Ontario Market for Undersized Alberta Horses Explored
Walter Harland Smith of the Union Stockyards Toronto reports a market in Ontario for horses under 1200 pounds. These undersized animals, common on plains, are undesirable for breeding yet sought after. The passage notes temper as a flaw and mentions the gimlet screw idea by a little girl who made millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Alberta
Walter Harland Smith
Horse Department
Union Stockyards
Toronto
Nervous Breakdown Ends After Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
Newark resident Miss Kelly suffered years of nervous breakdown and daily headaches under medical care. A friend recommended Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and she improved within days, becoming able to work again. The letter cites Root-root herbs addressing the root causes and restoring normal health.
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Miss Kelly
Lydia E. Pinkham
Newark
N. J
Lydia
Jon Bay
Fikaarty
Britain to abolish conscription by end of March
Churchill announces in the House of Commons that conscription will end by March, with all conscripts demobilized by May 1. Total British army strength will be about 220,000 excluding Indian troops, and further reductions seem unlikely due to Palestine and Mesopotamia. Ireland may need about 35,000 troops to maintain order, up from 25,000 before the war.
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Great Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Ireland
Canada
Britain
United States
Alberta
Calgary
George Lane
Danderine Hair Tonic Promise On-Spot Transformation
A short drugstore sales pitch touts Danderine as a cheap hair tonic. It claims to make hair abundant soft glossy and full of life by applying with a cloth strand by strand. The ad promises instant dramatic improvement including dandruff control and hair growth.
Farmer Wadland fined for letting sheep drown in floods
John Wadland of Exeter, England, fined £50 and costs under food control rules for wasting food by failing to protect a flock. Six sheep drowned during recent floods of the River Exe at Bramford Speke, Devon. The solicitor argued Wadland would not willingly lose animals valued at £256.
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John Wadland
Exeter
England
Exe
Bramford Speke
Devon
Wadland
Postmaster General reports 1918 19 revenue surplus figures
The report shows net revenue of 21 602 712 for 1918 19 with an increase of 257 318 against expenditures of 19 273 583 up 1 227 026. The surplus over expenditures stands at 2 329 128. The remark about geopolitical scope states the United States Great Britain and all Europe except Russia could be put into Siberia.
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United States
Great Britain
Europe
Russia
Siberia
Canadian Pacific Railway Announces $15 Million Equipment Order
The Canadian Pacific Railway has issued orders totaling about 15 million dollars for freight and passenger equipment. Freight plans include 2,500 60 ton box cars and 500 automobile cars among others, with 12 dining cars and 53 sleepers for passenger service. Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Ltd. is expected to receive a large portion of the total work.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Ltd
One Great Essential To a Woman's Health Is Her Nerves
An advertisement promotes Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as the remedy for nervous weakness in women. It cites Mrs P H Ryan of Sand Point Nova Scotia describing relief after six boxes. The pills are offered at 50 cents a box, available from The T Milburn Co Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
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Milburn
P. H. Ryan
Sand Point
N.S
Millburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
I Wonder If He’ll Miss Me Songlet
A girl sang a plaintive chorus asking I wonder if he'll miss me with forceful yet off key delivery. The audience shuffled, the chorus swelled with voices, and the second verse added to the noise before the gallery retorted If he does he never ought to be trusted with a gun again.
Grain Inspection Boom in Calgary and Adietta
A government grain inspector reports a rush of wheat oats and barley entering Calgary and Adietta. A record volume of grain cars arrived for inspection on March 2 totaling 185 cars.
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Calgary
Adietta
Pains About the Heart In Dr Chase Medicine
A derangement of the heart's action is alarming. Pains about the heart arise from gas due to indigestion. Relief comes from Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. Chronic indigestion stems from sluggish liver, constipation, and inactive kidneys. The pills arouse these organs to activity and thoroughly cure indigestion and its symptoms.
Proposed Dairy School For Alberta
At the Alberta Dairymen's convention in Edmonton a resolution urged funds for the Provincial University to build facilities for training butter makers and dairy men. The Edmonton Bulletin endorsed the idea as an investment to expand dairy farming while preserving quality, stressing the need for trained personnel and cooperation among government, legislators, and educators.
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Alberta
Edmonton
The
Edmonton Bulletin
Dominion
Indigestion and Strength Loss Promote Pink Pills Use
Indigestion weakens the body and blood, causing fatigue and sleeplessness. Dr Williams Pink Pills are advertised as restoring rich blood and vigor, with a testimonial from R E Small of Wingham Ontario noting weight gain and renewed health after seven boxes. Pills sold by medical dealers or mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Radicals and Producers in Society Versus Capital
Thomas H. Dickinson argues radicals offer blunt talk yet avoid direct action in farming. He claims radical reformers attack capital but cluster in cities, relying on others for sustenance, while Bolshevists held Petrograd and Budapest only as long as food lasted.
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Russia
Hungary
Petrograd
Budapest
New York
Chicago
Thomas H. Dickinson
The
Review
Nilery Rise in June Continues Into September
The Nilery shows a rising trend through June and keeps increasing toward the end of September. Minard's Liniment is claimed to cure Dandrud.
Canadian Aviators Hired by Chinese Government
Ten Canadian aviators are hired at $1 000 per month by the Chinese government to teach Chinese students. Two Vancouver boys in the group have received papers to join the service, and the Chinese have purchased several Vickers airplanes. The party plans to leave Vancouver in May for Pekin.
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Vancouver
Vicker
Pekin
Sloan's Liniment Ad Claims Rheumatic Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic aches muscle soreness and joint stiffness in men and women. It promotes rapid soothing relief and urges readers to ask their druggist for the product with prices 35c 70c and 140. Made in Canada.
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Sloan
Canada
Ireland's Peat Logs Compared to Coal Reserves
An article notes peat logs in Ireland are estimated to hold the equivalent of 5 billion tons of coal while advertising Minard's ointment for sale everywhere.
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Ireland
University of Alberta Awarded Building Extension Contract
The provincial government has awarded a contract for a new medical building linked to the University of Alberta. The structure will cost about $750,000 and begin soon, mirroring the arts building design. Introduction of phosphorus in 1834 enabled matches.
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Sion
University of Alberta
University
Manitoba Housing Funding Proposed to Expand Provincial Homes
Manitoba government aims to vote up to one million dollars and more if needed to supplement a federal grant for housing. The amendment to Capt. J. W. Wilton’s motion allows use for remodeling existing houses and new construction, with easy payment terms for liabilities on houses built by workers.
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Manitoba
Capt. J. W. Wilton
Old Age Deferred and Health Tips for Businessmen
Doctors LEE and SMITH urge aging businessmen to boost fitness postwar by bowel care, daily sponge baths, brisk air workouts, and laxatives like Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They endorse castor oil, hot water on waking, and water intake to delay old age and aid life insurance exams. Anuric is recommended to reduce uric acid and alleviate backache, rheumatism, and kidney trouble.
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Dr. Pierce
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Spohn
Windom
Elieninete
Garter of
S Centary
Greg Etorea
Poun Medical Company
Goshen, Ind, USA
Dominion Medical Institute
TORON
Lomkaid St
Wagstaffe
Real Seville
Tour Groceer
Minard
Minard's Liniment CO. Ltd
Ermouth, N.S
Gouraud
T. Hopkins & Son
Post Office Finances
C.P.R
Dr.Chase
Dandrud
Uu Iy
North America
Canadian Percheron Horsebreeders’ Association
William A. Wilson
Baru and
Namaka Farm
Cook Medicine Co
Bs Ded Co
Haverstock
Barth
America
HW. Clay Ape Cor
Owest List Street
USA
Michenhoff
Manitoba Housing
DR. Lee & Smith
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