Canadians urged to preserve wartime thrift as costs rise
A wartime speech urges Canadians to maintain thrift and avoid extravagance now that victory is won. It notes a slide from wartime trade surpluses to a heavy balance of payments deficit and warns of a coming price recession. The call stresses saving, reducing imports, and preparing for lower demand to weather economic downturn.
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Gubads
Canada
Catia
Cidida
Deag
Jen
Mosey Avill
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Cure for Neighbors
Very quarrelsome neighbors Corns and Joes are at odds until Putnam's Corn Extractor is applied. The ad claims any corn will go out of business within 24 hours if used, priced at 25 cents at all dealers. The copy cites the Mohammad dags Baba praising the product.
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Putnam's
Putnam’s
Dutch Government Rules Ex Kaiser Must Pay Heinz Half Guilders
The Dutch government ruled the ex Kaiser is liable to pay over a fraction of a million and a half guilders. Wilhelm appears to have fared well postwar, though he remains distant from complete peace and personal health.
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Wilhelm
Edmonton Bulletin
Physwiana
Canada
Bayer
Monee Se
Ha Agthris O
Hove Lmitations
Bayer Company
Merk
New Standard Of Land Values In Central Alberta Park Lands
Land values rise in Wetaskiwin district as 640 acre Fairacres farm sold by George F. Root to George Reid of Nebraska for 60000. Sale sets new local price standard with high value justified by improvements and land quality. Nebraska buyer noted. Park country described as large open prairie with brush and groves, strong wheat oats and barley yields.
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Alberta
Park
George F. Root
Fairacres
George Reid
Nebraska
Root
Neaig
Red Braken
Mehdynod
Iskiwin
Wetaskiwin
Tral Alberta
Guard the Children from Autumn Colds
The text urges guardians to protect children from autumn colds, noting variable weather and the need for preventive measures. It advertises Ancesional tablets and Dr Wittidins Medicine from Brookville Ontario, claiming they prevent or relieve colds and act as gentle laxatives.
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Dr. Wittidins
Medicine Brookville, Ont
New York Department Store Ad Describes Delicate Scene
An advertisement from a New York department store presents a lyrical vignette of a figure named Fu gile, described as delicate and cowering as a flower in sunlight, with life in its lapel and bands that agitate it, conveying a leisurely rage toward the world.
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New York
Spaniard offered to undergo electric chair test
A historical note recalls a Spaniard named Godinez who offered to submit to the electric chair at Sing Sing. He reportedly survived exposure to high voltage, later proving he could withstand stronger currents than prison use, in a medical exhibition setting.
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Nan Godinez
Sing-Sing
Pape's Diapepsin Advertised for Indigestion Relief
Ad copy touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quickest relief for indigestion gas heartburn sourness and fermentation. Claims 69 cent price at drug stores and presents the product as harmless pleasant and the largest selling stomach aid in the world with rapid action.
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Ikaw
Absol
Ps Ead
Betrothal announced for Kinloss heir and smith’s daughter
The Hon. Louis Chandos Franq Tentpiet and Katherine Jackman are betrothed in London. Franq Tentpiet is heir presumptive to the Baron of Kinloss, succeeding his brother killed in 1914. The bride-elect is the daughter of a village blacksmith near Stowe Park Kinloss.
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Louis Chandos
Ordinary bamboo rate at 1-24 day
A fragmented note mentions bamboo at a rate tied to a 1-24 day period with unclear specifics. No clear entities or outcomes are readable beyond timelike references.
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Bamiboo
Prince of Wales Plans Alberta Menagerie Shipment
London dispatch claims the Prince of Wales is gathering large and small African and Australian animals for experimental display at a ranch in Alberta. The collection reportedly travels with his Australian tour aboard the Renown and is to be shipped to Alberta next spring.
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E. P
London
England
Prince of Wales
Africa
Ausalia
Alberta
Fragmentary Place Names Note From Ontario Local Report
A sparse OCR fragment mentions several place names in Ontario and nearby areas including City, Riseeh Srte, Norday, Me Ghaghese, booten, Mulggave, N S Rove Bay, Armatona, Malesave. It lists a few terms like Pakenié and Stay Pakenié and mentions dates or times as unreadable.
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Minard
City
Ont
Norday
Booten
Mulggave
Rove Bay
Armatona
Malesave
Turned Garment Sinks as Trade Paper Fails
A New York trade paper notes the garment industry cannot repurpose a worn out fabric batch as demand wanes. Large crowds previously reached a turning point, but the supply chain now faces two sides equally degraded and unavailable for resale.
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New Yorks
Troy
Cause of Weariness in a Changing World
A brief musing notes that many grow weary of constant good deeds while others tire of always striving for virtue. The piece reflects on fatigue in society and the human tendency toward burnout amid ethical striving.
It Happens Eight people for a seven pass en
Eight people were on a vehicle with seven seats when authorities reported the crowding issue. A judge commented on the situation as a maintenance problem and noted responses from officials.
Germany's Merchant Fleet Shrinks Since 1871
The Versailles Treaty reduced Germany's overseas merchant fleet to about 100000 tons with ships over 1000 tons capacity, marking a drop from its 1871 size.
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Germany
Worm remedy cited as best medicine for child illness
Fragmentary text praises worms as essential to cure a child illness, mentioning "Mother 'Grivés' Wort" and "troy worms" as supposedly effective treatment. The source is unclear and contains garbled phrasing.
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Mohammad Dags
Minard’s Liniment
Pape
Tee
Sue Burb
Cascarets
Ghita
Bata
Wwa
Piered Eee
Rae Ee
Che
Dodd
Ial America
E. D. Smith & Sons, Limited
E. D. Smith
D. Smith & Sons, Limited
Western
Watson & Truesdale
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Donald H. Pain
Calgary
Edmonton
Alta
Victoria
B.C
Japan
Swiss Alps
Victoria and Island Development Association
Ber
Lombago
Seatica
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