Manitoba Has Good Highways
Manitoba shows growing highway mileage as a provincial asset. The piece argues extensive roads support rural trade against mail-order rivals and notes municipal spending, local conditions, and proximity to Winnipeg and Brandon influence road outcomes. It cites J. D. Evang in Western Municipal News and ends with an odd note on a warship named HS Outrageous.
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Tobe
Manitoba
Winniper
Canada
Winnipeg
Brandon
Manitihia
J. D. Evang
Western Municipal News
Chronic Skin Disorders Overcome Quickly
A health claim advertises a cure for skin ills via blood cleansing, promising rapid relief from rashes pimples and other humoral disorders. It touts safety for men women and children and urges readers to obtain a 25e box from local dealers.
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Hamitons
Inevitable German Occupation Scene in New York
A fragmented account describes German troops occupying New York for three days, American defenses in New Jersey, and Wall Street offices being influenced by the German Occupation Corporation. The piece references Life magazine in London and a French observer noting ribbons, with Beatty praised for bravery during the Nile expedition.
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New York
Jersey
Crows Prince
Wall Street
By Served
Safe Life
Admiral Beatty
Sultan
Beatty
Fleet
Stecadmirel
Noble Woman Elisabeth Elliot’s Aid In Flanders War Time
A fragmentary obituary or tribute recounts Elisabeth Elliot's wartime work aiding the Belgian poor during World War I. It describes her expeditionary efforts with orderlies and interpreters from Ostend to Flanders, distributing provisions, shelter, and care to soldiers, civilians, and children, and noting linked royal recognition and a china helmet trophy she received.
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Sanutly
Flanders
Tienes
Parte
Elisabeth
Ite Mooringa
Belgian Canal
Tousands
Treo
Elliot
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper and Family Ventures
A narrative recounts a family's farm ventures from duck and chicken stock to cattle, mules, and bank stock dividends. The speaker details purchases including steers, a wagon, harness, a cultivator, calves, and shorthorns, plus building a silo and owning a manure spreader as they expand the homestead and secure an interest in the place.
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Fromm
Stern
Tomb of the Sea Guards England's Dead
A fragmented verse recalls England's fallen sailors and the sea as shield and tomb. It laments the dead and vows the flag will protect them, praising maritime valor and the sea’s fidelity to national memory.
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Earth
England
Germany Admits Troop Thinning Amid Grain Shortage
A despatch quoted from Amsterdam reports the Imperial Grain Board president noting Germany will add 0.0 to its grain reserve to reflect reduced Army consumption. The admission signals growing strain as Germany acknowledges war pressures, including altered rations and rising food concerns.
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Germany
Imperial Grain Board
Amsterdan
Minard's Liniment Cure Diptheria Sighting
Fragmentary ad copy cites Minard's Liniment Cure Diptheria and Mother Graves' Wort Exterminator. reads like a garbled 19th century patent remedy pitch with dubious claims and stray misquoted lines about creditors and a foreign sailors society.
Air compression finds wide use in modern industry
Compressed air serves many tasks from ice cutting and dust removal to textile finishing and fabric nap raising. It lubricates, dries, tests for leaks, and powers machines. Separately, nine Chinese provinces declare independence, totaling about 161 million people, signaling possible republic disintegration.
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China
The Duke Defies Rain to Lead Wet Troops at Magara Camp
In a heavy downpour at Magara camp the Duke reviewed his troops with officers and men soaked. He considered pulling off his own raincoat to shield them, a gesture that highlighted his courtesy and resolve in adverse weather.
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Naucht
Magara
Whom to Trust in a Turbulent War Era
A fragmented feature discusses which European nation the United States can trust amid wartime tensions. It contrasts Great Britain’s lawful conduct with perceived perfidy from others, stressing reliance on moral law and treaties over force. The column weaves in reader quotes and stray notices amid a broader reflection on trust and neutrality.
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Great Britain
Great Brita
Mattain
Tain
America
Canada
Belgium
Puck
New
Memory's Sake Confusion at the Glove Counter
A young woman at a shop counter recalls a past life with a man who hints he saved her life last summer. The scene echoes a faded romance as the driver processes the order and a stray line mentions postwar censorship and a prisoner.
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Athless
Mabel
London
Tobacco and fatigue in soldiers during marches
Fragmentary wartime note discusses tobacco use among wounded and marching soldiers. It asserts tobacco possibly alleviates fatigue and aids endurance, mentioning long marches, uncertain conditions, and fatigue relief by cigars or pipes amid daily weariness. The text is garbled but implies tobacco’s calming effect.
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Aleep Nthe
United Church union advances with Presbyterian vote
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church voted 4 to 1 in favor of church union, clearing a major obstacle. Three bodies will unite, including Presbyterians, with estimated census figures listing 35442 Congregations and 442 Presbyterians, while Baptists and Roman Catholics are noted in context as comparatives.
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General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Methonliste
Baby’s Own Tablets Promote Sleep and Health
A vintage ad assures mothers that well children sleep well and stay cheerful, praising Baby’s Own Tablets as a remedy for sickly children. It claims the tablets fatten and steady a baby, and notes they are sold by dealers or by mail at 29 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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Tomaseam
Dr Wiliams
Brockville
It Rubs Pain Away Liniment Advert Snippet
An old advertisement claims a liniment rivals Dr Thomas Electric Oil by soothing pain via rubbing. The text also includes a dialogue about a person named Higsby and a brief Boston Globe quip, ending with a question about worry and a digression on day and night.
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Thomas
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