Holland's Aid to Belgians Sparks Humanitarian Debate
Holland provides 5 million dollars to Belgian refugees and 5 million from the Dutch government. A 2 million dollar yearly pledge and possibly 1 million more if war persists. Refugee camps include churches schools shops and post offices under government control. Refugees may work for small wages to build portable houses. The Dutch commission runs 50 primary schools with 4,500 students employing Belgian teachers.
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Holland
Belgium
Dutchjan Commission
Helland
Res
Sennenet
Cleveland Press
Unwittingly Kind Cholly Ayres Helps Weekend Fans
In a brief exchange Keen remarks that Ayres’ kindness could cheer up Parkers who lost their money, noting Ayres’ unplanned generosity during a tough stretch for the group.
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Cholly Ayres
Parkers
S Keen
Eye Care Clinic Opens Public Service In City
An ocular physician advertises a new practice offering eye care in the city. The campaign highlights relief for red dry and irritated eyelids and sets the practice as publicly accessible with drugstore support.
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Boc Pee
World Potato Crop Yields by Nation in 1914
Global potato production in 1914 spanned 30 million acres yielding 4.375 billion bushels. Germany led in total output while Norway topped yield per acre. Canada and the United States produced substantial amounts, with Germany allocating most crop to animal feed and industry. Japan began large scale use of potatoes for starch and other products.
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Russia
Germany
France
Norway
Great Britain
Ireland
Holland
Canada
United States
Japan
Good bye to Asthma
Sufferers seek relief from asthma and a hopeful claim is made for Dr J D Kelloge Asthma Remedy. The advertisement asserts instant help and renewed life through the remedy, portraying asthma as a tyrant to escape.
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J. D. Kelloge
Control Grain Smut In Wheat By Early Seed Treatment
Smut in grain persists year to year via spores on kernels. Inspect heading heads, trace to a single plant, and count smutted heads to measure loss. Seed treatment costs under five cents per acre and can nearly eliminate the problem. A hoop-count method helps farmers quantify smutted heads and justify treatment.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promised To Cure Indigestion
Indigestion is said to be cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills through blood improvement. A testimonial from Mrs Albert Hall of Sonya Ontario praises relief after ten boxes, noting restored appetite and ability to digest diverse foods. Pills available via medicine dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Albert Hall
Sonya
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Big Change Coming From War To Peace Transition
The piece urges readiness for a new era after Europe’s upheaval. It stresses that authorities must recognize evolving conditions and that broad social change requires united effort from all people.
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Europe
London Daily News
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills Prove a Standard Medicine
The pills, composed entirely of vegetable substances, are praised for reviving sluggish digestion. They are simple in composition and suitable for weak stomachs, expected to yield a healthful, agreeable effect on digestive organs.
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Parmelee
Benehel
Beecham
Catarrhal Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and cannot be cured locally. It argues only a constitutional remedy works and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases, promising circulars and selling at 75 cents through druggists.
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Hall
English stock breeding continues exports despite war
English breeders keep sending pure bred stock abroad as war continues. Yorkshires ship to a Russian estate, Berkshire gains a medal in South Africa, and Oxford rams sold to Chile. French postwar demand will expand pasture and breeding, with improvements anticipated in France and Russia.
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Berkshire
South Africa
Commonwealth
Oxford
France
Russia
Tattered Tim and Mrs Prim Discuss Walking Health
Tim and Mrs Prim debate exercise with Tim insisting doctors favor walking. Mrs Prim agrees and urges continuing the stroll as recommended.
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Tim
The Battle for Talcum Hill Reimagined in War Despatch
A whimsical war dispatch describes the Cold cream Fusileers assaulting Talcum Hill five times, repelled by the Powder Puff Guards with Organdy Light Artillery help. Gen Rouge reorganizes forces at Tea House Headquarters and launches a new flounce move with Whalebone Corsetieres and Georgette crepe hangers.
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Talcum Hill
Tea House
Rouge
Cerise
Aerial Fights Over Laventie and Annay Reported
A WWI correspondent details dogfights above Allied lines near Laventie where Lieut D and Lieut E engage a Fokker at 300 yards. The enemy plane dives and falls near Bois de Biez. Later Lieut V and Observer Corps V pursue three Fokkers over Annay with one going off and two heading toward Lens. A British aircraft missing, possibly landed in enemy lines.
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Lieut. D
Laventie
Fokker
Pointblank Range
Bois de Biez
Observer Corps
Annay
Lens
Lieut. U
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promised Vim And Vitality
An advertisement touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as a cure for fatigue nervousness sleeplessness headaches and languor. It claims the pills tone the stomach aid digestion and restore energy by morning with immediate relief from sickness and tiredness. Available at dealers for 25 cents per box.
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Dr. Hamilton
Golfer Struggles on New Southwest London Course
A beginner at a brand new southwest London course faced a tough hole over a plowed field. When he missed, he struck the ground behind the ball and his caddie dryly noted it would cost him little to be reg et with new laid eggs.
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London
Titus
Minard's Liniment and a Scots Sermon on Pay
A Chicago News item tells of a Scottish farmer who substituted a two shilling piece for his kirk plate. The beadle, noting the repeated omission, allowed twenty three Sundays to pass. On the twenty fourth, the beadle finally declared in a dramatic whisper that "Your time's up, now, Sandy."
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Kirk
Sandy
Chicago News
Worm Ex terminator praised as safe for children
A claim extols Mother Graves' Worm Ex terminator as highly potent yet harmless to delicate children, asserting it can be administered without risking the constitution.
Prices of Dairy Cattle in New York Auction Averages
One of the best grade dairy herds in Otsego County was sold by auction at an average of 82.50 with a top price of 133. Over four sales in Chenango and Delaware counties the average was 65. Individual picked cows frequently bring 100.
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New York
Otsego County
N.Y
Chenango
Delaware
Proposed names for new German red dye spark debate
The Boston Transcript questions using German terms like Deutsch lands or Arabic descriptors such as scarlet for a fresh red dye from Germany. The editor weighs branding and clarity versus cultural implications in naming.
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Germany
Lusitania
Boston Transcript
Threshermen and Weeds Act Notices Issued
Manitoba Weeds Commission ships placards to threshing machine operators under Sec. 7 of the Weeds Act. Operators must clean gear after threshing to prevent weed seeds traveling to the next location, or face penalties from twenty five to one hundred dollars or one month in jail.
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Manitoba Weeds Commission
The Price of Wheat and Market Mood
The article notes farmers face concern from falling wheat prices and high foreign acreages. It cites a Washington Herald study showing across 200 years that the peak price often comes after a war ends, not during the fighting.
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Washington Herald
Volunteer Army of Millions Inspires World War I Concept
A Paris dispatch praises British soldiers who have seized the first German line as volunteers not conscripts. It extols their noble manliness, arguing no conscription soldier has yet reached the front and lauding a voluntary force surpassing any historical example.
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Evenements
Paris
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