German diplomacy near three years of triumph
The Kansan City Star notes German diplomacy has won repeated successes, facing eleven nations in opposition and threatening South America and China. If those regions resist, it would mark the first real setback after almost three years of a triumphant course, with the United States possibly matching Germany in influence. Minard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend.
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Germany
United States
South America
China
Kansas City Star
King George Opens First Oriental Language School in Empire
Britons study languages as King George opens a pioneering Oriental language school in Britain. The move follows wartime lessons on foreign tongues and notes the empire's 320 million speakers. A humorous aside shows a farmer and a son who joins a strike before getting work.
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George
British Empire
Dominion War Realities Draw In Empire
The war has shown that European problems like Poland the Balkans and other major questions are now intimate concerns for Canada New Zealand and the Dominions as well as Britain. The world is one and peace without security is a delusion. The war cabinet embodies this new reality.
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Poland
Balkans
Canada
New Zealand
Empire
London Times
England
Chicago Tribune
Miss E Demers Credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills For Cure
A Montreal reader Miss E Demers of 100 Maisonneuve sees credit for cure of indigestion sick headache and rheumatism after seven boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills. She recommends them to friends and notes her father also improved after using them. Harry Lauder’s voice noted as Empire asset with $40 000 War Loan purchase raising total to $295 000.
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E. Demers
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Dodd
Miss Demers
Harry Lauder
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with questionable claims
A garbled ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a reward for cures but mixes confusing text and misprinted phrases. The fragment mentions doctors, Toledo Ohio, and druggists, plus a stray line about a dog winning a cat show with a joking exchange about the dog “taking the cat.”
Bible Readers and the War in Western Asia
The war in western Asia may revive interest in ancient sites tied to Bible history. Airmen bomb Beersheba once linked to Abraham and Amos, while near Hebron and Gaza other biblical connections are noted as the campaign progresses.
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Western Asia
Beersheba
Abraham
Amos
Ebron
Isaac
Jacob
Gaza
Muntar
Hebron
Food reserves and crops guide community planning
The piece stresses the need for food and cartridge reserves during a tight season. It notes staple crops like potatoes beans and onions support most regions and urges early community concern from season start to guard against shortages.
Prices fixed for potatoes would aid consumers says Star
The Montreal Star notes Great Britain fixed the price of potatoes at three cents a pound and fines were imposed on traders charging four cents. The paper suggests Canada could adopt a similar law to curb gouging.
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Great Britain
Canada
Montreal Star
La Follette Proposes Britain Sell Canada to U S
The Toronto Mail and Empire reports Wisconsin's Representative La Follette urges Great Britain to sell Canada to the United States for ten billion dollars. A mock remark about wartime internment replaces comic relief. Holloway's Corn Cure is advertised as relief for corns.
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la Follette Folly
la Follette
Wisconsin
Greal Britain
Canada
United States
Katzenjammer
Toronto Mail
Empire
Holloway
Battle of the Peoples in a War of Integrity
The New York Tribune frames a struggle not as fiction but as a clash between freedom seeking minds and rural Machiavellian scheming. It casts the conflict as a test of intelligence and resolve among freemen in a political struggle.
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Mary Pickford
Harold Bell Wright
New York Tribune
Nervous Diseases in the Spring
The article argues nervous diseases worsen in spring due to vital system changes after winter. It cites higher April May incidents of neuralgia epilepsy and St Vitus dance and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as restoring red blood and easing spring ailments.
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St. Vitus
Williams
Cine Co
Brockville
Ont
Church Moved by Locomotive to Becoming Theatre
In South Bend Indiana a church was blocked up and moved along a railway by a freight engine to a new site where it will be remodeled into a theater. The cumbersome structure was drawn a distance to near its new location.
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South Bend
Ind
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Promote Digestive Health
The ad cites Chicago Tribune quotes to claim Parmelee's Vegetable Pills clear the stomach and intestines, remove deleterious matter, and restore organs to healthy action. It urges a trial as the best remedy for indignation and to convince the ailing.
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Parmelee
British Columbia Fruit Industry Advances in Growth
The British Columbia fruit industry has shown great progress in the last two years, now supplying 1 percent of national fruit consumption. McDowall, manager of the Okanagan United Growers of Vernon, BC, states optimism for continued expansion into prairie provinces of the Dominion and beyond.
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British Columbia
Dominion
McDowall
Oka’ Een United Growers
Vernon
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Minard's Liniment remedy claim from Port Mulgrave
An letter from Port Mulgrave by CHAS. WHOOTEN urges Dear Sirs to use MINARD'S LINIMENT as a universal remedy for sore throat colds and ordinary ailments. It promises prompt relief and cure.
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Minard’s Liniment ‘Co., Limited
Minard’s Llniment
Chas. Whooten
Port Mulgrave
Windsor Chamber to Spend Vacations on Farm Duty
Over one hundred Windsor Chamber of Commerce members will take a week of vacation this year to work on farms at no cost to farmers. The plan follows a Ontario government plea by W R Knowles for urban cooperation to boost crops and foodstuffs. It aims to enlist high school girls and retired farmers among others with farm experience. The group expects at least 1 000 Windsor area men to participate.
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Ontario
Windsor
Chamber of Commerce
Dust Causes Asthma Remedy Brings Rest and Health
A historic testimonial describes a speck of dust triggering asthma symptoms and claims Dr. J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy relieves breathing passages and restores normal breathing. It cites hundreds of testimonials as proof of effectiveness.
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J.D. Kellogg
Advertisers Not Phases Here Nut for Every Household
An Iphta Ledger piece argues ad advertising keeps prices steady while non advertised items rise. It notes some firms spend much on ads as a test, but potato vendors profit from pocket book realities. The writer uses a metaphor of cracking a nut with a hammer.
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Caldera
Iphta Ledger
Diplomat’s Bluff: Truths Hidden in Quiet Talk
A father explains diplomacy to his son, noting that true rhetoric aims to seem aligned with the other’s beliefs. He adds that even then the speaker may be deceiving the listener by inferring intent. The exchange underscores subtlety in political communication.
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Papa
His Share Officer to Private in Shell Hole
A fragmented wartime exchange shows a private questioned amid shelling as a trade economist remarks on casualties and a claim of killing an opponent in the trench.
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Geordie
Oma
Potato Planting Plans Face Confusing Old Terms
A reader struggles with older garden guidance for planting potatoes as archaic spellings and unclear instructions blur practical steps. The fragment hints at misreadings in historical texts and the challenge of following outdated terms.
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