World Happenings Briefly Told
A Vancouver grain elevator project starts work on a 500000 bushel facility. In the U S 101 of 16 to 15 year olds are employed. A town elder dies in Quebec at 107, with his son aged 79. France faces triple 1914 prices of living. BC aims to reclaim Fraser Valley lands by May 1. The Royal Canadian Air Force name announced. Germany supplied reparations materiel to Slavia in 1922 per Frankfurter Zeitung.
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Vancouver
U.S
Bienne Boneau
St. Hyacinthe
Que
Ministry of Labor
France
Columbia
Sumas
Fraser Valley
Canadian Air Force
Department of National Defence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Slavia
Formnal
Eclectric Oil touted for internal and external use
An old advertisement touts Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil as effective for internal and external use. It claims relief for chest pains, sore throat, croup, whooping cough, colic, and other ailments. The ad promises universal usefulness and low cost with always having a bottle on hand.
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Thomas
Imperial Oil refinery in Calgary to start by end of 1923
Imperial Oil Limited plans to put its $2.5 million Calgary refinery into operation by year’s end 1923, according to president C O Stillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Oill Limited
Calgary
C. O. Stillman
Concern
Irrigated Land Added This Spring in Southern Alberta
Water will be available this spring on two irrigation projects in Southern Alberta the Lethbridge Northern and United according to the annual report of the Irrigation Council. About 40 000 acres have been allotted at 16 to 56 dollars per acre while 8000 names are on the colonization mailing list and over 400 inquiries have been received. Twenty prospective settlers have been shown the projects.
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Alberta
Lethbridge Northern
United
Irrigation Council
Province of
Relieved after Nine Years of Suffering
Manitoba man Mr. P. R. Boissino hails Dodd's Kidney Pills as life changing after nine years of kidney trouble. He says pills restored his health, letting him work on the farm, enjoy appetite, and sleep well. The ad touts kidney strengthening and pure blood as the path to overall health and invites neighbors to share experiences.
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P. R. Boissino
Dodd
la Broquerie
Man
Gold Soap Smuggling Scheme Ends In Confiscation
A Budapest soap shipment containing gold crowns led a Vienna merchant to uncover an Austria Hungary smugging scheme. The misbill ed consignment caused the entire £200,000 shipment to be auctioned after being unloaded at a side station.
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Austria
Budapest
Vienna
Foreigners Naturalized as Canadians in 1922
During the fiscal year ending March 31, 1922, Canada granted citizenship to 10 360 foreigners. Americans accounted for 2 206 naturalizations and Russians for 2 060, leading all nationalities.
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Canada
Attogether
Canada Broadening Out Across the North
The Vancouver Province argues Canada expands northward with Ontario and Quebec pushing settlements into northern valleys Labrador, and railways reaching Hudson Bay. It notes BC and other provinces gaining wealth from northern farming fishing lumber and mining as rail demand grows from northern regions.
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Ontario
Quebec
Prairies
British Columbia
Labrador
Hudson Bay
Manitoba
Alberta
Vancouver
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Praised by Ontario Woman
Mrs John Case of St Catharines Ontario reports severe heart and nerve pains for two years improved after five boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She says she can work and eat normally now and credits the pills for the relief. Price 50c per box from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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John Case
St. Catharines
Ont
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Sea Monsters Said to Harbor Cancer and TB
The passage asserts that cancer and tuberculosis have been definitively found in large sea monsters and that these discoveries could steer researchers toward studying ancient life forms in the ocean.
Marvellous Instrument Records Minute Strains in Steel
A British firm has introduced a new mechanical strain recorder that directly charts microscopic tremors on a chart without photos. Driven by clock movement, it requires no battery and can detect vibrations over a thousand times per second. Used to measure stresses in bridges under train passage.
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Great Britain
Canada Building Permits Rise in January Activity Forecast
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics reports permits valued at 3,705,256 dollars issued in January, up 772,221 dollars from January 1922, a 26 percent increase. Officials anticipate strong building trade activity across Canada this year.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Winter Hard On Baby
Winter confinement and poor ventilation threaten infant health as colds upset the stomach and bowels. A remedy, Baby's Own Tablets, is advised to regulate digestion and colds, sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Sun-Powered Miniature Engine Demonstrated at City College
Bernard Grossman a College of the City of New York graduate demonstrated a sun powered miniature engine in the lab. A parabolic copper mirror focused sun rays on water to produce steam driving the tiny motor. He envisions the device supplying light heat and power in offices and powering motor trucks with a larger model to follow.
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College of the City of New York
Bernard Grossman
Grossman
Wolf dogs pass through Edmonton en route to Banff
Forty huskies or wolf dogs were moved through Edmonton on their way to Banff Alberta to be used by an American motion picture company in filming northern scenes for multiple pictures.
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Edmonton
Banff
Alberta
Northern Pictures
Diamond Dyes Promise Simple Home Dyeing Tips
Diamond Dyes offers easy step by step directions for dyeing or tinting worn clothes at home. The ad claims rich, fade resistant color on wool silk linen cotton or blends and guarantees no streaks spots fading or running.
Monster Sawfish Caught in Panama Bay
A massive sawfish weighing two and a quarter tons was captured in the Bay of Panama. The creature measured twenty nine feet in length with a girth of nineteen feet, astounding local fishermen and scientists alike.
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Bay
Panama
The Man Who Blows His Own Trumpet Out of Tune
An old humorous line about self important persons and vanity appears with an advertisement for Minard's Liniment claimed to cure warts and corns. It reflects early 20th century light verse and patent medicine promotion.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Aids Deafness Relief
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a constitutional remedy that works through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal mucous surfaces. Circulars free. available from druggists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
All Drugeists
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Flour Mills Struggle to Meet Growing Demand Abroad
Large export orders for flour arrive from the Orient and the United Kingdom to Medicine Hat milling firms. Mills operate at capacity and report inability to supply demands for low grade flours after months of substantial shipments.
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Medicine Hat
Orient
United Kingdom
Doctors Plan Black List For Unpaid London Patients
London doctors discuss creating a black list of patients who rotate between medical men to avoid paying bills. The proposal aims to curb fee dodging and protect practitioners.
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London
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm’s Son Writes Book on War
The former Crown Prince of Germany, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, is compiling a wartime history. He discusses his family, his views on strategy, and the factors shaping the conflict.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Crown Prince of
Germany
Ogden School Boy Trains Wild Cat to Follow Him
A 13 year old Ogden Utah student trains a wild cat to accompany him to school each day, drawing curiosity and concern from neighbors and officials about safety and animal encounters near the campus.
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Ogden, Utah
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Minard’s Liniment
INSTANT _ POSTUM BEVERAGE
Canadian Postum Cereal Ca. Limited
Windsor
Carter
Pill
New York College
Postal Air Routes
Stefansson
Arctic
Post Office Department
Fort McMurraay
Aktavik
Mackenzie Rtiver
Canadian Arctic
Jack London
Winnipeg Tribune
Wolf Dogs
Minard
N. U
Bayer
Emae Anz Bax
Haver Company
Sayer
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