C P R Annual Excursions Offer December Travel
The C P R announces monthly December excursion rates to the East and home visitors to U S points. Canada’s Finest vestibuled through trains offer comfort with no transfers. Some December January February dates to Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster.
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United States
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Couver
Victoria
New Westminster
C.I.R
Geo. A. Wilson
Winnipeg
Miller's Worm Powders Promote Safe Worm Purge
The product claims to purge stomach and intestines of worms easily and painlessly, suitable for delicate stomachs. It endorses mothers to use it for restoring strength in children and shielding them from worm-related debility.
Belgium Endures New German Grain and Produce Seizure
The Hague reports Germany will take half the Belgian potatoes fruits and vegetables for its use and reserve the other half as extra rations for German workers. The Providence Journal notes Belgium under King Albert bears a grievous yoke amid this disregard for honor and humanity.
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Germany
Hague
Albert
Providence Journal
Distemper Cured by Minard's Liniment and Earl of Perth Prize
The Earl of Perth, a Ruhleben prisoner aged forty six, has been called the Pearl of the Earth by fellow inmates for his efforts in soldiers' races. The exchange reflects contested views on his title and exploits.
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Earl of Perth
Ruhleben
Lord Perth
Macaw Feather Headdress Brought to University Museum
Dr William C Farabee returns a four foot tall head dress crafted from macaw feathers to the University of Pennsylvania museum from the Amazon head waters. The note mentions Holloway's Corn Cure as a product claim.
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Amazon
The
University of Pennsylvania
William C. Farabee
Pacific Coast Excursions Offers Greatly Reduced Rail Fares
Pacific coast travelers can enjoy boating fishing and surf during summer with greatly reduced fares from the Canadian Northern Railway. Tickets go on sale December 2 to 8 1917 January 6 to 12 1918 and February 3 to 9 1918 and remain valid for return to April 30. Purchases valid for New Westminster Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles or any Pacific coast destination.
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Pacific Coast
Prairies
Canadian Northern Railway
New Westminster
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Won Fame on Its Merits Dr Thomas Electric Oil
The unbounded popularity of Dr Thomas Electric Oil is not due to advertising but to its merits as a medicine. In every city town and hamlet the oil is sought after solely for its good qualities.
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Thomas
Girls Carried Away by German Authorities Claims
In an official communique the German government admits Alsace girls are being carried from their homes. The statement notes only eight and a half percent are under 17 and predicts continued abuses under an autocratic regime. London Free Press commentary critiques the partisan squabbles.
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Alsace
London Free Press
Germany must be defeated to end threat, says Toronto Star
The Toronto Star argues that ending the war requires more than withdrawing from Belgium and Northern France. It claims Germany has subjugated Austria Bulgaria and Turkey and would mobilize 150 million people for renewed conquest on a larger scale.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Toronto Star
Train Crossing Accident Spurs Safety Upgrade
A passenger train incident at a railway crossing prompts Mrs. Willie and his mother to push for crossing protection. The family reacts to a fatal or injurious event, seeking improved signals and barriers to prevent future tragedies.
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Willie
Canadian farmer convicted of wife murder by poisoning
Adam Neigel, a Medicine Hat area farmer, is found guilty of murdering his wife Clara Neigel by strychnine poisoning after a lengthy trial. The jury accepts circumstantial evidence noting he likely gave whiskey laced with poison. The judge set a March 22 hanging sentence.
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Adam Neigel
Medicine Hat
Clara Neigel
Justice Hyndman
Neigel
Tha
Scottish mother weaves solace through war losses
Mr. Tom Wing tells of a venerable Scottish mother who lost four sons in the war. When asked how she bears sorrow, she replies that she keeps knitting socks and jerseys, counting stitches and has no time to count her sorrows.
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Mr. Tom. Wing
M.P
German Atrocities Recited by Yale Student in War Memoir
In the Yale Literary Magazine an American college student recounts a western front scene near a village abandoned by German forces. He describes widespread devastation and a brutal atrocity where French soldiers lay wounded and disfigured under bayonets, with German graffiti reading stare and wonder as photographs were taken before burial.
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Ambulance Corps
Western Front
Yale
Boches
Hotel de Ville
Catarrh Cure Claim Promises Large Reward
The notice advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It claims the remedy treats catarrh through constitutional means, improving the patient’s health by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials are offered upon request from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 7 cents.
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Pte
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Boy's Father Spares Pain From Straps Cited By Illness
An elderly father with rheumatism tells his son the upcoming punishment will hurt him more, noting his arms ache as the strap is readied. The line reflects a moment of parental discipline marked by the man’s physical ailment.
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Minard
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Outiya
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Edmonson, Bates & Co. Limited
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