Government restricts bran and shorts exports to feed farmers
The food controller announces limits on bran and shorts exports until Canada meets requirements. Prices for feed may be fixed and sales offered at lowest possible cost. Government to distribute mill by products if needed and actions taken against mills forcing flour purchases. A Winnipeg feed branch is being set up to aid Western Canada.
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Food Branch
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Hanna
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Winnipeg
Canada
Shorter Day's Work After the War
Lord Leverhulme, head of a major soap industry, argues postwar workers will not accept prewar conditions. He says peace will widen horizons, bring social and economic reforms, and workers will seek higher living standards and a share in their company.
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Lord Leverhulme
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds and More
A food controller gains authority to license dealers in iS Siosd, expanding regulatory oversight. The notice outlines new licensing powers and expected compliance requirements for distributors.
Navy’s vital role in Britain’s WWII victory, says Daily Mail
The London Daily Mail lauds the Royal Navy as essential to Allied success, crediting its dominance at sea with protecting transport for 13 million troops and vast materiel, maintaining neutral supplies, and strangling German commerce to secure victory.
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Germany
London Daily Mail
Food prices surge in Jerusalem after war
In Jerusalem bread now costs 11 times its prewar level, petroleum 30 times higher than 1914, and milk up fivefold, reflecting severe shortages and inflation across essential goods.
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Jerusalem
Unhappy Inference at the Public Library Visit
A student assistant shelves a Laura Jean Libby work for a middle aged woman who rejects a suggested title. The woman critiques the assistant and moves toward a librarian, while the assistant defends the choice with a misdirected pun about a cardinal.
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Public Library
Laura Jean Libby
Kentucky Carolina
Rye Flour Mill Planned With 100 Barrel Daily Capacity
Winni plans a rye flour mill to grind spring and winter rye with a capacity of 100 barrels per day. Flour will be bagged in 98 49 and 24 pound sacks and sold wholesale at $5.35 per 98 pound sack in Winnipeg. A mixed rye and wheat flour will also be produced.
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Winni
Second Patents
Winnipeg
Catarrh Cure Claim With $100 Reward
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising $100 to prove it fails to cure catarrh in all stages. It asserts internal action on mucous membranes, constitutional support, and urges readers to send testimonials to F. J. Cheney in Toledo Ohio. Druggists purportedly sell the remedy.
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Owenee
Ey Og BO
Nature
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Woman with a dog asks conductor to stop at a platform
A passenger with a pet dog on an electric car asks a conductor to stop at a platform. She hurries to the platform with the dog, gesticulating as she claims the dog wants to find its mother, while a bystander quotes the scene in the Christian Register style.
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Jonl
Fido
Christian
Canada’s Share Aiming For Third Liberty Loan
The text states Canada plans a subscription of a large sum to raise war loans in the Dominion to 650 million dollars and notes the United States total around 8.125 billion. It compares Canada’s past lending to Britain and Canada’s three years of war effort with many troops, urging a third Liberty loan to surpass the U.S. total.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
New York
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper Frontier Joke
Distemper cure claim linked to Minard's Liniment features in a brief humorous column. A reader joke about army life notes the speaker’s son has “six weeks” in service with no glory yet, illustrating light editorial humor in the press.
Settlers Permits on Prairies Regulate Clearing Fires
The permit system for settlers clearing fires has been instituted on Dominion lands in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Administration, by special arrangement, is carried out by provincial officials.
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Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prime Dressing for Wounds in Factories
Advertisement promotes Dr. Thomas Ointment as a superior wound dressing for workers, claiming carbolic acid causes scarring and burns. It asserts the oil is quick acting, non damaging to skin, and unique in its curative properties.
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Dr. Thomas
The Maddening Crowd Newcomer at Resort
A resort newcomer asks if the place is restful while a native recalls it remained peaceful until many visitors arrived. The quoted exchange hints at rising bustle and shifting atmosphere as crowds increase.
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Bowne
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Ont
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Rye Flour Mills
Owans
Rec Press
Dr. Chase
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Peterboro
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