Will Be Good Money in Eggs and Poultry Fluctuations
The piece argues high feed costs pressure poultry slaughter while egg prices may rise. It urges maintaining flocks, weeding out drones, and keeping birds healthy in dry, draught free quarters with liberal yet wise feeding to ensure egg and poultry production remains profitable.
No Divorces Here in the State of Singles
A lighthearted quip about a state where divorce is non existent due to widespread single blessedness, highlighting a playful take on marital status and social norms.
Luring Them To Death By Brilliant Subaltern Tactics
A war correspondent recalls a young subaltern who cleared a strong point by deploying hidden machine gun routes and coordinating with heavy artillery. After two shells drove defenders to the open, a third hit direct, causing retreat, and the position was taken with bayonets, with no casualties to his unit.
Well, my son solid fact leaks from?
A terse exchange echoes a dilemma about truth and certainty as a speaker questions how a solid fact could escape, reflecting tension between certainty and leakage of information.
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
An old fashioned advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a fast acting remedy for rheumatism stiffness soreness and circulatory relief. It markets easy use quick penetration no skin staining and suitability for sprains strains and toothache with 25c 50cc and $1.00 bottles sold locally.
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Sloan
Belgium Deportations Highlight German War Brutality
The piece condemns Germany for deporting Belgium's adult male population as a new atrocity. It cites the New York Times' military expert calling it unprecedented and argues German leaders profess peace while acts show brutality, suggesting only German defeat can end such harm. The Toronto Star excerpt frames this as a stark warning about future peace prospects.
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Germany
Belgium
New York Times
Europe
Who Wants Oleo Affects Consumers and Trade
A compact pamphlet warns oleomargarine buyers and sellers about packing-house interests profiting from the so called poor consumer. It cites US production figures for 1900 and 1915 and argues oleo imports into Canada threaten butter trade, farm systems, and price controls.
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United States
Canada
Arvy Lands Job Prompted by Rumor of Cash
In a brisk exchange, Arvy announces a new job, prompting others to remark that some people will do anything for money. The brief dialogue highlights mixed skepticism about motive and the lure of earnings.
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Arvy
Ayrshire Cattle Record Breaker Jean Armour 3rd Tops Milk
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds. The Ayrshire breed shows record advances with Jean Armour 3rd finishing a year of official testing in the United States. The senior three year old, bred in Vermont and owned in New York, produced 21 938 pounds milk and 859.65 pounds fat at 3.92 percent. Sired by Howie's Dairy King, she is from Jean Armour and is the first Ayrshire to exceed 2000 pounds in annual milk.
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Jean Armour
F. D. Erhardt
West Berlin
W. P. Schanck
Avon
N.Y
United States
Howie’s Dairy King
Ayrshire
H. & J. Mchee
Norwica
Ont
Freedom from Asthma Remedy Claim
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a dependable cure for asthma, urging readers who have tried other treatments without relief to obtain a package at once, promising uniform success.
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D. Kellogg
War Animal Aid Grows with American Auxiliary in NY
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raises a $500,000 U S effort in New York to aid army horses and other animals in the European war. Duke of Portland chairs the initiative with royal support, aiming to expand fronts and save artillery horses cavalry mounts and transport mules. R H Rees leads US delegation with cooperation from the American SPCA and its president Colonel Alfred Wagstaff. Henry Bergh serves as treasurer for the auxiliary.
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Royal Society For the Prevention of
Great Britain
Red Cross
New York City
United States
Duke of Portland
R. H. Rees
American Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Alfred Wagstaff
Henry Bergh
American Society
Auxiliary
Bread and butter problem cited by poet and magnate
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a poet and a magnate debating the burden of a 10 cent extra charge in a charged exchange. The remark frames rising costs as a societal issue highlighted by two contrasting voices.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Her Mind Made Up Anxious Mother
A conversational snippet from a 1910s Indianapolis Star column shows a terse exchange about intentions. A mother questions a recent bond while a woman asserts focus on her own aims in a brisk social dialogue.
Teacher’s riddle sparks girlish giraffe guess
A teacher quizzes on nature’s three kingdoms and asks for the highest form of animal life. A confident pupil answers without hesitation that the giraffe is the top animal.
Minard’s Liniment Cures Diphtheria Mystery Dinner
A fragmentary dialogue mentions Minard’s Liniment claimed to cure diphtheria, a judge named Ethel attends dinner with unnamed Wretters gentlemen, and a friend jokes about an ostrich farm in California. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events.
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Ethel
California
Eastern Western rail links spur Atlantic port cooperation
Officials of the Canadian Government railways press intensified cooperation between East and West as through Winnipeg to Halifax service shortens travel times. Halifax and Saint John terminals gain with all-season interport trade. through passenger trains and freight service boost wheat, grain, imports, and Maritime Province exports.
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Winnipeg
Halifax
Maritime Merchant
Som Ontario
St.ohn
Courtenay Bay
Dominion of Canada
Canada
St. John
Canadian Government Railways Organization
West
Western Canada
Maritime Province
Quebec
Intercolonial Railway
Government Railways
Maritime Provinces
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Ad
Do It Now. Disorders of the digestive apparatus should be dealt with at once before complications arise that may be difficult to cope with. The surest remedy to this end is Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, the best laxative and sedative on the market. Try them now. One trial will convince anyone they are the best stomach regulator.
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Parmelee
Difference Between President and Vice President
A quip contrasts a vice president’s obscurity at taking office with a president’s obscurity at leaving, attributed to a judge. The remark offers a wry view on political stature and public visibility across leadership transitions.
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Papa
Catarrh Cure Promises $100 Reward in Ads
A printed notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming cure in all stages and offers $100 if it fails. It cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo and lists 75 cent price. The second item notes Canadian soldiers in London cheering Princess Patricia of Connaught as she passes in a motor car.
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Whitehall
London
Patricia of Connaught
Mother Grave’s Worm Exterminator Relief Ad
An advertising claim touts Mother Grave’s Worm Exterminator as a reliable lasting relief for suffering children, promising anxiety-free outcomes for mothers seeking peace of mind.
Unpaid medical bills doom Spriggings figure
In a London Opinion exchange, Bing recalls an old Spriggings case. Wing asks why, and Bing explains the man refused to pay doctors, leading to six doctors giving up on him.
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Bing
Wing
London
Explorer definition from a Baltimore American quote
A father explains to his son that an explorer is a man who discovers places no one wants to go and that he could not otherwise find. The note reflects a blunt view of exploration and risk.
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Baltimore American
New Winter Wheat Developed at Kansas Agricultural College
A new winter wheat variety named P 762 developed by selection at Kansas Agricultural College shows an average yield of 30.7 bushels per acre over six years, compared with 26.5 for the Turkey Red parent. In 1912, a severe winter, P 762 yielded 48 percent more than Turkey Red.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas
Eleanor and Herbert Debate Men's Intelligence
A dialogue excerpt shows Eleanor claiming men are not smarter than women and have merely manipulated perceptions. Herbert counters by asking if that proves the point.
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Eleanor
Herbert
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