Lenine's Insanity and Unfulfilled Hopes
The article portrays Lenin as practically insane about the proletariat millennium and claims his efforts to force immediate peace led to mutiny, civil war, and publication of allied secret treaties. It argues all his aims failed as Allies kept fighting and Brest-Litovsk produced a humiliating peace for the Isheviks.
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Lenine
P Volitariat
Ine
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Nicholas Lenine
Jam Shortage Limits British Civilians To One Ounce Weekly
Britain faces a jam shortage leaving civilians with about one ounce per week. Canadian housewives are urged to make as much jam as possible to aid butter conservation for overseas needs due to the jam shortage.
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Britain
Great Britain
Bell Bottoms Corrigan and the Wide Bottomed Jacket
In a playful exchange from the Buffalo Express, Corrigan Sr urges his admiring son in U S N uniform to roll up wide bottom pants, while the son jokes about pants and fate. The father notes the jacket sleeves should be wide at the bottom.
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Bell Bottoms
Corrigan
U.S. N
Danny Corrier
Dad. Corrigan, Sr
Buffalo Express
Baby's Own Tablets Promote Constipation Relief
Eugene Couture of Knox Bri writes that Baby's Own Tablets regulated his fevers and bowels, curing a constipated and feverish child. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Eugene Couture
Knox Bri
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
After the Party War Workers Chat With Hostess’s Daughter
Members of a women’s war working party gathered at a hostess’s home and spoke with her young daughter who proudly says she helps her mother. The child explains her daily task is to count them after everyone has left.
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Indy
It Is Wise to Prevent from Stomach Disorders
A dated health note urges early action for stomach and liver sluggishness. It recommends Parme Pills as a fast-acting remedy, arguing that the digestives regain healthy function and that the blend of laxatives and sedatives in the pills makes them uniquely effective.
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Carter
Darning Basket Hint Helps Menders Repair Large Holes
Mothers with a family to mend will find a useful hint in a simple technique. Use a length of fine black net for dark fabrics and a white net for light garments. Cover the hole with net before darning, working in and out of the mesh to conceal the repair.
Minards Liniment and the Great War Play Controversy
An article reports on a disruption at a congressional opening with 200 representatives, clergy, and commentator Henry N. Couden. The scene centers on anti German and pacifist rhetoric, profiteer accusations, and calls for world peace amid wartime tensions. A wealthy rumor mill and a press clash accompany the political unveiling.
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Profiteer
House of Representatives
Henry N. Couden
Cyclist Prevents Parachute Disaster at Training Camp
A cyclist at a U S army training camp risked his life to stop a runaway parachute dragging a wounded lieutenant to his death. Racing along a motor road he steered into the field and collided with the parachute rope to anchor it and halt its deadly pull.
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Popular Mechanics
Prices of Wheat Substitutes From Canada Food Board
Canada food board sets reasonable prices for wheat flour substitutes with variability by region. Eastern Canada sees corn flour from 64 to 8 cents per pound, rye flour 7 to 8 cents, barley flour 6 to 64 cents. retailers warned against overpricing and price manipulation amid recurring health and trade concerns.
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Canada Food Board
Canada
Prisoner Escape Description Confuses Telecommunication
A German prisoner escaped from an internment camp and a circulated description caused laughter over the difficulty of conveying his name and appearance by telephone. The error led to a correction replacing "all beard" with "small" to avoid misidentification. A corny ad line about Holloway's Corn Cure follows.
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Therisoner
Completing the Circle Umbrella Exchange Noted in Kansas City Journal
Fragmentary exchange about borrowing an umbrella cited by the Kansas City Journal. The dialogue hints at a humorous, circular borrowing moment without further context or outcome.
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Kansas City Journal
Frenchman’s Stanzo Cited in Humor Column About Elections
A humorous note from Tit-Bits features a Frenchman learning English and a quip about Mr Noble seeking re election. The excerpt suggests that if he consents to stand again, he will likely have a walkover in the constituency.
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Jones
Noble
Origin of Honeymoon The Mead Custom and Mead Met hlogen Connection
The article traces honey moon to a Scandinavian practice of drinking diluted mead for thirty days and links asthma relief to Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy. It notes many sufferers have tried remedies without help, urging readers to read letters from users praising Kellogg’s product for prompt relief.
Trade Marriage Becomes Peculiar Gift Tale
A southern man of limited means marries and hands the minister three twenty five cent pieces as a token of his modest dowry. He explains these are almost all he has, and that his children will be sent to the minister's school. The story appears as a clipped anecdote from Hasper's Magazine.
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Darky
Testimonial for Nards Liniment by Lachute native
In July 1915 the writer was thrown from a road machine injuring the hip and back. In September 1906 Mr re of Lachute recommended Nards Liniment, which gave highly satisfactory results and left the writer feeling as well as ever.
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Lachute
Shipyards at Work in United States in 1917
The article lists 157 U S shipyards with 51 active before April 1917 and 106 newly established. It breaks down locations by seaboard, vessel types, and capacity with 834 shipways planned. 750 will serve merchant ship program, 29 build naval vessels, 21 private ships.
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United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Navy
Putnam's Extractor Promises Quick Corn Relief
An advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a simple remedy for corn pain. It claims a drop or two removes the corn and offers a cheaper, effective treatment available at drug stores.
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Putnam's
Wealth of the Underworld Resources Are Exhausted Quickly
The article notes rapidly depleting mineral wealth as humans have dramatically increased extraction. It highlights iron and copper outputs exceeding all prior history in short spans and claims petroleum production has dwarfed all prior eras, warning that other minerals show similar strain as demand grows.
Prison office echoes circus barking in odd carnival warning
In a fragmented clipping a prison official’s voice is likened to a circus barker urging onlookers. The strange ad lib mentions a “16 feet” measurement and a dim, taunting call to “Walk up, ladies and gents,” creating a surreal, unclear scene.
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Treach
Camels as War Animals in Desert Supply Lines
Camels prove crucial for transporting war goods across deserts as tensions rise and military logistics adapt. Official assessments highlight their stamina and endurance aiding supply efforts amid harsh terrain and long distances.
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Deserts
Tan
Sugar in Tea Sparks Comedic Medical Debate
A garbled note discusses sugar in tea and cocoa in large quantities, mentioning a hypothetical daily consumption figure in millions of cups. It references a food beard and a medical comparison, but the text is unclear and lacking concrete facts or named entities.
A Culinary Hint From The Kansas City Star
A note on making a sugarless gooseberry dish advises leaving out the gooseberries as well. The Kansas City Star presents a compact culinary quip for sugarless recipes.
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Kansas City
Mrs Boyd Avoided Operation with Patent Remedy
Canton Ohio. A woman recalls suffering from a female trouble that two doctors said required surgery. Her mother had used Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and she reports relief, encouraging other women to try the product for similar ailments.
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Canton
Ohio
Pinkham
Mant Borp
6Th St
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