Learned from a Sample Nineteen Years Ago
A testimonial for Dr. Chase's Liver Pills claims a family health benefit from regular use. It describes an eighteen mile distance to a drugstore and asserts the pills cure many ailments by regulating the liver kidneys and bowels. The letter praises the product and notes the low price of 25 cents a box.
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Dr. Chase
Care
Chase
Este
James Arg Maynooth
Edmonson, Bates Co. Ltd
Toronto
Europe’s Greatest War and Lord Kitchenmer’s Career
A fragment from Nichols Limited catalogs poses a promotional note about Europe’s Greatest War and a figure named Lord Kitchenmer. It mentions salary or commission, credit offered, sample free, postage ten cents, and publishers in Toronto.
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Europe
Lord Kitchemer
Nichols, Limited
Toronto
Two Tramps Exhibit Odd Exchange in Washington Star Item
Two wretched looking tramps are brought before a justice of the peace. Asked where they live, one answers nowhere while the other claims a room above him. A snippet from the Washington Star captures a humorous mishearing and garbled wording.
Heroes of Loos praised by Churchill in Commons
Churchill told in the House of Commons how Scottish and other troops at Loos showed exemplary heroism. He cited the Ninth Scottish Division and a Cameron Highlanders battalion, praising their losses, tenacity, and bold assaults despite heavy casualties and minimal public acknowledgment.
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Loos
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Cameron Highlanders
Mr. Churchill
Balaclava
Albuera
Minard's Liniment Endorsed for Rheumatism and Sprains
A reader from St. John praises Minard's Liniment Co Limited product for rheumatic pain and sprains, stating it provided excellent results after personal use. The letter is signed by T. B. Lavers.
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Minard
Italy expands munitions output amid war effort
The premier announced Italy can supply munitions for itself and allies with 90 first class establishments and 800 auxiliary factories employing 45,000 workers including Damen Italy’s gun and shell production increases, autos rise, and aviation progress noted. A California lemon, largest on record, measured 18.5 to 19.5 inches in circumference and nearly three pounds.
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Italy
California
Sawtelle
Jewish Schools Gain Educational Privileges in Russia
Russia announces expanded access and new Jewish high schools and technical institutes. Existing Jewish gymnasiums and colleges will be supported, with greater entry freedom into Petrograd University where 94 of 807 matriculated students this year are Jewish, about 11 percent.
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Russia
Petrograd
Kiev
Yekaterinoslav
Petrograd University
Anuric Tablets touted for kidney relief
Dear editor I write about Anuric Dr Pierce's Anuric Tablets used for kidney and back pains. A patient reports terrible pains and relief after one tablet claiming the medicine cured kidney disorders and supported daily life. He mentions a visit to an invalids' hotel and notes the product's promotion by Dr Pierce.
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Anuric
Terrins
Dr. Pierce
Oy Plevoe's Invalids
Pere
A German Doctor Candid Under Fire Speaks On War
Mr. Philip Gibbs reports from British lines a captured German doctor who, under shell fire and amid British wounded, declares his work is for humanity and that wounded are the same to him as German soldiers. He asks for a fighting man and condemns the war while offering aid.
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Philip Gibbs
Highlander Declines Train Fare and Hops Aboard
A Tobermory man at Oban station asked the price to Killin. The clerk cited a high fare. The Scot quips he’d rather walk and runs off. The train arrives shouting but he refuses to board, saying the offer was made and he would not take it.
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Tobermory
Oban
Killin
Donald
Fresh Lies in Demand Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
Claimant sales boast Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil increases orders and broad appeal. The advertisement touts portable bottle packaging and impressive potency across all latitudes, implying widespread customer satisfaction.
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Thomas
Fragmentary dialogue excerpt from a family scene
A jagged dialogue fragment shows a family reacting to a visitor named Johnny and Dolly. The sister and mother chide Johnny while the father asks him to leave, ending with the boy crying and being restrained.
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Johnny
John
Mothyal
Yeast Keeps Price While Coal and Flour Soar
The column notes coal climbs forty cents per ton and flour up $1.25 per bag, yet yeast remains at two cents a cake. It adds a quip that yeast might rise too, as it often has, implying cautious commentary on prices.
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New York
He Was Trying to Tell Her Something
The fragment hints at a romantic moment with a speaker attempting to express something unseen. A response from She softens the scene, noting its sentimental mood and playful irony.
Taste and Manners Distinctions in Social Conduct
A discussion contrasts taste with manners, noting actions like knocking a man down can be rude while taste varies with experience. It cites examples from Lincoln era dissidents and social faux pas such as toasting a father-in-law with champagne, as well as modern impatience and etiquette expectations.
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Lincoln
Pene Ag
Rales
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Neuralgia Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for neuralgia pains and rheumatism. It claims soothing external application reduces numbness and soothes nerves, with a tonic effect on nerves and muscles. Available at 25c and 1.00 bottles.
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Sloan
Liniment Hills Pain And Vacation Conversation
A fragment recalls a Dasher dialogue about a vacation and a hotel. An ad promotes Graves Worm Exterminator as the best medicine to destroy worms. A Massachusetts meeting mentions an undertaker and a physician in dialogue.
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Rmn
Minards Liniment Sale and Worm Powder Claim
An old ad copy describes Minard's Liniment for sale and Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for intestinal worms in children. The text includes dubious medical claims and mentions taste appeal to children and the powders’ non injurious side effects, framed as an evening entertainment exchange.
German potato distribution crisis sparks famine fears
A scrambled report describes how Germany faced a potato glut with the new crop, followed by famine due to drastic authority actions in peace and count on. Vorwarts notes large quantities of new potatoes rotting as the situation worsens for Seno and local towns.
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Germany
Vorwarts
Sean Aes
Advertising and War Bonds Spark Public Appeals in Britain
The article notes a wartime fundraising pattern where Britain's public shows thrift by subscribing to national loans. Advertising, used nonpolitically, boosted sales as crowds responded to well-promoted appeals. Sir Thomas White observed success and prepared to act again in Kingston.
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Britain
Canadian Press Association
Finance
Kers
Eny
Thomas White
Sir Thomas
Kingston
Minard's Liniment Promises Dandruff Cure from Sawdust Work
Dr J F Davidson of the University of British Columbia reports a sawdust distillation process yielding tar light oil acetate of lime and charcoal. Gas moves through a nine inch by twenty foot pipe with a wire arc to aid tar collection. The tar is marketable as a byproduct and the light oil tradable for ore refining.
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J. F. Davidson
University of British Columbia
Girl Offers an Eye To a Blind Soldier
A young English girl writes to Dr. Rochon Duvigneaud offering to donate her eye to a French wounded soldier. She specifies she would give a right eye to someone particularly useful, such as a captain or officer, if her offer is accepted. She vows to consider it a boon to her country and a way to serve France.
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Rochon Duvigneaud
Nore Shield
Duvigneaud
France
Solier
Tax on land values could boost federal revenue
The Ottawa Citizen argues land-holding companies should pay into the Federal Treasury via a 1 percent tax on current land values. It claims no new manpower is needed, municipal authorities could collect, and such a tax would raise about a hundred million dollars per year while stimulating productive industry and national prosperity.
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Canada
Dominion
Ottawa Citizen
Holloway's Corn Cure Promises Quick Corn Removal
Advert reads that Holloway's Corn Cure draws out soft corns though the claim echoes a traditional remedy. It emphasizes ease of use and rapid relief for affected feet.
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Holloway
Duty to the memory of fallen youth
The Nation in London urges daily life to adopt the temper shown by youths who died in war. It calls for shedding old traditions and cautions as a duty to the memory of the war’s lost young men and to the future of the race.
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The
Nation
London
Russia Maintains Moscow Station for Flax Study and Manufacture
Russia operates an experimental station in Moscow focused on flax cultivation and flax fiber manufacture. The facility supports research into growing methods processing techniques and textile applications.
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Russia
Moscow
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