Canadian settlers urged to buy farm land now amid war price boom
A bank manager praises Canada's wartime gains and urges American settlers to invest in western Canadian farm land before war ends. He notes high grain yields, rising land values, and favorable climates, while addressing conscription and tax concerns with official denials. The piece asserts current conditions favor immediate settlement and farming profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Canada
Red Cross
Flanders
United States
Western Canada
New York
Montreal
Sententious minister guides man to sheriff’s office
A small town minister, noted for his sententiousness, tells a man on the street how to find the sheriff’s office. His counsel is blunt and economics driven: “Every time you earn five dollars spend ten.” The man is left astonished as the minister walks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Harper’s Magazine
This Will Interest Mothers Sweet Powders for Children
This advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to ease feverishness headaches teething disorders and stomach issues. It claims to regulate bowels destroy worms and break up colds within hours. Sample free. Sold by all druggists. Mother Gray Co Le Roy NY.
Man Tries Night Entry to Lunatic Asylum Cries Insanity
A man rushed the asylum entrance at night shouting to be admitted. He claimed sudden insanity. The keeper, startled, yelled from a window that the man was crazy for coming at that hour.
Bladder relief promises from Swamp Root remedy
A testimonial promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as curing bladder and kidney pains after trials and purchases. Miss Mary Ardner of Defiance Ohio swears to relief, urges samples, and notes notary verification from 1909. Also mentions tire ad and Hanford's Balsam for back pain and a leap year joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Maryardner
Washington St
Defiance
Ohio
Mary Ardner
F. L. Ray
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Cascarets promise quick relief for bilious headaches
An advertisement touts Cascarets as cleansing the stomach and bowels to relieve bilious feelings, headaches, and sour stomach. It claims the remedy works overnight, with a 10 cent box easing head and stomach by morning, and notes the ad ends with a questionable closing line.
European War A Year Ago This Week
A report recaps actions from February 28 1915 across Europe with Germans advancing near the Vosges French counterattacks in Champagne and Russian operations on the western front. It notes Turkish Sinai evacuation German embassy in Washington denial Przasnysz clash Ossowetz bombardment Italian massing at Dardanelles Norwegian ship collision Asquith pledge trade cutoffs and Hamburg American line indictments in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
Germany
Rest
Hamburg-American Line
New York
U. S
War Updates March 2 1915 Gains and Losses Worldwide
British forces advanced near La Bassee while Russians seized Dukla Pass and repelled Germans near Przasnysz. Austrian front faltered at Stanislau but moved in the Carpathians. Czernowitz endured shelling as American Red Cross shipped supplies and nurses to Serbia and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislau
Carpathians
Czernowitz
American Red Cross
Serbia
Germany
Fronts Rally Across Europe and Middle East
Russians push from the Niemen and Dniester as Austro-German forces fall back in Galicia. German fortifications at Osowiec are demolished. Russians defeat Turks in the Caucasus. Allied fleet silences three inner forts at the Dardanelles. Germany changes relief ship rules. Heavy fighting persists near Basra on the Persian Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dardanelles
Germany
Front page war notes: Verdun fighting and naval actions
Hard fighting in the Vosges as German forces spray French troops with burning oil and chemicals in Melancourt woods. Russians halt an Austrian drive in Bukowina. British destroyers sink the submarine U-8. Allied landings begin at Seddul Bahr in the Dardanelles.
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Vosges
Melancourt Woods
Fronts and Bombardments Mark Weeks of 1915
On March 5 1915 German forces were checked at Reims as Russian advances split their northern armies. The Turks abandoned their Egypt campaign while the Allied fleet bombarded Smyrna. A French ammunition ship was sunk at Ostend and Zeppelin sorties over Calais failed with L-8 wrecked near Tirelmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reims
Egypt
Smyrna
Ostend
Calais
Tirlemont
Eastern Front Tumult and Dardanelles Shelling Escalate
Russians strike the eastern center and gain in North Poland while Austrians retreat in the East. British ships pound Dar Danelles forts and strike Asia Minor ports. Smyrna forts are silenced. Allied landing at Dar Danelles suffers heavy losses.
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Poland
Dardanelles
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Shipping Pigs in Baskets
A description of live pigs transported in wicker baskets on steamer or barge in the Straits Settlements. Pigs are confined with legs tied, water shed over them, sometimes allowed to drink, but given no food during long shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Straits Settlements
Popular Science Monthly
Banana flour gains large scale production and US imports
Banana flour is now produced on a large scale and imported into the United States from Porto Rico. The development has increased wealth on the island and provides the United States with a new food product for the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Porto Rico
Dust Within Walls Sparks Germs Debate
A discussion highlights the danger of interior dust carried by human activity, describing it as germladen and laden with effete matter shed by bodies, stressing indoor health concerns.
English Officer Told He Was Dead After Return
An English officer mistaken as killed in action returns home to cash a bank check. The teller, upon recognizing him, refuses payment claiming proof of being alive is required, saying the signature proves nothing because the officer is dead. The scene underscores red tape delays in postwar banking.
Kidney flushing with Jad Salts ad urges readers to cleanse kidneys
An advertisement claims meat causes kidney strain and urges immediate use of four ounces of Jad Salts daily. It describes Jad Salts as grape and lemon acid with lithia, said to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder weakness, promising healthier blood.
Radio Operators Enlist En Masse in Europe’s Belligerents
Radio operators flood into armed forces across Europe. British navy reports over 5250 enlistees among warships crews. One operator earned the Victoria Cross, another the Legion of Honor, and four received the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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Europe
British Navy
Sore Raw Throat Cure Ad From Begg Medicine Co
An advertisement touts True Astarine or Mustarine from Begg Medicine Co Rochester NC as a quick cure for sore throat and claims relief for asthma pleurisy bronchitis rheumatism and neuralgia. The copy ends with a quip about a woman's ambition to enter society versus a man avoiding jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begg Medicine Co
Rochester
N. C
GROVE'S TASTELESS TONIC Advertising Claim
An old advertisement extols GROVE'S TASTELESS TONIC claiming quinine drives out malaria and iron builds up the system with a printed formula. It also mentions Hanford's Balsam for hot grease burns and a quip about a shiftless son-in-law versus the prodigal son, reflecting period ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Freckles Vanish With Ethine-Double Strength Treatment
An ad claims ethine-double strength removes freckles fast with nightly and morning applications. One ounce usually suffices to clear skin, lighter freckles vanish, and a guarantee offers a money back option if no results. Readily available from druggists.
Hercules and the Countryman Fable Lesson
A countryman stuck in mud calls on Hercules for aid. Hercules urges self help with the line put your shoulder to the wheel and whip up your horses. The moral: they are helped who help themselves.
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Hercules
Aesop
Slave
Hair darkening home remedy from old recipe
A vintage ad describes a hair treatment using water Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine to darken gray hair. It promises to remove dandruff prevent scalp staining and improve hair texture while remaining inexpensive and non greasy with twice weekly use.
Homely Woman Tries To Convince Herself Of Classic Face
A woman deemed homely contemplates self perception and vanity, attempting to frame her appearance as classically attractive despite public opinion. The remark reflects social pressures on beauty standards and self image.
After Eve Quips Painful Sight of Adam Walking
A playful biblical exchange echoes through the text with Eve remarking to Adam about his pacing and concern. The line blends humor and domestic tension, suggesting discord sparked by a trivial nuisance.
Laugh That Failed and the Editor’s Gentle Reproof
A humorist offers an alleged vintage joke to a city editor who returns it with a grave remark that it is not laughing matter. The exchange leaves the humorist crestfallen as he walks away, hinting at aging and the fading glow of youth in cinema culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Millar
Tage
Calling a Bluff and Proverbial Wit in 19th Century Wisdom
A fragmentary editorial style piece notes aphorisms on patience in opportunity, the heart as a sound organ, and social wit. It references Pierce's Festal Pellets for digestive relief and observes how insolvency can cripple a great spirit, with general reflections on rightness and timing.
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W. J. White
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion
Wainwright
Sackatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
He Was Right
British Guiana
Hanford
Champagne
Sinai Peninsula
Washington
Stegler
Przasnysz
Ossowetz
Ger
Essad Pasha
Asiatic
la Bassee
Dukia Pass
Niemen
The
Dniester
Galicia
Caucasus
Basra
Persian Gulf
Bukowina
Seddul Bahr
A Toper
San Francisco
San Diego
PAT
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Eve
Adam
Chicago
Pierce
Rta
SPOHN
Spohn Medical CO
Shen
Ind, U. S. A
Connecticut
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