Breeding Hardiness in Red Clover by Mass Selection
The article discusses improving red clover through mass selection and hybridization, focusing on winter hardiness, seed yield, and hay yield. It argues that hereditary resistance to harsh winters can be bred by selecting survivors after severe winters and saving their seed to develop a hardier variety.
Family Budget Sparks Dance and Fashion Debate
A dialogue notes parental worry over excess spending on dances and clothes. The father questions the family’s ability to support one gentleman, while Charles defends spending as part of family life and social duties.
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Charles
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Help Skin Ailments
A 1914 letter from A Simpkins of Montreal describes severe skin trouble with blisters and pain that improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The advertorial note promotes Cuticura products, offers free samples by mail, and lists the 32-page Skin Book from Cuticura, Dept. D, Boston.
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Montreal
A. Simpkins
Cuticura
Dept. D
Boaton
The Democratic Warrior King in a Belgian Trench
A Belgian soldier recounts a WWI trench moment from the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. A silent, armless officer near him shouts amid shellfire as a shell wounds the narrator’s brother in law and the officer continues firing after being hit. The scene ends with the officer’s bold, fatal shout.
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Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Agricultural Instruction Agreements Extend Provincial Programs
Dominion and provincial governments have signed agreements under the Agricultural Instruction Act to advance farming education. Ontario allocates 266 014.05 dollars, mostly for ongoing extension work, while British Columbia plans 58 265.91 dollars for demonstration projects and schooling in public and high schools.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture and Tea
Ontario
Are Investigating the Constituents of Soils
The University will publish results for the province on Saskatchewan soils. Three chemists and one physicist study chemical and physical properties in the laboratories. Samples include experimental plots at the university farm under Prof. Bracken to assess nitrogen potash and phosphates linked to plant fertilization.
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Saskatchewan
Bracken
Machaurin
Togg
Saskatoon Stur
Message of Hope For All Women
Thurso Quebec report features Mary Sabourin describing years of fatigue headaches and nervousness. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with relieving her symptoms after doctors and specialists failed. The piece promotes the medicine as a cure for kidney related ailments spreading to the blood.
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Thurso
Que
Mary Sabourin
Miss Sabourin
Dodd
Canada
Erchant
Feeding Work Horses Proper Feed to Maintain Good Condition
A report from the Theixperimental Farm Ottawa luy finds bran and oats the best feed for work horses. Proportions used are five parts oats to two parts bran, mixed and fed dry with hay kept short. Morning and daily rations, water timing, and occasional molasses are outlined to maintain stamina and prevent stomach ailments. Dr J D Kelloggs Asthma Kennedy is also promoted as a remedy for asthma with claims of relief and sleep improvements.
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Theixperimental Farm
Ottawa
British drug industry urged to expand production of alkaloids
The British Chamber of Commerce Journal argues that Britain has long produced drugs directly from plants and could seize a postwar opportunity to manufacture atropine and related alkaloids. With German supply cut by war, British firms may fill shortages as the Imperial Parliament considers easing imports while cultivation efforts in fantasy areas are expanded to meet Army needs.
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Guy Tuts
British Chamber of Commerce
Germany
Lowe
Tuvarial Institute
Germany Hohenzollerns In War Debate In Nineteenth Century Voice
A fragment quotes Sir H H Jolington arguing Germany’s war rise links to Hohenzollern rule and proposes property seizure to fund tidemmit settlement. The piece mixes stray phrases about Liniment and a child’s shop interaction with a grandmother promise.
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H. H Jolington
Germany
England
Colicky Children Use Baby's Own Tablets Claim
James C. Slater of Summerville Nova Scotia says Baby's Own Tablets cure polse and loss of sleep. The medicine is sold by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Broegville MT or by mail at 25 cents a box.
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James C. Slater
Summerville
N.S
Dr. Willams’ Medicine Co
Broegville
Canada expands grain acreage to aid empire
The grain acreage in Canada will rise from 30 to 50 percent this year. The move follows an appeal from England for greater Canadian help to feed the empire during the preventive measures. Canada shows loyalty by increasing production and living up to patriotism and production.
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Canada
England
Prohibition Sparks Russia Savings Rise Acknowledged
Petrograd report cites M Kharitonof saying national savings grew from 01484 to 1914 1214 roubles amid prohibition and war outlays. For 1915 total savings reach 24,006,000 roubles versus 400,000 in 1914, reflecting no major hardship noted by the Duma budget committee.
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Petrograd
M. Kharitonof
Duma
Nuessa
Mc Rharltono
Miourd a Liniment cure letter from Nauwigewanuk
A patient named Mitts from Nauwigewanuk writes Oct 21 praising Miourd a Liniment Co. Limited and MINARIUS LINIMENT for quick relief from a Quinsy illness. The testimonial notes ongoing reliance on the remedy.
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Miourd’a Liniment Co., Limited
Saskatchewan and Alberta farmers drive dairying boom
Saskatchewan advance in creamery contracts shown by Swift Current drumming up supplies at $0.01 a pound butter fat. The project plans regular shipments from tributary points. Demand also rises for cream separators in newly settled districts expanding dairying.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Swift Current
Co.b
Little Robert-Ma and the Acrobat's Tale
A fragment recalls Little Robert-Ma and Robinson Crague in an odd scene. After work, the boy sat on his chest, a moment described in terse diary like lines.
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Robert
Robinson Crague
Delegate at Good Roads Convention Address Pauses in Gaffe
A delegate at the Canadian and International Good Roads association convention rose to speak with “Mr. Chairman and fellow leinactien” and paused as laughter broke out before continuing. The Journal of Commerce notes the moment as a comic misstep amid proceedings.
Paying for the War
The London Times editorial notes public resolve to fund the war despite costs already spent and future expenditures. It argues the nation bears the burden with no immediate strain on any class, though individual citizens have yet to feel the charge.
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London Times
Vindicating Himself and The Amateur Champion at Odds
Dialogue from a racing scene where Jack Havens confronts Mr. Throgmorton over motives and money. Havens argues he cannot compete for prize money, while Mr. Throgmorton asserts a claim related to the daughter or her fortune.
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Mr. Throgmorton
Jack Howens
Jack Havens
Justice of Peace Praises Dr Chase Ointment
A Justice of the Peace hails Dr Chase's Ointment as a supreme healer for sores and wounds. The testimonial notes rapid skin regeneration and cures eczema, with a Quebec case claiming nine years of ailment resolved overnight.
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Justice of Peace
Chase
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