Standard Flour Hand Bread Market Ends In Canada March 15
The Standard Flour Hand made bread in Canada leaves the market on March 15 as Canada’s food board introduces rules allowing only standard war flour about two per cent coarser for bread. Mothers bless Nether Graves Worm Exterminator for easing children’s suffering. The Bible Society offers a pocket edition of the Gospel of St Mark with Gospel in French on one page and English opposite.
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Canada
Canada Food Board
United States
Bible: Society
Stern Reminder of War Deaths at the Front in France
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a sobering fact that more Americans have died in France so far than in the entire Spanish American War. The editorial stresses the seriousness of the current conflict and national resolve.
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France
Philadelphia Public. Ledger
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firm
A fragmented 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by ETCHENEY & CO of Toledo Ohio. It claims a combination of four elements in a pill to treat catarrh and related conditions, including claims of successful results.
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Getarch
Cora
Like Americans in England and a churchyard tale
A London church tour turns humorous as a Yankee asks about the preacher’s function. The piece wryly contrasts American vigor with English perplexity and mentions a chronic asthma remedy by Dr. Kellogg advertised as restoring health and happiness.
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America
England
Ots
Pittsbury
Chronicle Telegraph
J. D. Kellogg
Machine Gunners Task Higher Degree of Physical Fit
The text stresses that high physical fitness is essential for machine gunners. A gunner must carry the weapon crawl on hands and knees with it and run if required. Health and muscular strength are prioritized over branch size or other factors.
Missing Man Vanishes Through Roof Hole Mystery
A terse local reminiscence describes a youth known as they sas svat who vanished while a mule in the hook was present. Residents remark the disappearance seemed odd until a roof hole drew attention revealing the odd scene.
Putnam’s Corn Extractor Promises Quick Pain Free Peel
An early 20th century advertisement touts Putnam’s Corn Extractor as a painless, fast solution to corns. It claims the drops shrivel and uproot corns with a quarter price, urging readers to buy at any drug store today.
Inflation of Farm Land Values Debate
A financial paper questions claims of rising farm land values arguing that true prosperity rests on farm profit per unit rather than price levels. The piece warns against using current product prices alone to prove agriculture’s prosperity and cautions about flawed inflation arguments.
Indomitable Spirit Amid Unprecedented Pressure
A Chicago Post editorial praises the U S and British alliance amid immense military pressure. It expresses faith in Allied forces defending Britain and calls for unity to overcome long-standing prejudices and secure honor and trust.
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England
Chicago Post
Hine
Gas Blows Back on Prussian Guards at Armentieres
Advice from Germany notes four regiments of Prussian Guards suffered from their own gas when wind shifted and sent the gas back into their faces. To avert alarm, shoulder straps and identification marks are being removed from blinded victims before transfer to base hospitals.
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Germany
Armentieres
Lift Your Corns Off With Fingers
A Cincinnati authority touts a home remedy to remove corns and calluses painlessly. A few drops of Freezone on the tender area instantly relieves soreness and the entire corn lifts out, root and all as it dries. A small bottle costs little and should remove hard or soft corns from feet.
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Cincinnati
Optimists and Pessimists: A Old English View Explored
The Los Angeles Times discusses two mindsets, heaven-maker and hell-maker, contrasting optimism and pessimism. The heaven-maker’s view is broad and enlightened, expanding horizons. the hell-maker’s is narrow, shaded by ignorance.
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Hell
Los Angeles Times
Verse Snippet Sparks Gossip Across Street Window
A fragment from a Peterboro Review column notes Miss Howells asking if a gentleman across the street can hear her singing as he just closed his window, capturing small town bedside chatter and social teasing.
Blood and nerve tonic pitch boosts war readiness
An advertisement extols a tonic made from Blood root Golden Seal root Stone root Cherry bark and other ingredients claiming to build iron nerves vigor and stamina for soldiers and civilians alike with emphasis on spring vitality and past decades of use by pharmacists and dr Pierce.
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Draggisia
Dr. Pierce
Alsace-Lorraine under German rule seen as tragic resistance
In Century Magazine Herbert Adams Gibbons recounts Alsace Lorraine under German rule, citing harsh consequences for families and youths. He argues the provinces’ will to endure exile, confiscation, and servitude illustrates contemporary suffering and the moral failings of the Frankfurt peace.
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Alsace
Alsace-Lorraine
Frankfort
Gersha
Vosgen
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Century Magazine
Sunflower Industry Grows Across United States
The sunflower, native to the ee ee Riyal Dinasta people, is highlighted for its expanding role in Russia today and the United States. It is valued as an ornamental and for poultry feed and food, with large scale cultivation becoming a major agricultural focus and promising profits in fuel fertilizer and fodder markets.
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Russia
Department of Agriculture
United States
Pencils From Japan A War Time Industry Emerges
An analysis notes that war disruptions spurred a Japanese pencil industry. Japan imported 65 million pencils in 1911 mainly from the United States and Germany, but after 1914 exports surged to over 9 million and then 268 million by 1916. The piece suggests Oriental markets may remain with Japan postwar, aided by trade routes and materials from India and England.
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Japan
America
Germany
Londoners Sunday Work Allotments Sold out to Workers
Londoners crowd allotments on Sunday as thePeople's Regible push expands across suburbs. Men in shirtsleeves and women in blouses dig from morning to evening preparing seed beds. Richmond reports 80 new plots taken on the athletic ground with many couples sharing allotments.
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London
Eng
Richmond
British Food Situation to Worsen in Coming Months
A report from Yord notes Rhondda that the food supply may be strained over the next two months, with shortages and higher prices likely to affect households and businesses.
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Yord
Rhondda
British Food Can
Banish Pimples and Eruptions with Tonic Blood Reform
Pimples eruptions and eczema signal blood imbalance from winter to spring. A tonic medicine, Br Williams Pink Pills, is advertised as restoring rich blood, boosting appetite and energy. The ad claims cures for rheumatism, neuralgia, and fatigue, urging readers to buy 50 cent boxes or six for two dollars from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario. It adds a Prussian town contest offering social prizes of potatoes coffee flour oatmeal sugar fat and eggs to marrying couples.
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Cen Cone
Br. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Bonin-Prussia
Chronic Skin Disorders Overcome by Hamilton's Pills
Advertises Hamilton's Pills claiming to purify blood and cure skin blemishes, rashes, and pimples. Promotes rapid, powerful results for men women and children with a 25 cent box sold by dealers.
Indians Prepare Big Food Drive With Home Farm Plans
Indians under the Department of Indian Affairs advance operations on the home production farm. Six tractors shipped from Regina to nearby points for main farm sites. Indians on Assiniboia reserve arranged tractor purchases and will finance and operate the machinery themselves. Land leasing and grazing activity expand across Alberta and Saskatchewan with delegations meeting Commissioner Graham.
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Department of Indian Affairs
Regina
Assiniboia Reserve
W. M. Graham
Department
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Graham
Tax on Toil and the French Revolution Roots
A compact reflection tracing tax injustice from Turgot’s plan to end levies on life’s basics to the king’s hesitation, the dismissal of reform, and the resulting unrest. It argues unjust taxation fueled hunger and crime, culminating in the French Revolution as retributive justice in history.
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Turgot
France
New York
Province Considers Renaming to Acadia
The New Brunswick Historical Society unanimously adopts a resolution to rename the province Acadia. It argues the current name derives from a German state and that New Brunswick lacks scientific merit and geographic resemblance to Europe. The proposed name, Acadia, has historical musical ties and would avoid German associations, noted in St John discussion influenced by King’s removal of German titles.
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New Brunswick Historical Society
Acadia
New Brunswick
Brunswick
Waterburk
St. John
Vancouver
B. C
Got His Money's Worth
A streetcar conductor chastises a rider who complains of not hearing a ring, noting the penny pays for car rides and that the company does not guarantee musical accompaniment. The exchange ends with the conductor asserting the fare covers transport.
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