German propaganda aimed at shattering Italian confidence
Official dispatches reveal German efforts to sow doubt among Italians by distributing thousands of newspapers in Italian. The messages claimed to relay President Villagito's words to France and alleged Italian government substitutions of terms. Italian soldiers reportedly mocked the material and dismissed the deception. Droppered officials speculate Adalta German authorities fear an Italian offensive.
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Italy
Villagito
France
Woman's Nerves Made Strong Says St Winona Patient
A reader from St Winona Minnesota recounts relief after nervousness faded within weeks of using a remedy. The note claims improved health and daily ability to work.
Barefoot Summer Protests In German War Time
A Essen Zeitung placard urges all Germans to go barefoot due to leather shortages. The appeal asks the old to lead by example and suggests walking barefoot at home, in streets, schools, and churches to save materials.
Freezone touted to remove corns quickly
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as the answer to painful corns and calluses. A few drops applied to the tender area instantly relieve soreness and shrink the corn, drying and shriveling it without irritating surrounding tissue. A small bottle costs little and should remove all corn or callus.
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Cincinnati
Red Cross Food Saving Appeal and German Wartime Note
Representative Asbury Lever in Charleston urges food conservation to aid the war effort in a Red Cross appeal. A German commentary in the Cologne Gazette lauds Britain’s Mesopotamia and Palestine campaign but notes the Alkanatara bridge over the Suez Canal as connecting Africa and Asia and aiding supply transport to Palestine.
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Asbury Lever
South Carolina
Red Cross
Charleston
Sulia
Cologne ‘Gazette
Alkanatara
Suez Canal
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Africa
Asia
Some Plain Facts For America
A Chicago Evening Post opinion piece urges blunt realism on wartime effort. It warns that the war can be lost without more guns planes and reserves and calls for decisive action to avoid defeat while noting that faith must be matched by effort.
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Efort
Uncle Sam
America
Germany
Chicago Evening Post
Diphtheria Cure Claims Stir In Old Ad Copy
In a fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page, Minard's Liniment is advertised as a diphtheria cure while a social quip about a burglar's wife and a district visitor highlights inherited poor behavior. A cryptic line about a father’s sentence reduction references a family tale.
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Tommy
Meatless days urged to aid war effort and conserve protein
The article cites Americans consuming about 80 grams of protein daily while some eat 100 to 150 grams. It warns kidneys cannot handle excess and calls for meatless days to save supplies for the army and prevent bodily harm, urging patriotic action.
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United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
A 19th century advert promises Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by internal action on the blood and mucous membranes. It offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case it cannot cure and invites readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Druggsts
Gardening and Health Tips from a Farmcolumn
In midsummer lettuce benefits from cold frames to shield young plants from hot winds. Bury stems at joints to foil squash borers as new sprouts emerge from each joint. Pick vegetables in dew only when dry to avoid rust on beans. Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills praised for portability and digestive regulation.
Long Range French Shellfire Terrifies German Troops
Wartime letters and diary entries from German prisoners reveal French artillery terror during daylight bombardments. Descriptions speak of nerve-wracking shells, gas losses, and troops driven to madness as the French guns relentlessly rake trenches and skies.
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Eighty-first
Tribute to Canada’s WWI Fight at Vimy Ridge
A Boston Transcript excerpt praises Canada for answering the war call with bold unity. It lauds Canada’s half million soldiers in France and the heroic stand on Vimy Ridge as a model of civilization and liberty. The piece asserts U S promptness in mobilization could have altered the war’s course.
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Mr. Root
Toronto
France
Canada
Alk
Free Lands
Vimy Ridge
United States
Rhine
Boston Transcript
Alberta Settlements Grow as Fields Expand Across Cairns District
An Edmonton Bulletin writer surveys Cairns Alberta from a high point noting thirteen schools visible today versus one in 1910, with land fully cultivated. Threshing crews number fourteen locally, while prior stubble has diminished due to deeper cultivation and changing farming practices.
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Cairns
Alberta
Edmonston Bulletin
Minard’s Liniment Cures Colds and Quips in Street Meeting
Bill and Enry meet in the street after a long time. Enry says his wife, mother in law and ten kids keep him busy. Bill asks how he’s getting on and the chat turns on his family burdens in a quick, humorous exchange.
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Bill
Enry
Emy
Facts for Health Seekers Ponder Over Health
Medical advice extols Dr Hamilton's Pills for relief of indigestion biliousness headaches and insomnia attributing health to clean stomach liver and intestines. Claims all cases treated with the pills are cured and promises mild yet prompt bowel cleansing and regularity with one dose per use. Sold in a yellow box everywhere.
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Dr. Hamilton
Influx of Land Buyers Boosts Southern Alberta Bids
Settlers flood into Southern Alberta as seeding ends in western states. A 4800 acre parcel near Grassy Lake sells for 192000 to Adahobartise, part cultivated, rest to be prepared for next year. Local agents report land sales worth about 25000000 this past month. Lethbridge district expects nearly two million acres in crop, with 1915 grain output near fifty million bushels on 1.3 million acres. Farmers aim to surpass that record this year.
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Alberta
Grassy Lake
Adahobartise
Lethbridge
Vacation Sparks Household Chore List Split
A humorous exchange shows a husband announcing four weeks off and his wife replying with a chores plan to dig the garden clean the cellar and whitewash the kitchen in Salem news.
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Salem
Words of Praise for Baby's Own Tablets
A promotional notice extols Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative that relieves constipation and stomach distress while promoting health. A testimonial from Mrs. Omer LeBleu of Maddington Falls, Quebec, supports constant use, and the ad lists sales by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
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Omer LeBleu
Maddington Falls
Que
Beating the Home Tax and Worm Remedies in Pulp Ads
In a fragment from the period, Hicks jokes about a financial barter with his wife over cigars while a Boston Transcript note discusses Miller's Worm powders sold by chemists and druggists. The ad copy extols worms relief and claims broad motherly approval for its effectiveness.
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Hicks
Boston Transcript
Keeping Milk Sweet and the Thunder Souring Myth
W H Feldman from Colorado Agricultural College notes that thunder does not sour milk. He explains souring stems from bacteria in unsterilized milk, and only high temperatures without cooling promote this growth during storms.
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W. H. Feldman
Colorado Agricultural College
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