Tobacco for Soldiers Campaign Supports Front Line Helpers
The Union Bank of Canada advertises sending parcels of tobacco to Canadian Expeditionary Forces overseas via The Times Overseas Tobacco scheme. For 410 cents per subscription, a package including 50 cigarettes and a box of matches is sent with the donor’s name and address attached to each packet, praising tobacco as essential to soldiers’ welfare.
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Union Bank of Canada
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Canadian Expeditionary Forces
The Knocker Alter God and the Knocker
A satirical note on a mythical craftsman who shapes a Knocker a two legged creature with corkscrew soup waterlogged brain and a jelly glue backbone. The creature’s arrival makes honest men avert their gaze and angels weep as hell gates close.
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It’s Not Your Town It’s You Odilia Poultry War Zone Note
A fragmented note argues hometown pride hinges on residents’ actions and cooperation. It references Odilia Ontario poultry aims to boost water egg production by wartime feeding methods, and a humorous claim about a duck laying an egg after an experiment.
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Fragmentary line from a romance snippet
A damaged excerpt shows a fragmentary romance line with garbled punctuation and unclear characters. The readable parts hint at a dialogue about possession or affection, but no coherent event or identities are present.
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