Whisky and War Hit Final Knockout Blow Theme
In a Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial the warning that whisky and war should not mix is stated as a national emergency measure. The piece argues intoxicating liquor impairs judgment and steadiness of nerve, urging whisky to go during wartime.
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John Barleycorn
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Belgium Looks to United States for Railway Modernization
Regenerated Belgium plans to model key lines on the American plan. Belgium will study U S railway methods electric installations and shops with agent Joseph Carlier Assistant Professor of Railways at the University of Liege. He estimates rebuilding costs around 200 million dollars and expects U S help for new equipment.
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Belgium
America
Imeo
Isoseph Carlier
Universi of
Liege
Carlier
United States
Paris
Coutauge
Canadian Soldier's Letter Praises Cassell's Tablets
A letter from Sapper A. Trartley of the Canadian Engineers praises Dr Cassell's Tablets noting use since the South African War. He extols improved appetite and general strength, offers a sample for 5 cents, and lists prices and cautions against imitations from Dr Cassell's Co. England Manchester.
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Sapper A. Trartley
A Company
Canadian Engineers
Trafalgar Street
London
Ontario
Dr. Cassell
Cassell
Harold FP
Ritchie & Co.,, Ltd
M’caul St
Toronto
Canada
Soldiers Returning to Labor Fold Europe into Farming
The article argues that love of life in the open through service on battlefields will draw European fighters into farming and land restoration. Military experience will boost manual skill across thousands of soldiers, with modern labor agencies more numerous and scientific than before.
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Europe
Eis
Saskatchewan Schoolchildren Aid Belgium Relief Fund
Saskatchewan schoolchildren last year opened a fund to aid Belgian children. Collections were taken across cities and rural schools in the province and up to now about 56 000 dollars has been raised and sent to Belgium for relief.
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Saskatchewan
Belgium
Counter Check and Sales Books Offered by Appleford Company
Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd markets carbon back and coated books with triplicates and carbon leaf sets. It cites rising paper and wax costs but claims low prices via a large Canadian paper mill network. Also promotes waxed wrappers and parchment for home use and notes a Russian news item about territorial advances against the Turks.
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O.K
Canada
Keep Minard's Liniment in the House
Fragment asks about keeping Minard's Liniment in the house and mentions productive age and the value of human industry in cultivation. The readable text stresses the liniment's relevance as a household staple and its role in steadiness within daily life. The rest remains unreadable.
Boy partnership on farm urged by conservation study
A Dundas county agricultural survey in 1916 found 400 farming households with boys at home yet none in active partnership. Advocates say boys should manage parts of buying and selling, stay on farm, and learn business to build rural life and savings.
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Commission of Conservation
Dundas County
Deoiogras
C.N
Legal Sketches From Courtroom and Washington
Fragmentary text shows lawyer John G. Johnson discussing a case in Washington with a confidant named George. A cryptic exchange hints at future remarriage plans and a trap, while a Dallas News note mentions a draft law to prevent dumps after a certain event.
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John G. Johnson
Washington
Geo
George
Dallas
United States Gift to France Proposed as Tribute
A New York World suggestion calls for the United States to gift France one billion dollars as a tribute for aid to the colonies during the American Revolution. It notes France provided about seven hundred million, with no principal or interest demanded or returned.
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New York
United States
France
Amelia Renee Vst
Hamilton Spectator
Baby's Own Tablets Cure Constipation
A reader from St. Paul du Bouton Que reports her baby’s constipation relief with Baby's Own Tablets. The ad states the tablets regulate bowels and stomach easing colic and indigestion and are sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. in Frockville Ont.
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Louis Nicole
St. Paul du Buton
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Frockville
Ont
Frontier of purification cited in New York Tribune line
A fragment from the New York Tribune notes regret over a distance created by Dana in reaching a frontier of purification. The excerpt reflects concern about national or social progress and the implied estrangement sparked by Dana.
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Dana
New York Tribune
Minard's Liniment Promoted for Wide Use
An advertiser touts Minard's Liniment as essential for physicians and home use. It claims electric oil eases pain, relieves colds, dresses wounds, and subdues rheumatism for sailors, soldiers, fishermen, lumbermen, and outdoor laborers.
Notable Quote Sparks Praises and Barbs in Senate
Senator Sorgum laments lack of credit for restraint in speechmaking while Washington Star notes that suppressing the impulse to speak often goes unnoticed. The exchange highlights tensions between public rhetoric and private restraint.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Opinion on a Patriot and service to others
Fragmentary opinion piece appears in the Detroit Free Press discussing the nature of patriotism and how true service is judged by others support and cheer.
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Detroit Free
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