Huge Program Pushes Columbia Shipbuilding Output
A sweeping plan aims to build about 117000 gross tons of new commercial shipping with total capacity near 60000 tons. The project encompasses ships of many sizes and includes vessels like fishing boats not previously counted, pushing total tonnage toward 150000 when all vessels are included. Some ships are already in the water while others are just starting, marking a clear construction push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettinh
Columbia
None to Spare
Fragmented excerpt features characters Mr gisste and Mrs Sizzle reacting to heat and a kite. A tense voice shouts at someone named Steele to stop the breeze, hinting at a chaotic scene in a humorous or playful setting. The text shows humorous dialogue and weather-themed wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gisste
Mrs. Sizzle
Ei Steele
Berlin decides to melt bronze statues for munitions
A Berlin despatch reports a decision to melt bronze statues to produce munitions. The move targets public sculptures for war effort, reallocating cultural monuments to support defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Women Bank Workers Grow In New York and New Jersey
War shifts labor in banking as twenty thousand women join Wall Street districts since April. Officials note women error rates are lower overall costs drop when women replace men, with salaries preserved due to fewer mistakes. Mechanics and Metals Bank reports sixty women on staff, hiring continues weekly amid manpower shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Jersey
Canada
Wall Street
United States
Mechanics and Metals Bank
Western Canada Wheat Crop Estimated Large Returns Ahead
The Winnipeg press reports Western Canada plans a wheat crop of 214 million bushels with yields by province at 15 in Manitoba 14 in Saskatchewan and 25 in Alberta. At $2.15 a bushel for No 3 Northern the value tops $460 million, with higher grades likely elevating the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Toronto
Western Canada
No. 3
Northern Wheat, Inc
Civic conservation committees urge waste reduction and donation
The food controller appeals to mayors and officers to conserve orchard and garden products. Citizens should use full fruit and vegetable needs, dispose surplus through trade channels or donate to local conservation committees. Committees coordinate storage and sale proceeds for Red Cross support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luiney
Canady
Puetchat
Sollers
Red Cross
Baby's Own Tablets Praised by Mothers
Mrs Henry Vanreader of Rodny Ont writes that Baby's Own Tablets have been used for five years and highly valued, with mothers preferring them once tried. She says they are thorough yet mild and always restore a sick baby to health. They are sold by medicine dealers for cents a box from The Dr Vileme M aine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vanreader
Rodny Ont
Dr. Vileme
Maine Co
Brockville
Australian Legislature Debates Tim Men Tax Bill
The Melbourne House of Representatives approves a bill imposing a tax on timber men. Police and prison officials along with a clergyman are exempt, while widowers with children may claim exemption.
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House of Represence
Melbourne
Australia
Fragmented OCR note on a domestic dispute and coded text
Readable parts describe a claim that a woman would demand sacrifice for her to enter a home. The rest is garbled with stray phrases and nonstandard terms, including references that resemble coded names. The fragment offers no clear event date or identifiable organizations.
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco Passage in Early Ad Text
An OCR fragment discusses Copenhagen chewing tobacco and chewing rate. It advises first timers to use a small pinch and to place it between the lips, mentioning attempts and the phrase it's the most chew. The readable text focuses on a tobacco product and its use.
Paper clothes touted as waterproof and practical
An early notice extols paper garments for everyday use. It claims jackets, overalls, trousers and ladies wear can be waterproof, tear resistant when not washed, and offered in stripes and spots. Produced in various weights, the outfit promises flexible, stylish options for spring markets. London Daily Mail Minard's Liniment advertised elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echir
London Daily Lait
The Ferment Of Reconstruction Examined In Wartime Speech
A historical reflection on reconstruction proposes that German victory would erase American aims. It warns future historians may judge critics harshly for neglecting the war’s decisive outcome. The piece notes Europeans may redraw the world while Britain clings to wartime coping mechanisms. A stray ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sone
Winter rhubarb storage method in cellar
Farmers can grow and store rhubarb for winter by letting plants remain outdoors until soil freezes solid for several days. Lift crowns, place roots in soil in a half full barrel, store in a cellar with light, and feed as needed. This method yields enough rhubarb from a few plants to feed a family through winter.
Fragmentary Parliament Note Reflects Confused Conversation
Incomplete diary style lines show a member of parliament muttering to a bored friend about speaking to people and a tense room atmosphere. The garbled text suggests a disrupted discussion and uncertain dialogue.
Rice Consumption and Production Jump Across Years
The text notes rice production rising from 11,064,208,000 pounds in 1914-15 to 1,831,590,000 pounds per capita in 1916-17 at 17.33 pounds. It links higher consumption to expensive potatoes and wheat. India’s rice crop last year grew by 1,255,000 tons.
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India
Wheat reserves and international crop outlook amid wartime trade
An article reports on wheat stocks for allied needs with comments on shipping tonnage limits, submarine danger, and the feasibility of sourcing from Australia and Argentina. Argentina’s 1915 crop is described as a record, with future delivery at 1.25 dollars per bushel, while Australia sowing continues and India’s crop outlook is noted.
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Astra
Ies
Argentia
United States
Australia
Northmerier
Pacific
Atlantic
Argentina
Pte
Prasacy
India
Spoils or Heirlooms in German Dutch Ad Listings
The notice hints at advertisements in a Dutch paper offering a collection of old pictures German Flemish Italian and other items including Gobelins and Persian carpets for sale near the German Dutch frontier. It asks whether a solvent buyer should contact a Cologne address to acquire heirlooms or spoils amid possible theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Cologne
Belgium
Catarrh Not Cureable by Local Applications Claims
Fragmentary notes discuss catarrh and disease remedies, suggesting local treatments are ineffective. The text mentions a court or medical authority context and references Toledo and others in uncertain terms.
Real Naval Problem Faces Ally Fleet Sweep of U boats
The real naval problem is to sweep U boats from the sea and the American fleet now joins British and French armaments for that solution. The allied efforts must deliver both moral and military effects in the effort.
France restricts milk and cream use after 9 in cafes
A government order prohibits mixing milk or cream with tea coffee chocolate or any other beverage after 9 o clock in cafes restaurants tea rooms and lunch houses across France from October 1. Railroad lunch rooms are exempt.
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France
Drastic Taxation in New Zealand War Expenditure Soars
The report notes New Zealand's war spending through March surpassing 22,000,000 in new taxation. It highlights increases in war loans and provisions of the bill dictating taxpayer contributions amid the war effort.
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New Zealand
Good Scouts Arrange Apple Waste Reduction
A Lexington Massachusetts effort sees windfall apples saved from waste as scouts collect a tally of fruit and distribute it to families and local groups. The plan aims to ensure edible fruit does not go to waste this year.
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Lexington
Maer
Theapore
Providence Journal
Free Zone corn and callus remover discovery
A Cincinnati chemist introduces Free Zone, an ether compound now sold in tiny bottles at low cost. Apply a drop or two to corns or calluses and the soreness vanishes. the hardened skin loosens and lifts away, with no pain or irritation. It claims to dissolve rather than burn, offering relief for hard and soft corns and foot calluses.
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Cincinnat
German Children to Fight at Swiss Border Refuge
The report notes German boys sent by parents for safety in Switzerland and German frontier supervision near Basle. Sentrys at Munich and Cologne acknowledge influx and frontier patrols as military measures increase to protect children crossing into Switzerland.
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Munich
Cologne
Switzerland
Basle
Margarine Trade Shifts 1916 Margins and Exports
United States data show 90.9 percent of Denmark’s animal fat used for margarine in 1916 was imported by neutrals, aiding Germany. Total 1916 margarine production reached 124,761,620 pounds. butter exports remained low. A dairy-heavy year saw 92,593,200 pounds of Hat and butter preparations exported, with uncertain gains for Arrimwany.
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Denmark
United States
United States Food Administration
Germany
Arrimwany
Lignite Power Plan Proposed For Saskatchewan Beds
A historic report by a Saskatchewan engineer proposes a central power plant to service the lignite fields and supply power across the region. The plan envisions locating the facility at the center of the lignite bed to maximize distribution and fuel security for next winter.
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Saskatchewan
Skatchewan
WU Estaba
Ake
Teres
Bitsiors
Industrial Alcohol Potential in Canada Amid Prohibition
Vancouver World discusses using potatoes, sugar, beets, molasses, and sawdust to produce industrial alcohol as a substitute for petroleum. It cites Canadian gasoline imports, wartime figures, and the waste-to-energy opportunity in British Columbia, arguing profit potential before liquor prohibition ends. Multiple figures and sources are mentioned, including potato yields and sawdust-based alcohol output.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Fon
British Columbia
Patten States
Vancouver
Major John Barnardi Case and Parliaments Transfer of Power
The article recalls a historic episode where parliament allowed the confinement of Major John Barnardi and four others in Newgate for three years and then for an indefinite period, marking one of the rare times parliament ceded authority to the king. The case relates to a 1696 conspiracy involving William III era figures and was justified by parliamentary action rather than trial or bail.
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John Barnardi
Newgate Prison
London
Barnardi
Wilchisen Wrigh
William 5
Lost lunch on the road and a cheeky encounter
A man on a day off while fishing discovers his lunch packet missing on the road and returns to search. He meets a husky man who, after a funny mispronunciation, jokes about whether a dog or cat picked up the lunch.
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Coe
THE
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Montreal
Jas. Richardson & Sons, Ltd
Enteblisted
Esar
Auerion
Copenhagen
Minard’s Liniment
Egyptian &E
Devuglese
Pepe Naperer
J. D. Kellogg
Bend Aor
de Props
Toledo
Sip
Gillett’s Lye
Holland
Sianes Realty
Alcohol Canada
Minard
Liniment Ceres Dandruff
ASA
Nn U
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