A Romance of War and a Farmer's Son Bride
A wartime love story follows a farmer's son who faces rejection from his lover's father. The couple writes through mobilization, the man earns a medal after bravery at Marne, loses sight, returns home, and vows enduring love. The bridegroom's steadfast devotion leads to marriage despite adversity.
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Sean
Vela
Bilisee
the Marne
Central Pospital
British airship aims to combine rigid and semi rigid types
A new British dirigible design seeks to merge rigid and semi rigid features. It uses outer airtight envelopes and gas bags that inflate and deflate to keep the structure rigid, aiming for simple construction and easier transport when deflated.
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Milta
First Long Step Towards Recovery From Kidney Disease
Kent County Miss Guissevieve Bastarache reports healing from kidney disease after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes initial feebleness sleeplessness headaches and backache then notes improvement after two boxes and full cure after three. She urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
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Kent County
Dodd
Bouctouche
Kent Co
N.B
Miss Bastarache
Tommys Quiet Valor In House Siege At Givenchy
The private Tommy remained calm amid a fierce assault at Givenchy. He moved through the house with a bayonet, forced room by room, and compelled eight Germans to surrender without diverting from his pipe. Four lives were credited to his steel and he did not pause to acknowledge prisoners. A wealthy neighbor’s loss is mourned by a charitable lady. He was 60.
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Goldiers
Givenchy
Tomm
Tommy
Angling Tales at Sea of Galilee Classroom
Fragments describe a classroom moment with a teacher and students discussing names for fish and sea life. A dialogue hints at a humorous mishearing about masculine and feline alike, reflecting old notes from a forgotten piece.
The Mighty Spade and Brannigan in a lively studio moment
The scene juxtaposes a military metaphor from Pall Mall Gazette with a family joke. Brannigan asks about a picture while a proud father proclaims a waving portrait from a photo studio. The dialogue blends wartime imagery with domestic humor.
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Brannigan
Beef price surge eyed by Western Canadian ranchers
Rancher R Randolph Bruce returning from Europe predicts war boosted beef prices will lift Western Canadian cattle producers ahead of wheat. H S Arkell of the Dominion livestock department corroborates record highs for cattle and meat, noting uncertain future levels as war effects unfold. A stray Edinburgh scene about a police direction mishap intrudes the excerpt.
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R. Randolph Bruce
Canada
Europe
H. S. Arkell
Dominion
Fragmentary Prison Verse Reveals Distorted Voices
An OCR fragment presents disjointed lines about prison life and coercion. The garbled text hints at control by others and fear among detainees, with unclear speakers and missing context.
lime gypsum use on heavy soils and alfalfa fields
Lime and gypsum can improve heavy soil and alfalfa fields. One to four tons of lime or ground limestone per acre may boost workability, with gypsum stimulating alfalfa growth, especially in older patches. Excess gypsum beyond 400 pounds per acre plus fall disking yields strong revival. nitrogen-fixing bacteria in alfalfa nodules benefit. Also mentions Holloway's Corn Cure for corn discomfort.
See Through a Grick Wall by William Marcon
William Marcon announced before sailing for Italy that he invented an apparatus enabling a person to peer through solid partitions such as brick walls. He claims it allows viewing through a wall for those near the wall though distant viewers may face limitations, and he remains cautious about public disclosure.
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William Marcon
Italy
Marconig
Baby’s Own Tab lets promoted for mothers
No mother of young children should be without a box of Baby's Own Tablets. Mrs. F. Warger of Ingersoll Ontario reports they have helped her amidst years of care and she highly recommends them to all mothers. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail through the Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
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F. Warger
Ingersoll
Ont
Mall At Medicine Co
Brockville
Clear headed head bookkeeper must be reliable
A head bookkeeper suffered an attack described as abrupt and unprovoked. The incident interrupted work and prompted a call for reliability and calm in the office. Authorities investigated for details and motives while colleagues await updates.
Beet Pulp Dairy Test Shows Weight Gain In Five Cows
Massachusetts station ran a five week trial with six cows on hay bran and cottonseed meal. One group received 42 pounds daily of cornmeal while another used beet pulp. Cows fed beet pulp gained weight and produced similar milk yield, unlike the cornmeal group.
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Massachusetts
Ask for Minard's and take no other
In ancient times a ruler named Wi lass the Conqueror left a mark on history. In modern times a ruler aspires to conqueror status and continues to loom in world affairs.
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Minard
Wilass the Conqueror
Union government lauded for gains in German South West Africa
General Botha told troops that operations against German South West Africa are successful and that capturing Windhoek is crucial to the empire and the Union of South Africa. He said dispossession of Germany removes a constant bad influence. Toronto Mall and Empire.
Minard's Liniment Promoted by Stable Keeper
A letter from Alfred Rochav of Roxto Pond Hotel and Livery Stables endorses Minard's Liniment as the best medicine for both family use and stables, praising its long standing reliability and effectiveness.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Ltd
Minard’s Liniment
Alfred Rochav
Pond Lotel
History repeats itself in arms and medicine notes
A collage of quips and cracked ads shows a quip about repeaters from an arms factory and a dubious worm powder claim. A railway station scene with Sandy McTavish and a broken strength machine adds a comic vignette. The piece blends satire with everyday mishaps.
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Sandy McTavish
Sandy
Dewan
Porter
Italy and Rome’s Trust Woes Amid World War I Fallout
The World notes shifting loyalties and internal turmoil as Italy struggles to trust leaders and allies after setbacks. It cites Buelow's defeat by his own countrymen, mobs backing Salandra, and the Lusitania sinking as factors in shifting power dynamics before Vienna's mandate.
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von. Buelow
Salandra
Lusitania
Rome
Berlin
Vienna
Italy
New York World
Nervous System Disorder Warns of Paralyzing Progress
The article describes how a twitching nervous system causes headaches sleeplessness and distress. Mrs Meellar writes she was completely cured of the old trouble, noting the recovery as proof the cure works.
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