Ottawa Schedules Daylight Saving Period and Global Notices
Ottawa sets daylight saving from May 1 to September 25. League of Nations leaders postpone Germany’s league election to September. Daily Mail reports a violent disruption in Tibet. Monsignor Ernest Van Roey named Archbishop of Mechelen Brussels. Alberta petroleum output in 1925 exceeds 1924 Canada total. British Columbia seeds prepared for world reforestation. New rudder enables boats to stop with propeller running. Madame Tatiana Jakolova named first woman sea captain in Soviet Union. Italian flying boat for Spain–South America service aims 2000 mile nonstop flight. Dr Thomas Electric Oil advertised for back pain relief.
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Ottawa
Council
The
League of Nations
Germany
Ernest van Roey
Malines
Belgium
Cardinal Mercier
Alberta
Canada
British Columbia
Government Lands and Forestry Branch
New Westminster
Indians Prosperous on Prairie Lands in 1925
Government reports show the Indians of the prairie provinces reaped more than a million bushels of grain in 1925 and kept about fifty thousand head of livestock on their farms. Cultivated Indian lands increased by 11 239 acres to a total of 104 495 acres, with 66 429 acres sown to grain.
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Prairie Provinces
Mrs I M Parks Describes Nervous Debility Cure
Consecon Ontario woman Mrs I M Parks writes of heart and nerve trouble that left her short of breath and unable to do daily housework. She says nervousness made her fear staying alone and every sound felt like a shock, until a remedy helped some.
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I. M. Parks
Consecon, Ont
Longstanding remedy praised for heart and nerve relief
A Toronto company offers a preparation available for 32 years, marketed as a reliable tonic for heart and nerve troubles. The box copy claims it makes the user feel notably different after use, suggesting strong customer satisfaction.
Saskatchewan Tops New Dominion Wheat Output and Cats
A survey shows Saskatchewan as the leading wheat producer in the Dominion and also the heaviest cat producer in Canada, with flax seed output also high. Manitoba dominates barley and rye, Ontario grows the most alfalfa, and Quebec leads hay and clover yields.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion
Canada
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Tired Feeling in Springtime Boost with Pink Pills
A spring fatigue remedy ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building and nerve tonic. It targets pale Complexions, tiredness, headaches, rheumatism, and nervousness, citing Mrs Emma Fraser of Thes salon Ontario as a testimonial. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 50 cents a box from Brockville Ontario.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Wiliams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
De Valera Resigns Sinn Fein Presidency After Ard Fheis Defeat
Irish Republican leader Eamon de Valera resigns the Sinn Fein presidency after the Ard Fheis rejected his motion for Republican representation in the Dail and the Northern Parliament. The 223 to 218 vote opposed seats for Sinn Fein members once oaths recognizing the King are removed. Mary MacSwiney and Father O Flanagan led the opposition backing abstention policy. Analysts say the loss may end De Valera's influence within the movement.
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Eamon de Valera
Sinn Fein
Ard Fheis
Republican General Assembly
Dail
Ulster
Mary MacSwiney
Father O’flanagan
Mr. de Valera
Radio and Airwave News From Around the World
Aerial polar expedition by Commander Richard Byrd will use short wave radio with a 1860 mile range. Ireland builds its first Free State broadcast station near Dublin on a 499 meter wavelength with call letters 2RN. WHAS Louisville offers prizes for eight second silent periods during concerts, through August 1, 1926. KFNF Shenandoah notes 260 radio set makes in use among listeners from a recent contest. Japan treats air stealing as a misdemeanor with Osaka reporting about 10 000 radio robbers. The New York Herald Tribune foresees universal radio access to major events like the King's speech and Siam's sacred white elephant. Mexico uses radio to educate, placing sets in Indian districts for targeted programs. A medical ad promotes Thomas Electric Oil to ease sore throat and prevent ulcers.
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WHAS
Louisville
KFNF
Shenandoah
Japan
Osaka
Radio World
New York Herald Tribune
Siam
Record Hen Dies At Age 1914 In Essex
A reader from Penmarsh Essex reports a cross bred silver spangled Hamburg hen died aged 1914 years, claimed as a possible longevity record though details and verification are unclear.
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Penmarsh
Essex
Hamburg
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised by Canadian Woman
Mrs. P. Alexander of Nickleton Ontario reports relief from back pain and poor blood condition after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She tried other remedies with no relief, then took a full course and found significant improvement. Her father also relied on the remedy for kidney trouble.
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Dodd
Elephants Detect Man by Scent at Long Range
A proverb about orators mixing eloquence with weak argument contrasts with the claim that an elephant can detect a human presence at about 1,000 yards by scent. The snippet presents two striking images to illustrate perception and rhetoric.
Prevent Hair Loss With Regular Shampoos and Cuticura
Regular use of Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment helps remove dandruff the cause of premature baldness. The treatment keeps the scalp clean and healthy and promotes hair growth.
Two-Piece Crepe Frock With Convertible Collar Design
A stylish two piece frock in figured crepe features a joined bodice front with inverted pleats for fullness and long full sleeves. Back is plain, convertible collar matches patch pockets and a narrow tie belt. Sizes 34 to 42 bust, price 20 cents. Fashion Book adds 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern NQ.s
A brief notice mentions an address in Winnipeg for pattern orders and lists a pattern named NQ s with one size. It also notes caution about collecting an accident policy and references a wage demand of eighty dollars for a five day week by fourteen thousand New York union bricklayers.
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New York Union
Crossword Puzzle Clues From An Old Page
A dense list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues includes sarcasm censures burden ascend English Bible Abbi young cats half prefix negation knot marshland date March 15 utensil rugged rock bicycle couples prickly shrubs Italian poet enslaves sash small child granular snow glacier ice cyst street arab sag like used in photography lieutenant fuss always excites hate toward writing fluid destroy the vertical scen ery bar City in France beast of burden Mysel smart palatable support mechanical arts robbed slang thin strips of board catalogue of saints female sheep inspect closely nature or quantity of a das river in Iberia bad musical composition seven voices domesticates fatigued sport middle of a church leves place note of the scale recording.
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Iberia
Worse Than Czardom Nine Years After Czar Abdication
Secret Bolshevist figures published by Russian Socialists claim 89 000 political prisoners and exiles in Siberia and remote regions. The Russian colony in Berlin reports nearly two million Russians abroad as refugees. Nine years after the Romanoff fall 160 000 prisoners were freed, now prisons are full and 3 000 are on the Soviet Islands revived after 1908.
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Siberia
Russia
Berlin
Czar
Lost Vessel Forest Dream Reaches Port in Australia
The barkentine Forest Dream arrives at Adelaide after 120 days at sea from Vancouver with one million feet of lumber for Port Louis Mauritius. Beset by storms since October 29, she reached port under jury rig. Crew numbered 25 signed on at Vancouver, with prior reports placing the ship off San Pedro on November 10.
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Vancouver
Adelaide
Australia
Port Louis
Mauritius
Port
Imported
Hardwoods Company
San Pedro
Calif
Vancouver Port
Alberta Butter Dominates All Canada Butter Contest
Alberta exhibitors won twenty of sixty prizes in the all Canada butter competition held in Winnipeg. Ontario and other provinces faced strong showings as Alberta led the Dominion with its butter exhibits.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Dominion
Answer to Last Week's Puzzle
The Lethbridge irrigation department reports 138 new settlers on the project by January 31 1926 and 77 home place farm units, totaling 53 262 irrigable acres. Manager James Pike notes an average farm unit of 141 irrigated acres in the annual report.
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Lethbridge Northern Irrigation Department
James Pike
Self Poisoning and Health Decline Warned
The article argues modern living causes constipation and self poisoning, leading to fatigue and poor appetite. It promotes Nujol as a remedy to soften waste and aid regular elimination, urging readers to ask their druggist for Nujol by name.
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Wortd Fappenings
London Daily Mail
Lhasa
Forbidden City
Tibet
Rylander
Soviet
Tatiana Jakolova
Pisa
Italy
Spain
South America
Thomas
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
de Valera
Tippity
Irene
Colleen Moore
Richard Byrd
Irish Free State
Dublin
Stenhous, Ltd
Montreal
Cuticura
Clipse
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Scen
France
Beast of Burden
Mysel
Leves
Siberian
Barkentine Forest Dream
Alberta Butter Wings
Lethbridge
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