Canadian imports and trade stance cited in House of Commons
Matthew R. Blake argues in the House of Commons for restricting U S goods to protect the dollar. He cites January ten month imports totaling 743,707,196 dollars, 69 percent of total, with a 15 percent exchange penalty. He says free trade would devalue the Canadian dollar and favors embargoing U S manufactured articles to boost home product purchase.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dominion
Matthew R. Blake
House of Commons
Canada’s Path to Prosperity Through Unity
Canada stands on the verge of a great era of prosperity if it presents a united front. The people favor stable government and rejects class hatreds and vague promises, aiming to follow the successful path of the past forty years to build a virile, energetic nation.
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Canada
Patience urged for postwar business recovery
A New York financier Mr Sissons urges patience as the economy recovers from war induced turmoil. He notes mood shifts are gradual and historical change is slow. He cautions against impatient hopes for quick gains and highlights dramatic postwar upheavals reshaping markets and empires.
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New York
Sissons
Germany
Sisson urges cautious optimism and patience
The editorial urges sane optimism despite a sick world and argues for proportion and patience as essential. It cites Mr. Sisson and emphasizes the need for balanced hope while acknowledging ongoing challenges.
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Mr. Sisson
Hearst diatribe warns of British retreat and world calamity
A World editorial notes Hearst associates blame Britain for wartime ills and predict Bolshevik flood and Muslim empires eroding Greece France, foreseeing collapse of Western civilization if such a march continues, and questioning the U.S. fate beyond Gibraltar.
Lure of Discovery and Arctic Promises Amid Trade Lessons
Stefansson argues Peary found the Pole but Arctic exploration remains vast with a million square miles to map and potential for food production. The piece contrasts historic motives from spices to furs, notes adventurous pioneers, and cites rapid flight as emblematic of progress while warning against foreign goods draining jobs.
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Stefansson
Peary
North Pole
Arctic
Pole
India
Orient
Cockerland
Portrait request and marital tension dialogue
Mr B asks for a good likeness of his wife to a portrait artist who warns of responsibility. The artist notes no couple marries without disappointing someone and may displease all. An actor seeking a room teases about a mistress and a small dog, while a maid confirms the mistress’s lax attitude toward the dog.
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Mr. B
Dialogue on engagement and marriage in a kitchen tale
A humorous dialogue contrasts engagement with marriage. A young man explains breaking off an engagement by stating his salary and a mother quips that a married woman ties her own shoelaces, highlighting domestic roles with wit.
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Willie
Estate of John Robertson Tender Notice Cumberland
Tenders are invited for the south half of Lot 1 Glock 7 with a small cottage opposite Telephone Station Cumberland. Cash terms. Tenders due by April 4th next. Send to P P Harrison Willard Block Cumberland B C solicitor for the estate March 5 1921.
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Cumberland
City notice on yard sanitation and waste disposal
All gardens and back yards must be put in a clean and sanitary condition with rubbish and ashes hauled away promptly. It bans dumping ashes on streets or vacant lots and requires rubbish to be dumped at the far edge. Noncompliance will be prosecuted and premises inspected soon.
The Prince of Wales Supports Boy Scouts Fund Drive
A Daily Telegraph feature defends the Boy Scouts Association appealing for funds over £200000. It explains the movement founded in 1907 by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, stressing duty to God and King, self discipline, loyalty, imagination, and service to protect the Empire and aid the suffering.
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H.R.H
Prince of Wales
Wales
Daily Telegraph
Boy Scouts Association
Robert Baden- Powell
Empire
What Is It The Boy Scouts Association Promotes Courage and Peace
This essay endorses the Boy Scouts Association as a force for moral training and national unity. It lauds wartime service by Land and Sea Scouts and ex scouts, cites John Travers Cornwell, and argues the movement seeks peace through readiness. It warns against class hatred and Bolshevism while urging support for Prince of Wales appeals.
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Boy Scouts Association
John Travers Cornwell
V.C
England
Empire
League of Nations
Russia
London
Boy Scouts
Bolshevists
Prince of Wales
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France
Arabia
Gibraltar
de Roumanet
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Phineas Fogg
Abraham Lincoln
Leslie’s Weekly
John Robertson
P. P. Harrison
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