Ruby Wheat Emerges From Central Dominion Experimental Farm
Under Dr Charles E Saunders guidance the Central Dominion Experimental Farm has developed a new wheat variety called Ruby. It lies between Marquis and Prelude in ripening and qualities, is beardless with hard red kernels and high quality flour, producing first class bread. Ruby results from a cross of Downy Riga and Red Fife and is advised where Marquis will not ripen.
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Central Dominion Experimental Farm
Marquis
Prelude
Charles E. Saunders
Ruby
Riga
Royal Compliment From a London Artist
Solomon J. Solomon, the London artist, plans to live in Palestine after England's triumph over the Turks. Once poor and lacking RK A status, his academy作品 had long overshadowed rivals. The king allegedly praised the work, remarking that Solomon is not RK A yet.
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Solomon J. Solomon
London
Palestine
England
Solomon
RK. A
Holloway’s Corn Cure Kills Corn Roots
When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills the roots and the callosity comes out without injury to the flesh.
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Holloway
Old Law Simplified in Boston Fish Trade
A Boston paper notes large daily fish arrivals but rising prices despite abundant supply, illustrating supply and demand. The Detroit News quips that wholesalers get the money while consumers bear the demand.
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Boston
Detroit News
Silent Rescue Amid Laughing Army Blues
An unpopular British officer slips into deep water at night and is saved by a private. The officer thanks him and asks how to reward the savior. The private replies the best reward is for the tale to be kept quiet, lest colleagues learn of his act and punish him for it.
How He Worked It First Father Ah Sons are Ungrateful
A witty Edmonton Bulletin joke about two fathers discussing their sons in college. One laments the lack of letters or postcards, while the other brags of sending money but never actually enclosing it. The exchange hinges on the mischief of the airmail routine.
Kellogg's Asthma Remedy Earns Oceanwide Reputation
No asthma remedy matches Kellogg's claim to relief. Dr J D Kellogg's remedy is said to be distinctly different from others and has continued its great work of relief from coast to coast, earning a revered reputation among users.
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J. D. Kellogg
Kellogg's
Jon
A Welshman’s Prayer in Devotional Service
A simple-minded Welsh coal valley resident takes his turn in chapel services. His prayer references the old kaiser with a blunt line about how far to go, as noted by the Cardiff Western Mail.
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Kaiser
Cardiff Western Mail
Why Do You Call Your Dog Cam Era
A Baltimore American quip notes a dog named Cam always seeking to snap pictures of everyone he meets. The lineplay reflects playful city humor about a photogenic pet and the dog’s constant social attention.
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Cam
Baltimore American
Kaiser’s European flags reach only small nations now
The Kaiser aims at a vast empire from Hamburg to Bagdad but has so far carried his flag to the capitals of Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro and Roumania while omitting St Petersburg Constantinople and London as noted by the New York World.
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Napoleon
Europe
St. Peterburgs
Constantinople
London
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Roumania
Hamburg
Bagdad
Asia Minor
New York World
Be Bright Strong Restore Youthful Looks
An old promotional item touts Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a universal tonic. It claims to cleanse and strengthen the system, preserve youthful appearance, and aid bowels stomach kidneys. It promotes a 25 cent box as a preventive remedy.
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Dr. Hamilton
People who take things as they come find more ease
A succinct maxim notes that adopting a flexible approach reduces stress and improves outcomes. It highlights resilience, adaptability, and steady progress as key benefits when facing daily challenges.
Life of a Bank Note in Bank of England History
A historical account calculates how long Bank of England notes stay in circulation across denominations from £5 to £1,000 with days in circulation. It notes rare exceptions, long unpresented notes, and misuses from stolen or discarded notes, ending with a remark on profits from lost or destroyed notes in the 1792 1832 period.
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Bank of England
London
Invention of Margarine by Mouries and Market Rise
The margarine story starts with M Mouries a French chemist who created a butter substitute by blending milk and beef fat during the Paris siege. Dutch and Danish makers later produced it while beer fat shortages led to vegetable oils in margarine now produced at about five thousand tons weekly.
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Paris
M. Mouries
London Daily News
Minard’s Request Provokes Irish Humour at Inn Sign
An Irishman and his mother travel with a mule and reach an inn displaying a sign reading Refreshments here for man and horse. On reading it Pat exclaims in disbelief asking what his grother and the mule will do, highlighting rural humor.
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Pat
Grother
German Countess To Expose Junkers
The Friends of German Democracy in New York announce that Countess Alida von Krockow possesses forty two diaries detailing prewar German autocracy against the United States. An American born widow, she explains she wrote an article exposing ruling class secrets for an American magazine and was expelled from Germany after her identity was revealed. She resides at Buena Vista apartments Riverside Drive and says she spoke freely against Germanys world domination even in the Kaisers presence.
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Friends of German Democracy
New York
United States
Alida von Krockow
Germany
Junkers
Countess von Krockow
America
Buena Vista Apartments
Riverside Drive
Berlin
Toronto College of Music Examinations Inaugurated
The Toronto College of Music inaugurates local examinations in music enabling distance students to access midsummer exams at centres across the Dominion. Founded by F H Torrington, the college ranks among Canada’s leading musical institutions and invites inquiries to its Toronto secretary for full syllabus and requirements.
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Canada
Toronto College of Music
F. H. Torrington
Toronto
Dominion
The Only Medicine for Little Ones
An advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as safe and effective for children. Mrs John M Weaver of Blissfield New Brunswick endorses their use for ten years and keeps a box in the home. The pills are sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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James Carr
Maynooth
Ont
Dr. Chase
John M. Weaver
Blissfield
N. B
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
At the Head of the Class Kindly Visitor
A short Exchange shows Henry confidently spelling words of four cylinders while his father, an automobile owner, listens. A light comic moment from Peoples' Home Journal.
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Henry
Peoples' Home Journal
Miller's Worm Powders Promote Health in Children
Miller's Worm Powders are praised as medicine for children suffering from worms. They quickly alter stomach conditions that harbor worms and drive them from the system, while toning digestive organs to restore health and prevent future disorders from such causes.
Grand Duke Adolph Frederick and Royal Romance
The article recalls Grand Duke Adolph Frederick of Germany who killed himself after a brief reign. It notes persistent 1913 reports of engagement to Princess Patricia of Connaught and links his alleged suicide to that romance and wartime shocks. It highlights his English royal ties, lineage, and famed horsemanship as marks of a promising ruler.
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Adolph Frederick
Ludwig
Germany
Princess Patricia of Connaught
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Pat
Victoria
Grand Duke
Adolph
England
Cheese as War Food Reinforces Canadian Dairying
The article argues cheese supports nutrition as meat and bacon decline in Canada during wartime. It notes Ontario cheese output reached 23.65 million dollars in 1916, Canada’s cheese exports up over 40 million pounds since the war began, and promotes cottage cheese from skim milk as simple, wholesome, and valuable for both home use and export.
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Ontario
Canada
Cow killed by train sparks duty of care in court
An Irish barrister acted for a man whose cow was struck down by a railway train. He argued the accident arose from failure to run the train properly, to ring the bell, or to blow the whistle, implying fault in railway operations.
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Excelsior
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Mipeg ‘Ton Vancouver Cadens Waneie
Brunswick
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., of Canada, Ltd
Brunswick Record
the Musical Merchandise Sales Co
Excelsior Life Building
Dominion Metal Exporting CO
Winnipeg
Man
Low
John
Edmonton Bulletin
Voie Illett Company
Tw Gillett Company Limited
Uva
Wilhelm II
the Country Store
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Inseed
Edmaxeon, Bates & Co., Ltd
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Minard
Liniment Lumberman
Scott & Bowie
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