British Ships of Commerce Lost in War
A year ending June 30 saw British and foreign merchant shipping suffer losses from German submarine activity, reducing world merchant tonnage by 984 739 tons across 510 vessels. Lloyds records show 23 190 138 tons in 10 032 vessels, down slightly from the prior year, while 620 new ships totaling 2 282 198 tons are under Lloyds inspection. The revival of wood shipbuilding in the United States and Canada grows amid steel demand.
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Trade and Commerce Department
Harrison Watson
London
Lloyd'’s
Lloyd's Registrar of Shipping
United States
Canada
Stock farming and soil fertility in good stock management
The article argues farmers should keep high quality stock and provide proper care, linking profitable returns to pure bred stock and wise soil management. It cites a Iowa test showing grain farms can beat stock farms in soil fertility and profit when rotation and manure use are well managed.
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Canada
Butter Production on the Prairies Reduces Imports to Canada
The New Zealand export season ended June 30 with 213 tons shipped to Vancouver, down from 1,385 tons in 1914-15. Canada’s largest yearly butter import was 3,567 tons in 1913, mainly from New Zealand. The drop in New Zealand shipments comes from rising prairie province production. Exports to British Columbia and prairie provinces are expected to dominate future butter supply.
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Vancouver
New Zealand
Canada
Prairies
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Persistent Asthma Remedy Promises Relief
A historical note extols the constant drain of persistent asthma and urges keeping Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy on hand as a potent solution for eradicating the disease from the air passages.
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J. D. Kellogg
Useless Expense Leads Couple to Cut Opera Box
Mr Riverside proposes giving up their opera box to cut expenses. His wife argues against it, but he insists poorer business means no gowns or rent for a show window until fortunes improve.
Opera Rich Lumberman Sound Like Sawmills in Harmony
A quip from the dialogue compares music at the opera to three sawmills on Beaver Creek running together. The exchange occurs between a lumberman and his niece City Niece in a Boston Globe piece.
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Jinks
Mame
Lumberman
Beaver Creek
Boston Globe
Holloway's Corn Cure Promises Relief for Corns and Warts
An advert claims Holloway's Corn Cure will entirely relieve corns and warts with its application. The copy urges readers troubled by foot ailments to try the remedy for relief.
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Holloway
Inventor’s "iron Chinese person" cleans salmon by machine
A Los Angeles inventor claims a device removes the Chinese man from canned salmon, claiming it cleans fifty workers worth of fish daily. The machine handles cleaning, chopping, weighing, sealing, and cooking. Another inventor introduces a bakery printing press that prints colorful wrappers and wraps bread without manual handling.
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Los Angeles
Dark days cited in historical weather records
The excerpt notes several famous daylight darkness events across history. It lists B C 295 and A D 746 and 775 as ancient dark days, a January 1807 England event, an October 21 1816 incident, a Detroit October 19 1762 occurrence, and May 19 1780 gloom over Hartford that paused state legislature.
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B.C
A.D
England
Detroit
Hartford
Conn
Cats Shine Red When Permanently Blue Eyes Open
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a striking trait where white cats with permanently blue eyes shine bright red in the dark as their eyes open. This red glow distinguishes permanently blue eyes from ephemeral kitten blue or other eye colors.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Harvest Labor Shortage Hits Western Canada War Strain
Western Canada faces harvest labor shortages as population sparsity and war draw talent away. The militia freed in Western camps supplied about one month of work, with East Canada providing nearly 20 000 workers and British Columbia over 3 000. In total 40 000 to 50 000 men worked harvests, earning $2.50 to $4.00 per day with board or $35 to $60 monthly.
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Western Canada
Western
Canada
Europe
Canadian Militia Department
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
United States
How's business, old man Been making anything lately
A brief exchange frames a veteran craftsman’s answer about an assignment as a sign of ongoing work. The dialogue snippet pivots on professional activity and market demand implied by the question and reply.
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Boston Transcript
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promote Liver Action
The ad touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the best remedy to awaken a sluggish liver and restore health. It promises a gentle, non irritating effect without pain and claims suitability for even sensitive stomachs.
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Parmelee
Old Uncle Tom Thrown Out After Age Remarks
A tense exchange ends with a confrontation as a younger associate tells Uncle Tom he is too old to run the business and he is expelled from the office. The remark prompts an immediate, heated reaction.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by constitutional treatment. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials. Sold by all druggists at 75 cents.
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Iearn
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohie
Untitled exchange about marriage and a graceful refusal
A clipped dialogue shows a suitor declaring intent to marry a daughter and a parent responsive with humor about fitting her needs. The suitor then asks for a strong, graceful refusal to back out, implying a chance of happiness if allowed to proceed. The fragment hints at social bargaining and etiquette in a marriage proposal.
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Eee
Minards Liniment Cures Diphtheria Study Your Soil
Discussion on soil fertility as farmer's capital. Emphasizes testing soil for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, and tailoring rotation and fertilization to local conditions. Encourages farmers to study their land, run trials, and use guides to boost yields and profits.
A Nature Fake Nose and Mouth on a Plant Monster
Jones asks the gardening friend about a bizarre plant creation. The wizard jokes that after crossing cabbage with potato and corn with squash he has grown eyes ears a neck and hair but cannot figure out a nose or a mouth.
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Jones
Canadian farmers neglect painting farm implements
Survey by the Commission of Conservation across four Ontario counties finds almost no farmers painting their tools. In Waterloo not a single painter appeared among 100 farms, Carleton shows one, Northumberland three, and Dundas eleven. Paint is essential to extend tool life.
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Commission of Conservation
Ontario
Waterloo
Carleton
Northumberland
Dundas
Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Sold For Constipation Relief
A testimonial touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a cure for torpid liver and constipation. The letter from Mrs. Herbert Doherty of Beaver Brook NB praises relief, claiming digestion improves and stomach trouble ends when the liver is eased. Each dose costs 25 cents, available from all dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Chase
Herbert Doherty
Beaver Brook, Albert Co
N.B
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Ltd
Toronto
Misunderstanding Over Lunch In English Foreman Tale
An English foreman at a Kensington textile mill orders a new apprentice to go downstairs and eat up his lunch. The apprentice, unfamiliar with cockney usage, returns with the lunch eaten but cold. The foreman, hungry, argues about the wording and the meaning of heat versus eat.
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Kensington
It does not matter how rich a man is
A proverb-like line notes that wealth cannot prevent the need to borrow a match, suggesting humility and universal need. It emphasizes that some basic utilities reveal common human limits regardless of wealth.
Germans Building More Raiders
Reports say German shipyards remain well supplied and actively building submarines. The larger yards reportedly devote most resources to submarines, with five per week produced, including icebound designs for Baltic and White Sea theaters. Submersibles feature extended range and deck guns alongside torpedoes.
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Germany
Baltic
White Seas
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Montreal
Cardinal Brantford
Fort Willian
Crown
America
Malia
Eny Adiress
H. Clay Glover Co., Inc
West 31St Street
New York
Wood
Permerty Wistew
Sessa
Blader Hiseacesy
Wait - Reman
YORK
Betty
Muins Pocasto
Otto Higel
Arnott Institute
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Eddy’s
Eddy
the Opera
Mrs. Winslow
W. N. U. i Iss
Minard
G &T
Excelsior
Insurance Life
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