Conserving Typewriters in Wartime England and America
A Philadelphia Ledger note argues that British and American typewriter supply is exhausted by wartime measures and heavy use. It calls on Americans to conserve machines as imports are cut off and suggests widespread machine overhauls and resale at high prices. The piece muses on wear differences between writers and the lasting impact on a penless generation.
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America
Germany
England
New York Tribune
Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Chain Armor Protects Eyes in War Helmets
Ingenious improvement adds a ring of short heavy chain to steel shrapnel helmets to shield the eyes and upper face from shell debris. The chain barrier, adapted from furnace safety doors, arrests flying particles while maintaining clear vision.
Minard's Liniment Endorsed by Captain Desjardin
Captain F R Desjardin of Storks St Andre Kamouraska testifies that Minard's Liniment is unparalleled for everyday ills and accidents. He would not voyage without it even at a dollar a bottle.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
F. R. Desjardin
Scr
The Private Soldier’s Quiet Valor in Trenches
An officer writes home on the private soldier, often a boy, who endures mud, long watches, and risky work yet greets with a smile. The contrast with officers’ comforts—tobacco, servants, and meals—deepens the soldier’s understated grace and calls for simple acts of help like cleaning boots.
War Sharpened H's Wits Tommy
Cabby quotes two shillings to Latchford for passenger and baggage. Tommy refuses baggage fee, offers to walk. item appears in Tit Bits periodical style with dialogue about travel and baggage charges.
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Tommy
Latchford
Abby
Drill Manual Quote Highlights Military Drill Language
A brief excerpt from the Boston Transcript features a translated style instruction on marching stance. The passage describes foot placement and movement in sharp, instructional diction reflecting period military drill talk.
German Efficiency Outwits Censored American Prisoners
A Wall Street Journal note explains how German censors filter prisoner letters, often masking grim truths as favorable reports. A Philadelphia wealth family's son writes that conditions are satisfactory, yet hints he would prefer Laurel Hill Cemetery, signaling harsher realities behind polite phrases.
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Germany
Laurel Hill
The
Wall Street Journal
Salt for the Fisheries Secures Second Salt Cargo
The Canada food board succeeded in securing a second cargo of salt from the Mediterranean for the Nova Scotia fisheries to aid fish processing and preservation.
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Canada Food Board
Mediterranean
Nova Scotia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Marketed as Constitutional Remedy
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases, once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio is advertised as a constitutional treatment that works through the blood to the mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered if it fails to cure, with circulars and testimonials available. Also sold is Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Lo
Toledo
Kiail
F. J. Cheney & CO
Joledo
Ohio
Wruggists
Hiall
Trench Building Challenges in the Sandy Desert
W T Massey notes in his Desert Campaigns that trenches three feet wide require about fifteen feet of digging and battens with canvas backs. When the khamseen blasts through March to May, trenches fill overnight and the digging must restart. In wind and dust, temperatures reach 115 to 120 degrees, causing parched throats despite limited water.
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W. T. Massey
Freezone Promises Quick Relief for Corn Pain
A Cincinnati authority claims drops of Freezone applied to a corn relieve soreness instantly and lift the entire corn from the toe. The drug dries quickly and shrivels the corn without irrita tion to surrounding tissue. A small bottle, inexpensive, should remove calluses. ask your druggist to stock it.
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Cincinnati
Good Price for Furs in Canadian Arctic Regions
Reports from Herschell Island Fort McPherson and the delta note abundant white foxes and large pelts taken by natives last winter. Foxes and martens are dominant near Fort McPherson. American traders boosting fur prices. Caribou plentiful supplying food, while traders from Fort Yukon bought furs for cash and shipped large quantities to U S territory.
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Herschell Island
Fort McPherson
Fort Yukon
United States Territory
Feet of Birds
A survey of bird locomotion links wing strength to foot development. Aquatic and ground birds show variances: swallows and swifts have small feet. loons need breast and wings on land. sea snipes and flamingos use feet and necks to feed, swim, or wade. parrots and owls exhibit strong talons, while grouse develop snowshoe-like toe fringe that sheds in spring.
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Atlantic
Wood substitute for cotton from Neenah mill
A Neenah Wisconsin paper mill is producing a ground wood product as a substitute for absorbent cotton. It is made into sheets resembling cotton batting and can be applied to open wounds. The material is cheap to manufacture and sells well, with four thousand pounds fitting in a standard freight car.
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Neenah
Wis
Pen Portrait of General Haig From a Battlefront View
In Harper's Magazine June excerpt W Beach Thomas portrays General Haig as handsome and strong with dogged resilience and openness to new events. The piece notes his rapid promotion, acceptance of war correspondents, and status as a dedicated student and teacher. It cites a staff college instructor ranking Haig among the three best students. Corns and warts disappear with Holloway's Corn Cure without a scar.
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Haig
Ship
Napoleon
Staff College
Robertson
Rawlinson
W. Beach Thomas
Harper's Magazine
Archie the anti aircraft gun and their France days
A lively portrait of the Archie crew in France. The piece captures their cheerful spirit and rivalry with big game hunters as they fire a 13 pounder at enemy aircraft. It describes routines from dawn drills to firing sequences and the dramatic moment a hit sends a plane crashing to earth.
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France
Archie
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Proclaimed Standby for Pain
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a superior pain remedy. It claims widespread household use for over thirty years and notes its familiar presence in homes across the western world.
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Dr. Thomas
Record altitude feats by Bragg and Guidi in 1917
In 1917 Caleb Bragg achieved the highest American airplane altitude to date at 22 000 feet on September 19. In Europe Guidi reportedly climbed to 25 180 feet in a single flight, the top record cited in the report.
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America
Caleb Bragg
Europe
Guidi
Cheering Him Up Sergeant Instructor
A weathered sergeant instructor scolds cadets for poor progress and hints at possible officer prospects only if a long war continues and hard training remains.
Novel Water Target Used In Aerial Gunnery Practice
Cadets at a flying school train in mid air using a water target shaped like a small aircraft. The target sits in a limestone circle and shows hits by splashing water, guiding gunners during flight maneuvers. The setup demonstrates firing accuracy by observing water spray.
Indiscretion Leads to Warning at Mistress’s House
Nora, a maid, faces a scolding for an indiscretion but coyly notes there is work for two as the mistress warns she may hire another servant. The exchange reveals tension over loyalty and labor within the household.
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Nora
Reindeer a Food Factor in Alaskan Markets
Alaskan herds exceed 200000 reindeer with a Nome to Seattle shipment ready. Three year old dressed deer average 150 pounds and surplus males exceed 10 percent. Though this year's cargo won’t dent meat prices, herd growth and a 10 percent market share could soon impact national economies.
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Behring Sea
Nome
Seattle
Alaska
White corn syrup preferred for canning preserves
The article notes white corn syrup yields best results for home canning while yellow or golden syrup carries a distinctive flavor and is less suitable. Fill the jar with prepared fruit, cover with syrup, and complete as usual.
Guard baby's health in the summer
The summer months threaten infant health with cholera infantum colic diarrhoea and dysentery. Mothers should guard against these illnesses and use Baby's Own Tablets to regulate the stomach and bowels. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Counting Coins by Electricity at Detroit Street Rails
Automatic coin handling machines in Detroit street railways process about 200000 coins daily. Motors of one third horsepower operate the system. coins enter from fare boxes and are sorted into denominations, with worn pieces discarded and counts wrapped into rolls.
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Detroit Street Railways
Quotations on Liniment and Shoes From 19th Century Snippets
The excerpt mocks patent medicines and labor saving schemes as a worker savior. It notes Minard's Liniment as curing colds and mentions a conversation about a seven cent fare and saving fourteen cents. It adds a quip on women squeezing into small shoes while hats remain proportioned.
Truth in a Denver Woman Sparks Twin Adoptions in War Aid
A Denver woman adopted both Belgian and French orphans sent to New York after learning the only remaining children were twins who refused separation. A locket revealed the girl’s portrait as her own sister, separated years earlier after marrying a Belgian. The children found safety with new guardians. Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy is claimed to reliably relieve symptoms for sufferers.
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Belgian Relief Committee
United States
New York
Denver
Colo
Btue
Belgium
Old Noyon Hun Ruins Historic Town After War
The French town of Noyon in Picardy, once a center of history with the Hotel de Villa and a Transition style Cathedral, is described as largely ruined after months of Hun occupation. Noyon, birthplace of John Calvin and a medieval residence of Charlemagne and Hugh Capet, lies in Oise, about sixty seven miles northeast of Paris.
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Noyon
Jacques Cartier
St. Lawrence
Picardy
John Calvin
Revenue Department
Crown
Department of
Oise
Paris
Global coal area by region and US production note
A good authority lists coal bearing regions by area in square miles and notes coal occurs in commercial quantities in 27 US states and territories plus Alaska. Regions include United States 192000, British America 18000, Great Britain 12000, Spain 4000, France 2000, Germany 1800, Belgium 518, Rest of Europe 100000, China 2000, Japan 5000.
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World
United States
British America
Great Britain
Spain
France
Germany
Belgium
Resto
Europe
China
Japan
Alaska
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Bovril
Wood,weiller & McCarthy
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Boston Transcript
Arctic
Gen. Haig
Holloway
Nvested
North West Biscuit CO
Calgary
Toonancouver Canada Food Board
Helpful Corporation
Pat
Inny
Mike
Old Noyon
Hun
Ingram
Ingram Sences Owvetaine Face
Windsor
Ontario
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