Rural Canadian Promise Faces War Tax Myths
A Canadian prairie reader recounts 46 years in Illinois before moving to Saskatchewan in 1912, farming 1680 acres near Briercrest. He notes high yields and low taxes, praising local laws and schooling for seven children. The piece reprints a Saskatchewan Farmer article debunking alarmist claims of heavy war taxes and compulsory enlistment. Also included is a brief Belgian-Army incident near Calais and a note on U S migrants seeking Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Illinois
Saskatchewan
Briercrest
Saskatchewan Farmer
Moose Jaw
United States
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion
Provincial
Druggist Praises Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Medicine
A Tenn. druggist Charles Bruton reports fifteen years of selling Kilmer Swamp Root and recommends it for kidney liver and bladder troubles. He notes personal use with favorable results and praises customer satisfaction. Dated January 9 1916 Dover Dover County.
Prove Swamp Root’s Benefit with Sample Offer
A letter requests readers send ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY for a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles sold in drug stores and asks to mention the paper. Also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as liver aids with forty years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Orleans
Troy Chemical Co
Binghamton
Hale Mason
Fred D. Pierce
Hale
Alvin Ce
Mirauder
Fiat
Wrelio
Rample Con & Vs Ree Io Horee Owners & Troy Chemical CO
Cousens Ave
Baghonta
ICE
Varieties of Apples in Ohio Bulletin Issued
The Ohio State University Wooster station released a 184 page bulletin on Ohio apples detailing varieties, disease susceptibilities, care methods, and identification services. It highlights apple uses for cooking, offers free bulletins to residents, and invites samples for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio
Horticultural Department
Wooster
Planked Shad Debate Echoes Odd Dinner Query
A humorous exchange features a speaker asking about planked shad while another quips that they would rather eat a paper of pins, reflecting a quirky food banter. It captures a light moment and regional flavor in a social setting.
New asthma treatment promises fast relief in yellow box
An advertisement touts Mustarine, a remedy in a yellow box costing about 26 cents, claimed to ease asthma by chest rubbing night and morning. It lists rheumatism and neuralgia relief and credits Begg Medicine Co. Rochester NC as maker. Also notes recoveries and ten thousand dollars from a railroad case, plus navy vocational training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbeya
Begg Medicine Co
Rochester
N. C
Wreck probe under way after Amherst rail disaster
Investigation into the three train wreck at Amherst Ohio is under way with at least 28 dead and more than 40 injured. Ohio Utilities Commission and federal representatives will lead a single inquiry as railroad officials pledge cooperation and acceptance of findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York Central
Amherst
Ohio
New York Central Lines
General Strike Feared Over Toledo Street Car Tie-Up
Toledo authorities seek a settlement with Henry L. Doherty after two days of street car shutdowns. Mayor Milroy, Doherty, and union leaders met but a strike of all Toledo Railways and Light Company departments could follow if nonunion operators are used. Picket lines planned at city car barns. jitney buses from Findlay and nearby towns arrive seeking business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Doherty
Charles M. Milroy
Toledo Railways and Light Company
Coates
Findlay
Tiffin
Fostoria
Indictments Against Five Steel Firms Quashed
Judge W S Anderson in Youngstown ruled to quash indictments against Republic Iron and Steel Co Youngstown Iron and Steel Co Brier Hill Steel Co Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co and Carnegie Steel Co for conspiring to fix wages and steel prices during January strike. United States Steel Corp and E H Gary remain charged as service not secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
W. S. Anderson
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Youngstown Iron and Steel Co
Brier Hill Steel Co
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Carnegie Steel Co
Corporation
Gary
United States Steel
Mahoning County
Ohio
Demands for 3.50 Per Day Minimum Wage in Springfield
Springfield unions press for a minimum wage of 3.50 daily across seven foundries. The targets include Springfield Machine Tool Co E W Ross Co James Leffel Co Trump Manufacturing Co Bauer Brothers Co Superior Gas Engine Co and both Hennessy Foundry shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Molders’ Union
Springfield Machine Tool Co
E. W. Ross Co
James Leffel Co
Trump Manufacturing Co
Bauer Brothers Co
Superior Gas Engine Co
Hennessy Foundry Co
Ohio's Largest Woman Dies in Lake County
Mary Combay aged 50 of Painesville died at the Lake County Infirmary. She was said to be Ohio's largest woman weighing 550 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville, O
Mary Combay
Ohio
Lake County Infirmary
Buckeye BREVITIES roundup from Ohio towns
Deep Rock Water seeks state approval to buy Realty Security property for 25000 dollars near Youngstown. Toledo recruits 100 volunteered militiamen for federal service. Akron's Barber urges highways Cleveland-Mobile and Fortress Monroe-Kansas City with government loans. Alliance hosts United Mineworkers convention debate on wages and constitution. Springfield notes a will. Funston connected to 200000 dollar estate. Youngstown street railway workers secure raises 5 and 4 percent over two years. Washington D C to inter bury Judge Vandeman, once Dayton resident and state bar leader. Columbus halts optometry board jurisdiction in a restraining injunction. Springfield Foos Gas Engine workers quit over pay from 27 1/2 to 30 cents per hour.
Ohio Typographical Meeting in Springfield April 8 9
Springfield hosts the Ohio Typographical conference at the Labor Temple April 8 and 9 drawing several hundred printers from across the state. The event begins a series of summer and fall conventions in the city. Springfield Typographical Union No 117 issued an edited commemorative paper praising the craft and trade progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio Typographical Conference
Labor Temple
West High Street
Springfield Typographical Union No. 117
Poisoning Scare Hits Dayton Plant Workforce
About 150 workers at the Recording and Computing Machine Company in Dayton were stricken by a mysterious alleged poisoning after reporting to work. Seventeen remained in hospitals while hundreds were sent home, with lunch leftovers heated for supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Recording and Computing Machine Company
Gas Rates Jump at Alliance, Ohio Utilities
The Alliance municipal water works and all industrial plants will pay 50 cents per thousand feet for gas next week, up from 13 cents. The company cites orders from the Hast Ohio Gas Company to conserve supply for domestic use. The city plans to switch to coal for boilers.
Train Hero Saves Child in Steubenville Crash Rush
P J Mullen a Pan Handle railroad conductor aged 47 or 50 saved six year old Martha Walinskii on a Steubenville railroad crossing. He reached the spot ahead of a westbound passenger train by a fraction of a minute and pulled the girl to safety just as the engine passed. Citizens plan to seek a hero medal for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
P. J. Mullen
Pan Handle
Martha Walinskii
Mullen
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Middle-aged Women
A collection of testimonials from Durand Wisconsin and Blackstone Massachusetts praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women report relief from hot flashes, suffocation feelings, headaches, backaches, and general weakness during menopause and aging. The ads urge heed the listed symptoms and consider the product for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durand
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary
Ripeway
Massachusetts
Blackstone
Mass
Pimerre Cournoyer
Heard in an Office and a Witty Exchange
A fragmentary quip exposes a joke about money and a wireless telegraph right of way. It notes the common marriage dispute refrain and humor about doctors pills curing ills but not ill humor.
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Western
M. P. Tysdak
Iowa
Calais
M. Victor Fasquel
Binghamton, N.Y
Smith
Dr. Pierce
Columbus
J. E. Cross
State Printing Department
E. A. Crawford
Cross
Crawford
Ellsworth Emley
Lancaster
Matthews
Adam Thrush
Emley
Thrush
State Dairy and Food Department
Thomas L. Calvert
State Board of Agriculture
Industrial Department
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Union Fork & Hoe Co
Public Utilities Commission
Parrett-Whittemore
Warnes
Supreme Court
Frank W. McKean
Willis R. Godfrey
P. ©. O'Brien
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
State Medical Board
Optometrics
Harmon
Capitol
House
Senate
State House
State Civil Service Commission
Danford
Turner
Minnesota
Frank A. Wells
Minnesota State Normal School
Moorehead
Frank B. Pearson
C. C. Janes
Columbus Automobile Association
Mr. Janes
Mr. Jones
Free Employment
W. G. Hoy
Browning's Magazine
United States Navy
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Steel Corporation
Deep Rock Water Company
State Utilities Commission
Realty Security Company
Akron
C. Barber
Wilson
Mobile
Fortress Monroe
Kansas City
Frederick Funston
John Mills
Youngstown—Street Railway
Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company
Washington D. H
John N. Vandeman
Vandeman
State Bar Association
Shell
Foos Gas Engine Company
Ohio Typographical Meeting
Girl
Hanford
Carter
Nios
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