Study of Egg Production Shows Record Averages in Utah Flocks
The Utah Experiment Station reports based on 1,500 records from six flocks of White Leghorns aged one to seven. First year average 124 eggs, second year equal to first, third year near that minus one dozen, with overall year three average about 178. Longest living hens may surpass 500 eggs, many 600 to 700, some near 1,000. High three year totals often come from hens with weaker first year records. Alpine scenery comment and war remark appear as fragments.
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Utah
Contested Gibraltar of the Dardanelles Islands in peace talks
A neutral Constantinople source outlines Rabbit, Juivros, Tenedos and Lemnos as key to Dardanelles control. Britain currently holds the leverage, with Russia weighing possibilities. Greece previously occupied most islands under the London Treaty, their strategic value highlighted by proximity to the strait and potential coast battery sites.
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Rabbit
Juivros
Tenedos
Lemnos Islands
Constantinople
Russia
Imbros
Lemnos
Enedos
Rabbit Islands
Dardanelles
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Greece
Levant
Dardaneles
Yenikoi
Kum Kaleh
Sedul Bahr
Rabbit Island
Remarkable Cure Urged By Missouri Woman For Pinkham Remedies
Josie Ham of Shamrock Missouri describes severe symptoms including falling and congestion, nerve weakness, insomnia, and hot flashes. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier she reports full recovery and renewed energy, sleep, appetite, and family life. Please contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for advice.
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Shamrock, Mo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Josie Ham
Shawnrock
Missouri
Health board requires infection free certificates for New York food workers
The New York board of health orders all 4 500 restaurants and hotels to obtain certificates proving no infectious disease and to undergo annual examinations. Over 100 000 workers are affected as 17 physicians and nurses conduct exams at 275 daily under the industrial hygiene bureau. Fines of 500 dollars or a year in jail apply to proprietors employing uncertified staff. Dr L I Harris notes past two weeks have shown cooks and waiters as a health menace to patrons.
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New York
Board of Health
Bureau of Industrial Hygiene
L. I. Harris
Wills Cure a Cold with Thomas Eclectric Oil
Colds are common and can lead to serious conditions. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil relieves bronchial inflammation quickly and strengthens passages against attacks. It eases inflammation and stops the cough by soothing throat irritation. Try it and prove it.
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Thomas
Lunch table definitions of optimist and pessimist
A group of businessmen at luncheon defined optimism and pessimism with a joke. One says a pessimist asks if there is milk in the pitcher while an optimist asks to pass the cream.
Be prepared fire extinguisher mixture and moral quips
A newspaper fragment describes a bottle with a mixture of three pounds salt in a gallon of water and one and a half pounds ammoniac for extinguishing flames. The text then shifts to a proverb about love and wealth and ends with a stray comment on charity and appearances.
Eggs to be Kept Cool and Fresh Practices for Fresh Eggs
A historical note explains washing eggs harms their protective coating, leading to quicker spoilage. It urges clean production, controlled cooling, and speed from farm to kitchen, detailing how air cell size grows with age and how temperature affects shrinkage in stored eggs.
Alpini Hold Mountain Pass Against Austrian Attack
Italian Alpine troops and Ber salvieri fight in snowbound peaks as Austrians try to breach Alpine positions. A night march along a perilous cliff ends with a daring rope descent exposing a mine plan. three Austrians are killed and their dynamite charge destroyed.
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Italy
Austria
Eat Apples and Apple Pies for Health Says Benson
At the Cook County Teachers Institute in Chicago, O H Benson urges universal daily apple consumption as the healthiest habit. He claims apples and even apple pies boost health, cut medicine costs, and notes widespread waste of apples while urging home canning and fruit syrups for preservation.
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O. H. Benson
Benson
Uncle Sam
Cook County
Chicago Normal School
United States
Chicago Tribune
Granary of the Empire foretells record harvest in Canada
The Toronto Globe reports Canada's harvest will top records with an estimated 408,849,000 bushels of wheat from 1,986,400 acres, plus 443,000,000 oats from 11,365,000 acres and substantial barley rye and flax yields. The piece links harvest success to imperial strength, railways, and wartime costs.
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Dominion
Canada
Prairies
United States
Toronto Globe
Irish Lover Presents Shamrock Pot on St Patrick Day
An ardent Irish lover with a real shamrock pot teases a penniless, charming Biddy on St Patrick Day. He jokes about the green treasure while she compliments his rakish display and he vows payment tomorrow.
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St. Patrick's Day
Biddy
Murphy
Begorra
Minard's Liniment Relief and Agamemnon’s Children
The item blends a medical claim for Minard's liniment with a quip about Agamemnon's children. A pupil replies the children are dead by this time, reflecting a theatrical or classroom joke tone. The fragment preserves a historical style and dialog hints.
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Agamemmon
Quotes on cadet training praised by soldiers in historic view
The Vancouver Province notes that two renowned soldiers are cited to support schoolboy cadet training policies to be adopted by the Canadian government this school year. Wellington preferred youths for desperate tasks. Ney praised the 1813 conscripts as capable and adaptable.
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Duke of Wellington
Marshal Ney
Vancouver
Miller's Worm Powders Offer Fast Worm Cure for Children
The article promotes Miller's Worm Powders as the best preparation to expel intestinal worms found in children's digestive tracts. It claims immediate destruction of worms and correction of conditions enabling their existence, warning there is no comfort for affected children until the worms are removed.
The Night Mail Ride to Deliver Letters in Trench War
A correspondent describes the perilous task of the trench postman who travels at night to reach dugouts and posts. He dodges shells and holes, manhandling bundles of letters, newspapers, and parcels while avoiding light to stay unseen. Daily mail totals reach about 7 000 sacks with 500 000 letters, 60 000 parcels, and 37 000 newspapers.
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Tommy
Jack Johnstons
Mystery of the House Match Game
A playful dialogue fragment shows two speakers debating why no match is found in their house. One asks why a match never appears while the other child jokes about hurt feelings and a mother figure. The scene hints at domestic humor and family dynamics.
Pioneer Battalions Planned for Canada Front Lines
Canada plans two pioneer battalions to join Western and Eastern divisions. The First Pioneer Battalion will attach to the First Division in the west, with a Second Battalion joined to the Second Division in the east. Both units will depart as complete formations for the front. Minard's Liniment advertised nationwide. London architects foresee chimneyless villas heated by the Russian system in a future suburb.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
First Pioneer
London
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Crown
the Canada Starch Co. Limited
Montreal
Dardanelles Entrance
Minard
Hirs
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Charity
MADE
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Carter
Ousbea
Gia
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Eng
Windsor
Ont
U.S.A
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
Pogland
U. S. America
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
the Excelsior Life Insurance CO
Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Battalions of Pioneers
Minard’s Liniment
Dr. Chase
Denis A Koz
All Dealers
Edmanson
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