Demurrage Rates Greatly Raised by Canadian Railways
Sir Henry Drayton, chair of Canada’s Railway Commissioners, urges faster traffic and quicker coal imports. A new demurrage scale sets free days then charges $1, $2, $3, $4, and $5 per day from the third through subsequent days, replacing the current fixed rate after free time. The railways seek $3 per day after free time.
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Sir Henry Drayton
Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada
Transportation Bureau of the Board of Trade
Montreal
Railway “Commissioners
Railways
Baby's Own Tablets Fend Off Cholera Infantum
An Ontario mother credits Baby's Own Tablets with saving her baby's life during a bout of cholera infantum. The remedy is said to regulate the bowels and soothe the stomach, marketed at 25 cents a box by The Dr. Wilbane Medicine Co via mail or local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rose
South Bay
Ont
Giolera Infantum
Dr. Wil- Bane’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Cnt
Moral victory and memory in war aims
A World War era reflection declares Germany seeks a moral victory beyond force and warns that lasting peace depends on allies remembering the war’s deliberate aggression. It argues US resolve and united action are essential to prevent repetition of the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
United States
New York World
Loud Watch Shouts From The Lady Gracious
A London Opinion quips about a ship officer’s earsplitting watch bell in the bustling harbor scene. The witty remark contrasts a loud watch with a below deck excuse, highlighting maritime life and naval cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
German Poland policy questioned after Pilsudski arrest
German press claims reform efforts in Poland grew doubtful as reactionary voices grow alarmed. The arrest of Genr Pilsudski, Polish leader and former legion commander, is said to have prompted resignations and imprisonments of legion officers, signaling a shift in policy and rising tensions.
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Germian
Poland
Germany
Kellogg Asthma Remedy Promoted as Broadly Accessible
The item touts Dr. J. D. Kelloge's Asthma Remedy as an inexpensive nationwide solution for asthma. claims prior remedies cost ample sums with little relief and asserts the product offers tangible benefits within reach of all through dealers.
Dominion invites Canadian Bankers to prize livestock program
The Dominion minister of agriculture seeks help from the Canadian Bankers Association to promote the livestock industry with The Canadian Bankers Prizes at fall fairs across Canada in autumn this year. Banks back the plan with shared costs. Calves and pigs must be born on or after March 15 1917 and owned by the exhibitor or their parent or guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Canada
Minard's Liniment touted by Canadian user
David Henderson of Belleisle Station Kings County New Brunswick says a long standing facial tumor healed after using several bottles of Minard's Liniment and disappeared completely. The note is dated September 17 1964 and addressed to Minard's Liniment Co Limited.
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Minard’s Liniment Co
Minard
David Henderson
Belleisle Station
Kings Co
N. B
Roumanian Harvest May Save Germany
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse estimates Roumania will supply enough grain after meeting domestic and military needs to send 100 carloads to Germany and Austria-Hungary. It warns barley will be poor, bread flour and potatoes should be sufficient for a fourth wartime year, despite heat and drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Roumania
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Neue Freie Presse
Air Mail Soars in 1917 With New Speed and Board Plans
The London Daily Telegraph notes Kipling inspired visions of aerial control and the Night Mail 2000 ALD, then reports 1917 experiments delivering mail by air, with Italians advancing the rapid flight of mails and goods as researchers tackle the wide potential of aerial delivery.
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Kipling
London Daily Telegraph
London Opinion Quote Reflects Regret After Marriage
A fragment from London Opinion shows a speaker lamenting missing a prior husband after marrying her current partner. The line suggests emotional conflict about past and present relationships.
This Union Is Good
The unwieldy was a Union of democracies among England France and the United States to shape future ideals and destinies. The article praises the Allied three nation bond as a historic moral landmark built on liberty and stable order, contrasting it with Prusso German kultur and militarism.
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Europe
England
France
United States
Londen
A Necessary Reprisal Against German Oil Weapons
The Evening Standard cites an ordnance expert describing oil shells as a necessary reprisal against German oil drums. The shells are thin casings with small charges that burst and scatter flame, fired from trench mortars to counter flamethower tanks. It notes newer tanks have heavier guns and crews train to endure recoil, developing “tank legs.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Standard
Corns Crippling Feet Find Relief with Holloway Cure
Corns cripple the feet and make walking a torture yet relief comes with Holloway's Corn Cure. The ad claims immediate comfort and lasting results, urging readers to try the remedy for painful corns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Canadians in Flying Services Receive Commissions Totals
The Canadians with the Flying Services report authoritative figures: 299 Canadians granted commissions. Canadian born officers in the corps total 93, officers in Naval Air Service from Canada under Admiral Kingsmill 46, officers who joined naval service in Canada and later transferred to the Flying Corps 66, and commissions from Canadian forces to Naval Air 80.
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Flying Corps
Corps
Naval Air Service
Canada
Admiral Kingsmill
Naval Service
Naval Air
Nets Guard English Fleet Against Mobile Chains
A Popular Science style report describes movable steel nets around the British Grand Fleet at the Orkneys. Submarines are lured into circular nets and captured by chain ends as authorities watch with electric lookouts. The piece adds a vast wartime figure, estimating twenty four million combatants, and uses a Thames embankment march to illustrate scale.
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Orkney Islands
Six-Hour Day Won't Hurt Output Says Lord Leverhulme
Lord Leverhulme argues in the London Observer that a six-hour workday for workers, with two shifts, could match eight-hour output while maintaining wages. He contends machines could run twelve hours with similar costs, freeing workers for mental and physical development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Leverhulme
London
Eng
Western visitor outsmarts New York mugger
A Westerner visiting New York was confronted by a footpad who demanded money and threatened. The visitor replied you can live in New York without brains but not without money, foiling the crime with sharp wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Worm Powders Restore Health in Children Suffering from Worms
Health cannot be looked for in the child that is subject to worms cause worms destroy health by creating internal disturbances that retard development and cause serious weakness. Miller's Worm Powders expel worms and are so beneficial in their action that the system of the little sufferers are restored to health fullness, all the discomforts and dangers of worm infection are removed, and satisfactory growth assured.
Hindenburg’s Nephew Presents U S Navy Inventions
Paul Francis Schlick, a Yale graduate and Hindenburg’s nephew, has joined the U S Navy and placed an inventor’s device for submarine warfare at the government’s disposal. He is in European waters and has offered another secret- character invention to Uncle Sam.
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Hindenburg
United States
Paul Francis Schlick
Yale
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Schlick
U. S
Aavy
Uncle Sam
Patient Charged Bill by Judge Over Medical Fees
A court scene unfolds as a judge quotes a patient seeking itemized charges. The doctor lists twenty five dollars for the operation, five hundred for reputation, and the remainder due to the patient having money.
Operation Averted by Remarkable Relief Report
Philadelphia reader Mrs. Taos McGow reports severe abdominal and back pain with repeated cramps, told she faced surgery. After taking two bottles of a medicine promoted in ads, she claims rapid improvement and avoidance of an operation, urging others to try it.
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Philadelphia
Aonkham’s
V. Com
Mrs. Taos. McGow- Mal
Hartville Street
Phila, Ps
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