Canada must unite for peace production says Sir George Foster
Sir George Foster, Canada’s Minister of Trade and Commerce, told the Canadian Club of Montreal that the nation should prepare for peace with the same unity shown in wartime. He urged business leaders to organize for productive peacetime work, warning that postwar life will demand increased output and new social adjustments.
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Canada
Empire
Sir George Foster
Minster of Trade and Commerce
Canadian Club of
Montreal
Sir George
Belief of Stroke Prevention Through Nerve Food Promoted
A testimonial promotes Dr. Chase s Nerve Food as a preventive for nervous disorders and paralysis. It recounts recovery from nerve weakness after sleeplessness and fatigue and claims the product nourishes weak nerves to restore vitality. Available at dealers and Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Merritt Nichols
Dundalk, Ont
Christmas Present Prayers Spark Laughing Silence
Dick scolds Jimmy for loud prayers as he asks for Christmas gifts. Jimmy whispers that Grandma is the one who can hear best, leaving the family amused by the practical joke in the prayer room.
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Jimmy
Baby's Own Tablets Offer Safe Relief for Children
A Saskatchewan mother recommends Baby's Own Tablets for little ones and the ad notes they never fail to banish minor illnesses. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Arthur Sheasly
Adanac
Sask
Dr. Williams
Brockville
Ont
Subaltern and fiancée introduce Id man and friend
London Opinion notes the playful scene as the Subaltern meets the fiancée and her friend, who caution about not buying a pig in a poke. The exchange hints at navigating awkward social introductions.
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Pinafores
London
Varieties of Alfalfa in Quebec
Prof James Murray of Macdonald College surveys alfalfa tests over five years with more than one hundred varieties from America Europe and Asia. Fewer than six suited Quebec climates. most winter killed by 50 to 100 percent. Grimm Ontario Variegated and Baltic shown hardy and commercially available, surviving winters where red clover and alsike fail.
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Quebec
James Murray
Macdonald College
America
Europe
Asia
Grimm
Ontario
Baltic
Minard's Liniment Proven Effective by Our Customer
A customer writes that after a severe hip and back injury in July 1915 he used Minard's Liniment on a crutch for 14 months. He credits Mr. Wm Outridge of Lachute in September 1906 for urging the remedy and reports being as well as ever today.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Wm. Outridge
Lachute
Minard
Bread Costs and Home Baking Pressure in Vancouver
The article analyzes bread pricing in Vancouver, noting flour costs $2.20 per bushel and retail margins. Home bakers pay seven and three elevenths to eight cents per pound for about sixty pounds of bread per bushel, equating to $4.35 to $4.80 per bushel. Bakers claim slim profits, urging households to bake at home to save on wheat, milling, and transport costs.
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Vancouver
Vancouver News
The Farm Home and the Farmer’s Wife Role
A quoted reflection from American Lumberman stresses the farm household as the energy source of farming. It argues the farmer’s wife often builds a real home amid lacking husband cooperation, while he values livestock over family environment and laments youth leaving the farm.
Hope for the Chronic Dyspeptic
The article urges relief from chronic digestive disorders through Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. It claims the pills are specially compounded to combat dyspepsia and related ailments and are successful in restoring health.
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Parmelee
Children’s swearing noted in small-town talk
The presiding elder notes that local children swear indiscriminately while Mr. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, Arkansas, excuses the behavior as rare and situational. He says cursing mostly happens when hurt, angry, or trying to show off.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Kansas City Star
Minard Liniment Cures Diphtheria and Wheat Quality
Minard's Liniment and wheat quality topics are summarized. The piece notes hard flinty wheat preferred by millers over soft white kernels, with soft wheat commands lower prices. Dr W P Headden explains yellow berry caused by high soil potash relative to available nitrogen and recommends maintaining high soil nitrogen via nitrates crop rotation with legumes and proper tillage.
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W. P. Headden
Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station
Too much drag on Iowa roads sparks safety warning
The Breeders Gazette cites Iowa highway drag misuse creating dangerous road crowns with steep sides. It warns of zeal without judgment, notes the Iowa State Highway Commission disclaims responsibility, and urges travelers to complain to local road officials.
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Iowa
Iowa State Highway Commission
Breeders’ Gazette
Sloan's Liniment Eases Toothache At Home
No need to pace the floor with throbbing tooth pain. Sloan's Liniment quickly relieves pain and calms neuralgia. A single application targets the root of trouble, soothing throbs and easing inflammation for fast rest. It also treats aching muscles rheumatism gout bruises sprains lumbago chilblains and stiff neck. Available at drug stores in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles.
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Sloan
Sloan’s
Peace talk contrasted in England and Germany
The New York Evening Post summary notes a sharp contrast between German and English positions on peace. German leaders seek terms to end the war while avoiding total defeat, while English leaders Asquith Lloyd George and Grey insist on peace only if Germany is decisively defeated. The German focus is ending the war. England contemplates future international cooperation to prevent repeats.
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England
Germany
Asquith
Lloyd George
Grey
N. Y
Minard's Limmert Cures Colds and More
A British Weekly snippet touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a supreme liniment for neuralgia and lumbago. It claims rapid pain relief and a comforting sensation after generous rubbing, urging readers to try it to restore faith in its curative powers.
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Thomas
French corporal proposes calendar reform for peace dating
A French corporal suggests starting a new era by dating peace from year one of a new edition. He believes a calendar reset could help some citizens forget past events and accept changes.
Marconi Outlines Wireless Advances at Rome Gathering
In Rome Marconi told a select audience including the Duke of Genoa that wireless telegraphy greatly aided Italy and its allies in the war. He noted progress in radio telegraphy over the last two years and described unresolved issues such as the control of disturbing waves called intruders. He expressed confidence in soon announcing more practical and economical communication methods.
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Marconi
Rome
Genoa
Italy
Canada
Cameron Highlanders of
H. F. Osler
Queen's Owl
Cameron Highlanders
J. F. Dunnet
Miate Street Barracks
Winnipeg
J . Stevenson
Main Street
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