Western Canada Expects Record Harvest From Excellent Seeding
Western Canada enters seeding with ideal April weather and widespread planting of wheat oats and barley. Farmers work from dawn to dusk, hoping for a bumper crop and strong returns, while J D McGregor of the Federal Food Board notes crop conditions are excellent across the Prairie Provinces.
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Western
Canada
J. D. McGregor
Federal Food Board
Calgary
Prairie Provinces
Food Control Board
McGregor
U.S
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Can
Orto C
Broughton
Room
W. Adams Street
Chicao
Wimpiss
M. V. Macinnes
Jefferson Avenus
Retreit
Michigan
Change of Color Kniecker and Becker Roles Explained
In a brief note the paper announces a shift in shop roles with Kniecker succeeding the green goods man and Becker taking over as the blue print man. The move clarifies personnel changes in the store.
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Kniecker
Becker
Freezone Promises Quick Corn Removal At Low Cost
Ad touts Freezone for corns and calluses offering instant relief and painless removal. Claims a small bottle costs only a few cents and works on hard and soft corns and between toes without soreness. Originates from a Cincinnati inventor.
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Cincinnati
Adv
Substitution Laughs Over Hard Times In Parlor Debate
A domestic exchange weighs frugality and appetite with talk of butter shortages. One speaker jokes about living well while another notes limited funds prevent buying real butter. The vignette captures wartime or postwar thrift mood.
Cuticura Advice for Dandruff and Hair Care
An advertisement advises rub Cuticura Ointment into the scalp to restore dry, falling hair and eliminate dandruff, followed by a Cuticura Soap wash with hot water. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept. X, Boson, with Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boson
Barridge Debate Highlights Pronunciation Quirk
The piece notes a man named Barridge discussing a character Hes who is consistent in speech. He questions why and explains that they pronounce barrage the same as garage, reflecting a quirky linguistic moment.
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Barridge
Why Women Dread Old Age Health Advice
Public health ad urges women to ignore age worries by keeping the body fit especially kidneys and bladder. Promotes MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as the only guaranteed brand to maintain vigor, strength, and youthlike health, warning of fake imitations and urging purchase from first class druggists.
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Haarlem
Drnjigiste
Adv
Nervous Indigestion Help With Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Philadelphia mother describes relief from nervous indigestion and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved health, better appetite, and restored strength following three months of treatment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Lydia K. Pinkham
War Strategy and Industrial Mobilization Urged
An editorial urges converting nonessential workers to war industries to win the war from Germany. It calls for expanding ships and rail equipment, increasing aircraft, and denying rest to German troops, stressing the need for food, transportation, and production by all capable men.
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America
True Love Test Case Draftee Chooses Honor Over Marriage
Fort Collins Colorado tale of Joseph Emmett ONeill a wealthy ranch owner who is rejected for the draft yet serves in France taking the place of Walter Howard Stone who married Miss Marion Palmer the woman both suitors loved. The romance contrasts renunciation with battlefield duty and cites scripture.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Joseph Emmett O'Neill
Colorado
United States Army
France
Walter Howard Stone
O’neill
Sidney Carton
Two Cities
Joseph Emmett O’neill
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Stone
Marion Palmer
Marion
Miss Palmer
Walter Stone
O'Neill
Excellent War Time Food Policy and Draft Deception Case
The piece argues for not wasting food for troops and allies and questions reliance on France for supplies. It recounts a draft-tampering tale where ONeill usados substitution leads Stone to manage $50,000 yearly ranches while ONeill goes to war, ending with a family having a new son Joseph Emmett Stone and the father seeking service.
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France
O’neill
Fort Collins
Stone
O'Neill
O' Neill
Marion Stone
Joseph Emmett Stone
Standard Dress Idea Receives Disfavor by Women of England
A columnist mocks the notion of government imposed dress standards for women. He argues women would resist uniform styles and warns that dictating attire could provoke strong backlash, while noting limited fabric dyes and public skepticism of standardization.
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England
Peterson's Ointment touted for eczema relief
A testimonial touts Peterson's Ointment as providing rapid relief from eczema and itching after years of agony. The ad claims a money back guarantee and lists conditions treated, offering mail orders from Peterson Bros. of Buffalo New York.
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Peterson
Geo. C. Talbot
Penfield St
Buffalo
N. Y
Peterson Bros
Adv
Stoker Seized Bravery In Uboat Firemen Rescue
Aloysius Fawcett a firer first class and two shipmates crawled through a steam filled fireroom and hot engine room to haul fires after a boiler bottom blow valve was torn away on a US Navy vessel. Their quick action prevented a serious boiler accident. Fawcett enlisted in 1911 in Cincinnati.
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United States Navy
Aloysius Fawcett
Fierman
Fawcett
Navy
Cincinnati
Counting Love Conversation Interruption Moment
A mother recounts her morning interruption by her small son who declares his love. She asks how much and he answers with playful honesty that his love extends to the end of the counting. The exchange captures simple, enduring affection.
Word Chewing Confession Talks Cost of Living on Silence
A brief note reflects on the futility of chasing cheap living by empty words. The author admits weariness with the cycle and hints at deeper, unspoken truths behind the gloss of economy and speech.
Shooting stars may discover Earth a good revolver
A compact, enigmatic sentence suggests celestial observers may find Earth functions like a revolver, implying dynamic rotation and potential cosmic insight. No concrete events or names are provided.
Deaths From Rattlesnake Bites Rare in U S
In the United States rattlesnake bites are very rare fatalities. Most bites occur in the Southwest and Colorado’s prairie rattlesnake is common. Many adults recover without medical aid, and recent deaths often followed careless handling of captive snakes.
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United States
Southwest
Colorado
India
Sympathetic Highwaymen Help Local Telegraphist
In Lebanon Pennsylvania two highwaymen returned seventy cents to Abraham Kurtz a Pennsylvania station agent and telegrapher after he said it was all the money he had. The act shows unexpected mercy from criminals in a tense moment.
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Lebanon
Uy Abraham
Kurtz
Pennsylvania
Airing of Pants Nets $400 in St Louis Incident
In St Louis Missouri Felix Pawles Ki slept while his wife turned his trousers out the window air. Four hundred dollars fell from the pockets and vanished by the time the money was found missing.
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St. Louis
Felix
Pawles
You Can Now Eat Your Favorite Food Without Fear
An advertisement promotes EATONIC by H L Kramer as a remedy for indigestion and stomach misery. It claims to neutralize acids, ease gases, and aid digestion, advising one to two tablets after meals and noting authenticity by the EEATONIC name and Chicago Estonic Remedy Co. as the source.
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H. L. Kramer
Eatonic
Kramer
Estonic Remedy Co
Chicago
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