Sinister Crown Prince and Dangerous Frederick Wilhelm
The article notes the Crown Prince as clever yet unreadable in expression and compares him to a dangerous, ruthless figure named Frederick Wilhelm, described as an actor with ruthless religious ideas. It also profiles Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a positive treatment claimed to help asthmatics, and includes a wartime quip from a British soldier about location indirection in France.
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Bor
Frederick Wilhelm
Christian Science Monitor
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Health Aid
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a temperance tonic for women. It claims benefits for backache headache nervousness and lists tablet and liquid forms. Testimonial letters from Ontario women are cited praising relief and safe use during pregnancy and midlife.
Setting Traps as Described in Kreps Science of Trapping
The article gives instructions for setting steel traps on dry land with a nest for the trap and proper covering to blend with surroundings. It warns of aiming the jaws along the animal's approach to avoid misfires and emphasizes secure fastening to prevent escape, citing Kreps' Science of Trapping.
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Kreps
Jam shortage unsettles British breakfast and digestion
The article notes a widespread jam shortage disrupting daily life in Britain. Retailers report supply held back by wholesalers pending new jam price scales set by the food ministry, leading to hoarding as shops struggle to satisfy anxious customers.
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Neumore
Food Ministry
Ach
Lond
Jam Department
No Cane Sugar Permitted In Canadian Cakes
During recent months confectionery makers have cut sugar to 60 percent and now must use only 9 percent sugar. Icing cakes are a worry as maple sugar is used where cane sugar is banned, strained by maple supply limits. The maple sugar output will need expansion next season to keep cake production possible. War is a burden that troubles many ladies. Hollo way's Corn Cure offers painless blemish relief.
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Food Board
Canada
South Africa's War Efforts Outpace Allies and Growth
South Africa has conquered more German territory than all the allies combined with vast holdings in German Southwest and German East Africa. It raised 40,000 troops for campaigns, sent 60,000 to Europe, suppressed a rebellion at home, and built miles of railways. The country is self supporting with no food shortage and exports maize wool and leather to Great Britain as noted in the Vancouver world.
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South Africa
German East Africa
Europe
Great Britain
Vancouver Orld
Minard's Liniment Endorsement Letter Dedicated
A wartime era reader letter from W. A. Hutchinson praising Minard's Liniment Co Limited for relief in a severe bout of la grippe and inflammation, noting repeated effectiveness and signing off as a gentleman.
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Minard
W. A. Hutchinson
Navy widows and dependents get equal allowances
The long standing disparity dating from Trafalgar era between naval dependents and military families is corrected. Navy officials had defended the difference citing promotion chances, but public sentiment compelled equal treatment so that Jack’s wife will receive the same allowance as Tommy’s.
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Trafalgas
Admiralty
Jack
Tommy
Putnam's Extractor Promises Quick Corn Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor for corns promising painless relief. It claims quick action by dissolving calloused parts and allowing peeling, with guaranteed lifting of any corn. The product is priced at three quarters.
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Putnam's
Putnam’s
There Is No End To Giving In Wartime Appeals
A Chicago Tribune quotation urges readers to consider what they are giving beyond money for those fighting Germans and trench warfare. It frames financial sacrifice as a civic duty shaping national discipline and community solidarity during hardship.
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United States
Jose
The
Chicago Tribune
Pearl Necklace Gift Sparks Friendly Snub in Montreal Herald
A Montreal Herald fragment describes Mrs. Jones receiving a pearl necklace for her birthday. Jones’s friend questions the gift and hints at a perceived misstep, ending with a remark about the woman's tears. The exchange underscores social expectations around gifts and appreciation in the scene.
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Jones
War Dogs Dropped From U S Army Kennels Plan
The United States G H Q decides to drop the idea of establishing American army kennels after French army experts advise against it. The dogs performed heroic tasks but many allied dogs have died from gas exposure and gas mask issues, making this project impractical.
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United States
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Toledo Firm
Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as an internal remedy that cures catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed by Cuene y Co of Toledo Ohio, the ad claims it was prescribed by prominent physicians and praises the purifiers and tonics in the formula.
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Catarra
Hall
Cueney , CO. Props
Toledo
British Navy Power Drives German War Material Shortage
An article in the Government North German Gazette praises Britain’s naval grip on Germany, describing how Berlin must seize every raw material for munitions. It notes Germans must sacrifice copper, nickel, zinc, aluminum, wool, leather, and textiles, with new industries and restrictions to sustain the war effort. The piece frames the war as brutal and insists on total national mobilization.
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Germany
Berliner Tagblatt
The Retort Courteous Exchange in a Roadway Incident
In a terse exchange the driver defends her seven years behind the wheel while the pedestrian counters with fifty four years of walking. The dialogue highlights contrasting claims of caution and exposure in a street collision context.
Dr Thomas Electric Oil Praised as Household Medicine
The originator of Dr Thomas Electric Oil claims its powers surpass description with vast praise. He notes widespread use as a household remedy and its remarkable effects. A casual anecdote mentions a car reportedly achieving thirty miles per gallon, while another compares a jump of five hundred feet on a single stick of dynamite.
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Dr. Thomas
Mike
Pat
Lenses From Glass Surface Oxidation Improve Light Transmission
A London scientist reports that oxidizing the surface of glass reduces reflectivity, enabling the creation of lenses that transmit more light than standard, potentially advancing optical performance. Minard's Liniment is noted for its distemper cure.
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London
German general’s luxe quarters left behind in Hun Food area
In Hun Food ig Ersey a captured German general abandoned a mesa hall stocked with Roe furniture a hotel range fine china and silverware and even coffee cups bearing the Iron Cross and portraits of the Kaiser and Hindenburg. Two silver forks engraved with Hindenburg likeness were used by the general. Electric lights call buttons and an elaborate food stock marked a luxurious retreat. two cases of bowie beef showed hurried withdrawal. A pamphlet printed for soldiers urged weeds as food with recipes for nettle soup and sorrel salad and claimed it would help after the war. Captured setters mocked Americans as a sporting proposition, while an officer’s wife demanded 700 marks for a new dress. A formal note signed Wilhelm urged eight days of mourning for the Sultan of Turkey.
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Bertin
Eyen
Wilhelm
Sultan
Turkey
Business Woman and Health Power in Postwar Roles
The article urges women entering new occupations to maintain strong health through regular blood replenishment. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to prevent pallor, loss of appetite, headaches, and fatigue, claiming they build rich blood and support well being for working women and homemakers. It notes availability via medicine dealers or by mail from Brockville Ontario.
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Tomen
Dr. Willams
Machine Gun Nest Hidden in Cemetery
Allied forces uncovered German machine gun nests beneath a large cross embedded in a cemetery near Limey, within German lines. The position, dug into the pedestal foundation and facing French lines, was abandoned in haste as the Franco-American offensive began, leaving several guns behind. The hilltop cemetery remained unbombed and the cross stood intact.
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Limey
Aviators Slang From British Airmen Revealed
The latest RAF slang shows terms like to blind meaning dash along reckless pace to go dis meaning break down banking meaning shelling and insurance agents meaning enemy bombing planes The phrase a tack of geoeye vertical gusts captures the moment after a shell explodes before one knows its type.
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R. Ta.f
Not His Function Reveals Bank Withdrawal Inquiry
A grim faced woman asks how much money her husband withdrew from the bank last week. The teller refuses to disclose the information, sparking a terse exchange that highlights a privacy and disclosure conflict in a Boston transcript excerpt.
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Boston
Mobilizing Women Power in War Industries
The article argues that about 600000 women in the United States have joined war work, smaller than Britain's 4538000. It warns of a looming manufacturing slump as the 21 to 31 draft continues and new munitions plants need workers. It calls for government action to mobilize women through instruction and placement in war industries.
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Great Britain
Accidents Frequent In Old Country
Royal flying corps records show Canada with 813,960 miles flown and 59 crashes in a period, 36 admissions to hospital, while England reports 9,000 flights and 58 crashes with 16 hospital admissions. The data cite Major S. A. Hargraft of the Winnipeg district. A closing exchange hints at a joke between Howell and Powell.
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Royal Flying Corpa
Canada
S. A. Hargraft
Winnipeg
England
Royal F Air Force
Royal Air Force
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