Within the Law With a Vengeance in a Crook's Den
Inspector Burke struggles to solve the Eddie Griggs murder while pressuring Garson Chicago Red and Dacey. Cassidy traces a Maxim silencer to Yale professor Sylvester as Dan Aggie Lynch arrives exposing a young heiress linked to the case.
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Inspector Burke
Garson
Mary Turner
Griggs
Dacey
Chicago Red
Burke
Cassidy
Joe Garson
Gilder
Turner
Demarest
Eddie Griggs
Grigg
Young Gilder
Aggie Lynch
Dan
Uss
Shakespeare Birthplace Defended Against Zeppelin Threat
Loyalist German press mocks Stratford protections for Shakespeare birthplace and grave while praising German theatre renditions of his works. King George gifts stallion Anmer to Canadian remount program. Anmer famed sire connections to Persimmon Diamond Jubilee and St Leger winners. Anmer aged 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Miss Davidson
Florize II
King Edward
Anmer
Guinea Hen
Petain's Rise and Iron Division Fame in French Army
The article portrays General Philippe Petain as an extraordinary rapid riser from colonel to army commander. It highlights his energy in Verdun and Artois, his leadership of the Iron Division, and his disciplined regimen of exercise and frugality. Soldiers admire him for leading by example and sharing his daring with his troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
Douaumont
Charleroi
Artois
Iron Division
France
Champagne
Verdun
Marshal Ney
Cost of Living Rises in Canada and Britain
The Ottawa labor department reports January index at 172, up from 162 last month and 139 in January 1915. Major price gains are in lard eggs butter cheese sugar tea coffee potatoes. milk bread and flour fell versus last year. Britain saw a 5 percent rise in December with index at 113.4 vs 81.2 before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Cor respondent of the American Agricul turist offers revised adage
A cor respondent to the American Agriculturalist publishes a revised saying, warning against feeding alfalfa to pigs and predicting pearls for wives, reflecting humorous or satirical farming lore.
Why Eyesight Fails and How to Preserve It
Essay argues neglect causes poor sight and dental decay, urging daily eye care. It promotes Bon-Opto mixed in water as an eye bath, claims it sharpens vision and comforts tired eyes, and notes pharmacists or Valmas Drug Co Toronto can supply it.
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Valmas Drug Co
Toronto
Naval men win Distinguished Service Medal in Flanders action
Petty Officer W Bright and Ship's Corporal W C Hathaway receive the Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry on the western front. When mines exploded and the position turned critical, they manned a Vickers gun after its team was knocked out and kept it firing while others covered with rifles, saving the position.
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W. Bright
W. C. Hathaway
Flanders
Western Front
Dr Pierce Remedies Endorsements From Windsor and Chatham
The lettered testimonials praise Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as safe vegetable remedies. Endorsers claim gains in health, fewer doctor bills, and strong recommendations to relatives and sick friends. Contact details include Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo and price note of 50 cents.
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Canada
Windsor
Exvizaperoh Ketty
Glengarry Ave
Ont
Chatham
Isaac Weston
Lacroix St
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Golden Medical Discovery
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Breeds Top Pairs in Canadian Live Stock Records
The past year shows 40 466 pure bred animals registered in Canada with cattle leading at 19 828, hogs 9 961, sheep 6 265 and horses 4 412. Shorthorns top cattle with 11 135, Yorks hogs 3 137 lead swine, and Shropshire sheep 2 234 head the list with Oxford 1 439 and Leicester 1 074 following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkes
Chester
Duroc
Poland
Shrops
Oxfords
Leicesters
Russia Has Big Stocks of Cereals
Petrograd dispatch cites Alexander Maumoff speaking in the duma on food prices and farm decline since the war. He urges substitution of meat and fish, notes a 57 percent rise in necessities, and cites Akmolinsk cereal stocks enough for two years. He proposes a 20 mile link to Siberian lines and mobilizing a million workers for agriculture.
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Petrograd
London Times
Alexander Maumoff
C. Naumon
C. Naumoff
Russia
Rotation of Crops Shows Wheat Demands Most Soil Nutriment
Saskatchewan experiments on the Sequence of Annual Crops indicate wheat removes more soil nutrients than any other crop. 1915 yields show wheat after wheat or after other crops generally reduces subsequent grain amounts, while rotating crops helps restore soil fertility. heat moisture and frost cause some variation.
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Saskatchewan
A Woman's Love and Flavorful Butter Study
A mixed note discusses Robert G. Ingersoll on womans love as a supreme force and links to a German agricultural study on how swedish turnips carrot leaves and other feeds affect butter flavor via taste odor and bacteria.
British Explosive Lyddite Ranked Most Powerful
Report describes Lyddite as the strongest explosive known and outlines chemists’ method to enhance its power. They melted picric acid to a creamlike fluid and mixed it with gun cotton dissolved in alcohol to produce a far more destructive explosive.
Grain Growers warn Western Canada crop prospects fall 1916
The Grain Growers' Guide states Western Canada cannot expect a 1916 crop similar to 1915 due to labor shortages and little fall plowing already done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Club chat clashes over Bergson discussion next week
Naomi notes Gwen refuses to share a Bergson tab at the club. Diana asks for a reason. Naomi says none, only that Gwen claims she knows nothing about Bergson. A modiste compliments a hat, and a customer asks how old she looks.
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Naomi
Gwendolyn
Bergson
Diana
Opinion Collision Deters Forceful Debate
An aphoristic line notes that a person who avoids clashing with others’ views too often loses impact and argumentative force. The speaker suggests balance between firmness and open discourse.
Corn planting area climbs in Manitoba 1915 rise
The area sown to corn in Manitoba rose from 30 420 acres in 1914 to 52 713 acres in 1915, reflecting a substantial expansion in cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
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Rourke
Grigge
Mary
Edward Gilder
Chafter XVI
Hartford
Mr. Maxim
Henry Sylvester
Yale
Sylvester
Sam Kats
Hs Woederial Ee
Sam Katz
Sulte
Mutual Street
Terente
Oat
Shakespeare
Strathfordon Avon
Anzeiger
Stratford
Royal Playhouse
Deutsches Theatre
London
Ing
Siberia
Robert G. Ingersoll
Eddy
J. A. Simmers, Limited
Toronto, Ont
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