale.
Iceland May Secede Per Copenhagen Dispatch
A Copenhagen despatch reports the Vossische Zeitung stating Iceland may secede and form a republic with British influence strong and potential attachment to Great Britain. Reuters informs there is no truth to the claim of large British spending. only Britain buying Iceland’s fish catch is noted.
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Denmark
Iceland
Great Britain
England
Every Saloon an Enemy Fort War Speech by Clarence Truce Wilson
A wartime rhetoric piece argues that the nation must regulate or seize private resources including factories and homes to win a nine year war. It portrays saloons and breweries as threats and calls for total mobilization of money food labor and intellect.
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Clarence Truce Wilson
D.D
Freedom of Labor and Capital
A wartime pact seeks to prevent industrial unrest with a plan from the War Labor Conference. It calls for suspending strikes and lockouts during hostilities, bans on discharging union members, and limits on coercive union recruitment. The aim is a permanent shift toward industrial peace after the war.
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War Labor Conference
Labor
Wilson
Leslie's
Memory Lapses Prompted Unusual Habit
Jinks complains of his wife forgetfulness and recalls his own, while Brown reveals his trick of writing notes on paper and guming them to the looking glass to aid memory. The Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph notes links is now a contented man.
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Jinks
Brown
Nissas
Links
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Sunbeam Economizing Prompted Early Bedtimes This Year
A Life section note suggests households cut sunbeam usage and sleep earlier by a couple of months this year. It frames the move as a cost saving trend tied to brighter mornings and energy reductions.
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Sande
Tmweton Daly
Ayer Jo Esis
Lawrence
Hawick
Alice Featherstone
Garth
Carmen
Messenger
Harold Bindloss
Manrime
Eve Remedy Co
Chicago
Prussia
Gillette
Gillette Safety Razor Co. of Canada
St. Alexander Street
Montreal
U. S
Copenhagen
Vossische Zeitung
Para-Sani
C.O.D. i
Bex
Appleford Counter Check Book Co., Ltd
McBenmet Aan
Henk
Winnipeg
Manitoba
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