World Happenings Briefly Told
Italy celebrates annexations with local enthusiasm as territories are formally united. Sir Algernon West, longtime secretary to Prime Minister Gladstone, has died. Influenza spreads among U S occupation troops in Coblenz. Vancouver's population grows by 14 900 to 123 050. Mary G McCormick cites 20 percent of U S schoolchildren malnourished. Turkish Russian treaty links nations over nonrecognition of acts. A Swiss pastor claimed dead for 14 hours before revival in Berne. The International Secret Service Association forms in Chicago with Alfred G Boake elected VP. Delayed medals and decorations for U S veterans remain with the Adjutant General. the American Legion is asked to help locate owners.
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Adjutant- General
US. Army
American Legion
Pains About the Heart and Indigestion Remedies
The text explains heart pains linked to gas from indigestion and notes relief from Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. It links chronic indigestion to sluggish liver, bowel constipation, and inactive kidneys.
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Dr. Chase
Oral Hygiene Educational Series First Stage of Tooth Decay
Rea Proctor McGee explains how improper cleansing after meals allows food to decay between teeth. Bacteria form plaque, create acid that dissolves enamel, and cause first sharp pains as decay reaches nerve fibers. Emphasizes daily thorough brushing to protect teeth.
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Rea Proctor McGee
Industry Enters Educational Area in Canada
Canada leads in mass education through private organizations and industry partners. A tractor firm teams with implement makers to teach power farming principles with lectures on moisture conservation weed eradication seed quality and labor use. Motion pictures and farm experts deliver free agriculture schools with federal provincial and municipal support.
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Canada
Dominion
Staking Oi Claims Reported Near Pine Point Area
Nineteen staking claims totaling over 6000 acres were filed with Fort Smith recording agent. The area around Pine Point on the south shore of Great Stave Lake west of Fort Resolution and the Little Buffalo River is reported to be almost fully staked.
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Fort Smith
Pine 2 Point
Great Stave Lake
Fort Resolution
Little Buffalo River
Escaped Lunatic Reveals Itself on Rail Journey
During a railway trip in England a self-satisfied man struck up conversation with a pretty stranger. As he prepared to alight he claimed thanks for a pleasant journey but confessed he was married. The girl replied that she had no advantage, declaring she was an escaped lunatic.
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England
Global bread usage lags among world population
The article notes that fewer than a third of people worldwide rely on bread as a daily staple, highlighting dietary patterns and regional differences in grain consumption.
Remarkable woman engineers break barriers in Great Britain
Miss Griff becomes the first woman associate member of the Institute of Automobile Engineers of Great Britain after a career spanning motor engineering lighting installations pumping plants gas and oil engines machinery plows and tractors. Other pioneer women in England excel in electrical civil drafting patient office work and X ray related mechanical fields.
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Miss Griff
Institute of Automobile Engineers of
Great Britain
England
Putnam's Painless Corn Ex Tractor Ad Claims Easy Relief
An old Birmingham Age-Herald ad touts Putnam's Painless Corn Ex tractor as a simple painless remedy that "lifts out the corn, root and branch" and leaves skin smooth. It promises universal success and lists a 25 cent price.
Notable Canadian Traveller Recommends Minard Liniment
One of Canada's best known travelers presents an unsolicited testimonial praising Minard's Liniment. After a fall in Montreal left him with leg pains, his wife applied the liniment and the pain reportedly vanished within minutes, he claims. Signed by Frank E. Johns of Montreal.
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Canada
Montreal
Frank E. Johns
Get and Safe to Use for Burn Relief
Cold water and flour mixed will at once relieve the pain caused by burns.
Itch Cured In 30 Minutes By Wolferd Lotion
Itch mange and contagious scratches on humans or animals cured in thirty minutes with Wolferd's Sanitary Lotion at local druggists.
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Wolferd
Big Steel Plant for Coast Set to Begin This Summer
J H Falconer president of the British Columbia Manufacturers Association says a large coast steel plant may start this summer after five leading global operators reviewed the site. Also promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for human and equine ailments as a long trusted remedy.
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J. H. Falconer
British Columbia
Trans-Canada Limited Set to Start May 22
The Trans-Canada Limited will inaugurate May 22 with exclusive sleeping car service and all steel equipment built at Angus Shops Montreal. The summer timetable adds Trains 13 and 14 Seo-Pacific Express from St Paul to Vancouver starting June 5, giving four CP coast trains daily in summer.
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Trans-Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Trans-Canada” Limited
Angus
Seo-Pacific Express
St Paul
Canadian Pacific
Japan Plans Large Aircraft Purchases for Air Route Network
Japan orders extensive aircraft and parts from English firms including seaplanes as a preliminary step to develop commercial aviation. Japanese representatives say two years will bring a network of land and coast air routes connecting major cities.
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Japan
Green Cotton Dress With Pink Trim For Early Spring
A cotton homespun dress in a green shade features a long waist, a panelled skirt concealing an underskirt, and openwork rosettes piped in pink. A Buster Brown collar is paired with a pink gilketie, and sleeves are long with a near elbow-length sleeve slask. Decorative grotifs enhance its style.
Lumbering in British Columbia 1920 payrolls and wages
Statistics from the Provincial Department of Industries show 1013 lumber plants in British Columbia employed 25 797 workers in 1920, with total wages of 31 474 573 dollars. Average daily wages were 4.42 dollars in sawmills 5.25 dollars in logging and 3.40 dollars in planning mills and woodworking plants.
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British Columbia
Provincial
Department of Industries
Jews May Build Mercantile Marine With Zion Flag Ship
The article notes the possibility of a Jewish mercantile marine soon. The first ship to fly the Zion blue and white flag is the Hecolutz, recently sailing from Jaffa and owned and crewed by Jews.
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Zion
Hecolutz
Jaffa
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Promoted for Weak Hearts
A Newfoundland testimonial touts Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy for weak hearts and exhausted nerves. Mrs Daniel Bezanson from Loganville says six boxes relieved years of sleepless nights and fatigue after trying two doctors. The ad notes price and mail order from The T Milburn Co. Toronto Ontario.
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Milburn
Daniel Bezanson
Loganville
T. Milburn Co
Ited
Toronto
Cost of the British Monarchy and Parliament Funding
The article argues that Britain's monarchs gained vast hereditary wealth but accepted smaller Parliament voted incomes. It states William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, and George V chose reduced sums, with the country benefiting more from the arrangements than it pays.
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Great Britain
British Empire
William IV
Victoria
Edward
George
Wise Mothers Keep Mother Graves Worm Exterminator On Hand
Mothers praise Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for proven value in keeping homes free of pests and worms. The ad highlights reliability and practical use in households.
Forests face daily loss of vast acreage to pulp mills
An estimated nine thousand five hundred acres of forest are cut daily for paper production, highlighting a sustained deforestation impact as timber is transformed into pulp for manufacture.
Rising Value of Canadian Farm Lands 1920 Report
The Bureau of Statistics report shows average occupied farm land value at $48 per acre in 1920, up from $46 in 1919. British Columbia leads at $175 per acre, followed by Ontario and Quebec at $70, Prince Edward Island $49, Nova Scotia $43, Manitoba $39, New Brunswick $33, Saskatchewan and Alberta $32.
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Dominion
Bureau of Statistics
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Glad He Tried the Tomc Treatment for Anemia
The advertisement explains fatigue signals anemia and outlines how blood enrichment via Dr Williams Pink Pills helps. It cites Mr Wilson Johnson of Nineveh Nova Scotia praising the remedy after six boxes and urges others to try the medicine, available from dealers or by mail for two dollars fifty.
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Wilson Johnson
Nineveh
N.S
Dr. Williams
Dairying Boom in Western Canada Expands Butter Output
Alberta and prairie provinces show rapid dairy growth with creamery butter production rising from 14 million pounds in 1915 to 27 million pounds in 1919. Edmonton stands as Canada's leading creamery butter manufacturing center, aided by organized provincial dairy departments advancing standardization.
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Edmonton
Canada
Prairie
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Holloway Corn Remover Kills Roots Without Flesh Injury
Application of Holloway's Corn Remover to a corn kills the roots and removes the callosity without harming the surrounding flesh.
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Holloway
Government to sell 22000 acres of Okanagan irrigated land
The British Columbia Government plans to put 22 000 acres of irrigated land at Osoyoos in the Okanagan Valley on the market early next spring. The area is described as one of the world’s richest fruit growing districts and a prime region for development.
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British Columbia
Osoyoas
Okanagan Valley
Mining Developments in British Columbia Foresee Survey
Hon. William Sloan announces that Canadian Pacific Railway will immediately survey 2,000,000 acres of mineral bearing lands on Vancouver Island. The aim is to develop coal discoveries and likely establish a smelter on the island.
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B.C
British Columbia
William Sloan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver Island
Million Fire Loss In Alberta Yearly Totals
Complete returns show 870 fires across Alberta causing damages totaling 1 054 191 dollars.
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Alberta
Remedy for Earache and Shakespeare Authenticated
A remedy for earache is offered by Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil with simple application of a few drops on lint or cotton placed in the ear to relieve pain. The authentic signature of William Shakespeare dated 1606 is confirmed on Hampton Court Palace wall.
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Thomas
William Shakespeare
Hampton Court Palace
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Adverts Across Years
An old advertisement notes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a systemic remedy for repeated colds and acute catarrh, claims to cleanse the blood and reduce susceptibility, with price 75 cents and a $100 guarantee. It also mentions F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and includes a stray note about birds and heights.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Miller's Worm Powders Promise Worm Expulsion and Health Restored
The advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders not only expel worms but also create a body condition hostile to worms. It emphasizes relief for a restless, pained child and asserts the powders are very effective at removing the cause of suffering.
Telephone subscribers in the United States reach twelve million
A total of 12,004,325 telephone subscribers are reported in the United States. The average implies about one telephone per person, reflecting widespread device ownership and rising communication access across the nation.
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United States
Life Was A Misery Ten Years Mrs Mitchell Praises Vegetable Compound
Mrs Henry A Mitchell of Owen Sound Ontario describes ten years of female organ ic trouble neuralgia and indigestion. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief and improvement and urges others to try it.
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Owen Sound
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry A. Mitchell
7Th Ave
East
Ont
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Eversal
Etatring
Italy
Rocal
Algernon West
Wm. E. Gladstone
Coblenz
M. Lewis
Motario Agricultural College
West China University
Mary G. McCormick
New York State
Turkey
Russia
Berne
Switzerland
International Secret Service Association
Chicago
Alfred G Boake
Principa
Birmingham Age-Herald
Coast
Minard
Dandruff
Carter
Arter
Pili
Marie Belmont
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