British Scientists Call for School Reform After War
A manifesto signed by 36 leading scientists including Sir William Osler and Lord Rayleigh calls for immediate revolutionary changes to Britain's education system. It laments widespread ignorance and urges scientific methods and experimental science as essential to national recovery and future success.
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Great Britain
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Notice
One hundred dollars reward offered for an unsolved case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and Nao Toledo endorse the firm as trustworthy and capable. National Bank of Commerce Toledo endorses the agreement. Cure is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Fourteen dollars per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney
Nao Toledo
National Bank OF Commerce
Toledo
O. Hall
Matrimonial Agency Mixes Up Listing In Deep South
A southern man visits a matri monial agent and discovers his wife listed as seeking a husband aged 28 to 33. She calmly reveals she added her name during a sick winter when the doctor warned them to prepare for the worst.
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Darkey
Man Struggles With Button As Wife Is Absent
A man asks how to enjoy himself while his wife is away and replies with sewing, attempting to fasten a button and thread.
Modern Tonic Treatment for Indigestion Promotes Recovery
The piece touts a new tonic method to treat stomach troubles by toning the stomach to aid nature. It features Dr Williams Pink Pills as a preferred remedy, citing Amy Browning of Corinth Ontario who reports relief from years of illness and improved appetite and health. The Pills are sold by dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 60 cents per box or $2 50 for six boxes.
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Williams
Amy Browning
Corinth
Ont
German Orders in French Expose Tyranny in Belgium
The piece contrasts German wartime notices with the harsh reality of occupation. It highlights a Belgian village banner warning residents to stay indoors at twilight while the true decree asks citizens to withdraw within themselves and respect the troops.
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Belgium
Canada to train officers as privates under new system
The Department of Militia will have officers enter as privates, be recommended by commanding officers, and take a probationary course with immediate effect. The five training classes now under way will be the last of their kind. The fragment hints at domestic life during billing and courtship.
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Department of Militia
Canada
Pact of Konopisht Secret Pact Claimed Amid Archduke Assassination
Henry Wick Steed argues in The Times that Kaiser Wilhelm II and Archduke Franz Ferdinand discussed a vast wartime plan at Konopisht, aiming to provoke Russia and crush France, with Poland and other territories carved for heirs, a move tied to the assassination aftermath. A note on copper demand in British Columbia and Newfoundland fleet sales is also mentioned.
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Konopisht
Britain
Henry Wick Steed
Long Times
Francis Ferdinand
Bohemia
Kaiser
Admiral von Tirpitz
Steed
Archduke
Russia
Germany
Austria
France
Poland
Lithuania
Ukraine
Baltic
Black Sea
Francis
Hungary
Serbia
Adriatic
Saloniki
Trieste
Archduke Charles Joseph
German Empire
Europe
Hapsburg
A Change of Food Restores Health in Reported Case
A woman with lifelong stomach and nervous trouble improves after abandoning coffee and tea due to caffeine. She credits Postum and Grape-Nuts with restoring strength, while her husband also sleeps better after quitting coffee. Canadian Postum Co. Windsor is noted.
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Postum
Canadian Postum Co
Windsor
Fur trade prospers in Edmonton districts in 1915
Fur dealers in Edmonton report the last two months of 1915 saw the best fur trade in years with keen competition from northern trappers pushing higher prices. The result was a period of considerable prosperity in districts where production is the main industry.
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Edmonton
Grave Yawned for Him He Now Works as Well as 10 Years Ago
An elderly settler from Fort Bay Labrador, Quebec named Sandyette claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his Bright's disease after a near-death experience. He reports rapid relief after two boxes arrived by telegraph and says he can work daily as before. He invites letters from doubters with names of supporters.
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Fort Bay
Labradore
Que
Bright
Sandyette
Dodd
Mr. Goulette
Fragmented Naive Dialog Notes from Chicago Tribune
A garbled clipping presents stray dialogue on sympathy and family, mentioning a wife mother and uncle, a neighbor consoling, and a fighter child with a mother keeping his hair in ringlets until age fourteen, alongside unrelated product copy for Holloway's Corn Cure and scattered mock quotes about a rising fighter.
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Gabe
Chicago Tribune
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