Mining Areas in British Columbia Promising Developments
A letter to the Canadian Northern Railway from Chu Chia, British Columbia outlines mineral prospects along the North Thompson Valley. It cites ore deposits with copper, gold, silver, and magnetite iron, including $50,000 worth of ore visible without heavy development and 50 tons of galena shipped near Blackpool. The region, described as fertile for farming and ranching, is urged for capital and new roads to enable large summer shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Northern” Railay Company
Chu Chia
British Columbia
Flompsen Vale
Wenty Chilis Ania
Beyder
Ane Sanat
Blackpool
Fog Hern Group
Ce Nead
Boulder Creek
Ajere
North Thompson Valley
B.C
Safety First in Changing Times and Rumor
A reader notes a shift in social etiquette, describing how men avoid asking about wives unless they know the couple well. The piece cites a terse exchange where a man mentions a husband, prompting a witty remark about the husband’s being an “interesting man.”
Counter Check and Sales Books From Appleford Company
Appleford Counter Check Book Company offers carbon backed and coated books, duplex and triplicate sets, and waxed papers with printing. The firm advertises modern Canadian production, large paper mill access, and nationwide commercial clientele. Offices in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver Hamilton Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Appleford Counter Check Book Company
ITD
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Winnley
Vancouver
An Amazing Record for Canada Amid Global Turmoil
A fragmented report praises a remarkable effort by Canada to recruit troops and aid colonies without conscription. It extols a mystical victory over imperial threats, claiming vast savings of young lives and a shocking shift in colonial loyalties as Britain faces new dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New Yorke
Grain usage debate stirs moral critique in London Chronicle
A 1914 passage argues that grain beyond wheat, used for livestock feed and liquor, could feed 481 and a half million people if redirected to bread. It condemns meat and beer production as misuses, framing grain as a public resource and calling worship of meat a fetish and worship of beer a crime. James Long’s London Chronicle quote anchors the critique.
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James Long
The
London Chronicle
War disease declines with medical progress and sanitation
The article notes that improved medical science and sanitation reduced disease impact on armies. It cites Sir Alfred Keogh reporting twenty two typhoid cases among British troops in France last summer, compared with an estimated eighty thousand in former times. It compares U S border service with twenty four cases, and the Spanish-American War with twenty thousand cases and two thousand deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Keoch
France
United States
Mexican
Spain
Old Time Remedy Promises Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement touts Parmint syrup as a quick acting cough remedy. It recommends 1 ounce double strength Parmint mixed with hot water and 4 ounces sugar, taken by tablespoon four times daily. The ad claims relief from coughing, congested nostrils, and hard breathing, and offers to mail a bottle for 7 1/2 cents or a postal note to International Laboratories in Montreal Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothe
Address International Laboratories
St. Antonie St
Montreal
Canna
Saskatchewan Rural Telephones Grow to Twenty-Five Companies
Saskatchewan reports 25 000 rural telephone subscribers with total original capital investment of 4 400 000 dollars spread across 25 companies. Also notes public health ad about asthma remedies and a collection of miscellaneous clipping excerpts from Topeka Journal and Dallas News.
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Saskatchewan
Baby's Own Tablets Advised for Childhood Ailments
A Mrs Napoleon Lambert of St. Lenace Quebec endorses Baby's Own Tablets as excellent for childhood illnesses. The Dr Willittine Medicine Co offers the tablets at 25 cents a box by mail from Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Lambert
St. Lenace
Que
Dr. Willitine’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Man Refuses to Settle Debt. Wife Directs to Husband
Detroit Free Press notes a domestic dispute over overdue accounts. A man asks to discuss the debt but is told to talk to the husband, who handles the finances and avoids creditors. The exchange highlights marital roles in creditor conversations.
Household Medicine Promoted for Horse and Humans alike
A household medicine praised for its sterling properties in Thomas Jr. Electric Oil for treating various ailments in horses and people. The text emphasizes reliability, affordability compared with doctors, and the need to keep it handy for unexpected calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. Thomas
Food cornering sparks calls for government action
A Colorado Senator warns against government intervention to seize those who manipulate food supplies. The piece notes cornering often involves powerful figures who court government favors, suggesting drastic measures could avert bread riots and unrest, per Calpury Herald.
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Colorado
The Tombstone Man and The Gove Home Debate
A fragmentary exchange features Mrs Newweeds and a character known as The Tombstone Man. The dialogue pivots on a preferred ending and a suggestion to go home reflecting a quirky, tense scene. The lines hint at a theme of retreat or return and a humorously titled misdirection.
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Gove Home
Turks Retreat and British War Lessons Highlighted
The piece cites Townsend’s 1914 retreat from Bagdad with 9,000 prisoners and Maude’s 1916 push with 120,000, noting Turks fleeing before him from Sanna-i-Yat to Kut-el-Amara. It argues Britain learned war requires strategy, not mere gallantry, contrasting past beliefs with modern campaigns.
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Townsend
Bagdad
Wal-el-Amara
Maude
Sannai-Yat
Kut-el-Atmara
Britain
Churchill
Kiel
England
Caupaigns
New York Times
Dodd's Kidney Pills Gain Popularity in Great West
Local resident M C Lindos reports relief from headaches and dizziness after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He states kidneys caused his trouble and that pills cured the illness, with plans to keep a supply on hand. Other conditions cited include lumbago rheumatism dropsy heart disease diabetes and Bright's Disease as consequences of kidney illness.
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Ellscott
Alta
Dodd
Gi Great West
M.C
Lindos
M. C
M. C. Lindos
Bright
Whit Dodd
Inside a Corpus Elects Lecture Fragment
A brief, fragmented remark by lecturer Shaiman in a small town setting. The speaker notes most know the inside of a corpus while promising to explain it for novices. The exchange is interrupted by Pucle, indicating a interrupted classroom moment.
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Shaiman
Made a Hit With Her to Suppose You Women Cold Me Prove
A compact exchange from a newspaper page quotes a playful dialogue about congress and contracts. It includes a Kansas City Journal joke on money in the Sinsiry and a Detroit Free Press quip about a mother's upcoming dress and cloak following a late night argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Kansas City Journal
Detroit Tree Press
Keeps Corporal Punishment In Delaware Legislature
The Delaware Senate approved Senator Hickinan's bill granting State courts power to impose a sentence of fewer than forty lashes for highway robbery. Current law mandates forty lashes. The House is unlikely to abolish the whipping post, with Representative Downward's bill rejected by the crimes and punishment committee.
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Delaware Senate
Hickinan
Downward
House Committee of
Delphix Ledger
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SPOHN
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
Dominion Metal Exporting Company
St. Johan
Salter & Sutherland
Winnipeg
HL. Clay Glover Co., Inc
West 31St Street
New Yorks
Otto Higel
Dominion Express
B. C
Canadian Northern Railway
Eady
YamaDuk
Zam-Buk Co
Sondie
Www
N. OU
Lizzie Sic
Ladies' Home Journal
J. D. Kellogg
Topeka Journal
Minard
Miss Bright
Willie
Mr. Burleigh
Dallas News
Detroit
Excelsior
Life Company Ts
Mbiares
Imperial Oil Company Limited
H. C. of L
Eddy’s
Eddy
Peugera CO
Beekman
Therapion Mian
Neepamphles Muntied Free, CO
Wisdaw
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