Conservation report urges wildlife protection and training
The Commission of Conservation releases a report on Canada’s fish birds and game highlighting conservation needs and international wildlife protection. It notes migratory treaty talks with the United States, new bird reservations, and calls for Northwest Game Act reform to shift administration to the Dominion Parks Branch. It advocates vocational training and demonstration stations for fishermen to adopt modern methods.
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Commission of Conservation
Conservaton of Fish, Birds and Game
Canada
Committee On Fisheries
Commission
United States
Northwest Game Act
Dominion Parks Branch
Dominion National Parks
Fisheries of
Catarrhal Deafness Promised Cure Claim
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the mucous tubes. Claims the cure works through the blood and offers a hundred dollar reward for any case it cannot cure with this product. Circulars free from Hall's in Toledo, Ohio.
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Mall
Hall
Tsc
Two Blades of Grass Ideals in a Wartime Frame
The excerpt contrasts Swift’s ideal of progress with the Hun’s cruelty. It laments the Kaiser and urges Americans at home to support growth and resilience as many go to Europe to aid the war effort. The Montreal Family Hits a local note amid national concern.
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Dean Swift
Attila
Europe
Montreal
Bits of Humor Lady and Doctor Cartoon Exchange
A humorous dialogue shows a worried lady asking the doctor about her complexion and diet. The doctor suggests dieting and the lady asks which color would suit her best, highlighting lighthearted vanity.
Japan Helped: Mori Praises Allies and Battleship Work
Commander Denzo Mori of the Imperial Japanese Navy cites Japan's wartime efforts from the Russo Japanese War to modern alliance support. He notes Japanese munitions production for the eastern front, guards BC and Australia, and a belief in Allied victory alongside Britain and Canada.
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Denzo Mori
Imperial Japanese Navy
Port Arthur
Mori
Jutland
Japan
England
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Australia
Britain
Warts Trash: Holloway’s Corn Cure Claims Cure
Advertisement states warts are disfigurements that disappear when treated with Holloway's Corn Cure. It presents a bold claim of removal of warts through the product.
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Holloway
France Will Have Something to Say on Alsace Lorraine
The New York Sun notes that speculative postwar maps of Europe entertained early in the war have faded, while General Joffre's trench operations imply France will press its claims on Alsace Lorraine when a settlement comes.
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France
Europe
Joffre
Alsace-Lorraine
New York Sun
War Correspondent Donohone Doc Explains Lisbon Escape
Mr. C. E. Donohone, noted war reporter, wired vivid Portugal revolution reports from a yacht fleeing Lisbon to Vigo. He later faced delays in Tokio while surveying the East, aiming for the Russian front via Siberia, and recounts a furtive encounter with a Japanese policeman who asked in English for proper address.
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C. E. Donohone
Lisbon
Vigo
Tokio
Siberia
Animals Susceptible to Paralytic Diseases Named
Dr Simon Flexner notes that domestic animals and pets may suffer paralytic diseases. Poultry pigs dogs and cats are prime suspects for spreading germs, with sheep cattle and horses also affected. He says these conditions differ from infantile paralysis and co occur without a proven link.
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Simon Flexner
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Praised by Mothers
The ad asserts thousands of mothers testify to the virtue and usefulness of Mother Graves Worm Exterminator based on experience and results.
Huns vs Hungarians Press Clash Over Anti German Campaign
The German press watches with concern as Magyar Hungarian outlets push an anti German campaign led by Senator Rakosy editor of the Budapest paper and ally of Prime Minister Count Tisza. The censor refused to halt the campaign against Germanization of Hungary.
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Rakosy
Buda
Pest Lap
Count Tisza
Canadians Endure in Flanders With Stand at Ypres
The New York Sun reports Canadian troops around Hill 60 Sanctuary Wood and Zillibeke continuing a gallant offensive. They recaptured British positions, held ground near Ypres, and endured gas attacks, with the Princess Patricia’s Regiment reduced to about 100 men after trench defense.
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Hill 60
Sanctuary Wood
Zillibeke
St. Eloi
St. Julien
Ypres
Canada
Flanders
Princess Patricia
New York Sun
Appetite of Youth Restored by Dr Hamiltons Pills
The advertisement promotes Dr Hamiltons Pills claiming to restore appetite and digestion while stimulating the liver bowels and kidneys. It asserts the stomach strengthens, health returns, vigor and youthfulness follow and urges purchase at 25 cents per box.
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Dr. Hamilton
Destruction of Bohemian Regiment Ordered by Emperor
A Bern despatch recounts 1000 Bohemian soldiers sent to death by Emperor Francis Joseph to expiate others offenses. Two battalions deserted to the Russians. the eighth regiment erased from the army and its remnant of over 1000 Czechs slaughtered on the Isonzo with only eighteen survivors. On April 17, 1916 the regiment was reinstated for gallantry on the Isonzo after earlier Galician desertions.
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Berne
Prague
Francis Joseph
Isonzo
Galicia
Frost Bites and Chilblains Remedy Advised
Chilblains come from undue exposure to slush and cold and frost bite from icy winds of winter. In treating either there is no better prep than Dr. Thomas's Eclectric Oil which counteracts inflammation and relieves pain. The oil acts instantly and is easy to apply.
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Thomas
Country Rambles Prompt a Quip in Green Hat Tale
An impudent girl challenges a man about countryside rambles. The young man in a green hat with a purple band and buckled shoes replies that nature smiles in the country. The girl responds with amused disbelief and a remark that it is a wonder nature does not laugh outright.
Diphtheria Cure Claims Trial at Stony Gulch
Minard's Liniment is cited in a peculiar case as the first ever tried in Stony Gulch. The jury, after hours of debate, returned with the foreman stating they did not think the man committed the act because he wasn't there, yet he would have if given the chance.
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Stony Gulch
German leaders barter milk supply in wartime talk
In a wartime exchange the German Chancellor and Crown Prince discuss securing milk from abroad. The Chancellor mentions Cannes, while the Crown Prince plays on breaking French lines, and a Tirpitz successor suggests sending a navy to Cowes for dairy.
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Cannes
Cowes
von Tirpitz
Raising Rent After A Raise Conversation
In a domestic dialogue Tom and his partner discuss finances after a monthly raise of sixty. She suggests moving to a more expensive flat while he considers asking the landlord for a rent increase to stay comfortable at home.
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Tom
Expecting Too Much on the War Front
The Hamilton Herald argues against over-optimism about a swift British breakthrough in the German defense. It says Anglo French aims tire the foe on both fronts and foresees German line shortening and possible evacuation of parts of French and Belgian territory by year’s end.
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Rhine
The
Hamilton Herald
Off to Battle as if to a Picnic
A platoon sergeant recalls a WWI trench combat scene where German exits were suppressed by deliberate firing. The officer moved across the trench and fired with cool precision, claiming all as “prizes, no blanks.” The narrator was shot in the shoulder but witnessed the unit advancing like a picnic march.
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No. 1
No. 2
Minard's Liniment Crowned By Boer War Veteran
John Walsh of Lachute Quebec writes Minard's Liniment Co that after years of leg fever sores and failed treatments two bottles cured him. He reports he has worked every day since and calls the results magical.
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Lachute
Que
Minard’s Liniment Co
Minard
John Walsh
Senator Sorghum Values Constituent First Help
A Washington Star line quotes a patriotic citizen praising service to country while Senator Sorghum affirms prioritizing constituents with first helping as far as possible.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
A Yankee Appreciation of England
A Yankee notes England’s generous energy amid trial and laments the shared resolve of the English people as seen in a contemporary newspaper portrayal.
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England
Kitchener’s Flying Prophecy Foresaw War’s Aerial Formations
London recounts a wartime moment when Lord Kitchener urged regular flight formations. An officer said machines could not sustain such flight, yet the warning proved prophetic as British and French reconaissance units adopt regular battle formations. Air warfare mirrors sea warfare in rapid technological progress.
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London
Lord Kitchener
England
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