Promising Mining Developments Along Canadian Northern Line
Messages from Chu Chia British Columbia outline twenty claims near there with ore valued at about $50,900 in sight and a car load ready for shipment. Copper ore with gold and silver values and magnetite deposits are reported at headwaters, while Blackpool shipments carry lead and silver. Peg Horn Group yielded $4,000 in value with winter plans for further work. The North Thompson Valley is described as fertile and destined to be a major BC mineral region pending capital.
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Canadian Northern Railway Company
Chu Chia
British Columbia
North Thompson Valey
Whid Pass
Boulder
Canyon Creeks
Blackpool
Peg Horn
Boulder Creek
North Thompson Valley
B.C. AU
Safety First Enforces Timed Checks On Husbands
A man voices a rule born from a streetwise chat with a woman about her spouse. He avoids asking about a wife unless he has tracked the couple for months, a quip echoing the era's social caution in Lizzie world discourse.
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Lizzie
Ladies Home Journal
Appleford Counter Check Book Co Offers Low Prices
The Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd invites orders for counter check and sales books citing high paper costs but claims a modern plant can keep prices reasonable. They offer carbon leaf books waxed wraps and parchment supplies and list Canadian mills and offices in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg and Vancouver.
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O.K
Canada
Appleford Counter Check Book Company, Ltd
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Amazing Canadian recruitment record shocks German statesmen
An Amazing Record Canada has recruited 434,538 men for the war. For a colony of mixed races, unused to military training, without conscription and numbering less than 8,000,000 inhabitants, this is an amazing record and a bitter blow to German statesmen who thought the British colonies would stand aloof. Exterminator vermicide praised for saving children’s eyes and lives.
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Canada
New York World
Grain imports and livestock feed linked to beer production in 1914
A 1914 wartime analysis shows imported grain beyond wheat plus wheat equivalents could feed hundreds of millions with bread and flour while also supplying stock feed and beer production. The text references a man named Ames Long associated with the RR.
Sanitary gains cut war typhoid tolls in history
The article notes dramatic drops in typhoid cases due to medical science and sanitary measures. It cites Sir Alfred Keogh on twenty two typhoid cases among British troops in France versus eighty thousand predicted in earlier eras. It contrasts U S border and Spanish war figures, highlighting far fewer deaths and cases.
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Alfred Keogh
France
United States
Mexican
Spain
Parmist Syrup Cures Cough Says Old Fashioned Remedy
Advertising copy touts Parmist Syrup as an effective old fashioned cough medicine for coughs sore throat and catarrh. It describes mixing instructions dose 1 tablespoon four times daily and claims relief from nasal congestion breathing ease and minimal cost. International Laboratories offers mail order from Montrea s Canada.
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Boothe
International Laboratories
Cama
Saskatchewan Rural Telephones Investment and Subscribers
Saskatchewan reports 25000 subscribers to rural telephones with total original capital of 4 400 000 dollars spread across 25 companies. The data outlines the scale of rural telecoms in the province and the financial commitment behind the network expansion.
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Saskatchewan
Minard's Liniment Cures Burns and More
A Dallas News item notes Minard's Liniment heals burns and similar injuries. Miss Bright instructs Willie to place Mr. Burleigh's hat carefully to avoid damage, as he will need it shortly.
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Miss Bright
Willie
Mr. Burleigh
Dallas News
Baby's Own Tablets Prove Helpful for Childhood Ailments
Mrs Napoleon Lambert of St Ignace Quebec endorses Baby's Own Tablets as an excellent medicine for childhood ailments. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells them by mail for 25 cents per bottle or through medicine dealers.
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Napoleon Lambert
St. Ignace
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Detroit Free Press Dramatic Exchange Over Debt
A dramatic dialogue shows a house head questioned about a long overdue account. A creditor presses, but the response shifts to consulting the husband as the aggressive debtor seeks to delay payment. Street tones reflect economic strain and domestic dispute over finances.
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Detroit Free Press
Household Medicine Oil Promoted as Essential Cure All
An advertisement extols Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as a sterling household medicine. It claims effectiveness for many common ailments and notes it is cheaper than a doctor, urging readers to keep it on hand for unexpected needs.
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Thomas
Colorado Senator Calls to Shake Up Food Cornering
A Colorado senator urges government action against food cornering, arguing the practice concentrates power among big players with undue influence. He warns that real change requires more than rhetoric and notes bread riots show where public pressure could rise without decisive measures.
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Colorado
Calgary Herald
Turks in Retreat and Baghdad Campaign Lessons
The 1915 Townsend expedition with 20 000 men fell back to Kut-el-Amara surrendering 9000 on April 28 1916 while Maude advanced with 120 000 by December 1916 and Turks retreat before him from Sana i Yat to Kut el Amara. The piece argues Britain has learned war requires strategy not mere gallantry.
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Townsend
Bagdad
Kut-el-Amara
Mauder
Sannai-Yat
Britain
Churchill
Kiel
England
New York
Took Friend's Advice And Got Results
In Ellicott Alla special report the growth of Dodd's Kidney Pills popularity in the Great West is described as phenomenal. M C Lindos testifies the pills cured headaches and dizziness after failed remedies and a friend's referral. The notice touts kidney cures for lumbago rheumatism dropsy heart disease diabetes and Bright's Disease.
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Ellicott
Alla
Dodd
Great West
M.C. Lindos
M. C. Lindos
Bright
Inside a Corpuscle Explained by a Lecturer in Town
A lecturer in a small town discusses the interior of a corpuscle and is interrupted by Iman of Meeting who jokes about explaining it for those who have never been inside one.
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Iman
Puck
Fragmented 19th century quip on congress and money
A clipped exchange mocks Congress and treasury humorously. A Detroit Free Press fragment notes a domestic quarrel where a mother plans to buy a dress with an opera cloak, illustrating light social gossip in old papers.
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Detroit Freeress
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Otto Higel
Anton
Goestein
Dominion Express
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