Alsace Lorraine History Under German Rule and French Resistance
The piece notes Germany annexed Alsace Lorraine during its invasion of Belgium, cites Metz as a German-speaking city, and claims long-lasting German rule has failed to win loyalty. It claims 300000 Germans moved there, 30000 Alsatians fought for France, and urges Americans to contact Alsatian exiles in the United States.
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Alsace-Lorce
Belgium
Metz
Stramburc
Sane
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Germany
Theac
United States
New York
Winter Weather Hard on Little Ones Sets Health Risks
Cold Canadian winters keep babies indoors in overheated poorly ventilated rooms. The result is frequent colds and irritability. Baby’s Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont are sold by mail for 25 cents a box to help regulate the stomach and bowels and prevent colds.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Short Courses of Farming in Alberta Province
The Alberta department of agriculture plans more short course schools at various points in the province. Topics include soil seed selection weed control suitable varieties of wheat oats and barley silage alfalfa grasses and fodder crops. Illustrated lectures on livestock and weed identification will be given each evening with experienced provincial speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Department of Agrieee
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Fertility Benefits
A letter from Poplar Bluff Missouri asserts Lydis EF Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can correct sterility in many women. The writer claims improved health at home after using the product and urges other women to learn of the benefits with numerous published letters in the colors.
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Pinkham
Poplar Bluff
Voice of Canada tribute to sacrifices for democratic peace
The New York Globe praises Canada for forty months of wartime sacrifice in defense of liberty and a civilization based on right. It lauds Canadian chivalry, refusal of conscription resistance, and the allied fight against militarism, expressing hope for noble conduct in the coming years and friendship with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Bender
Pacific
New York Globe
Catarrhal Deafness Promised Cure Advertised by Patent Remedy
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore the hearing tube and cure deafness caused by external catarrh. It promises a one hundred dollar reward for proof of failure and lists a Toledo based supplier.
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Hall
Camael le
Fies
Ieee
Ren . Cheney
Paco
Toledo
Chie
Prehistoric Irrigation Systems in Arizona Valleys
The Marine Journal notes ancient irrigation remains in Arizona before modern habitation. A notable site lies on the Prescott to Grand Canyon highway, drawing water from Montezuma Well, a vast natural shaft 440 feet across and 93 feet deep, with no bottom found at 500 feet. Water carries lime, and ditch sides are petrified from original earth.
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Arizona
The
Marine Journal
Prescott
Grand Canyon
Worm Powders Aimed at Two Kinds of Worms
The passage explains two worm types infecting children from birth stomach and intestinal worms. Intestinal worms are most destructive as they cling to intestinal walls. Miller's Worm Powders claim to dislodge both kinds and repair damage while expelling them from the system.
British Women Drink Less Says Lord d Abarron
The Daily News quotes Lord d Abarron stating drunkenness among women has fallen 73 percent since the war. He cites occupation, steady wages, and independent work as beneficial to the community and notes women now earning fair wages for the first time in England’s industrial history. He adds women are feeding themselves better and consider clothing a priority over heavy drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily News
Tlondon
d'Abarron
D Abarnon
Onee
London
Lord d'Abarnon
Frances Balfour
England
General Haig's Burden Broadly Outlined by General Sireey
The commander in chief bore vast duties and blame for army difficulties. General Sireey says he faced all troubles and all human failings, with no one able to assist him. A girl at the candy counter remarks on married men, prompting the cashier's question.
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Haig
Sireey
Manitoba Honey Crop Surges Past 1916 Harvest
Manitoba produced over one million pounds of honey in 1917 despite lower hive yields. Most honey was gathered in September as the crop surpassed 1916. High quality Manitoba honey is attracting buyers preferring home product with prices at 19 to 20 cents per pound, 4 to 5 cents higher than last year. The industry shows a bright outlook with growing interest among producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Puarmelee's Vegetable Pills Advertised Cure
Purgative pills claim to aid both stomach and bowels through the alimentary and excretory passage. They are described as mildly purgative with no harsh injury, offering relief from a long list of ailments based on tested compounds and curative qualities.
Britain backs sugar beet industry to cut imports
The government loans toward a Newark area sugar beet factory to handle large daily tonnage. The British Sugar Beeters' Society has bought land and with additional farms will raise eighty thousand tons of beets yearly, yielding about eleven thousand tons of sugar.
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Great Britain
Newark
British Sugar Beeters’ Society
WHILE AT WAR Women Suffer at Home
An old advertisement asserts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative tonic for women’s ailments. It claims to relieve nervous breakdowns and back pains, praising its strength-restoring effects through testimonials from Mrs Maus Arasp Surrrano and Mrs Jon Locumant.
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Toronto
Canada Leads In Wheat Yield Says Dr Zavitz
Dr C A Zavitz at the Western Ontario Dairymen's convention in Stratford praises Canada's lead in wheat production per capita. He notes Canada yields seventy one/half bushels per person versus Argentina fifty six and a third and the U S forty five and a third.
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Canada
C. A. Zavitz
Western Ontario
Stratford
Argentina
United States
Zavitz
Marquis
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praise From Cape Egmont Island
On Cape Egmont Island Mr. Mathurin Arseneault extols Dodd's Kidney Pills for relief from headache and backache after two boxes. The ad claims many islanders report benefits and touts the pills as a tonic that revitalizes kidneys and blood.
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Cape Egmont
Dodd
Mathurin Arseneault
Mr. Arseneault
Provincial goat industry expands in British Columbia
British Columbia now has cover 350 rlch goats owned chiefly in small lots. The goat industry in that province is growing very fast. The milk is proving highly nutritious and sanitary, the goats being practically immune from tuberculosis.
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British Columbia
Holloway's Corn Cure Proves Easy and Reliable
The ease with which corns and warts can be removed by Holloway's Corn Cure is its strongest recommendation. It seldom fails.
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Holloway
Youngest Canadian Soldier Killed at Front
Pte. Auguste Doris, the youngest Canadian soldier to enlist, reported killed in action on October 4, 1916. He joined at fourteen, after persuading his mother and enlisting with a French Canadian unit recruited in Montreal by Lieut. Col. Dan sereau.
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Auguste Doris
British Empire
Pte
Doris
Montreal
Dansereau
Old Indian Dick Dies on Songhees Reserve
An elderly Songhees Indian known as Dick, long before Sir James Douglas arrived on Vancouver Island, died on the Songhees Reserve in British Columbia. He left a family, including a son Chacko Ranke ee, and was remembered in local notes as part of island history.
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Discovery Island
Sir James Douglas
Vancouver Island
Songhees Reserve
British Columbia
Wsing
Lative
Chacko Ranke Ee
Large Sale of Land Amid Western Canada Agricultural Push
An article notes extensive land disposals across Western Canada as agricultural activity expands. It highlights a broad sale of rural tracts and the impact on local farming prospects.
Campaign to Increase Hog Production Across Canada Provinces
The food controller and the federal agriculture department have launched hog production campaigns in every province under provincial agriculture direction. Steps are underway to conserve breeding stock as part of the effort to boost food animal production.
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Food Controller
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Canada
Foot Controller
Freezone Corn Remover Promise From Cincinnati Author
A Cincinnati author claims freezone can lift corns and calluses painlessly. The simple drug reportedly dries instantly and does not irritate surrounding skin, with little cost for a bottle at any drug store.
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Cincinnati
Bran and shorts diverted for Canadian farmers
An export order under EM BrCO created a diversion of at least 6640 tons of bran and shorts intended for the United States for use by Canadian farmers, subject to Food Controller licensing.
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Embrco
United States
Minard’s Liniment Ad Claims Elbow Cure for Girl
A letter from J. B. Livesquf of St. Joseph dated August 18 1900 endorses Minards Liniment as curing his 13 year old daughter after a sleigh accident. He states four bottles fully restored function and no trouble for two years.
Plowing Resumes in Mild January Near Pincher Creek
Farmers in the Pincher Creek area Alberta take advantage of mild January weather to resume plowing as they prepare for the 1913 crop. The early springlike conditions encourage eager preparation across the district.
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Pincher Creek
Alberta
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Wey
the Voice of Canada
Cet
Bowne
Turenta
Prince Edward Island
MR. M. Arseneault
Minard
Sloan
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
J. B. Livesquf
St. Joseph, P.O
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