Silence Order Expected for British Warships
Filson Young told a London audience that the Admiralty may issue a ban on singing aboard British warships during battle. He recalled the Heligo land action and the Blucher sinking, noting a chief stoker pressed for absolute silence to allow commands and a lieutenant joked about the consequences of the ship’s bell.
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Filson Young
Sir David Beatty
Lion
His Majesty's Theatre
London
Young
Blucher
Cold and Sickness Prevented by Scott's Emulsion
The passage warns that a cold signals weakness and leads to sickness with doctors' bills and lost work. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a pure medicinal nourishment that enriches the blood strengthens the lungs and heals air passages while generating body heat to guard against winter illness. It urges obtaining Scott's at the drug store.
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Scott
Bowee Iceute Ceune
Brave trawler skipper saves crew from underwater mine
Fred Firth risked his life on the Pencas when a mine became tangled in gear. He ordered his crew to pull clear, then manually lowered the mine on a winch line inch by inch. The mine sank and the ship swung free, but a massive explosion followed, wrecking the boat and scattering gear.
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Fred Firsee
Baipper Fitts
Firth
Spring Impurities in the Blood
Dr Williams Pink Pills are promoted as a year round blood builder and nerve restorer with emphasis on spring cleansing. The ad claims spring drains impurities and causes purified blood improving appetite digestion skin clarity and energy, urging readers to buy by mail or from dealers. It quotes a quip at the end.
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Dr. Williams
R. Williams
Williams
Deafness and remedies in a medical notice and local humor
The article notes deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers a constitutional remedy and a challenge for cures, mentions catarrh as a common cause, and cites a $100 reward for an incurable case. It also includes a political quote, a business note on Minard's Liniment, and quirky social tidbits about Manitoba farmers and a child’s bonnet comment.
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Fr J. Cheney & CO
Toledro
Gasoline’s Rise From Curing Disease to Powering Cars
Forrest Crissey notes in the Saturday Evening Post that gasoline evolved from an unwanted oil fraction to fuel for lamps, then to a vital energy source when the internal combustion engine and motor cars emerged around 1903. He cites Hull’s vapor stove as an early outlet and describes kerosene’s decline as gasoline gained prominence.
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Pennsylvania
Hull
Cleveland
Forrest Crissey
Saturday Evening Post
Worm Exterminator Praised By Mother Graves
As a vermicide there is no preparation that equals Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator. It has saved the lives of countless children.
Doukhobor enlistment signals shifting Canadian ties in Saskatchewan
Ninety Doukhobors from Yorktown district join a local battalion bound for Europe. The sect’s pacifist heritage challenges arms, while some youths adopt Canadian norms. The report notes possible broader social change amid wartime pressures. Immigration to Canada plummets since the war, with 1915 totaling 48 466 versus 384 878 in 1913–14.
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Yorktown
Saskatchewan
Europe
Montreal Gazette
Canada
Dytion
Dr. Roche
E M. Macdonald
Pictou
United States
Confrontation Over Advertising Nuisance
A cartoonish exchange centers on a reception committee and the unseen Conquering Hero. A businessman taunts that advertising is futile while a neighbor defends his stance, remarking about his wife changing things. The dialogue mirrors wary social skepticism.
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Conquering Hero
Nerviline Promoted For Chest Aches And Colds
A promotional note touts Nerviline as a quick relief for chest congestion hoarseness and coughs claiming rapid penetration beyond the surface. It sells a large family size bottle 25c and urges use for earache toothache sore throat and muscular pains. The text then digresses into wartime wheat commandeering statistics including 3 214 466 bushels shipped overseas and related allocations.
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Desiers
Millers
Hudson’s Bay Company
New York
Belgian Relief Committee
Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society
Restoration of Serbia and Europe's alignments stir rhetoric
The text condemns dealings with Bulgaria and Ferdinand of Cobourg, urging Serbia's return to territory and southern Slav union as essential. It mocks allies and notes the moral crumbling of powers like William of Hohenzollern, while snippets reflect humorous or terse exchanges on everyday matters and pasted ad snippets.
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Bulgaria
Serbia
Ferdinand of Cobourg
Wiliam of
Hohenzollern
London Times
Two Soldiers Debate War and Calling in Trenches
In a wartime exchange a First Soldier recalls intending to enter the church and nearly being ordained last August before the war intervened. A Second Soldier asks what halted the plan, prompting the First to note the conflict as the reason.
Burglar Seeks Anonymity Amid Odd Confession
A burglar criticizes the police for identifying him by a witness who hid under bedclothes throughout the ordeal. The remark challenges the investigation while highlighting the unusual suspect’s stance.
Admiral Beresford on War Powers and Sea Power
Giockada Admiral Lord Beresford argues the war might have ended earlier if the government had exercised full sea power at the outset by blockading Germany and seizing contraband. He says public agitation and the press forced action on munitions internment Trading with the Enemy Act cotton controls munitions act and stopping German reservists, urging fuller use of sea power to end the war.
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Germany
Minard’s Linment Cures Dandruff
A fragment notes Minard’s Liniment claims to cure dandruff. Dialogue shows Aunt Willlie asking for help with ice cream and Willie Naw objects, with a humorous exchange about thawing ice cream after freezing.
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Minard
Dandruff
Hardy Live for Asthm writes one man relief via Kelloge Asthme Remedy
A man after years of suffering finds complete relief from asthma through Dr J D Kelloge's Asthme Remedy. The remedy is inhaled as smoke or vapor and provides sure help to all asthmatics. Available from every dealer or through the wholesaler.
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Hardy
J. D Kelloge
The Mistress and The Maid Sketch Dialogue
A London Sketch dialogue shows a mistress testing trust with a maid and a policeman, the maid's wary reply, and the family’s wary bias against police. The maid says she is taught to hate the sight of policemen while the mistress seeks a trustworthy servant.
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London
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TVE Ccom Medicine CO
Lion's Sailors
Ile
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Nellie
Weill
Mary
Mamune
Ower
Doukhobors
Atures
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Pape
Royal At
Giockada
Lord Beresford
Fole
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