In Ashmuinst er Election plan unfolds at Hartsdale Park
Van Roon and Hilda Tressingham discuss secret politics at a shady tree exchanging confidences about George Ellington and the Ashmuinster bye election. Ellington, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, may face a tight campaign while Van Roon plots to win his favor through Hilda’s collaboration.
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van Koon
Martdale Park
Hartsdale
Ashmunster
George Ellington
Ellington
Canbridge
Admiralty
Hilda Tressingham
Roon
Ashmuinster
Leark
von Roon
the Cedars
van Roon
Election intrigue in a wood and hidden debts
In a covert exchange, Von Roon and Hilda plot during a political scheme. He reveals Bernstein's promissory note as leverage while planning manipulation of social circles to influence the election. He hints at post election money and returns to Mayfair as the plot advances.
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von Roon
PF O
Bernstein
Hilda
Mayfair
Andrew
The Torpedo Origin and Power of the Whitehead Torpedo
The article explains the Whitehead torpedo as a British invention from 1877. It notes its weight, gun cotton explosive, and performance: 21 inch models carry 330 pounds, range over six miles at 30 knots, and 45 knots at four miles, with a steel striker triggering detonation on impact.
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Whitehead
Women in Canteens Describe Hard Labor and Sacrifice
Miss Jennings notes canteen work is extremely hard for women used to luxury. They often work overnight till morning, with shifts extended by transport limits, and face strain during big soldier rushes. Women in canteens perform washing, serving, cleaning, and stove work, sometimes doing tasks beyond a professional charwoman.
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Miss Jennings
Early marriages argued by economic line
A dialogue states that with current living costs, marrying girls sooner is seen as economically sensible. The exchange frames marriage as a response to high living expenses and household costs.
Foghorn Conversation Baffles Steamboat Captain
A girl asks a steamboat captain about the foghorn and where fog is stored to blow it, in a light moment aboard the vessel.
World's Food Crop Deficit Urges Mobilization of Resources
David Lubin, American representative of the International Institute of Agriculture, warns a world deficit in corn wheat rye barley and oats totaling 130 million bushels below normal. He urges waste elimination increased production and effective organization of the food supply to avert shortages and rising prices, citing Germany's wartime restrictions as a warning and referencing senate bill 5973.
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David Lubin
International Institute of Agriculture
Lubin
Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Appleford Counter Check Books Ad From Canada
An advertisement from Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd promotes counter check and sales books, waxed papers, and parchment supplies. It highlights high material costs but claims a modern Canadian plant keeps prices reasonable and lists multiple office locations in Canada.
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O.K
Canada
Appleford Counter Check Book Company, Ltd
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
What the U S Could Do Plan Huge Fleet
A naval league plans to recruit 100000 men and raise a war relief fund. A Canadian officer compares wartime supports in Canada with possible U S actions, noting Canada built a 400000 strong army and spent billions on dependents and private patriotic funds. The federal shipping board aims to build 200000 tons monthly of wooden merchant ships armed and staffed by Americans to aid Britain.
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Navy League of the
United States
Canada
Dominion
Herbert PB. Ames
New York Journal of Commerce
Federal Shipping Board
America
William Denman
Atlantic
Pacifc
Gulf
Great Lakes
Ser Vice
Denman
Great Britain
Deaf guest at dinner echoes a story he cannot hear
A very deaf gentleman at a dinner tries to hide his hearing loss while guests applaud tales. He feigns a recount and, while speaking, prompts stunned confusion as an ear trumpet reveals he told the same joke as the previous speaker.
Sailors of Older Years Rejoin Sea After Tanked Losses
The Daily Chronicle notes survivors of the Saxonian torpedoing include a sixty-year-old seaman. It highlights many veteran mariners, once ashore for years, now back at sea aboard war or merchant ships. The Mary Watkinson wreck crew included several men over seventy-five. The Lowestoft boat Success lists a 68 skipper and a 62 boy among a crew aged 64 to 75.
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Daily Chronicle
Railway Attendant Tells Smoker Not to Smoke
A dialogue frames a railway attendant admonishing a smoker with repeated refusals from friends doctor and wife, highlighting social pressure to quit smoking. The exchange emphasizes rule compliance and domestic advice in a brief comic vignette.
No Doubt About It Landlord I Rent Collection Tale
A playful cartoon dialogue shows Landlord I pressing a rent claim and a Little Boy explaining mamma forgot to leave it because she said so. The exchange highlights a humorous take on debt and authority in a domestic setting.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Claimed To Aid Fertility
A testimonial from Poplar Bluff Missouri touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as restoring health and enabling motherhood. The letter says the product helped a wife become a mother after prior illness and hard work, urging others to write for confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Poplar Bluff
Aine
Allia B. Timmons
Almond St
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Manitoba Demonstration Farm Opens Near Birtle
Manitoba's first demonstration fever will grow luxuriant crops this summer if weather is propitious. The 320 acre site near Birtle will showcase crop rotation scientific agriculture and stock raising with more plots added over time by the demonstration farms board.
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Manitoba
Birtle Man
Old man’s reply on marriage and support asked in jest
The remark places a humorous exchange about marriage and support for Jim, framed as a test of character. The speaker notes the response in a casual, dated tone reflecting social expectations.
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Jim
National abstinence urged to aid war effort and thrift
Archbishop of Armagh pleads for a wartime national crusade to ban all alcoholic drinks, urging clergy and all Britons to curb intemperance, save grain for food, reduce crime and poverty, and fund the war loan while supporting sailors and soldiers. He cites royal example and a need for self denial at home. PS. Idealism is the contemplation of marriage.
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Armagh
Ireland
Brita
United Kingdom
H. Nott
Af.b
M.C
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Chevrolet Motor Company of Canada
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Ontario
Western Service and Distrouting
Regina, Sask
Mr. Merchant
U. S
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State News
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Main
City Hall
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