Naval Alliance Shields Nation From German Threat
The Boston Advertiser urges alliance with the Entente as essential for national safety amid submarine warfare. It argues Britain’s navy is the safeguard against German attempts to incite Japan and Mexico and asserts unity with the Entente as the logical path for protecting shipping and citizens. Holloway's corn Cure is advertised as a simple public remedy.
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Germany
Japan
Mexico
Boston Advertiser
Luring on to Destruction in Submarine Warnings
Survivors of a French destroyer torpedoed in the Mediterranean report that in darkness they were drawn into effective range of a submarine’s guns by gunfire calls in odd French. The issue questions whether more ships have been lured to destruction by repeated bogus SOS signals.
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S.O.S
Mediterranean
Glasgow Herald
Finger print system to aid Canadian criminals adoption
An Order-in-Council approved in Ottawa applies the Scotland Yard finger print method to Canadian criminals on the recommendation of the Dominion Police Commissioner. The measure also authorizes person photography as an additional identification means.
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Scotland Yard
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Police
Views of Marriage Cause Probate Battle in Malta War Work Case
A Miss Graham who died in Malta during war work left 500000 in legacies and held unusual views on marriage. Her altered will deprived a relative of a substantial legacy claiming insanity. A jury ruled that her marriage opinions did not prove insanity and the judge agreed, while the foreman lamented she had no matrimony experience to change her view.
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Graham
Malta
Archbishop of
York
Miller's Worm Powders Promoted by Wise Mothers
Wise mothers report swift results with Miller's Worm Powders as a vermifuge that clears worms and restores comfort and growth in children. The ad emphasizes reliability and trustworthiness in eliminating worm infestations.
The Safest Course Against Cyclones
A traveler asks if cyclones can be stopped in the Far West. The narrator replies that the best approach is to go along with them, accepting and navigating the storms rather than resisting.
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Far West
Local Catarrh CureClaim from Hall’s Pills
Fragmentary ad style notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as remedies. It asserts internal treatment for catarrh and constipation, praising certain physicians and a Toledo based company selling remedies.
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Hall
Tor Ey Ey & Co
Toledo
Fragmented historic ad copy hints at liniment use by physicians
The readable text suggests an old medical advertisement claiming Minard's Liniment was used by doctors. It references a release at hand and questions about the climax, indicating fragmentary product rhetoric from a bygone period.
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Eharigne
Minard
City Boys on Farms Aims to Boost Dominion Crops
The Canadian government plans a summer program pairing college and high school students with farms. An official commission will recruit boys, assess physical ability, and require six months service with parental consent. Work logs will count toward school credits, highlighting potential academic and athletic gains.
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Dominion
Thousands of Foresters Sought for Cana Battalions Abroad
The Militia Department seeks several thousand forestry recruits for Cana Forestry Battalions overseas. About ten thousand men serve in Europe and France under Brigadier General Alexander McDougall. Canada supplies around five thousand and the rest come from other overseas units. recruiters will draft forestry volunteers to return troops to their original units. Age limit 48. minimum height 4 ft 11 in. Opened recruitment in all lumber centers of Canada.
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Militia Department
Cana Forestry
France
Alexander McDougall
Canada
Replenish Your Blood in the Spring
Spring health advice urges renewing blood and nerves with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The ad claims these pills cleanse bad blood, restore energy, improve skin and sleep, and offer mail order sales if dealers are unavailable.
Bridal Path Not Road to Heaven, Says Workman
A facetious passerby asks if the carpet being laid from church door to curb is the road to heaven. The workman replies that it is merely a bridal path, framing the scene with wry humor.
Ready-made Medicine for All Ailments
A claim for Dr Tomas Electric Oil as a universal remedy. It heals coughs colds sore throats bronchial troubles and is praised for burns sprains cuts and ulcers without need of testimonials. The ad asserts no physician is needed and the product proves itself through use.
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Dr. Tomas
Democracy Against Autocracy Declines in Europe
The text argues autocracy is collapsing in Russia and doomed in Germany, with Austria likely to follow if Germany falls. It frames the conflict as a war of popular government against autocratic rule, noting admissions by top officials about the throne and dynasty.
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Russia
Germany
Austria
Fragmented tale from Harpers Magazine excerpt
A nun admits she sometimes forgets to wash the children in a quirky dialogue with a mother. The children chorus in agreement reveals humorous misunderstandings from a Harpers Magazine fragment.
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Poe
Appleford Counter Check Book Company Offered for Your Next Order
The Appleford Counter Check Book Company, Ltd announces its readiness to supply Counter Check and Sales Books with carbon packs and coated books. It notes higher raw material costs but promises reasonable prices, samples on request, and large coast to coast customer base. It highlights waxed papers, sanitary wrappers, parchment, and butter wrappers with modern Canadian machinery and offices in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver.
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O.K
Canada
Appleford Counter Check Book Company, Ltd
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
German Ability in the War Echoes on German Cleverness
The piece argues Germans showed decades of forethought and military planning but lessons from the war reveal greater potential in the French American and English minds if given equal dedication. It contrasts German industriousness with broader Allied potential and critiques strategic outcomes.
Germans Buy British War Loan
A report from the London Stock Exchange reveals that some Germans, known in England, could not purchase certificates in the recent war loan yet actively sought to influence the outcome by arranging negotiations through neutral nations. The broker involved now faces the question of possible cancellation of the deal.
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England
London Stock Exchange
Well Known Farmer Praises Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Hadlington Ont Mr William Wood a farmer near here testifies Dodd s Kidney Pills cured him of gravel and bladder trouble plus heart flutterings and nervous symptoms He says four boxes removed these pains and other neighbors use the remedy claiming it cures sick kidneys and related diseases such as Brights disease and rheumatism
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William Wood
Hadlin Ont
Dodd
Hadlington
Ont
Mr. Wood
Ieee
Bright
Minard's and Grass to Make Paper Amid War Constraints
The article notes English paper mills shutting due to pulpwood import bans. Mills stay open by using alternative fibers from Scotland, the Fenlands, and India. Printing and notepaper are produced from rags and other materials. Rag cuttings fetch $140 per cwt, below wood at $150 per ton, after peaking at $400 prewar.
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England
Fenlands
India
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