Canada’s wartime finances praised by Winnipeg correspondent
A Winnipeg correspondent outlines how Canada adapted to war by revising taxes and managing expenses, stressing a strong branch banking system, prudent money circulation after Prohibition, and modest direct tax rises for common people while prices rose similarly to the United States. The piece highlights Canada’s overall financial strength and caution in borrowing.
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Canada
Dominion
Winnipeg
Savings Bank
WDD ccc
Appearances Are Deceiving in Courtroom Exchange
A courtroom moment features a wife challenging the army draft standard as a judge muses on appearances versus truth. The exchange hints at social expectations and the humor of misperception in a legal setting.
Married man finds new end to wife's mind daily
A husband jokes that marriage gives him daily access to a part of his wife’s mind, claiming he gets a piece of it every day. The remark highlights lighthearted domestic humor about marriage dynamics.
Kazan and Gray Wolf Face Devouring Forest Fire
In a Yukon style frontier tale Kazan the sledge dog and Gray Wolf endure a great fire that traps them on a sand bar. They defend against a lynx while hunted by smoke and embers with Gray Wolf blinded and their pups dead, yet survive together.
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Kazan
Gray Wolf
Katan
Kaza
Wolf
Always Two by Two on the Trap Line
In January Paul Weyman visits Henri Loti’s cabin on Waterfound. Lynx kills prompt Weyman to see two wolves always paired in the snow. He papers his days with notes as Henri reveals a theory of predator rivalry and revenge in the wild.
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Paul Weyman
Henri Loti
Henri
Weymin
Weyman
Heart
Hunters Meet in Hudson Bay Wilderness
The narrative follows Kaean and Gray Wolf as they travel west through swamp and timber toward a swampy home near Henri Loti’s cabin. Henry Loti, a famed lynx hunter, and Paul Weyman, a university sociologist, enter the scene as Weyman plans winter stay to gather material for a book on The Reasoning of the Wild. Weyman brings a camera paper and a girl’s photograph and carries only a pocketknife as a weapon.
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Kaean
H Bay
Henri Loti
Hudson's Bay Country
Paul Weyman
Karan
Gray Wolf
Kazan and Gray Wolf Encounter Humans Again
In the next installment Kazan and Gray Wolf come into contact with people once more. The two beings experience further strange events as the narrative continues.
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Kazan
Gray Wolf
Giant Cuttlefish Size Described in Vivid Terms
Observers note some giant cuttlefish reach immense proportions with suckers stretched large enough to encircle the girth of six or more people, illustrating extraordinary marine life scale.
Enforcement of the selective service law urged by sheriffs
The document directs sheriffs to vigorously enforce penal clauses of the selective service law and to apprehend unregistered men. It authorizes arbitrary registration of those who have not registered and permits assistance from police, city officers, and informants. Tips may be reported confidentially to the United States marshal in Omaha or to Governor Neville’s office.
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Police Department
United States Marshal
Omaha
Neville
Nebraska Extends Canning Demonstrations statewide in June
About 2000 Nebraskans enroll in canning schools conducted by the University of Nebraska extension service across 22 towns in June. Volunteers pledge to teach others how to can as university demonstrators plan July runs statewide, with requests to Farm in Lincoln by June 22 for days and reach. Nebraska council of defense tightens explosives reporting to curb sabotage, while a state education drive promotes wartime cooperation and food conservation.
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Agricultural Extension Service
University of Nebraska
Tewna
Extension Service
University Farm
Lincoln
Astrict
Nebraska Council of Defense
Saye R. M. Joye
Defense
State Council
R. L. Metcalfe
Secret Service
State Council of Defense
Freckles and Money Circulation Explained
Freckles relates to skin complexion while the text explains money movement from treasury to sub treasuries to banks. It notes money is drawn from banks to pay wages and salaries, entering circulation through everyday transactions.
Freezone Promises Pain Free Corn Removal
An advertisement claims corns and calluses lift out with a few drops of Freezone applied to the skin. The Cincinnati authority asserts the method causes no pain or infection and is available at drug stores. The note also jokes about a record cold winter, citing an old England resident.
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Cincinnati
Pimple Relief Ad Offers Cuticura Routine
Guidance for facial care promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap with five minute wash. Free samples via mail with a book from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also a light joke about marriage among married men appears from unidentified dialogue.
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Dept. L
Boston
Kilmer Swamp Root Promotion Ad Ends Twenty Five Years
An advertising note from Druggist F. E. Britton of Jonesboro Tennessee dated November 28 1916 praises Kilmer Swamp Root as a meritorious remedy with strong local sales and reputation. Readers are urged to mail ten cents for a sample bottle and booklet on kidneys and bladder with a reminder to mention the paper. Regular sizes and multi bottle pricing are listed.
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F. E
Britton
Jonesboro
Tenn
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton,n. Y
Woman's Way in The Storefronts
A fragment notes advice about buying Liberty loan bonds with warning you cannot exchange them for other goods the next day. The line hints at poverty sharpening the wit of many men.
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