Canada Forestry Lab Promotes Treated Wood Paving
Forestry Branch aims to unite science with industry under W. J. Howie to develop forest products labs. A new bulletin on Treated Wood Block Paving reports European American and Canadian results and methods for best wood paving efficiency. Free copies available by writing the director of forestry in Ottawa.
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Whatham
W. J. Howie
Interior
Forest Products Laboratories of
Canada
Dominion Forestry Branch
Forestry Branch
Caada
Europea
United States
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Pleasant Purgative Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills
A Pleasant Purgative Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills are compounded to act on both stomach and bowels along the alimentary and excretory passage. They are mild, not drastic, and the proper dose yields gratifying relief. Made only from vegetable substances, their curative qualities are fully tested and promise relief without injury.
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Parmelee
Pure-Bred Sire and Herd Improvement Advice
A Farmers' Guide summary urges selecting pure bred sires to raise herd productivity. It notes a sire accounts for 50 to 60 percent of the herd, advises buying better bulls with each purchase, and warns that scrubs reduce heifer calf profits by 25 to 33 percent. It argues that continued pure sire use can boost butter fat by about 100 pounds per cow annually, valued at $25 to $30, and stresses dam records and ancestry in selecting a dairy sire.
Rural Delivery on a Commercial Basis
A Nor'West Farmer item describes a Saskatoon area entrepreneur starting auto delivery routes around his hometown. The plan includes scheduled rounds, parcel delivery between farms and town, and leveraging gasoline rigs. It argues small towns with several stores can sustain such business, likening it to the jitney potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Nor’. West Farmer
Women’s Role in Postwar Government Credit
A Vancouver World reflection states that after the war the British will see women contributed as nobly at home as men did on the battlefield. It suggests an awakening that women who shoulder national work deserve a role in government and public life.
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Vancouver
Nervous Guest and Goose Sit Near Hostess Roast
A humorous scene centers on a guest asked to sit beside the hostess and opposite a goose. The guest worries about mishearing and age, then clarifies he means the roast goose. The exchange highlights comic confusion over seating and culinary terms.
Weeds on Vacant Lots Menace to Farmers and Cities
A rural letter argues weeds on vacant lots and roadsides threaten farms by seed spread. It notes cities and towns harbor weed breeding grounds, urges strict town council action, enforcement of bylaws, and cooperation with weed inspectors to curb spread nationwide.
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F.C.N
War-Time Editors Led Canadians In Battle
Journalists from Ottawa, Quebec and Vancouver are cited for battlefield leadership. Col Morrison of the Ottawa Citizen, Col Watson of the Quebec Chronicle, Lieut Col Od lum of the Vancouver World, and Col Currie of the 48th Highlanders are praised for bravery and service, with many risking lives to defend liberty and justice.
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BE. W Morrison
Ottawa Citizen
Dave Watson
Quebec Chronicle
Victor W. Odlum
Vancouver World
Col
J. A. Currie
M.P
48Th Highlanders
Toronto
Montreal Journal of Commerce
Guard Baby's Health in the Summer
The summer months threaten children with cholera infantum, colic, diarrhoea and dysentery. Mothers must prevent or quickly treat illness, with Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont, 25 cents a box, sold by dealers or mail.
New Homestead Map Shows Prairie Land Progress
A new edition of the Homestead Map is being distributed from Ottawa by the railway lands branch. It graphs land availability in Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan up to January 1 1915. The map colors quarter sections to show land uptake and includes Indian Reserves Timber Berths Grazing Leases Post Offices Railways and more.
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Canada
Railway Lands
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
F. C. C. Lynch
Miller's Worm Powders Endearing Vermifuge for Children
Miller's Worm Powders are presented as unrivaled as a vermifuge. The text asserts mothers choose it at first signs of worms in children, praising its excellence and trustworthy, immediate, lasting relief.
Piper’s Tune Brings Comfort in Ward of Wounded Scot
A Scottish soldier grievously wounded in a hospital ward asked to hear the bagpipes one last time. A piper was found to play Scotch airs as he lay dying. The next day the nurse reported the other eleven patients in the ward had died, while the Scotman was now “all right.”
Encouraging Prospects Rector To Yokel About Marriage
In a rustic exchange Peter jokes about marriage costs. He tells the yokel he can nearly support himself, adding that a poor woman can offer some help. The quip reflects practical humor on marriage in a small community.
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Yokel
Peter
Peter—Weill
Sur
Manitoba a Field for Corn Growing in the Northwest
Manitoba Free Press argues corn can be a valuable crop for southern provinces and nearby U.S. regions. It outlines acclimated seed, early planting, land preparation, proper cultivation, and seed saving, noting corn fits rotation with small grains and livestock. Emphasis on manure, drill spacing, and preserving mature ears for future seeding.
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Manitoba
Orth Dakota
North Dakota
United States
Northwest
Grand Forks
N.D
A Hwest
Manitoba Free Press
Dictionary Quest For Angwer In Old Complaint
A reader recalls a late 19th century exchange as Mrs. Parveru-John and Mrs Kav ler discuss a harsh attack of angwee. The dialogue ends with a request to look up the term in the dictionary while admitting the word was not found in O words.
Farm Washing by Community Laundry in Wisconsin
Wisconsin farmers adopt community laundries attached to creameries to relieve the wife from laundry chores. Equipment costs about 500 dollars, with ironing adding up to 500 more. Laundry service runs about 6 cents per pound, with ironing at 25 cents per hour. Deliveries use creamery wagons, and some work goes by parcel post. Separate accounts, potential deductions from milk checks, and two Wisconsin laundries report mixed results on ironing versus rough drying.
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Wisconsin
Milltown
Fall River
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Kansas City Star
Minard Liniment Cited By Nova Scotia Reader As Cure
Letter from H Colllaboom of Rossway Digby Co. Nova Scotia reports fall injury on fence, chest pain and inability to work. He credits Minard Liniment with complete cure after applying warmed liniment to the chest.
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Minard's Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Women for Farm Work in Britain as War Shortage Grows
A Board of Agriculture report states 170000 male farm workers are missing in England Scotland and Wales. Women are filling vacancies in Essex Norfolk and Lincolnshire planting potatoes and in truck farming. Hundreds are trained and employed on dairy farms in Cheshire Dorset and Berkshire with weekly wages from 3.50 to 5.00. The board hopes women will take over the twice daily milk deliveries for the duration of the war, a scene also common in Ireland where women drive milk to stations in donkey carts.
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England
Scotland
Wales
Board of Agriculture
Essex
Norfolk
Lincolnshire
Cheshire
Dorset
Berke
Ireland
Balzac Explains Abstruse Passages With Plain Truth
Balzac admitted that abstruse passages often have no inherent meaning. He argued that clear text seems easy to readers, so a complicated sentence is needed to appear wiser. When readers struggle, they overthink and claim the author is a great genius beyond their grasp.
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Balzac
Balsad
Constipation Relief Claims from Dr Chase Kidney Liver Pills
An advertisement asserts that constipation causes many illnesses and that Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills, taken nightly, restore regular bowel movements and cure indigestion and backaches. It includes testimonials from Prof A T Graith of Montreal and Boston sources, urging use and noting price and distributor Edmanson Bates & Co Limited Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Chase
A. T. Graith
Mt. Charles Street
Montreal
Boston
Mass
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
Newspapers are Best Advertising Medium
Joseph H. Finn of Chicago told delegates at the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention that newspapers are the best advertising medium due to their national power and grip on readers. He argued that advertising is the news about merchandise and that newspapers that publish true news pay advertisers best, urging truth as the slogan for lasting success. He praised newspapers for spreading optimism and shaping confidence, noting that good and bad times hinge on psychology and that a boosting newspaper sustains advertiser interest.
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Joseph H. Finn
Chicago
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Finn
Advertiser
Medley of Beer Deceit and Sand Quote by Heine
A fragment from Heine the great German poet critiquing Prussia as a repulsive pedantic and hypocritical order. The passage frames Prussia as a philosophic Christian military despot ism with a blend of beer deceit and sand imagery.
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Prussia
Heine
What He Waited For Detective
A terse exchange at a front door ends with a man confessing he is waiting for the married woman inside to sleep. The dialogue reveals an uneasy suspect and a police detective noting the 2 a.m. timing.
Agricultural Resources Growth in Value and Wheat Output
The 1914 yearbook highlights a rapid rise in farm land and building values from 1,403,2 01 to 3,335,576,010 dollars and livestock asset increases to 4,222,695,887 dollars in ten years. Wheat production nearly doubles from 65,572,768 to 132,075,082 bushels, aided by expanded grain distribution and storage networks with 347 stations, 689 elevators, and 6 stores holding 23,370,000 bushels.
Holloway’s Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement notes the product as an effective remedy for stubborn corns and warts. Claims of quick relief are emphasized, urging readers to try the cure. No patient names or dates provided.
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Holloway
Rose Encounters Clever Parrot Tale of Clock Bird
Rose visits Arabella and hears a boastful tale about a mistress who owns a parrot that supposedly tells time by cuckooing. Arabella remains skeptical while Rose insists the wooden bird’s timing is remarkable and jokes about its cleverness.
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Rose
Arabella
Arabela
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