Canada Pacific Railway AnnuaI Excursions and Rates
The CPR announces daily December excursion rates to the West and to Vancouver Victoria New Westminster on selected dates through January February. Brochures available from CPR agents orGeo A Wilson General Passenger Agent Winnipeg. Also Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a gentle worm purge for children and family health.
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United States
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
C.P.R
Geo. A. Wilson
Winalere
Belgian harvest seized for German use provokes outrage
The Hague announced Belgium will surrender half its potato, fruit, and vegetable yield for German use and reserve the other half for additional rations to German workers. The Providence Journal asks if any people have endured a heavier burden than King Albert's afflicted nation.
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Belgium
Germany
The
Hague
Albert
Providence Journal
Distemper Cure Claim Highlights Odd Prison Tale
Minard's Liniment reportedly cures distemper while Perth End of Perth, a prisoner at Rubleben, is praised by fellow inmates as the Pearl of the Earth. The quote hints at mixed views among prisoners, with one man saying the argument is broad but the outcome not of interest to him.
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Perth
Rubleben
Cort
Feathered Amazon Headdress Donated to Penn Museum
Dr William Arabee, explorer, presents a macaw feather head dress over four feet tall. The artifact was brought from the head waters of the Amazon and is now housed in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
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Amazon
Museum
The
University of Pennsylvania
William Arabee
Pacific Coast Excursions From Canada to Pacific Cities
Seasonal fare offers by Canadian Northern Railway invite summer travelers to coastal destinations. Tickets valid Dec 2–8 1917 Jan 6–12 1918 and Feb 3–9 1918 allow return through Apr 30 and cover New Westminster Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles and other Pacific coast destinations.
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Pacific Coast
Canadian Northern Railway
New Westminster
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Portland
San Franciscon
San Diego
Los Angeles
Won Fame on Ita Merits
The unbounded popularity of Dr. Thomas oil is not due to advertising but to its merits as a medicine. In every city town and hamlet it is sought after solely for its good qualities.
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Ita
Thomas
Germans Admit Alsace Girls Taken From Homes
A London Free Press excerpt notes a German government communique admitting some Alsace girls were carried away. The official statement reports only about one and a half percent under 17, while warning that similar autocracy could threaten other regions.
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Alsace
London Free Press
Germany must be defeated in war urges bold stance
A British style editorial argues Germany’s collapse would free 150 million people under other empires and warns the war’s scope could widen with conquered allies. The piece accompanies ads including Minard's Liniment and Holloway's Corn Cure and unrelated family observations.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Austria
Rulgaria
Turkey
Toronto Star
Canadian Farmer Nasal Murder Trial Ends in Hanging
Adam Neigel, a Medicine Hat area farmer, convicted of murdering his wife by strychnine poisoning after a lengthy Canadian trial. Justice Hyndman set a March 22 execution, with circumstantial evidence including poison in the stomach analysis and witnesses linking Neigel to the poisoning and adulterous relationship claims.
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Adam Nas
Medicine Hat
Neigel
Justice Hyndman
Clara Neigel
Scottish mother voices war loss by knitting socks and jerseys
The article recounts Mr. Tom Wing, M.P., sharing a tale of a venerable Scottish mother who has lost four sons in the war. Asked how she bears her sorrow, she says she keeps knitting and counts stitches, not sorrows, to endure each day.
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Tom Wing
M.P
German Atrocities Described by American Student
An American student, after four months on the western front, reports from a ruined village near the Hotel de Ville. He describes improvised bodies displayed on planks, bayonet wounds, and severed limbs bound to boards with the message stare and wonder. He notes photographing the scene before burial.
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Western Front
Cetates
Yate Literagazine
Nighit
Hotel de Ville
Catarrh Cure Promises From Old Newspaper Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure claiming to cure catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. The piece includes a medical pitch and a cautionary anecdote about a father and son related to rheumatism.
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Gunton
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Toronto
Walker
Qwan
Minard
Holloway
Willie
Scott & Bowne
Tearm
Hall
Werentary
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
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