World Wide Reforms Face Conservative Resistance to Change
The article argues reforms slow to implement due to global conservatism. It discusses decimal currencies, metric weights, and calendar reform urged by Britain, Canada, the United States, and international bodies. It notes Canada’s lead on standard time and urges adoption of decimal money, metric measures, and a thirteen month calendar with Year Day.
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
Britain
France
League of Nations
Dominion
Orphaned Bride Inherits $750000 Fortune
Selena Campbell, 17 of Madison Wisconsin, inherits 750000 dollars after an unknown uncle John Randall dies at Indiana Harbor Indiana. Her husband Michael is a sign painter and she has endured early marriage and hard work to support them. The estate has no surviving spouse or relatives known.
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Selena Campbell
Madison
Wis
John Randall
Indiana Harbor
Indiana
Michael
Lloyd George Lacks Political Future Says Sir Henry Lunn
Sir Henry Lunn, British traveller and former MP, declares Lloyd George will never unite the Liberal party. Lunn, noted for promoting church unity and world peace, announced his renunciation of private fortune to serve those causes.
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Liberal Party
Henry Lunn
Lloyd George
Henry
Lioyd George
Pity Over Insurance For Air Castles Ends In Rejection
A reflection on the difficulty men face in securing insurance for speculative ventures and venturesome projects, highlighting the lack of willingness among insurers to cover high risk air castle schemes.
Modern steel edge and bend from secret Ohio process
An Ohio inventor claims a secret method blends iron and carbon to create a steel that bends yet holds a razor edge and resists breaking under hammer blows. A 15 inch bar tempered to five levels cut glass, shaved hats, and bent without breaking while vanadium is noted as a key component.
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Damateces
Ohio
Diamond Dyes Color Things New to Dye
Diamond Dyes offer simple directions for tinting lingerie silks and other fabrics. The 15 cent package colors or dyes permanently on wool silk linen cotton and blends, with guidance about material type to tell your druggist.
Through Service For Steamship Passengers
Western passengers en route to the Old Country gain a through tourist sleeping car from Winnipeg to Saint John every Tuesday at 10 00 am until April 20th, eliminating train changes at Montreal. Baby's Own Tablets praised by a Connecticut mother for children's stomach and teething troubles. sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Baby
Old Country
Winnipeg
Saint John
N.B
Prairie Provinces
Montreal
Daby
Rose Voyer
Willimantic, Conn
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertised by Mrs Kummer
Mrs K Kummer of Brooklyn writes that she believed rheumatism caused her symptoms but after trying Carter's Little Liver Pills she found relief from constipation. She credits the pills with helping her condition and notes they are not habit forming. Pluggists 25 and tic red packages in ads.
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Brooklyn
K. Kummer
Carter
Famous Persian carpet exhibition at the Louvre Paris
A prized Persian hunting carpet valued at £120,000 arrives in Paris for display at the Louvre. It features lions tigers panthers and stags with cream and rose flowers and was once in the Austrian Imperial collection. The owner declined a £200,000 American offer and customs duty could reach £20,000 if it remains in France.
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Paris
Louvre
France
Leopold
Peter the Great
Russia
Belgian scientist uncovers submerged oil flame for weeks
A Belgian scientist reports a device that injects crude oil and air under pressure into a burner. Water is kept out until ignition then surrounds the flame, allowing it to burn submerged. The invention claims near perfect boiler efficiency by keeping heat loss to a minimum.
Want Designs For Cenotaph War Memorial Alberta Association calls for designs
The Prince Albert War Memorial Association seeks Canadian sculptors to submit designs for a $16,000 cenotaph to be erected in Victoria Park on the hill overlooking the city. The memorial will be unveiled and dedicated next Armistice Day after funds were raised by voluntary subscription.
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Prince Albert War Memorial
Wedding gown of banknotes astonishes Dutch East Indies
The Borneo Post reports a native rubber king's daughter wed, with the bride wearing a gown fashioned entirely from Dutch banknotes sewn together and cut as needed, reflecting prosperity from high rubber prices.
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Dutch East Indies
Borneo
Questioning Governor Amid Ashes Mention in Ad Claim
An advertisement fragment cites a citizen asking who is governor and a fellow offering ashes for Minard's Liniment used by physicians. The terse copy mentions Ww. N. U. 6% and implies a promotional claim.
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Minard
Do You Admire the Latest Dances on the Floor
Miss Cayenne denies admiring the latest dances yet admits being on the floor. The exchange contrasts talkers who think with those who think without talking and suggests constant fatigue from such pairs.
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Miss Cayenne
Unity and Growth Mark 138 Years of Australian Commonwealth
The Montreal Star notes that greater unity across the empire is fitting as Australia marks 138 years since British government was established on the continent. Captain Cook raised the Union Jack in 1770, and British rule began in Sydney eighteen years later, growing from a penal settlement to a self governing dominion. The piece urges closer Canada Australia ties to strengthen the empire and share a common British standard of justice and national spirit.
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Captain Cook
Australian
Sydney
Australia
Canada
Montreal Star
RCMP Seek Starving Eskimos Aid with Far North Provisions
A detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police left Fort Smith for the Barren Lands to aid a starving Eskimo band. Corporal Blake and two Indian dog team drivers led sleds loaded with food, aiming to reach the group about 250 miles northwest.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fort Smith
Blake
Indian Killed in Jump From Aeroplane
Jack Miller an Indian resident of Santa Monica California died after jumping from an aeroplane with ten parachutes He released three but the fourth failed to open as he neared the ground causing a 100 foot fall that proved fatal The report notes his attempt to use all chutes before death
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Jack Miller
Santa Monica
Cal
Ife
Imperial conference date eyed for late October talks
Correspondence between the British and Dominion Governments notes a likely conference date at the end of October, though no definite agreement has yet been reached. Also warns of internal parasites in children and promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy to eliminate worms and ease illness.
Plan for Spain America air service by German company chief
Schulte Frohlinde, head of the Italian branch of Dor nier Metal Aeroplanes Company, arrives in Madrid to organize a regular mail and passenger service between Spain and the Americas.
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Schulte Frohlinde
Dornier Metal Aeroplanes Company
Madrid
Spain
Americas
King Fuad Plans London Visit in June
King Fuad accepts King George invitation to visit London and hopes to travel early in June after the Egyptian Parliament opens. The trip would mark a high level exchange between Egypt and Britain.
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King Fuad
London
Fuad
George
Corn Remover Promises Quick Relief for Pain
A historical snippet notes Hollo way's Corn Remover as a remedy for painful corns. A quoted exchange shows a man asking about fate and a woman replying that events will unfold as they will.
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Holloway
From Rome To Washington By Auto
Italian engineer Anton Daini with Italian government support plans a daring motor car journey from Rome to Washington. He claims an amphibious car capable of rivers and calm seas and intends a route via Venice Trieste Constantinople Trebizond India Burma Indo-China China Japan Vladivostok then across Behring Straits to North America ending in Washington. Departure date not set.
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Anton Daini
Rome
Washington
Daini
Jules Verne
Venice
Trieste
Constantinople
Trebizond
India
Burma
Indo-China
China
Japan
Vladivostok
Davis
Behring Straits
Canada
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Chicago
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Why is a newspaper like a woman conundrum prize
A newspaper publisher offered a prize for the best answer to a conundrum. A lady won with the reply that every man should have one of his own and not chase his neighbor's.
Book Agent Persuasion May Fail Despite Soft Answer
A cautious note about negotiation with a book agent suggests gentleness may not suffice to secure a deal. The speaker implies that soft tact does not guarantee favorable outcomes in literary negotiations.
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Persia
Prince Albert
Ww. N. U
DR. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Leave
Plan Spanish-American Air Line
ST. Charles Bay Aves
Rwilase
United Typewriter Co., Ltd
Fort Stree
Calgary
7Th Ave
Vancouver
Seymour
Cornwall St
Jasper Ave
Saskatoon
York
Marine
Eve Care
Gray Sais
H. J. Whittier
East 11Th Street
Kaness City
Therapion
Biaddée Dineesen
Rene Lae
Torun
Vat
Casedo
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