I was gifted this magazine from a homestay during my travels through Europe, over a decade ago. What is it/when is it from?

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1. It’s a [magazine about World War 1](https://www.zvab.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30813429164&searchurl=sortby%3D20%26tn%3Dallgemeine%2Bkriegszeitung%2Billustrierte%2Bgeschichte%2Bweltkrieges&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1) and appears to be from 1918.

2. If i can read the headline correctly it says “illustrated Story of Worldwar 1914/1915”

3. https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000054420859/der-nasenformer-von-zello-wer-schoen-sein-will-muss-leiden

4. It’s a magazine about the First World War in general terms. Dated 1914/1915. this one is number 65. published weekly, titelled „war stories“.

5. I’ve read all all the advertisements and it’s amazing. If you can, please post some more pictures!

6. I got curious and had a look in some archives. At the Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek, I found magazine 66, which, if the “Jede Woche erscheint ein Heft” (A new magazine every week) is true, should be about the same age as your magazine number 65. It dates back to 1916: https://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer/fullscreen/AC07455481_Dritter_Band/328/.

7. The general war newspaper, created basically by a union of news publishers. There were 243 between 1914 and 1919 and [according to the german national library](https://portal.dnb.de/opac/showFullRecord?currentResultId=Allgemeine+and+kriegszeitung%26any&currentPosition=1) which came out weekly. If they started in August or September 1914 (the war started in late July), this might as well be the end-of-year edition of 1915.

8. what kind of “homestay” were you staying at exactly?

9. On the 2 Picture is mostly advertisement about Nosecorrecture, a wonder medicine about Rheuma Arthritis etc, some Hairgrow Medicine and a interessting spice that u can add in everything and should replace Meat even in cake or pudding, and some Child Bedtime storys ( sorry i dont know better to translate Märchen)

10. The inside page you showed us is a page of ads:

    * A product to stimulate hair growth (with a money-back guarantee)
    * A publishing house specialising in fairy-tales for children
    * A meat extract for use in soups and sauces, cheaper and three times more nutritious than meat
    * A tincture to relieve the symptoms of all kinds of ailments associated with old age
    * A “blood purification powder” that will cure everything from fatigue to haemorrhoids
    * A free brochure of interest to anyone suffering problems with their legs
    * A device to reshape your nose for cosmetic reasons
    * Another publisher selling fairy tales