C P R Annual Excursions Offer December Travel
The C P R announces December excursion rates to the East and western points in Canada. Through trains branded Canada’s Finest promise comfort on daily service with special trips to Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster on select dates. Literature with full details is available from C I R agents or Geo A Wilson Winnipeg. Miller’s Worm Powders advertised as gentle and effective for children to restore strength.
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United Tes
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Couver
Victoria
New Westminster
C.I.R
Geo. A. Wilson
Winnipeg
Belgium and Germany Criticized Over War Rations
The Hague reports Germany plans to appropriate half the potato crop for its own use while the other half is allocated as extra rations for workers in Germany. The Providence Journal condemns the action as unjust.
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Belgium
Germany
The
Hague
Albert
Providence Journal
Minards Liniment Cures Distemper and Prison Gossip
The Earl of Perth, a Ruhleben prisoner, is hailed as Pearl of the Earth by fellow inmates. He, aged years old, recently ran in soldiers races showing grit against much younger competitors. A woman disputes the idea, remarking that sides are not of interest.
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Earl of Perth
Ruhleben
Lord Perth
Feathered Amazon Headdress Arrives at Penn Museum
Dr William C Farabee brings a macaw feather head-dress over four feet tall from the Amazon headwaters to the University of Pennsylvania museum. The explorer catalogs the item as a striking artifact from indigenous craft.
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Amazon
Mgnuseum
University of Pennne
William C. Farabee
Pacific Coast Excursions to Pacific Coast Travel
Greatly reduced fares offered by the Canadian Northern Railway. Tickets on sale Dec 2 8 1917, Jan 6 12 1918, and Feb 3 9 1918. Valid for return to April 30. Purchase to New Westminster Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles or any Pacific coast destination.
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Pacific Coast
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 favor that Dr Thomas Electric Oil enjoys is not due to elaborate advertising but to the medicine’s merits. In every town and hamlet it is sought after solely because of its good qualities.
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Thomas
Ny 8
German Government Admits Alsace Girls Abducted
An official communique cited in the London Free Press says German authorities report Alsace girls have been carried away. It notes only eight and a half percent are under 17, and describes ongoing crimes by an autocracy threatening mass abuses of young women.
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Alsace
London Free Press
Germany Must Be Beaten, War Propaganda Cited
The Toronto Star argues that victory requires defeating Germany overall not just freeing Belgium and northern France. It asserts Germany has subjugated Austria Bulgaria and Turkey and would mobilize 150 million people for a larger scale conquest if the war ends as it stands.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Toronto Star
Holloway's Corn Cure Proves Unyielding to Corns and Warts
Advertisement style note claims Holloway's Corn Cure defeats stubborn corns and warts. Brief dialogue hints at railway safety as a crossing becomes protected, citing a mother and child exchange about a railroad crossing.
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Holloway
Canadian farmer sentenced for murder after sensational trial
Adam Neigel, a Medicine Hat area farmer, is convicted of murdering his wife Clara by strychnine poisoning. He faces the gallows on March 22 after a largely circumstantial case, with evidence including poisoned whiskey, stomach analysis, and alleged illicit relations cited by witnesses. The jury rejected a conspiracy defense and upheld the verdict of guilt.
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Adam Neigel
Medicine Hat
Clara Neigel
Justice Hyndman
Neigel
Scottish mother who knitted on amid four sons lost
Mr. Tom Wing recounts a story of a venerable Scottish mother who lost four sons in the war. When a friend asked how she bore her sorrow she replied she keeps knitting socks and jerseys and counts the stitches not her sorrows.
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Tom Wing
M.P
German Atrocities Told By American Volunteer
An American college student recounts his four months in the western front ambulance corps. He describes entering a village abandoned by Germans and finding French soldiers mutilated with bayonet injuries and desecrated bodies, bearing a chilling message.
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Ambulance Corps
Yale
Boches
Hotel de Ville
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
A printed testimonial-style notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood-based internal remedy that cures catarrh in all stages. It offers $100 if it fails and directs readers to obtain the preparation from druggists in Ohio. The text also includes a short, unrelated family scene about a boy and his father and rheumatism.
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Halle
Acta
Hall
J. Cheney
Toledo
Ohio
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