Indians Enlist in Canadian Forces and Raise Patriot Fund
Up to now more than eight hundred Indians have joined the Canadian Overseas forces while the Indians of Canada have contributed at least 24634 to the patriotic fund. An attempt to form a complete Indian battalion faltered due to recruiters serving multiple regiments. It is claimed front-line service may lead Indians to demand voting rights after the war. A stray exchange questions a career in safe cracking with a flippant reply about natural gift.
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Canadian Overseas Forces
Canada
Patriotic Fund
Cat Survives Fall Turns Over and Lands On Paws
A cat reportedly flips midair and lands on its feet after dropping fifteen inches, astonishing observers with its agility and balance in the fall.
Social Research Bureau Aims For General Welfare Study
The article outlines the creation of a Bureau of Social Research under Manueta Seshatchewen and Alterte to study social welfare and public policy. It will cooperate with agencies, issue reports, and conduct two initial investigations on immigrant care and feeble mindedness, supported by advisory councils in three prairie provinces.
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Poresa
Wriel Peerarch
Weien Govern Ternta
Manueta Seshatchewen
Ita
Bureau
Heve Alrready
Dominion Commission of Conservation
Canada
Bureau of Social Research
Miller's Worm Powders Promised to Cure Infant Worms
Advertises Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy that clears stomach and bowels of worms, prevents recurrence, and repairs organ injuries caused by worms, restoring infants to health.
Mary and Pat’s wedding stuck by the kitchen tale
A Brooklyn cook told his mistress he would wed Mary soon but warned she might leave. Months passed with him visiting the kitchen. When asked for a date, Mary sighs that Pat won’t marry when drunk and won’t marry when sober.
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Brooklyn
Mary
Pat
Sacred Bridge of Pekin Opens to Public Walkers
The Sacred Bridge of Pekin, once forbidden to all but the Emperor, is now freely used by Chinese pedestrians.
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Pekin
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Pledge Relief For Indigestion
A promotional pitch asserts Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills will ease indigestion and restore focus, claiming the pills perform as advertised and are confidently recommended for relief and improved life.
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Parmelee
Omelettes Up Amid War Prices Queried in Diner Banter
A playful exchange at a diner notes omelette prices rising due to the war. The waiter confirms the increase while the diner jokes about eggs being thrown, capturing a light moment amid wartime concerns.
Gloves With Fingers First Worn in Twelfth Century
The article notes that gloves featuring separate fingers originated in the twelfth century marking an early development in wearable hand garments observed in historical accounts.
Stamps as Spy Messages Reported by Philatelists
A report from New York philatelists notes stamps used as covert messages. Hugh Clark cites British and French controls on German stamps, with Italian and German authorities tracing coded numbers sent to convey naval or military information via postage stamps.
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CTS Pougera
Berean
New York
Lyman Benq
Weitt
de la Creae
Haversroce
MamisTeao
Gree
Switner
Hugh Clark
Philate Bet
Italy
Germany
Holland
Clark
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promising Health Renewal Cure
An old family remedy advertises Dr Hamilton's Pills as reviving tired women and pale youths. It claims to renew blood, strengthen nerves, and restore rosy cheeks, with a 25 cent bottle sold by dealers nationwide.
How a Hornet's Nest Sparked Wood Pulp Industry
A Newcastle Chronicle writer recounts how Dr. Hill of Auguste Maine and a newspaper man explored a hornet nest thirty forty years ago. They proved hornets chew wood into pulp and inspired making pulp with machinery and water. This sparked the wood pulp industry and paper production.
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Newcastle Chronicle
Hill
Auguste
Maine
Hat
Canada Gifts to Soldiers Exempt From Customs Duty
The Post Office Department reports that gifts from Canada to Canadian soldiers in British regiments in Great Britain and to Canadian naval reservists are duty free if addressed to the Canadian War Contingent Association at the Army Post Office London. The Association will distribute parcels, with the concession limited to gifts sent through it.
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Post Office Department
Canada
Great Britain
Canadian War Contingent Association
Army Post Office
London
Eng
War Contingent Association
Simple water method saves barn from lightning blaze
Farm and Fireside recounts a farmer who kept one pail of water at the foot of a ladder to the hay mow. When lightning struck the barn and killed two calves, the husband grabbed the pail and extinguished the fire before it spread. The lesson urges keeping several pails of water handy if full protection isn’t possible.
Canada’s Nickel Resources and 1915 Production Totals
Canada holds rich nickel resources with 1915 matte production at Sudbury 67,703 tons containing 66.08 pounds nickel and 39,216.16 pounds copper valued at £2,070,000. 1914 output reached 46,396 tons, with nickel oxide recoveries rising, while most Canadian nickel travels to the United States or the United Kingdom through US refineries and a government agreement to prevent enemy shipment.
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Canada
Sudbury
Ani
Cobalt
United States
United Kingdom
U. S
Prices Rise as Canadian Demand Lifts Horse Breeding
Live Stock Commissioner John Bright notes growing demand in Canada signals firmer horse prices after years of decline. He recalls 1892 lows and advises breeders to sell at fair prices, predicting a ten year cycle before foals from this year hit markets. Bright sees hopeful prospects for farmers under renewed global demand and quality stock.
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Canada
John Bright
Myrtle
Holloway's Corn Cure Relief Claim
If one be troubled with corns and warts he will find in Holloway's Corn Cure an application that will entirely relieve suffering.
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Holloway
Breeding to Raise Horse Quality and Agricultural Output
The Ottawa Bulletin argues that careful breeding will benefit the country as prices slump and breeding has lagged. With rising demand in the west it warns of high future prices and a shortage of suitable horses, noting wartime wastage and urging improvement in horse breeding alongside overall agriculture.
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Ottawa Bulletin
Saturday Half-Holiday Roots in Southern Slavery Perks
The piece notes the Saturday half-holiday among Southern planters as an old custom. Professor Sanford cites that enslaved people were freed for part of the day on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays to hire out, earn money, and even buy freedom for themselves and their families.
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Sanford
Story of Agriculture
Monuments to War Heroes May Grow Beyond Current Plaques
Across Canadian cities memory of the dead in the South African War is honored by small bronze plates listing a dozen names. The article notes future memorials after the present war may be much larger, with casualty lists that could fill bases of today’s largest monuments.
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Canada
German socialist organ warns of food riots in Berlin
Vorwärts in describing Berlin food riots calls the situation dire, while noting possible exaggeration. It argues the real impact will come when Germans realize the crime of Prussian Junkerism and the depths of their grievances.
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Hell
Vorwearts
Berlin
New York Herald
Angry Diner-Waiter Clash Sparks Gust of Pettiness
In a tense exchange at a tavern described by the Gazette, a diner rebukes a waiter calling him unfit to serve a pig while the waiter replies he is doing his best. The incident highlights mounting friction between patron and staff in the establishment.
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Gazette
Roumania's credit holds firm despite over subscription
Roumania offered a 5 percent loan of 24 million dollars that was oversubscribed by 16 million. This strong demand signals solid credit reception and investor interest in Roumanian securities.
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Roumania
Women Serving as Station Masters Thriving in France
More than three women hold station master roles across French railways, signaling a shift in railway leadership. Their presence highlights progress in gender equality, with women managing schedules, safety, and passenger operations at key depots.
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France
Pique at Old Gentleman and Wife in Carriage Exchange
An elderly husband fails to help his wife step into a carriage prompting her light rebuke. She recalls gentler days as a gal and he retorts that she is not so buoyant as when he was a boy. The witty exchange preserves a playful domestic moment.
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John
Tea in Burma as Pickled Condiment
In Burma most tea is not brewed but pickled and eaten as a condiment rather than used for tea. The practice highlights regional culinary uses of tea leaves and traditional preservation methods.
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Burma
Woman Seen On Zeppelin Fire Scene
Eyewitness reports from Rew describe a woman seen among the crowd at the burning airship wreck in flames. A French officer identified by fieldglass as near the scene held up the evidence and declared a woman was aboard.
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Rew
Petit Parisien
No Medicineas Good for Little Ones
A Saskatchewan mother applauds Babe's Own Baby Tablets noting they keep her child well after ten years of use. The Dr Williams Medicine Co sells the tablets for 25 cents a box by mail from Brockville Ontario.
Verdun army's role in overall war aims
G H Ferris notes in the London Chronicle that retrospective praise will judge Verdun's army by its broader impact. He cites dynastic, economic, and military motives, including exploiting Lorraine's mineral resources and delivering a knockout blow to France, while Russia or Britain in France posed uncertain gains.
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Verdun
Germany
Lorraine
France
Russia
G. H. Ferris
London Chronicle
Bismarcks To Pieces In War Metal Drive
The latest German war effort decopperizes statues for the arsenal and iron is replacing copper amid strong adverse passions. Some corporations faced violent reaction for targeting Bismarck monuments and a paper headlined Oh for an hour of Bismarck.
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Germany
Bismarck
German officers barred from aiding Turkey without Turkish enlistment
Enver Pasha states German officers may advise but cannot command Turkey until they join the Turkish army and wear the Sultan's uniform. He asserts Turkish sovereignty despite German input.
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Turkey
Enver Pasha
Lake Tanganyika Heights and Length Noted in Campaign Talk
Lake Tanganyika lies 2,700 feet above sea level and extends about 400 miles with indentations creating three day steamship travel between ends. General Smuts' campaign has kept the lake in frequent mention recently.
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Lake Tanganyika
Barber Questions Patronage of Long-Haired Pianists
A barber dismisses modern pianists while a customer mentions Von Thumper, the famed pianist, in a brief Musical America moment about tastes and trends.
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Barber
von Thumper
Musical America
Heligoland Monument Move Cites Caprivi Bulwark Glory
A German movement seeks to erect a monument on Heligoland for Count Caprivi the second Imperial Chancellor. In the Reichstag Herr Waldstein a Radical deputy praised Caprivi crediting the Zanzibar treaty with making Heligoland a mighty bulwark of German coasts.
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Germany
Count Caprivi
Heligoland
Lord Salisbury
Zanzibar
Reichstag
Herr Waldstein
Furniture storage crisis hits Britain during wartime
War driven conscription and deployment leave thousands with stored furniture and no depots. Married men enlistment reduces available storage space as labor focuses on essential war work, causing unexpected hardship for households facing furniture storage shortages.
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Great Britain
Child Temper and Parental Quarrel Cited
In a domestic exchange Mrs. Perkins accuses a child of a vicious temper and Mr. Perkins retorts that the temper comes from elsewhere, denying her claim of any inherited fault. The dialogue captures a tense domestic moral in a newspaper vignette.
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Mrs. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
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