World's Largest Coin In Society Hands Sweden Minted Plate Money
A 23 by 13 inch copper plate coin from 1659 Sweden, valued at about $500, enters the American Numismatic Society. Struck at Avesta, it bears Carolus Gustavus X and five corner stamps with Swedish crowns. The piece fell overboard near Riga, later recovered, part of Sweden's plate money era.
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American Numismatic Society
Sweden
Carolus Gustavus X
Avesta
Riga
Russia
Largest New Brunswick moose head tied to Tobique Woods hunt
A party of eight American sportsmen at Nictau Camp in October has secured four fine moose heads with antler spreads including one of 62 inches. Guide Adam Moore of Scotch Lake led the hunt in Tobique Woods, with caribou now the focus before returning to Nidau Camp for deer.
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New Brunswick
Tobique
Nictau Camp
Adam Moore
Scotch Lake
Nictau
Nidau
Caribou
Forty Acre Farms Relief Plan Aimed at Unemployed Workers
The mayor proposes forty acre homesteads for relief of unemployment in the Greater Wisnipee Water District area. Unemployed men with farm experience would clear land along the Whitemouth river forks, improve soil, and work the Shoal Lake pipe line project. The city would assist with stock purchases but not provide cash, and safeguards would stop land speculation. The plan relies on the railway investment’s value and seeks to place settlers on 40 acre plots with option for extra land at a small price.
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Wisnipee
Bienlew
Waeeh
Pueplies
Redford
Whitemouth
Shoal Lake
Water District
Railway Names Shaped by Shakespeare on Kettle Valley Route
The Kettle Valley Railway names new Hope Mountains stations with melodious Shakespearean titles. Othello Lear Jessica Portia Iago Romeo follow Coquahalla Summit at 2200 feet, separating Juliet, reflecting the area’s romantic landscape.
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Kettle Valley Railway
Hope Mountains
Shakespeare
Coquahalla River
Othello
Lear
Jessica
Portia
Iogo
Romeo
Juliet
Coquahalla Summit
Soldiers Battle of Field and Nation
A fragment discusses patriotism and farming, extolling the soldier’s grit and Canada’s resource power. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach tonic and blood purifier, claiming health benefits, no alcohol or narcotics, and availability from medicine dealers or via mail from Buffalo, New York.
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Canada
Dr. Pierce
Golden
No Charge for This Book Offer with Dr. Pierce Cloth Bindings
An advertisement promises a revised Common Sense Medical Adviser in cloth binding for fifty cents with mailing, from Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY. A short fiction excerpt follows about sacrifice and reform involving a couple and a brother who resumes smoking.
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Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y
Father and Son Exchange on Diplomats and Disguises
Willie asks about a diplomat and a father replies that a diplomat is someone who remembers a woman's birthday but forgets her age. An optimistic friend notes the trouble may lie in disguise, and the afflicted man calls the disguise the cleverest he has seen.
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Willie
Nerviline promises quick relief from backache and rheumatic pain
A vintage advertisement touts Nerviline as a universal cure for backache lumbago rheumatic and muscle pain. It claims rapid deep penetration easing stiffness and soreness and promotes 50 cent family size or 25 cent bottle as economical options from any dealer.
Terms of Peace as Suggested by Masterman for a Postwar Settlement
The article outlines a broad peace plan assigning independence and indemnities to Belgium and Serbia, territorial swaps for France Denmark and Italy, and reorganization of Central Powers. It envisions a fragmented Turkish empire, neutral zones, and a united Romania and Greece, with the German fleet demilitarized and colonial trophies retained. The proposal asserts peace rests on national self determination without German rule.
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Hor. C. F
Poland
Italy
Trentino
Armenia
Syria
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Thrace
Anatolia
Serbia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adriatic
Roumania
Greece
South Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. The sellers offer $100 to any case it fails to cure and urge readers to send for testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Seed Toil and Tillage
The article argues large harvests are profitable since production costs grow slower than crop value. Weather affects yield but is not controlling. good management and soil improvement mitigate bad seasons. Seed, soil and tillage are the key controllable factors for farmers, per Dr Hopkins.
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Hopkins
Eradicating Canada Thistle Demonstration in Boone County
In Boone county Indiana a summer demonstration killed two patches of Canada thistle totaling 1800 square feet. Three treatments used crude carbolic acid at one gallon to five gallons of water with a common spray pump. Applications occurred July 1 12 and 23 and September 13.
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Boone County
Ind
Insurance premia and property loss system described
A historical note explains insurance as a system where a misfortune or carelessness of one becomes shared risk through premiums. It outlines how protection pools funds to cover losses, transforming individual disaster into collective responsibility.
Weekly newspapers in Canada to raise price to 1.50 a year
W K Smallpiece of the Canadian press says publishers will raise weekly paper subscriptions from 1.00 to 1.50 annually. He cites rising production costs and advertising declines as reasons and notes Saskatchewan and Manitoba publishers have adopted the higher rate. Sayles argues the extra revenue will fund improved products for readers.
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W. KE Smallpiece
Reatreg
Mercury
E Roy Sales
Oe Kigio Times
Winatpee
Anedias Press
Ong & Savice Sai
Lost Organi Uur
Smallpiece
Ontario
Canada
Saskatchewan
Regina
Brandon
Winnipeg
Mr. Sayles
Miller's Worm Powders for Children Health
Miller's Worm Powders are described as a remedy for intestinal worms and other childhood ailments. They strengthen the stomach against biliousness, act as tonics when appetite is poor, and help relieve feverish symptoms and stomach pain and griping in children.
War Expenditures Forecast for Canada Next Year
Financial reports show seven month receipts up $6.7 million from last year and ordinary expenditures down nearly $9 million with $2.5 million cut on capital. Canada expects large war costs next year with 250000 troops costing about 200 to 250 million dollars and annual interest over 15 million dollars.
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Canada
Physician endorses Grape-Nuts for health and sickness
A western physician advocates dietetic law and hygienic care, praising Grape-Nuts as nourishing for healthy individuals and universally usable in illness and convalescence. He cites over two years of experience treating varied diseases and notes the letter is voluntary. The notice is from Canadian Postum Co. Windsor Ont.
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Canadian Postum Co
Windsor
Manitoba professor urges crop diversification for western farming
President J F Reynolds of Manitoba Agricultural College tours Saskatchewan and Alberta urging Manitoba farmers to diversify beyond wheat and oats. He warns single crop focus strains harvest and transport, advocates mixed farming to steady markets for beef, mutton, poultry, eggs, butter and vegetables and to meet home demand.
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West
J. F. Reynolds
Manitoba Agricultural College
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Reynolds
Manitoba
Cure Rheumatism by Blood Purification Promised by Pills
The article promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as the sole cure for rheumatism via expelling the poisonous acid from blood. It cites Henry Smith of St Jerome Quebec, who suffered for a year with rheumatic pain in the legs, failed other treatments, and, after eight boxes, fully recovered and remains cautious. Pills sold 50 cents per box. six for $2.50, by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Eurich
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Endurance, War, and Allied Resource Power in WWI
A. H. Poljen argues in Land and Water that Germany aims to exhaust Allied resources through mass war, while Britain’s sea power preserves Allied manufacturing and supplies. The key to victory lies in sustained manpower and superior equipment, with Allied factories and ports kept open to counter German production.
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Germany
Great Britain
Russia
France
A. H. Poljen
German cruiser Prinz Adalbert crew nervous under attack
Report claims the Prinz Adalbert crew became unsettled when engaged by a British submarine. The remark questions why sinking a cruiser stirs nerves while ships carrying civilians suffer without affecting the German fleet's nerve.
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von Tirpitz
Canadian Experts to Send Water to Lemnos
British forces found Lemnos short of drinking water when they landed near the Dardanelles. Canada sent engineers who are sinking artesian wells to provide a reliable and abundant supply, after initial mineral water shipments from Marseilles aided the troops.
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Lemnos
Dardanelles
Marseilles
Canada
Minard's Liniment Cultural Endorsement Letter
A customer named W. A. Hutchinson reports strong relief from LaGrippe and inflammation after using Minard's Liniment, praising its effectiveness and sending regards to the company.
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Minard
Caddie Remains Silent on Whiskey Flask Accident
Harold Hilton recalls a Scotch caddie who wore a deerstalker cap with flaps down. When the flaps were found up, the caddie explains a drink from a whiskey flask caused him to miss the offer and the accident he referenced.
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Harold Hilton
Dinpa
Doctors Did Not Help Her
Winnipeg woman recalls doctors predicting death from a tumor and organ failure. After two years on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered. she and her husband credit the remedy for her life. The ad calls it a standard treatment for female ailments and offers confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Orilla Bradley
Johnson Ave
Manitoba
Lydia B. Pinkham
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Hinen
Arlington Company OF Canada Limited
Preser Avenue
Toronto
J. D. Kelloge
Carter
Cure
Wen Wu
Innipeg
Willam
Harry
William
Gee Whiz
Thina
Canada Thistle
Holloway
eTay See
Rogers
America
FUR Company
Dept. T
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited
W. A. Hutchinson
Mrs. Bradley
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