Canada Sees No War Era Economic Slump Says Correspondent
A Western Daily correspondent reports no financial lull in Canada since the war began. Winnipeg bankers praise the branch system, savings figures rise from 1913 to 1918, and restrictions like Prohibition helped keep money circulating. Tax increases are modest. living costs rose but not more than in the United States.
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Dominion
Winnipeg
Savings Bank
States
Tomb Looting Sparks Global Indignation Over Mohammeds Tomb
The Turkish government seized jewels and funds from the tomb of Mohammed provoking intense outrage in Muslim lands. Among the treasures is the Shining Star diamond valued at over 1.5 million dollars.
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Mohammed
Freezone promises painless corn removal by fingers
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a cheap method to lift corns and calluses with a few drops. The coating dries instantly and causes no pain, inflammation, or infection, with druggists able to supply small bottles from wholesale houses.
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Cincinnati
To Hear Her Talk Willis What Is Wealth
The judge remarks on the apparent sources of Mrs Bump's potential wealth as she discusses her finances. The conversation frames wealth as a mix of her father's, her husband’s, and what she might inherit from a rich uncle.
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Willis
United States
Gillis
Bump
Red Cross Bag Blue Ad Teases Clean White Clothes
An old ad praises Red Cross Bag Blue for making beautiful white clothes and mentions good grocers. The brief notes an advertisement without extra details or dates.
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Red Cross
Man who proclaims goods gains trust by selling furnaces
A witty exchange notes a successful businessman who praises his wares but keeps customers misled, revealing he sells furnaces and thus sells heat rather than real value. The joke hinges on a play on words between talk and product.
Victims of U-Boat and Shifting War Front News
British transport Cameronian sunk in Mediterranean with 63 aboard. Reports suggest a Teuton submarine may have been sunk by Japanese warships. Developments on the Macedonian front follow Constantine abdication and shifting Allied positions near the Struma and Vardar rivers. Mexico campaigns for entry into the war on the Allied side.
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Mediterranean
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Struma
Vardar
Balkans
Serbia
Sarrail
Baltic
Berlin
Arras
Monchy le Preux
Mexico City
Mexico
Woman Overcomes Illness With Pinkham Compound
Mrs M O Johnston of Richmond Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after two years of illness She describes rising from bed to move into a new home and take up labor including dirt shoveling cement work and raising hundreds of poultry her story ends with praise for the remedy and a note that it may help others.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Box 190
Heavy on His Mind and a Turk
Two intoxicated men on Ninth street and Grand avenue were interrupted by one claiming to have important news. In a solemn reveal he whispers the key phrase D- a Turk, prompting disbelief from his companion and a moment of uneasy mischief.
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Grand Avenue
Otig
Kansas City Star
Swing Time Refusal Tied to Declining Market
A broker recalls refusing a proposal due to a market downturn describing it as his own fault for proposing in a declining market.
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